2003 AFL Season Round 1: Western Bulldogs v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 30 March 2003 between the Western Bulldogs and Geelong during round one of the 2003 season of the Australian Football League. The Western Bulldogs hosted Geelong at Telstra Dome. Chris Grant captained the hosts. Steven King captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Peter Rohde and the visitors were coached by Mark Thompson.

The Western Bulldogs (19.16.130) defeated Geelong (13.13.91).

Match Details

Season: 2003 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Geelong
Date: Sunday 30 March 2003
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Telstra Dome
Attendance: 27,931

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. Geelong
Score: 19.16.130 - 13.13.91

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Western Bulldogs	7	.	5	9	.	7	14	.	13	19	.	16	19	.	16	(130)
Geelong	3	.	3	6	.	8	9	.	11	13	.	13	13	.	13	(91)
Margin	WBUL by 26			WBUL by 17			WBUL by 32			WBUL by 39			WBUL by 39
Duration	33:28			27:57			31:18			32:54			2:05:37

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Western Bulldogs) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Geelong) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Western Bulldogs

Captain: Chris Grant
Coach: Peter Rohde

Geelong

Captain: Steven King
Coach: Mark Thompson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Corcoran (#21)
D. Humphery-Smith
S. McInerney (#30)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Mitch Hahn	WBUL	8	3
Mark Alvey	WBUL	31	2
Steven Kretiuk	WBUL	35	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1

Player Statistics

Western Bulldogs

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
31	Alvey, Mark	WL	93%	3	0	25	18	7	6	0	1	2	3	1	0	2	7
11	Bandy, Daniel	CHF	97%	3	1	13	8	5	8	10	5	2	5	1	1	0	2
12	Bassett, Scott	FB	100%	0	0	17	11	6	6	0	3	0	1	2	0	6	4
40	Birss, Shane	INT	6%	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Brown, Nathan	FF	100%	3	6	12	11	1	8	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0
14	Darcy, Luke	RU	100%	0	0	15	9	6	3	13	2	6	3	3	0	2	4
28	Dimattina, Paul	INT	60%	1	1	18	11	7	4	1	5	3	4	1	1	1	8
10	Eagleton, Nathan	HFFL	92%	1	0	13	7	6	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	4
4	Garlick, Simon	FPL	100%	1	0	17	9	8	4	0	2	3	2	3	0	1	1
13	Giansiracusa, Daniel	RO	94%	1	1	23	17	6	6	0	3	2	1	1	1	3	1
3	Grant, Chris (c)	CHB	74%	0	0	14	9	5	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	1
8	Hahn, Mitch	WR	61%	2	0	15	9	6	2	1	1	3	1	0	0	2	1
25	Hargrave, Ryan	FPR	100%	0	0	15	10	5	4	0	1	0	7	1	1	1	3
22	Harrison, Ben	HFFR	89%	0	0	17	10	7	5	0	2	1	4	0	1	1	3
6	Johnson, Brad	RR	94%	3	3	24	18	6	4	0	1	4	4	0	1	0	4
35	Kretiuk, Steven	BPR	94%	0	0	21	10	11	7	1	1	0	3	1	1	8	0
29	McGuinness, Kieran	INT	19%	0	0	5	1	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
2	Murphy, Bob	HBFL	98%	0	0	26	18	8	4	0	2	3	4	1	2	3	4
30	Robbins, Matthew	BPL	100%	0	0	22	16	6	6	0	5	0	4	1	0	11	1
5	Smith, Rohan	HBFR	100%	0	1	28	19	9	9	0	3	2	5	0	2	4	6
7	West, Scott	C	97%	0	1	35	12	23	5	0	2	5	2	1	0	4	3
21	Wiggins, Patrick	INT	32%	1	0	2	2	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rushed					2
Total (22 players)				19	16	378	235	143	103	28	44	37	56	19	11	52	57

