2003 AFL Round 18: Western Bulldogs v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 1 August 2003 between Western Bulldogs and Melbourne during round 18 of the 2003 AFL season. 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.

Western Bulldogs
Back: M. Robbins, R. Hargrave, S. Kretiuk
Half-back: R. Smith, S. Power, M. Hahn
Centre: P. Dimattina, S. West (capt.), N. Eagleton
Half-forward: L. Gilbee, B. Johnson, J. McMahon
Forward: B. Harrison, W. Skipper, N. Brown
Follower: L. Darcy, B. Murphy, S. Birss
Int.: M. Boyd, S. Garlick, K. McGuinness, P. Wiggins

Melbourne
Back: M. Whelan, L. Williams, C. Bizzell
Half-back: N. Brown, N. Carroll, D. Ward
Centre: C. Heffernan, A. Yze, C. Bruce
Half-forward: B. Green, B. Miller, P. Walsh
Forward: D. Jolly, D. Neitz (capt.), R. Robertson
Follower: J. White, S. Godfrey, J. McDonald
Int.: S. Armstrong, C. Hunter, T. Johnstone, A. Nicholson

Western Bulldogs (14.17.101) defeated Melbourne (12.8.80).

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: N. Brown (5), P. Wiggins (3), B. Johnson (2), L. Darcy, P. Dimattina, N. Eagleton, M. Hahn
Melbourne: C. Bruce (3), D. Neitz (3), B. Green, C. Heffernan, T. Johnstone, R. Robertson, J. White, A. Yze

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs remained 16th on the ladder and Melbourne remained 14th on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Peter Rohde (Western Bulldogs), Neale Daniher (Melbourne)
Captains: Scott West (Western Bulldogs), David Neitz (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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

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

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