2003 AFL Season Round 18: Western Bulldogs v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 1 August 2003 between the Western Bulldogs and Melbourne during round eighteen of the 2003 season of the Australian Football League. The Western Bulldogs hosted Melbourne at Telstra Dome. Scott West captained the hosts. David Neitz captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Peter Rohde and the visitors were coached by Neale Daniher.

The Western Bulldogs (14.17.101) defeated Melbourne (12.8.80).

Match Details

Season: 2003 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Melbourne
Date: Friday 1 August 2003
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: Telstra Dome
Attendance: 20,714

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. Melbourne
Score: 14.17.101 - 12.8.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 3 . 6 7 . 8 11 . 11 14 . 17 14 . 17 (101)
Melbourne 5 . 4 7 . 4 8 . 6 12 . 8 12 . 8 (80)
Margin MELB by 10 WBUL by 4 WBUL by 23 WBUL by 21 WBUL by 21
Duration 29:08 25:50 26:07 29:35 1:50:40

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 (Melbourne) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Western Bulldogs

Captain: Scott West
Coach: Peter Rohde

Melbourne

Captain: David Neitz
Coach: Neale Daniher

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coates (#6)
S. McInerney (#30)
C. Rowe (#12)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Luke Darcy WBUL 14 3
Scott West WBUL 7 2
Nathan Eagleton WBUL 10 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
40 Birss, Shane RO 70% 0 0 15 6 9 5 0 0 4 0 3 0 1 1
42 Boyd, Matthew INT 32% 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1
17 Brown, Nathan FPR 100% 5 5 15 13 2 5 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0
14 Darcy, Luke RU 100% 1 1 29 13 16 13 8 2 4 0 2 0 1 4
28 Dimattina, Paul WL 77% 1 1 24 11 13 6 0 6 4 2 0 2 2 9
10 Eagleton, Nathan WR 100% 1 1 27 17 10 8 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 7
4 Garlick, Simon INT 23% 0 1 3 3 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 0
9 Gilbee, Lindsay HFFL 100% 0 1 11 8 3 5 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 6
8 Hahn, Mitch HBFR 100% 1 3 23 10 13 8 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 2
25 Hargrave, Ryan FB 100% 0 0 21 9 12 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
22 Harrison, Ben FPL 98% 0 0 16 11 5 12 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 6
6 Johnson, Brad CHF 100% 2 1 27 15 12 7 0 6 4 1 0 0 0 4
35 Kretiuk, Steven BPR 100% 0 0 15 8 7 7 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
29 McGuinness, Kieran INT 5% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 McMahon, Jordan HFFR 97% 0 0 19 11 8 5 0 2 1 1 0 1 2 4
2 Murphy, Bob RR 100% 0 0 25 20 5 5 0 1 1 2 0 0 5 4
15 Power, Sam CHB 100% 0 1 20 9 11 7 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 3
30 Robbins, Matthew BPL 100% 0 0 14 11 3 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1
34 Skipper, Wayde FF 36% 0 0 2 1 1 1 5 2 0 1 0 1 0 1
5 Smith, Rohan HBFL 95% 0 0 31 21 10 6 0 0 0 2 0 1 7 4
7 West, Scott (c) C 100% 0 1 32 13 19 4 0 4 4 1 0 0 0 5
21 Wiggins, Patrick INT 66% 3 0 9 5 4 2 8 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 14 17 382 216 166 122 22 34 33 26 9 11 31 63

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
2 Armstrong, Steven INT 45% 0 0 6 3 3 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2
3 Bizzell, Clint BPR 100% 0 0 17 12 5 9 0 2 1 2 0 1 4 1
25 Brown, Nathan HBFL 100% 0 0 27 15 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
32 Bruce, Cameron WR 100% 3 1 24 18 6 9 0 0 1 5 0 0 5 8
41 Carroll, Nathan CHB 100% 0 0 14 10 4 5 1 6 1 2 2 2 5 0
30 Godfrey, Simon RR 73% 0 0 18 8 10 6 0 3 8 1 0 0 2 1
18 Green, Brad HFFL 85% 1 0 10 5 5 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1
1 Heffernan, Chris WL 97% 1 0 24 16 8 7 0 1 2 2 2 0 4 4
33 Hunter, Cameron INT 33% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0
16 Johnstone, Travis INT 71% 1 0 20 12 8 9 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 2
11 Jolly, Darren FPL 49% 0 0 6 3 3 1 15 2 2 3 1 1 1 0
23 McDonald, James RO 100% 0 0 24 12 12 9 0 4 4 2 0 1 1 6
37 Miller, Brad CHF 60% 0 0 5 2 3 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
9 Neitz, David (c) FF 100% 3 0 5 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
8 Nicholson, Alistair INT 32% 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Robertson, Russell FPR 100% 1 1 14 9 5 4 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 4
42 Walsh, Peter HFFR 100% 0 1 17 7 10 7 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 3
10 Ward, Daniel HBFR 100% 0 0 10 6 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0
45 Whelan, Matthew BPL 96% 0 0 15 9 6 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2
34 White, Jeff RU 67% 1 0 14 10 4 9 17 2 1 2 0 0 1 1
26 Williams, Luke FB 100% 0 0 14 5 9 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 5 0
13 Yze, Adem C 92% 1 1 22 17 5 7 0 3 2 3 0 1 4 6
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 12 8 309 185 124 116 36 37 28 34 11 9 45 44

