2003 AFL Season Round 6: Melbourne v West Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 3 May 2003 between Melbourne and West Coast during round six of the 2003 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted West Coast at the MCG. 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 (14.10.94) were defeated by West Coast (19.13.127).

Match Details

Season: 2003 AFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Melbourne v West Coast
Date: Saturday 3 May 2003
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 17,534

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by West Coast
Score: 14.10.94 - 19.13.127

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 1 7 . 4 12 . 6 14 . 10 14 . 10 (94)
West Coast 5 . 3 6 . 5 16 . 8 19 . 13 19 . 13 (127)
Margin WCST by 20 MELB by 5 WCST by 26 WCST by 33 WCST by 33
Duration 30:18 29:44 34:08 27:13 2:01:23

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Melbourne) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (West Coast) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: David Neitz
Coach: Neale Daniher

West Coast

Captain: Ben Cousins
Coach: John Worsfold

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Ellis
S. McInerney (#30)
K. Nicholls

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Chad Fletcher WCST 7 3
Phil Read WCST 24 2
Phillip Matera WCST 33 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Bizzell, Clint BPR 87% 0 0 9 4 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2
25 Brown, Nathan BPL 100% 2 0 28 14 14 6 0 2 3 3 0 0 4 4
32 Bruce, Cameron HFFR 97% 0 1 16 8 8 5 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 3
35 Ferguson, Ryan FB 88% 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
30 Godfrey, Simon RO 95% 0 0 20 11 9 0 0 4 4 5 0 1 0 8
18 Green, Brad INT 76% 2 2 14 11 3 1 0 4 2 1 3 0 1 4
1 Heffernan, Chris WL 84% 0 1 19 10 9 3 0 2 3 1 2 0 1 3
16 Johnstone, Travis WR 82% 0 0 20 16 4 1 0 2 3 3 3 1 4 5
11 Jolly, Darren HFFL 100% 0 0 10 5 5 3 23 4 0 5 0 5 2 0
36 Leoncelli, Andrew C 69% 0 0 17 12 5 2 0 3 4 0 0 0 4 3
23 McDonald, James FPR 82% 1 0 13 5 8 0 0 7 4 0 1 0 0 1
37 Miller, Brad CHB 53% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
7 Moorcroft, Gary FPL 85% 1 0 11 6 5 1 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 1
9 Neitz, David (c) FF 100% 2 0 8 4 4 3 3 0 0 5 0 2 0 1
24 Robertson, Russell CHF 100% 3 2 22 11 11 7 0 1 0 4 2 0 0 2
6 Thompson, Scott INT 44% 0 0 9 3 6 1 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 4
19 Vardy, Peter INT 83% 1 3 9 5 4 2 0 1 3 2 0 2 0 0
42 Walsh, Peter INT 62% 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1
45 Whelan, Matthew HBFR 91% 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0
34 White, Jeff RU 24% 0 0 7 2 5 2 4 1 1 2 0 1 0 0
26 Williams, Luke HBFL 100% 0 0 13 6 7 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 6 0
13 Yze, Adem RR 100% 2 0 23 19 4 3 0 4 8 1 0 1 2 7
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 14 10 287 163 124 48 31 49 42 42 15 15 29 49

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
16 Adkins, Damien INT 62% 1 1 10 6 4 2 0 2 2 3 0 2 1 1
6 Banfield, Drew BPL 100% 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 0
46 Carroll, Trent BPR 23% 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
17 Chick, Daniel RO 100% 4 0 16 14 2 3 0 7 0 0 1 0 5 3
9 Cousins, Ben (c) C 26% 0 0 4 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
20 Cox, Dean INT 56% 3 0 9 7 2 2 15 0 2 0 2 0 1 0
32 Embley, Andrew HFFL 97% 1 1 19 15 4 2 0 5 4 3 2 1 3 5
7 Fletcher, Chad RR 100% 0 0 21 18 3 4 0 3 6 2 0 1 3 6
1 Gardiner, Michael RU 85% 0 0 18 14 4 10 39 0 4 2 3 0 1 7
26 Gaspar, Travis CHF 20% 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 Green, Kasey HBFR 100% 0 1 11 7 4 4 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 3
38 Haynes, David FF 100% 0 1 9 5 4 3 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 2
39 Hunter, Adam HBFL 100% 1 0 8 6 2 4 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 2
27 Jakovich, Glen CHB 84% 1 0 15 13 2 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 6
18 Jones, Rowan WR 91% 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 2
3 Judd, Chris WL 97% 1 0 17 13 4 3 0 2 4 3 0 1 1 4
33 Matera, Phillip FPL 100% 5 4 12 11 1 6 0 2 2 3 0 2 0 0
11 McIntosh, Ashley FB 100% 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 2 3 0 0 0 3 0
5 Morrison, Chad INT 89% 0 0 19 15 4 3 0 2 2 0 1 0 6 2
12 Munro, Kane FPR 93% 1 0 12 5 7 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
24 Read, Phil HFFR 91% 0 0 23 14 9 4 0 2 3 5 2 3 1 5
28 Sampi, Ashley INT 86% 1 2 9 6 3 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 2
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 19 13 264 186 78 68 54 49 38 33 15 15 29 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

