2002 AFL Round 20: Melbourne v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 18 August 2002 between Melbourne and Western Bulldogs during round 20 of the 2002 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Western Bulldogs at MCG. David Neitz captained the hosts. Chris Grant captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neale Daniher and the visitors were coached by Terry Wallace.

Melbourne
D. Neitz (capt.), S. Armstrong, C. Bizzell, N. Brown, C. Bruce, C. Ellis, S. Godfrey, B. Green, T. Johnstone, D. Jolly, C. Lamb, A. Leoncelli, S. Powell, R. Robertson, P. Vardy, P. Walsh, D. Ward, P. Wheatley, M. Whelan, J. White, S. Woewodin, A. Yze

Western Bulldogs
C. Grant (capt.), M. Alvey, D. Bandy, P. Bowden, N. Brown, L. Darcy, P. Dimattina, S. Garlick, D. Giansiracusa, L. Gilbee, M. Hahn, R. Hargrave, B. Harrison, K. Hunter, B. Johnson, S. Kretiuk, J. McMahon, B. Murphy, L. Penny, S. Power, R. Smith, S. West

Melbourne (15.17.107) defeated Western Bulldogs (14.11.95).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: D. Neitz (7), R. Robertson (2), P. Vardy (2), B. Green, J. White, S. Woewodin, A. Yze
Western Bulldogs: N. Brown (5), J. McMahon (4), L. Darcy (2), B. Johnson (2), R. Hargrave

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 5th on the ladder (up from 6th) and Western Bulldogs were then 12th on the ladder (down from 11th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2002 AFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Melbourne v Western Bulldogs
Date: Sunday 18 August 2002
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 29,225

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Western Bulldogs
Score: 15.17.107 - 14.11.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 5 9 . 8 12 . 13 15 . 17 15 . 17 (107)
Western Bulldogs 3 . 1 8 . 2 12 . 8 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Margin MELB by 4 MELB by 12 MELB by 5 MELB by 12 MELB by 12
Duration 27:53 34:51 28:55 28:05 1:59:44

Honour Roll

Coaches: Neale Daniher (Melbourne), Terry Wallace (Western Bulldogs)
Captains: David Neitz (Melbourne), Chris Grant (Western Bulldogs)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: A. Coates (#6), S. McInerney (#30), D. Morris (#20)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
David Neitz MELB 9 3
Adem Yze MELB 13 2
Travis Johnstone MELB 16 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 13 5 8 4 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 4
3 Bizzell, Clint ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
25 Brown, Nathan ? ? 0 0 20 9 11 6 0 0 4 2 0 1 1 5
32 Bruce, Cameron ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 6 0 4 0 1 0 0 5 0
4 Ellis, Craig ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Godfrey, Simon ? ? 0 1 11 5 6 1 0 4 2 4 1 2 0 2
18 Green, Brad ? ? 1 1 26 20 6 7 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 11
16 Johnstone, Travis ? ? 0 1 15 8 7 4 0 1 4 5 0 2 2 0
11 Jolly, Darren ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 2 6 0 2 1 0 1 0 1
29 Lamb, Chris ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0
36 Leoncelli, Andrew ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 2
9 Neitz, David (c) ? ? 7 3 17 13 4 12 2 3 1 4 1 1 0 1
7 Powell, Stephen ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 1 2 4 2 2 1 1 2 1
24 Robertson, Russell ? ? 2 3 15 14 1 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
19 Vardy, Peter ? ? 2 2 11 7 4 6 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0
42 Walsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 3 1 2 0 0 2 1
10 Ward, Daniel ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 2
31 Wheatley, Paul ? ? 0 1 17 10 7 5 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 6
45 Whelan, Matthew ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 2
34 White, Jeff ? ? 1 1 20 11 9 5 19 3 6 1 0 0 2 4
22 Woewodin, Shane ? ? 1 1 15 6 9 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1
13 Yze, Adem ? ? 1 0 30 24 6 5 0 4 8 3 0 1 2 11
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 15 17 307 188 119 92 31 37 37 34 6 11 33 59

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
31 Alvey, Mark ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 8 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 7
11 Bandy, Daniel ? ? 0 1 17 6 11 6 8 1 3 1 0 0 2 2
20 Bowden, Patrick ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Brown, Nathan ? ? 5 2 7 7 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
14 Darcy, Luke ? ? 2 0 22 10 12 9 8 1 6 1 2 0 0 3
28 Dimattina, Paul ? ? 0 0 16 5 11 3 0 1 3 0 2 0 2 1
4 Garlick, Simon ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 5 0 0 4 2 1 1 4 6
13 Giansiracusa, Daniel ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 5 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 4
9 Gilbee, Lindsay ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 3 0 2 1 2 0 2 1 2
3 Grant, Chris (c) ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1
8 Hahn, Mitch ? ? 0 0 18 8 10 3 1 0 1 2 2 1 3 5
33 Hargrave, Ryan ? ? 1 0 17 8 9 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1
22 Harrison, Ben ? ? 0 0 12 4 8 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1
25 Hunter, Kingsley ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Johnson, Brad ? ? 2 0 9 8 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
35 Kretiuk, Steven ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 1 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 0
23 McMahon, Jordan ? ? 4 1 18 14 4 4 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 4
2 Murphy, Bob ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
27 Penny, Luke ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
15 Power, Sam ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Smith, Rohan ? ? 0 1 25 22 3 9 0 0 1 2 0 0 9 6
7 West, Scott ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 1 0 7 5 1 2 0 2 1
Rushed 5
Total (22 players) 14 11 313 182 131 85 18 29 32 25 11 6 40 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

