2002 AFL Round 4: Melbourne v West Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 20 April 2002 between Melbourne and West Coast during round 4 of the 2002 AFL season. Melbourne hosted West Coast at Optus Oval. David Neitz captained the hosts. Ben Cousins captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neale Daniher and the visitors were coached by John Worsfold.

Melbourne
D. Neitz (capt.), S. Armstrong, C. Bizzell, N. Brown, C. Bruce, C. Ellis, R. Funcke, B. Green, D. Jolly, A. Leoncelli, J. McDonald, A. Nicholson, S. Powell, D. Schwarz, P. Vardy, D. Ward, P. Wheatley, M. Whelan, J. White, L. Williams, S. Woewodin, A. Yze

West Coast
B. Cousins (capt.), D. Banfield, M. Braun, C. Chambers, M. Collica, A. Embley, C. Fletcher, M. Gardiner, T. Gaspar, D. Glass, A. Hunter, G. Jakovich, R. Jones, C. Judd, D. Kerr, Peter Matera, Phillip Matera, A. McIntosh, R. Taylor, A. Williams, T. Wilson, D. Wirrpanda

Melbourne (21.11.137) defeated West Coast (15.13.103).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: D. Neitz (6), B. Green (3), S. Powell (3), A. Yze (3), A. Leoncelli (2), N. Brown, C. Ellis, R. Funcke, P. Vardy
West Coast: C. Judd (2), D. Kerr (2), Peter Matera (2), D. Wirrpanda (2), C. Chambers, B. Cousins, T. Gaspar, A. Hunter, R. Jones, Phillip Matera, A. Williams

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 5th) and West Coast were then 9th on the ladder (down from 4th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2002 AFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Melbourne v West Coast
Date: Saturday 20 April 2002
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Optus Oval
Attendance: 9,421

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. West Coast
Score: 21.11.137 - 15.13.103

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Melbourne	4	.	4	11	.	6	17	.	9	21	.	11	21	.	11	(137)
West Coast	2	.	3	7	.	7	10	.	9	15	.	13	15	.	13	(103)
Margin	MELB by 13			MELB by 23			MELB by 42			MELB by 34			MELB by 34
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Neale Daniher (Melbourne), John Worsfold (West Coast)
Captains: David Neitz (Melbourne), Ben Cousins (West Coast)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Allen (#10), R. Kelsey (#15), D. Woodcock (#26)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Stephen Powell	MELB	7	3
Adem Yze	MELB	13	2
Jeff White	MELB	34	1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
2	Armstrong, Steven	?	?	0	0	7	3	4	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	1
3	Bizzell, Clint	?	?	0	1	18	11	7	2	0	4	2	5	1	0	1	2
25	Brown, Nathan	?	?	1	0	8	6	2	4	0	3	1	0	2	0	1	2
32	Bruce, Cameron	?	?	0	1	23	11	12	6	1	2	5	1	0	0	1	4
4	Ellis, Craig	?	?	1	0	21	8	13	11	0	6	1	0	0	0	3	2
15	Funcke, Ross	?	?	1	0	7	2	5	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	3
18	Green, Brad	?	?	3	1	11	7	4	4	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	2
11	Jolly, Darren	?	?	0	0	6	3	3	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	0
36	Leoncelli, Andrew	?	?	2	1	19	9	10	4	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	1
23	McDonald, James	?	?	0	0	21	14	7	4	0	4	0	3	2	3	2	3
9	Neitz, David (c)	?	?	6	0	7	7	0	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
8	Nicholson, Alistair	?	?	0	0	8	4	4	5	1	4	1	2	1	2	4	0
7	Powell, Stephen	?	?	3	1	35	18	17	7	0	3	6	3	1	1	0	10
5	Schwarz, David	?	?	0	1	12	6	6	2	7	0	1	2	0	1	0	3
19	Vardy, Peter	?	?	1	2	7	5	2	1	0	2	0	3	1	2	0	0
10	Ward, Daniel	?	?	0	1	9	9	0	3	0	4	1	2	0	1	1	2
31	Wheatley, Paul	?	?	0	2	15	10	5	4	0	3	1	1	1	1	5	2
45	Whelan, Matthew	?	?	0	0	19	10	9	2	0	2	0	0	3	0	3	1
34	White, Jeff	?	?	0	0	17	11	6	6	30	5	1	2	0	1	1	3
26	Williams, Luke	?	?	0	0	16	6	10	5	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	4
22	Woewodin, Shane	?	?	0	0	15	9	6	2	0	1	6	4	0	2	0	2
13	Yze, Adem	?	?	3	0	29	22	7	7	0	3	7	3	0	1	2	7
Rushed					0
Total (22 players)				21	11	330	191	139	87	41	57	37	39	17	16	27	54

West Coast

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
6	Banfield, Drew	?	?	0	0	5	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1
10	Braun, Michael	?	?	0	0	7	4	3	1	0	2	1	2	0	2	0	1
15	Chambers, Callum	?	?	1	1	12	11	1	3	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	3
22	Collica, Michael	?	?	0	0	5	4	1	3	1	6	0	3	0	1	2	0
9	Cousins, Ben (c)	?	?	1	0	24	14	10	1	0	6	6	1	1	0	0	5
32	Embley, Andrew	?	?	0	2	11	8	3	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2
7	Fletcher, Chad	?	?	0	0	14	9	5	4	0	4	4	1	0	1	1	3
1	Gardiner, Michael	?	?	0	0	8	6	2	3	24	1	1	0	1	0	0	4
26	Gaspar, Travis	?	?	1	0	10	6	4	3	7	2	3	2	0	0	0	3
23	Glass, Darren	?	?	0	0	6	4	2	0	1	2	0	3	1	1	3	0
39	Hunter, Adam	?	?	1	0	5	3	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	3	0
27	Jakovich, Glen	?	?	0	0	6	6	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	4	0
18	Jones, Rowan	?	?	1	0	19	7	12	3	0	6	6	2	2	1	3	3
3	Judd, Chris	?	?	2	0	16	11	5	3	0	4	4	0	0	0	2	4
4	Kerr, Daniel	?	?	2	0	27	17	10	3	0	5	5	2	2	1	1	6
30	Matera, Peter	?	?	2	0	16	8	8	4	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	5
33	Matera, Phillip	?	?	1	0	5	4	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	3
11	McIntosh, Ashley	?	?	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8	Taylor, Richard	?	?	0	0	14	10	4	0	0	2	2	3	0	1	1	2
37	Williams, Andrew	?	?	1	1	13	6	7	3	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0
40	Wilson, Troy	?	?	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	2
44	Wirrpanda, David	?	?	2	3	16	13	3	2	0	1	2	4	4	3	0	4
Rushed					6
Total (22 players)				15	13	244	159	85	42	35	52	40	34	16	17	24	51

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

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