Player Line-Up

Melbourne Coach: Neale Daniher
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
6 D. Banfield 11 A. McIntosh 46 T. Carroll 34 J. White 18 B. Green
23 J. McDonald 9 D. Neitz (c) 7 G. Moorcroft 13 A. Yze 6 S. Thompson
FORWARD 30 S. Godfrey 19 P. Vardy
HALF-BACK

42 P. Walsh
39 A. Hunter 27 G. Jakovich 35 K. Green



32 C. Bruce 24 R. Robertson 11 D. Jolly



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



3 C. Judd 9 B. Cousins (c) 18 R. Jones



16 T. Johnstone 36 A. Leoncelli 1 C. Heffernan FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 1 M. Gardiner 16 D. Adkins
HALF-FORWARD 7 C. Fletcher 20 D. Cox
32 A. Embley 26 T. Gaspar 24 P. Read 17 D. Chick 5 C. Morrison
45 M. Whelan 37 B. Miller 26 L. Williams

28 A. Sampi
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



33 P. Matera 38 D. Haynes 12 K. Munro



3 C. Bizzell 35 R. Ferguson 25 N. Brown



BACK



West Coast Coach: John Worsfold

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB David Neitz goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 05:27
WCST David Haynes behind 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 06:58
WCST Daniel Chick goal 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 10:28
MELB Russell Robertson goal 2.0.12 - 1.1.7 11:30
WCST Rushed behind 2.0.12 - 1.2.8 13:56
WCST Daniel Chick goal 2.0.12 - 2.2.14 16:07
WCST Chris Judd goal 2.0.12 - 3.2.20 17:40
WCST Dean Cox goal 2.0.12 - 4.2.26 20:54
WCST Damien Adkins behind 2.0.12 - 4.3.27 23:18
MELB Peter Vardy behind 2.1.13 - 4.3.27 24:41
WCST Adam Hunter goal 2.1.13 - 5.3.33 27:32
Q2 MELB Peter Vardy behind 2.2.14 - 5.3.33 01:53
MELB Russell Robertson behind 2.3.15 - 5.3.33 04:33
WCST Kasey Green behind 2.3.15 - 5.4.34 08:39
MELB Peter Vardy goal 3.3.21 - 5.4.34 11:45
WCST Rushed behind 3.3.21 - 5.5.35 14:35
WCST Phillip Matera goal 3.3.21 - 6.5.41 16:54
MELB Gary Moorcroft goal 4.3.27 - 6.5.41 18:32
MELB Adem Yze goal 5.3.33 - 6.5.41 20:15
MELB Brad Green goal 6.3.39 - 6.5.41 22:32
MELB Cameron Bruce behind 6.4.40 - 6.5.41 25:54
MELB Adem Yze goal 7.4.46 - 6.5.41 29:01
Q3 MELB Brad Green goal 8.4.52 - 6.5.41 01:30
WCST Damien Adkins goal 8.4.52 - 7.5.47 03:07
WCST Phillip Matera goal 8.4.52 - 8.5.53 04:54
WCST Phillip Matera goal 8.4.52 - 9.5.59 06:44
MELB Nathan Brown goal 9.4.58 - 9.5.59 08:21
WCST Phillip Matera behind 9.4.58 - 9.6.60 09:59
WCST Andrew Embley goal 9.4.58 - 10.6.66 10:51
WCST Phillip Matera behind 9.4.58 - 10.7.67 11:49
MELB Russell Robertson goal 10.4.64 - 10.7.67 12:30
MELB James McDonald goal 11.4.70 - 10.7.67 15:30
WCST Glen Jakovich goal 11.4.70 - 11.7.73 17:12
MELB Brad Green behind 11.5.71 - 11.7.73 19:37
WCST Daniel Chick goal 11.5.71 - 12.7.79 21:22
MELB David Neitz goal 12.5.77 - 12.7.79 23:03
WCST Daniel Chick goal 12.5.77 - 13.7.85 24:02
WCST Phillip Matera goal 12.5.77 - 14.7.91 25:44
MELB Rushed behind 12.6.78 - 14.7.91 27:58
WCST Andrew Embley behind 12.6.78 - 14.8.92 29:04
WCST Phillip Matera goal 12.6.78 - 15.8.98 30:15
WCST Dean Cox goal 12.6.78 - 16.8.104 32:04
Q4 MELB Brad Green behind 12.7.79 - 16.8.104 01:31
MELB Chris Heffernan behind 12.8.80 - 16.8.104 01:59
WCST Rushed behind 12.8.80 - 16.9.105 04:29
WCST Phillip Matera behind 12.8.80 - 16.10.106 05:21
WCST Ashley Sampi behind 12.8.80 - 16.11.107 08:10
MELB Nathan Brown goal 13.8.86 - 16.11.107 11:19
WCST Phillip Matera behind 13.8.86 - 16.12.108 12:59
WCST Dean Cox goal 13.8.86 - 17.12.114 14:16
MELB Peter Vardy behind 13.9.87 - 17.12.114 15:59
WCST Ashley Sampi behind 13.9.87 - 17.13.115 16:38
WCST Ashley Sampi goal 13.9.87 - 18.13.121 18:47
MELB Russell Robertson goal 14.9.93 - 18.13.121 19:41
WCST Kane Munro goal 14.9.93 - 19.13.127 25:03
MELB Russell Robertson behind 14.10.94 - 19.13.127 27:12