2003 AFL Round 21: West Coast v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 24 August 2003 between West Coast and Melbourne during round 21 of the 2003 AFL season. West Coast hosted Melbourne at Subiaco Oval. Ben Cousins captained the hosts. David Neitz captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Worsfold and the visitors were coached by Neale Daniher.

West Coast
Back: D. Wirrpanda, A. McIntosh, M. Collica
Half-back: M. Braun, G. Jakovich, A. Hunter
Centre: C. Judd, B. Cousins (capt.), A. Embley
Half-forward: B. Staker, A. McDougall, R. Jones
Forward: P. Matera, D. Cox, P. Read
Follower: M. Gardiner, D. Kerr, C. Fletcher
Int.: D. Banfield, C. Chambers, D. Chick, A. Sampi

Melbourne
Back: M. Whelan, J. Rivers, G. Rigoni
Half-back: N. Brown, C. Bizzell, D. Ward
Centre: P. Walsh, A. Yze, S. Thompson
Half-forward: B. Green, R. Ferguson, C. Bruce
Forward: S. Armstrong, D. Neitz (capt.), R. Robertson
Follower: D. Jolly, S. Godfrey, J. McDonald
Int.: N. Carroll, M. Jamar, N. Smith, L. Williams

West Coast (21.17.143) defeated Melbourne (14.7.91).

Goalkickers
West Coast: P. Matera (5), A. McDougall (4), D. Wirrpanda (3), C. Judd (2), C. Chambers, B. Cousins, A. Hunter, G. Jakovich, D. Kerr, A. Sampi, B. Staker
Melbourne: R. Robertson (5), S. Armstrong (2), B. Green (2), D. Neitz (2), C. Bruce, G. Rigoni, A. Yze

As a result of this match, West Coast were then 5th on the ladder (up from 7th) and Melbourne remained 14th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2003 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: West Coast v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 24 August 2003
Time: 1:40 PM
Venue: Subiaco Oval
Attendance: 38,029

Match Results

Outcome: West Coast def. Melbourne
Score: 21.17.143 - 14.7.91

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
West Coast	5	.	6	9	.	10	15	.	12	21	.	17	21	.	17	(143)
Melbourne	3	.	1	8	.	3	11	.	6	14	.	7	14	.	7	(91)
Margin	WCST by 17			WCST by 13			WCST by 30			WCST by 52			WCST by 52
Duration	33:26			30:58			32:51			32:16			2:09:31

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Worsfold (West Coast), Neale Daniher (Melbourne)
Captains: Ben Cousins (West Coast), David Neitz (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: A. Coates (#6), D. Margetts, D. Morris (#20)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Glen Jakovich	WCST	27	3
Chris Judd	WCST	3	2
Ben Cousins	WCST	9	1

Player Statistics

West Coast

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
6	Banfield, Drew	INT	63%	0	0	16	6	10	5	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	2
10	Braun, Michael	HBFL	88%	0	1	23	14	9	4	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	6
15	Chambers, Callum	INT	73%	1	1	13	10	3	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4
17	Chick, Daniel	INT	83%	0	0	12	6	6	2	0	2	1	2	0	0	2	2
22	Collica, Michael	BPR	87%	0	0	11	4	7	2	1	2	2	0	1	0	1	0
9	Cousins, Ben (c)	C	75%	1	0	21	15	6	2	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	4
20	Cox, Dean	FF	85%	0	1	11	5	6	4	28	0	3	0	2	0	0	1
32	Embley, Andrew	WR	66%	0	1	12	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
7	Fletcher, Chad	RO	64%	0	1	16	9	7	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3
1	Gardiner, Michael	RU	43%	0	0	6	6	0	4	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	3
39	Hunter, Adam	HBFR	88%	1	1	12	6	6	3	0	7	3	0	2	0	0	1
27	Jakovich, Glen	CHB	91%	1	2	26	14	12	10	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	3
18	Jones, Rowan	HFFR	96%	0	0	17	8	9	6	1	0	0	4	1	0	1	3
3	Judd, Chris	WL	89%	2	1	22	17	5	2	0	5	11	1	2	1	1	3
4	Kerr, Daniel	RR	93%	1	0	25	13	12	4	1	4	9	2	1	2	0	6
33	Matera, Phillip	FPL	93%	5	2	9	9	0	5	0	2	1	1	2	1	0	1
19	McDougall, Andrew	CHF	100%	4	2	13	9	4	6	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	2
11	McIntosh, Ashley	FB	100%	0	0	12	10	2	5	0	0	1	1	1	0	5	0
24	Read, Phil	FPR	100%	0	0	10	9	1	4	0	2	0	3	2	2	4	1
28	Sampi, Ashley	INT	66%	1	0	10	4	6	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	2
41	Staker, Brent	HFFL	60%	1	0	7	6	1	3	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0
44	Wirrpanda, David	BPL	95%	3	1	12	10	2	4	0	3	0	2	0	0	1	4
Rushed					3
Total (22 players)				21	17	316	199	117	88	41	43	41	21	17	7	18	54

