2004 AFL Round 3: Western Bulldogs v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 11 April 2004 between Western Bulldogs and Melbourne during round 3 of the 2004 AFL season. Western Bulldogs "hosted" Melbourne at MCG. Chris Grant 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: B. Harrison, B. Lake, R. Smith
Half-back: B. Murphy, C. Grant (capt.), M. Robbins
Centre: N. Eagleton, S. West, S. Power
Half-forward: B. Johnson, J. Rawlings, P. Bowden
Forward: A. Morgan, A. Cooney, S. Garlick
Follower: L. Darcy, M. Hahn, D. Giansiracusa
Int.: S. Bassett, M. Boyd, J. McMahon, P. Street

Melbourne
Back: C. Bizzell, A. Nicholson, N. Brown
Half-back: P. Wheatley, J. Rivers, M. Whelan
Centre: B. Green, S. Thompson, P. Vardy
Half-forward: C. Bruce, B. Miller, R. Robertson
Forward: A. Davey, D. Neitz (capt.), B. Holland
Follower: J. White, J. McDonald, A. Yze
Int.: S. Godfrey, T. Johnstone, D. Jolly, P. Read

Western Bulldogs (12.15.87) were defeated by Melbourne (12.25.97).

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: P. Bowden (4), J. McMahon (2), L. Darcy, N. Eagleton, B. Harrison, J. Rawlings, P. Street, S. West
Melbourne: D. Neitz (3), C. Bruce (2), A. Davey (2), S. Thompson (2), A. Yze (2), B. Green

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs were then 14th on the ladder (down from 13th) and Melbourne were then 7th on the ladder (up from 8th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2004 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 11 April 2004
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 27,767

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. by Melbourne
Score: 12.15.87 - 12.25.97

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 1 . 3 6 . 7 9 . 10 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Melbourne 3 . 8 6 . 14 9 . 19 12 . 25 12 . 25 (97)
Margin MELB by 17 MELB by 7 MELB by 9 MELB by 10 MELB by 10
Duration 29:37 30:40 29:19 29:17 1:58:53

Honour Roll

Coaches: Peter Rohde (Western Bulldogs), Neale Daniher (Melbourne)
Captains: Chris Grant (Western Bulldogs), David Neitz (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: G. Dore (#19), S. Jeffery (#29), C. Rowston (#18)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Travis Johnstone MELB 16 3
Scott West WBUL 7 2
Jared Rivers MELB 27 1

Player Statistics

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Bassett, Scott INT 90% 0 0 12 5 7 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 4 1
20 Bowden, Patrick HFFR 96% 4 2 13 8 5 2 0 1 1 6 0 3 0 1
42 Boyd, Matthew INT 70% 0 0 16 11 5 6 0 0 3 1 1 1 1 5
17 Cooney, Adam FF 84% 0 2 14 11 3 6 0 2 2 1 2 0 1 4
14 Darcy, Luke RU 100% 1 0 20 12 8 9 6 2 7 5 3 3 2 2
10 Eagleton, Nathan WL 86% 1 1 19 14 5 3 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 5
4 Garlick, Simon FPR 47% 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
13 Giansiracusa, Daniel RO 92% 0 0 22 12 10 2 0 3 8 2 1 1 2 0
3 Grant, Chris (c) CHB 49% 0 3 7 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
8 Hahn, Mitch RR 85% 0 1 13 10 3 5 0 3 3 3 0 1 0 3
22 Harrison, Ben BPL 100% 1 0 21 13 8 9 0 1 2 1 0 0 5 2
6 Johnson, Brad HFFL 95% 0 2 14 12 2 7 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 4
36 Lake, Brian FB 100% 0 0 9 5 4 6 0 1 0 2 0 1 3 0
23 McMahon, Jordan INT 72% 2 0 7 6 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
32 Morgan, Adam FPL 33% 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Murphy, Bob HBFL 100% 0 0 16 11 5 8 0 1 1 2 0 1 8 1
15 Power, Sam WR 67% 0 0 14 6 8 4 0 1 3 3 0 1 0 2
24 Rawlings, Jade CHF 92% 1 1 9 7 2 5 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2
30 Robbins, Matthew HBFR 98% 0 0 17 12 5 8 0 3 0 2 0 1 9 0
5 Smith, Rohan BPR 100% 0 0 22 14 8 4 0 3 0 2 0 0 4 5
31 Street, Peter INT 48% 1 0 3 1 2 0 17 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
7 West, Scott C 95% 1 2 28 19 9 5 0 4 4 4 2 0 5 3
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 12 15 301 197 104 100 25 34 37 42 11 16 45 47