Geelong

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
29	Ablett, Gary	BPL	74%	2	2	10	5	5	2	0	5	1	1	1	1	0	2
35	Chapman, Paul	HFFR	94%	1	0	24	14	10	5	0	3	4	2	2	1	0	8
14	Clarke, David	RO	48%	0	0	9	8	1	4	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	4
11	Corey, Joel	RR	91%	1	0	28	15	13	5	2	4	6	4	1	1	4	8
44	Enright, Corey	C	78%	0	0	16	11	5	5	0	2	3	0	0	0	3	3
16	Gardiner, Charlie	WL	88%	2	1	13	9	4	5	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	1
7	Graham, Ben	CHB	71%	0	0	14	11	3	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	4	2
25	Grgic, Brent	HBFR	69%	0	0	6	4	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0
28	Johnson, David	INT	88%	0	0	6	5	1	0	0	3	0	3	1	2	1	2
20	Johnson, Steve	FPL	65%	1	0	6	6	0	2	0	1	1	3	1	3	1	4
9	Kelly, James	INT	81%	0	0	14	10	4	1	0	4	4	4	0	0	0	5
1	King, Steven (c)	RU	94%	0	1	12	6	6	4	29	3	2	4	0	2	0	5
18	Kingsley, Kent	CHF	84%	3	2	7	6	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
45	Ling, Cameron	HFFL	96%	0	1	24	13	11	5	0	4	2	2	1	0	1	4
26	McCarthy, Matthew	INT	82%	0	2	9	4	5	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
39	Milburn, Darren	HBFL	90%	0	0	18	8	10	4	0	1	2	3	0	1	4	1
21	Mooney, Cam	FF	54%	0	1	6	5	1	5	0	0	1	7	0	4	0	2
15	Riccardi, Peter	WR	97%	1	1	17	12	5	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	1	4
33	Rooke, Max	FPR	100%	0	0	11	8	3	5	0	5	0	3	0	0	1	1
27	Sanderson, Brenton	BPR	90%	1	0	16	12	4	5	0	4	1	3	1	2	5	3
30	Scarlett, Matthew	FB	100%	0	0	9	7	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	2
6	Spriggs, David	INT	67%	1	1	12	7	5	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	3
Rushed					1
Total (22 players)				13	13	287	186	101	81	31	46	31	51	11	19	33	67

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

Player Line-Up

Western Bulldogs							Coach: Peter Rohde
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	29	G. Ablett	30	M. Scarlett	27	B. Sanderson	14	L. Darcy	40	S. Birss
	25	R. Hargrave	17	N. Brown	4	S. Garlick	6	B. Johnson	28	P. Dimattina
FORWARD							13	D. Giansiracusa	29	K. McGuinness
HALF-BACK									21	P. Wiggins
	39	D. Milburn	7	B. Graham	25	B. Grgic
	22	B. Harrison	11	D. Bandy	10	N. Eagleton
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	16	C. Gardiner	44	C. Enright	15	P. Riccardi
	8	M. Hahn	7	S. West	31	M. Alvey	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							1	S. King (c)	28	D. Johnson
HALF-FORWARD							11	J. Corey	9	J. Kelly
	45	C. Ling	18	K. Kingsley	35	P. Chapman	14	D. Clarke	26	M. McCarthy
	5	R. Smith	3	C. Grant (c)	2	B. Murphy			6	D. Spriggs
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	20	S. Johnson	21	C. Mooney	33	M. Rooke
	35	S. Kretiuk	12	S. Bassett	30	M. Robbins
BACK
Geelong							Coach: Mark Thompson