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
2	Armstrong, Steven	FPL	96%	2	0	23	11	12	6	0	4	5	2	0	0	2	1
3	Bizzell, Clint	CHB	100%	0	0	15	9	6	6	0	2	2	1	0	0	4	0
25	Brown, Nathan	HBFL	22%	0	0	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	Bruce, Cameron	HFFR	96%	1	3	12	6	6	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1
41	Carroll, Nathan	INT	79%	0	0	8	3	5	3	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0
35	Ferguson, Ryan	CHF	84%	0	0	11	5	6	3	0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0
30	Godfrey, Simon	RR	89%	0	0	13	7	6	1	0	6	4	3	0	2	0	2
18	Green, Brad	HFFL	100%	2	0	20	13	7	4	0	3	3	2	2	1	2	5
40	Jamar, Mark	INT	32%	0	0	3	1	2	1	12	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
11	Jolly, Darren	RU	68%	0	0	12	5	7	4	21	1	0	3	0	3	1	3
23	McDonald, James	RO	72%	0	0	10	4	6	1	0	6	3	3	0	3	0	0
9	Neitz, David (c)	FF	100%	2	2	8	7	1	5	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2
43	Rigoni, Guy	BPR	91%	1	1	31	16	15	2	0	2	7	1	1	0	3	4
27	Rivers, Jared	FB	30%	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Robertson, Russell	FPR	100%	5	1	18	13	5	7	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	4
15	Smith, Nick	INT	58%	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Thompson, Scott	WR	90%	0	0	16	9	7	3	0	5	2	2	0	1	1	2
42	Walsh, Peter	WL	100%	0	0	22	12	10	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	4
10	Ward, Daniel	HBFR	100%	0	0	19	7	12	3	0	3	1	5	0	3	2	1
45	Whelan, Matthew	BPL	100%	0	0	6	4	2	2	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0
26	Williams, Luke	INT	96%	0	0	17	10	7	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	1
13	Yze, Adem	C	95%	1	0	24	17	7	5	0	3	4	5	1	0	2	6
Rushed					0
Total (22 players)				14	7	295	164	131	71	33	49	35	38	7	17	24	36

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

West Coast							Coach: John Worsfold
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	45	M. Whelan	27	J. Rivers	43	G. Rigoni	1	M. Gardiner	6	D. Banfield
	24	P. Read	20	D. Cox	33	P. Matera	4	D. Kerr	15	C. Chambers
FORWARD							7	C. Fletcher	17	D. Chick
HALF-BACK									28	A. Sampi
	25	N. Brown	3	C. Bizzell	10	D. Ward
	18	R. Jones	19	A. McDougall	41	B. Staker
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	42	P. Walsh	13	A. Yze	6	S. Thompson
	32	A. Embley	9	B. Cousins (c)	3	C. Judd	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							11	D. Jolly	41	N. Carroll
HALF-FORWARD							30	S. Godfrey	40	M. Jamar
	18	B. Green	35	R. Ferguson	32	C. Bruce	23	J. McDonald	15	N. Smith
	39	A. Hunter	27	G. Jakovich	10	M. Braun			26	L. Williams
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	2	S. Armstrong	9	D. Neitz (c)	24	R. Robertson
	22	M. Collica	11	A. McIntosh	44	D. Wirrpanda
BACK
Melbourne							Coach: Neale Daniher