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WBUL Nathan Brown goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 01:37
WBUL Nathan Brown goal 0.0.0 - 2.0.12 03:09
MELB David Neitz behind 0.1.1 - 2.0.12 05:45
MELB Shane Woewodin behind 0.2.2 - 2.0.12 11:29
MELB David Neitz behind 0.3.3 - 2.0.12 14:13
WBUL Jordan McMahon goal 0.3.3 - 3.0.18 15:00
MELB Brad Green goal 1.3.9 - 3.0.18 18:12
MELB Russell Robertson goal 2.3.15 - 3.0.18 19:38
MELB David Neitz goal 3.3.21 - 3.0.18 22:36
MELB Russell Robertson behind 3.4.22 - 3.0.18 23:31
MELB Jeff White behind 3.5.23 - 3.0.18 24:23
WBUL Nathan Brown behind 3.5.23 - 3.1.19 27:27
Q2 MELB David Neitz goal 4.5.29 - 3.1.19 01:44
MELB Peter Vardy behind 4.6.30 - 3.1.19 04:56
WBUL Luke Darcy goal 4.6.30 - 4.1.25 07:43
WBUL Nathan Brown goal 4.6.30 - 5.1.31 09:15
MELB Adem Yze goal 5.6.36 - 5.1.31 10:02
MELB Travis Johnstone behind 5.7.37 - 5.1.31 15:52
WBUL Jordan McMahon goal 5.7.37 - 6.1.37 16:52
WBUL Jordan McMahon goal 5.7.37 - 7.1.43 17:51
MELB Peter Vardy goal 6.7.43 - 7.1.43 20:24
MELB David Neitz goal 7.7.49 - 7.1.43 22:48
MELB David Neitz goal 8.7.55 - 7.1.43 24:40
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 8.7.55 - 8.1.49 26:29
WBUL Daniel Bandy behind 8.7.55 - 8.2.50 30:41
MELB Shane Woewodin goal 9.7.61 - 8.2.50 31:39
MELB David Neitz behind 9.8.62 - 8.2.50 34:50
Q3 WBUL Rushed behind 9.8.62 - 8.3.51 01:08
WBUL Nathan Brown goal 9.8.62 - 9.3.57 01:22
WBUL Rushed behind 9.8.62 - 9.4.58 03:12
WBUL Rushed behind 9.8.62 - 9.5.59 03:51
WBUL Jordan McMahon behind 9.8.62 - 9.6.60 04:31
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 9.8.62 - 10.6.66 08:07
WBUL Rushed behind 9.8.62 - 10.7.67 09:55
MELB David Neitz goal 10.8.68 - 10.7.67 11:01
MELB Paul Wheatley behind 10.9.69 - 10.7.67 12:35
MELB Russell Robertson behind 10.10.70 - 10.7.67 14:28
MELB Rushed behind 10.11.71 - 10.7.67 15:30
MELB David Neitz goal 11.11.77 - 10.7.67 17:05
MELB Peter Vardy goal 12.11.83 - 10.7.67 19:08
MELB Peter Vardy behind 12.12.84 - 10.7.67 21:57
WBUL Rushed behind 12.12.84 - 10.8.68 23:25
WBUL Jordan McMahon goal 12.12.84 - 11.8.74 24:53
WBUL Luke Darcy goal 12.12.84 - 12.8.80 26:46
MELB Simon Godfrey behind 12.13.85 - 12.8.80 28:14
Q4 MELB Rushed behind 12.14.86 - 12.8.80 01:20
MELB Russell Robertson goal 13.14.92 - 12.8.80 02:33
MELB Russell Robertson behind 13.15.93 - 12.8.80 04:29
MELB Jeff White goal 14.15.99 - 12.8.80 08:36
WBUL Ryan Hargrave goal 14.15.99 - 13.8.86 10:32
WBUL Nathan Brown behind 14.15.99 - 13.9.87 12:52
MELB David Neitz goal 15.15.105 - 13.9.87 15:33
WBUL Mark Alvey behind 15.15.105 - 13.10.88 17:01
WBUL Rohan Smith behind 15.15.105 - 13.11.89 17:29
MELB Brad Green behind 15.16.106 - 13.11.89 19:51
MELB Rushed behind 15.17.107 - 13.11.89 21:23
WBUL Nathan Brown goal 15.17.107 - 14.11.95 25:32