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	WBUL	Brad Johnson behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	01:20
	GEEL	Charlie Gardiner goal	0.1.1	-	1.0.6	03:29
	WBUL	Mitch Hahn goal	1.1.7	-	1.0.6	05:07
	WBUL	Mark Alvey goal	2.1.13	-	1.0.6	06:39
	GEEL	Gary Ablett behind	2.1.13	-	1.1.7	08:52
	WBUL	Mark Alvey goal	3.1.19	-	1.1.7	10:22
	WBUL	Nathan Brown behind	3.2.20	-	1.1.7	11:48
	GEEL	Charlie Gardiner goal	3.2.20	-	2.1.13	12:33
	WBUL	Nathan Brown behind	3.3.21	-	2.1.13	14:30
	GEEL	Kent Kingsley behind	3.3.21	-	2.2.14	15:38
	GEEL	Steve Johnson goal	3.3.21	-	3.2.20	16:10
	WBUL	Daniel Bandy goal	4.3.27	-	3.2.20	17:42
	WBUL	Nathan Brown goal	5.3.33	-	3.2.20	20:21
	WBUL	Nathan Eagleton goal	6.3.39	-	3.2.20	23:05
	WBUL	Brad Johnson behind	6.4.40	-	3.2.20	24:12
	WBUL	Daniel Giansiracusa goal	7.4.46	-	3.2.20	30:07
	WBUL	Paul Dimattina behind	7.5.47	-	3.2.20	31:31
	GEEL	Peter Riccardi behind	7.5.47	-	3.3.21	32:29
Q2	WBUL	Brad Johnson goal	8.5.53	-	3.3.21	01:11
	GEEL	Matthew McCarthy behind	8.5.53	-	3.4.22	02:48
	GEEL	Cameron Ling behind	8.5.53	-	3.5.23	04:12
	WBUL	Nathan Brown behind	8.6.54	-	3.5.23	07:09
	GEEL	Kent Kingsley behind	8.6.54	-	3.6.24	10:22
	WBUL	Brad Johnson behind	8.7.55	-	3.6.24	11:52
	GEEL	Joel Corey goal	8.7.55	-	4.6.30	13:14
	WBUL	Daniel Bandy goal	9.7.61	-	4.6.30	15:28
	GEEL	Kent Kingsley goal	9.7.61	-	5.6.36	19:00
	GEEL	Kent Kingsley goal	9.7.61	-	6.6.42	22:45
	GEEL	David Spriggs behind	9.7.61	-	6.7.43	24:24
	GEEL	Cam Mooney behind	9.7.61	-	6.8.44	26:48
Q3	WBUL	Brad Johnson goal	10.7.67	-	6.8.44	00:28
	GEEL	Steven King behind	10.7.67	-	6.9.45	02:45
	GEEL	Peter Riccardi goal	10.7.67	-	7.9.51	03:31
	GEEL	Rushed behind	10.7.67	-	7.10.52	05:11
	WBUL	Rushed behind	10.8.68	-	7.10.52	06:01
	WBUL	Brad Johnson goal	11.8.74	-	7.10.52	06:55
	WBUL	Simon Garlick goal	12.8.80	-	7.10.52	08:57
	WBUL	Daniel Bandy behind	12.9.81	-	7.10.52	10:17
	WBUL	Nathan Brown behind	12.10.82	-	7.10.52	12:21
	WBUL	Scott West behind	12.11.83	-	7.10.52	14:24
	WBUL	Daniel Bandy goal	13.11.89	-	7.10.52	16:38
	WBUL	Mitch Hahn goal	14.11.95	-	7.10.52	21:46
	WBUL	Rohan Smith behind	14.12.96	-	7.10.52	22:57
	GEEL	Paul Chapman goal	14.12.96	-	8.10.58	23:31
	GEEL	Kent Kingsley goal	14.12.96	-	9.10.64	26:55
	GEEL	Matthew McCarthy behind	14.12.96	-	9.11.65	28:50
	WBUL	Daniel Giansiracusa behind	14.13.97	-	9.11.65	31:17
Q4	WBUL	Nathan Brown behind	14.14.98	-	9.11.65	00:50
	GEEL	Gary Ablett goal	14.14.98	-	10.11.71	02:55
	WBUL	Mark Alvey goal	15.14.104	-	10.11.71	04:42
	GEEL	Gary Ablett goal	15.14.104	-	11.11.77	06:27
	WBUL	Nathan Brown goal	16.14.110	-	11.11.77	09:11
	GEEL	Brenton Sanderson goal	16.14.110	-	12.11.83	12:23
	WBUL	Nathan Brown goal	17.14.116	-	12.11.83	14:01
	WBUL	Patrick Wiggins goal	18.14.122	-	12.11.83	19:08
	WBUL	Paul Dimattina goal	19.14.128	-	12.11.83	20:53
	WBUL	Rushed behind	19.15.129	-	12.11.83	23:06
	GEEL	Gary Ablett behind	19.15.129	-	12.12.84	25:01
	WBUL	Nathan Brown behind	19.16.130	-	12.12.84	27:44
	GEEL	David Spriggs goal	19.16.130	-	13.12.90	28:27
	GEEL	Charlie Gardiner behind	19.16.130	-	13.13.91	30:10

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