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	MELB	Russell Robertson goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	02:35
	WCST	Rushed behind	0.1.1	-	1.0.6	07:52
	WCST	Phillip Matera behind	0.2.2	-	1.0.6	09:33
	MELB	Cameron Bruce goal	0.2.2	-	2.0.12	10:41
	WCST	Chris Judd behind	0.3.3	-	2.0.12	12:16
	MELB	Cameron Bruce behind	0.3.3	-	2.1.13	14:06
	WCST	Andrew McDougall goal	1.3.9	-	2.1.13	15:11
	WCST	Chris Judd goal	2.3.15	-	2.1.13	16:47
	WCST	Glen Jakovich behind	2.4.16	-	2.1.13	18:26
	WCST	Michael Braun behind	2.5.17	-	2.1.13	18:59
	WCST	Andrew Embley behind	2.6.18	-	2.1.13	20:18
	MELB	Brad Green goal	2.6.18	-	3.1.19	23:03
	WCST	Andrew McDougall goal	3.6.24	-	3.1.19	24:41
	WCST	Andrew McDougall goal	4.6.30	-	3.1.19	26:22
	WCST	Phillip Matera goal	5.6.36	-	3.1.19	29:54
Q2	MELB	David Neitz goal	5.6.36	-	4.1.25	04:14
	MELB	Russell Robertson behind	5.6.36	-	4.2.26	05:19
	MELB	Steven Armstrong goal	5.6.36	-	5.2.32	06:12
	WCST	Ashley Sampi goal	6.6.42	-	5.2.32	11:18
	WCST	Andrew McDougall behind	6.7.43	-	5.2.32	12:58
	MELB	David Neitz goal	6.7.43	-	6.2.38	14:05
	WCST	Callum Chambers goal	7.7.49	-	6.2.38	16:07
	WCST	Phillip Matera behind	7.8.50	-	6.2.38	18:07
	MELB	Guy Rigoni behind	7.8.50	-	6.3.39	19:03
	WCST	David Wirrpanda goal	8.8.56	-	6.3.39	19:50
	MELB	Russell Robertson goal	8.8.56	-	7.3.45	22:23
	WCST	Dean Cox behind	8.9.57	-	7.3.45	24:22
	MELB	Russell Robertson goal	8.9.57	-	8.3.51	25:39
	WCST	Ben Cousins goal	9.9.63	-	8.3.51	27:34
	WCST	Chad Fletcher behind	9.10.64	-	8.3.51	30:22
Q3	MELB	Guy Rigoni goal	9.10.64	-	9.3.57	01:08
	WCST	Daniel Kerr goal	10.10.70	-	9.3.57	03:39
	WCST	Chris Judd goal	11.10.76	-	9.3.57	04:55
	WCST	Andrew McDougall goal	12.10.82	-	9.3.57	08:27
	MELB	David Neitz behind	12.10.82	-	9.4.58	10:26
	WCST	Callum Chambers behind	12.11.83	-	9.4.58	12:15
	WCST	Glen Jakovich behind	12.12.84	-	9.4.58	15:05
	WCST	David Wirrpanda goal	13.12.90	-	9.4.58	17:58
	MELB	Adem Yze goal	13.12.90	-	10.4.64	22:35
	WCST	David Wirrpanda goal	14.12.96	-	10.4.64	24:24
	MELB	Cameron Bruce behind	14.12.96	-	10.5.65	26:38
	WCST	Brent Staker goal	15.12.102	-	10.5.65	28:49
	MELB	Russell Robertson goal	15.12.102	-	11.5.71	30:22
	MELB	David Neitz behind	15.12.102	-	11.6.72	31:34
Q4	WCST	Phillip Matera goal	16.12.108	-	11.6.72	01:58
	WCST	Rushed behind	16.13.109	-	11.6.72	04:48
	WCST	Glen Jakovich goal	17.13.115	-	11.6.72	06:23
	WCST	Andrew McDougall behind	17.14.116	-	11.6.72	07:25
	WCST	David Wirrpanda behind	17.15.117	-	11.6.72	08:46
	WCST	Phillip Matera goal	18.15.123	-	11.6.72	11:19
	WCST	Phillip Matera goal	19.15.129	-	11.6.72	13:25
	MELB	Steven Armstrong goal	19.15.129	-	12.6.78	14:53
	WCST	Adam Hunter goal	20.15.135	-	12.6.78	16:33
	MELB	Russell Robertson goal	20.15.135	-	13.6.84	18:12
	MELB	Cameron Bruce behind	20.15.135	-	13.7.85	20:45
	WCST	Adam Hunter behind	20.16.136	-	13.7.85	22:15
	WCST	Rushed behind	20.17.137	-	13.7.85	23:20
	WCST	Phillip Matera goal	21.17.143	-	13.7.85	24:49
	MELB	Brad Green goal	21.17.143	-	14.7.91	30:06

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