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
45 M. Whelan 26 L. Williams 3 C. Bizzell 14 L. Darcy 42 M. Boyd
17 N. Brown 34 W. Skipper 22 B. Harrison 2 B. Murphy 4 S. Garlick
FORWARD 40 S. Birss 29 K. McGuinness
HALF-BACK

21 P. Wiggins
25 N. Brown 41 N. Carroll 10 D. Ward



23 J. McMahon 6 B. Johnson 9 L. Gilbee



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



1 C. Heffernan 13 A. Yze 32 C. Bruce



10 N. Eagleton 7 S. West (c) 28 P. Dimattina FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 34 J. White 2 S. Armstrong
HALF-FORWARD 30 S. Godfrey 33 C. Hunter
18 B. Green 37 B. Miller 42 P. Walsh 23 J. McDonald 16 T. Johnstone
8 M. Hahn 15 S. Power 5 R. Smith

8 A. Nicholson
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



11 D. Jolly 9 D. Neitz (c) 24 R. Robertson



35 S. Kretiuk 25 R. Hargrave 30 M. Robbins



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Neale Daniher

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Russell Robertson behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 00:37
WBUL Brad Johnson behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 01:54
MELB Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.2.2 03:17
WBUL Nathan Brown behind 0.2.2 - 0.2.2 04:19
MELB Peter Walsh behind 0.2.2 - 0.3.3 07:37
MELB Cameron Bruce goal 0.2.2 - 1.3.9 08:50
MELB David Neitz goal 0.2.2 - 2.3.15 10:55
WBUL Nathan Brown goal 1.2.8 - 2.3.15 14:18
WBUL Mitch Hahn behind 1.3.9 - 2.3.15 15:37
WBUL Paul Dimattina behind 1.4.10 - 2.3.15 17:52
MELB Brad Green goal 1.4.10 - 3.3.21 19:23
WBUL Rushed behind 1.5.11 - 3.3.21 20:45
WBUL Scott West behind 1.6.12 - 3.3.21 21:28
MELB Rushed behind 1.6.12 - 3.4.22 23:15
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 2.6.18 - 3.4.22 24:15
MELB Travis Johnstone goal 2.6.18 - 4.4.28 25:33
WBUL Nathan Brown goal 3.6.24 - 4.4.28 26:40
MELB David Neitz goal 3.6.24 - 5.4.34 29:00
Q2 WBUL Mitch Hahn behind 3.7.25 - 5.4.34 03:25
WBUL Nathan Brown behind 3.8.26 - 5.4.34 06:45
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 4.8.32 - 5.4.34 07:49
MELB David Neitz goal 4.8.32 - 6.4.40 10:15
MELB Adem Yze goal 4.8.32 - 7.4.46 13:05
WBUL Paul Dimattina goal 5.8.38 - 7.4.46 16:38
WBUL Nathan Brown goal 6.8.44 - 7.4.46 18:23
WBUL Patrick Wiggins goal 7.8.50 - 7.4.46 22:02
Q3 WBUL Nathan Brown goal 8.8.56 - 7.4.46 04:39
WBUL Luke Darcy behind 8.9.57 - 7.4.46 05:41
WBUL Patrick Wiggins goal 9.9.63 - 7.4.46 06:53
WBUL Nathan Eagleton behind 9.10.64 - 7.4.46 08:47
MELB Rushed behind 9.10.64 - 7.5.47 10:34
WBUL Mitch Hahn goal 10.10.70 - 7.5.47 15:00
WBUL Nathan Brown behind 10.11.71 - 7.5.47 18:50
MELB Cameron Bruce behind 10.11.71 - 7.6.48 19:17
WBUL Luke Darcy goal 11.11.77 - 7.6.48 23:34
MELB Cameron Bruce goal 11.11.77 - 8.6.54 25:59
Q4 WBUL Simon Garlick behind 11.12.78 - 8.6.54 02:10
MELB Chris Heffernan goal 11.12.78 - 9.6.60 04:18
WBUL Lindsay Gilbee behind 11.13.79 - 9.6.60 05:49
WBUL Sam Power behind 11.14.80 - 9.6.60 07:29
MELB Jeff White goal 11.14.80 - 10.6.66 08:55
MELB Rushed behind 11.14.80 - 10.7.67 10:14
WBUL Patrick Wiggins goal 12.14.86 - 10.7.67 13:47
WBUL Nathan Brown behind 12.15.87 - 10.7.67 18:28
WBUL Nathan Brown goal 13.15.93 - 10.7.67 20:14
WBUL Mitch Hahn behind 13.16.94 - 10.7.67 21:54
WBUL Nathan Brown behind 13.17.95 - 10.7.67 24:37
MELB Cameron Bruce goal 13.17.95 - 11.7.73 25:11
MELB Russell Robertson goal 13.17.95 - 12.7.79 26:18
WBUL Nathan Eagleton goal 14.17.101 - 12.7.79 27:24
MELB Adem Yze behind 14.17.101 - 12.8.80 28:30