Any time a record is broken in sport, it is a significant occasion. 

When that record is still standing nearly 33 years later, that makes it even more special. 

That is exactly what the 1992 Geelong Cats achieved, when they ran out for their round seven clash against the Brisbane Bears. 

Stacked full of talent with names like Ablett, Brownless and Riccardi roaming around, the Cats piled on 37 goals as they romped to the highest ever score in an AFL match, 239 points. 

One significant figure playing that day was Geelong legend, Andrew Bews who funnily enough kicked the final goal of the game to tie the previous record held by Fitzroy. 

33 years on from that remarkable day, Bews sat down with Cats Media and touched on his memories from the famous clash with Brisbane. 

"It was that time of the year in Brisbane where storms were cracking in the hinterland, the lights were on with the daylight fading, I remember walking out and thinking it was going to be one of those tough days," Bews said.

"You can never head up there and expect a win, you just have to play your heart out and do the best you can.

"Roger Merrett rolled up as the ruckman and I looked at him and said, 'hey big fella, we are going to be in for a bit of a day today aren't we?' Normally Roger would give me a bit of banter, I had no idea that he had been revved up by the coaches before the game. He was eyeballing Steve Handley up and down, I thought he was looking at him a bit angry.

"I was being as cheeky as I possibly could be, next minute the rucks collide and Merrett goes down with a PCL injury. He stays down in the middle of the field, we go down and kick a goal, I haven't gone far and I come back and say 'that can't be all that good.' I said 'can you get out of the middle so we can get the game going again,' giving him absolute curry.

"Even though they had a guy that kicked eight goals, we won't mention Steve Hocking's effort on him........ sorry Hock."

Geelong rammed home 16 goals in the first half, opening up an 89 point lead at the main break but they were still less than halfway to Fitzroy's record score. 

Some teams might take the foot off the pedal in that situation but as Bews recalls, that certainly was not the mantra Geelong lived by. 

"One of Malcolm Blight's pillars that we held onto when he came in the place, was all about teams winning games by scoring goals quickly," Bews said. 

"That had been drilled into us for three years, that was a mantra that we lived and died by and you can see that when you look back through the results.

"Not often did we get belted, I reckon you could count on one hand the amount of times we got flogged. We were always within reach or well in front, that was how we played and that was the ultra attacking mode. Perhaps if we had a little bit more handbrake in us, we may have got better results elsewhere.

"That particular day there was no point putting the handbrake on, just let it go." 

A barnstorming final term put the Cats within reach of the record score, moving to 232 total points with a few minutes remaining. 

The ball fell into the hands of Bews who slotted one last goal to tie the record, before Billy Brownless wobbled through a behind after the siren to put the Cats at 239 points. 

Bews recalled his thinking in those final moments. 

"I was lucky enough to get my hands on the footy in the last quarter inside 50 and I forget who passed it to me, but I went back and I saw Peter Riccardi move into a beautiful position," Bews said. 

"I had a look at them and I thought, I haven't got one today and all of these other players; wingmen, half backs have all shot down, Hinkley had a couple and he loved playing outside the defensive 50, a lot. It was an opportunity and I thought, nah I am kicking one, I am having one today and I want my name on the sheet for at least one goal.

"I went back and said no 'Ricco,' I've got this, and I did.

"We went back to the middle and the ball popped out to the half forward flank, and Billy Brownless was on the end of it. I thought oh big Wilbur, I wonder if we have a chance for another one and then the siren goes.

"He dropped the worst mongrel punt I have ever seen come off his boot. I have seen him kick them from the wing nearly, but for some reason it just fluffed off his boot and went sideways. It wobbled away and I thought he had kicked it out on the full, but it just slipped through for a behind.

"We go off the field and everyone is banging on about the record, even Blighty spoke about it. He said 'this is it fellas, you are now world record holders.' And we still are! Nobody has beat us yet."

ROUND 7 1992 – Brisbane Bears v Geelong Cats @ Carrara

GOALS: Ablett Sr 9, Brown 6, Brownless, Forssman, Riccardi, Stoneham 3, Bairstow, Poole, Scott 2, Bews, Darcy, Mensch, Wills 1

DISPOSALS: Hinkley 29, Bairstow 28, Ablett 27, Stoneham 26, Bews 24 

BROWNLOW VOTES: Gary Ablett Sr (3), Mark Bairstow (2), Steven Handley (1)  

GEELONG STARTING 20
1. Steve Hocking
2. Geoff Miles
3. Mark Bairstow
4. Andrew Wills
5. Gary Ablett Sr
8. Robert Scott
14. Steven Handley
15. Peter Riccardi
16. Bill Brownless
17. Tim McGrath
20. Andrew Rogers
21. Michael Mansfield
24. Trevor Poole
26. Barry Stoneham
27. Andrew Bews
28. Tim Darcy
29. Ken Hinkley
31. David Mensch
33. Darren Forssman
40. Paul Brown