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Bizzell, Clint BPL 100% 0 0 19 14 5 4 0 1 1 3 2 2 3 0
25 Brown, Nathan BPR 91% 0 1 18 13 5 4 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 4
32 Bruce, Cameron HFFL 100% 2 2 17 14 3 8 1 2 4 2 1 1 0 8
36 Davey, Aaron FPL 100% 2 6 14 12 2 0 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 3
30 Godfrey, Simon INT 59% 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 3
18 Green, Brad WL 97% 1 0 17 12 5 6 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 7
4 Holland, Ben FPR 72% 0 1 6 3 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
16 Johnstone, Travis INT 80% 0 0 21 19 2 6 0 0 2 3 1 1 5 3
11 Jolly, Darren INT 6% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
23 McDonald, James RR 81% 0 0 19 13 6 6 1 4 6 1 1 1 1 5
7 Miller, Brad CHF 82% 0 2 10 8 2 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
9 Neitz, David (c) FF 100% 3 4 10 7 3 7 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
8 Nicholson, Alistair FB 100% 0 0 11 6 5 4 1 0 0 2 1 2 3 2
28 Read, Phil INT 49% 0 0 9 7 2 4 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2
27 Rivers, Jared CHB 100% 0 0 14 8 6 6 0 1 0 0 2 0 6 0
24 Robertson, Russell HFFR 94% 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
6 Thompson, Scott C 78% 2 1 19 11 8 7 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 3
19 Vardy, Peter WR 22% 0 0 5 1 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2
31 Wheatley, Paul HBFL 97% 0 1 15 10 5 6 0 1 0 5 1 1 2 3
45 Whelan, Matthew HBFR 100% 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1
34 White, Jeff RU 92% 0 0 19 10 9 9 23 1 0 1 1 0 0 5
13 Yze, Adem RO 100% 2 1 24 19 5 8 0 1 2 3 0 0 5 6
Rushed 6
Total (22 players) 12 25 289 203 86 100 31 29 27 34 16 11 28 61

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
3 C. Bizzell 8 A. Nicholson 25 N. Brown 14 L. Darcy 12 S. Bassett
4 S. Garlick 17 A. Cooney 32 A. Morgan 8 M. Hahn 42 M. Boyd
FORWARD 13 D. Giansiracusa 23 J. McMahon
HALF-BACK

31 P. Street
31 P. Wheatley 27 J. Rivers 45 M. Whelan



20 P. Bowden 24 J. Rawlings 6 B. Johnson



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



18 B. Green 6 S. Thompson 19 P. Vardy



15 S. Power 7 S. West 10 N. Eagleton FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 34 J. White 30 S. Godfrey
HALF-FORWARD 23 J. McDonald 16 T. Johnstone
32 C. Bruce 7 B. Miller 24 R. Robertson 13 A. Yze 11 D. Jolly
30 M. Robbins 3 C. Grant (c) 2 B. Murphy

28 P. Read
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



36 A. Davey 9 D. Neitz (c) 4 B. Holland



5 R. Smith 36 B. Lake 22 B. Harrison



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Neale Daniher

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Adem Yze behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:13
MELB Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 0.2.2 03:19
WBUL Brad Johnson behind 0.1.1 - 0.2.2 05:25
WBUL Scott West behind 0.2.2 - 0.2.2 05:59
WBUL Patrick Bowden goal 1.2.8 - 0.2.2 07:29
MELB Aaron Davey behind 1.2.8 - 0.3.3 09:51
MELB David Neitz behind 1.2.8 - 0.4.4 12:44
MELB Adem Yze goal 1.2.8 - 1.4.10 14:16
MELB Aaron Davey goal 1.2.8 - 2.4.16 15:29
MELB Aaron Davey behind 1.2.8 - 2.5.17 17:25
MELB David Neitz behind 1.2.8 - 2.6.18 18:49
MELB Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 2.7.19 21:42
MELB David Neitz behind 1.2.8 - 2.8.20 26:18
WBUL Patrick Bowden behind 1.3.9 - 2.8.20 26:58
MELB Scott Thompson goal 1.3.9 - 3.8.26 28:53
Q2 MELB Scott Thompson goal 1.3.9 - 4.8.32 00:14
WBUL Jordan McMahon goal 2.3.15 - 4.8.32 01:47
MELB Adem Yze goal 2.3.15 - 5.8.38 03:29
MELB Aaron Davey behind 2.3.15 - 5.9.39 05:08
MELB David Neitz goal 2.3.15 - 6.9.45 07:03
MELB Aaron Davey behind 2.3.15 - 6.10.46 09:51
WBUL Jordan McMahon goal 3.3.21 - 6.10.46 10:55
MELB Brad Miller behind 3.3.21 - 6.11.47 12:34
WBUL Nathan Eagleton goal 4.3.27 - 6.11.47 13:30
WBUL Patrick Bowden goal 5.3.33 - 6.11.47 16:08
MELB Ben Holland behind 5.3.33 - 6.12.48 17:39
MELB Rushed behind 5.3.33 - 6.13.49 19:36
WBUL Chris Grant behind 5.4.34 - 6.13.49 21:41
MELB Rushed behind 5.4.34 - 6.14.50 22:42
WBUL Chris Grant behind 5.5.35 - 6.14.50 24:27
WBUL Jade Rawlings goal 6.5.41 - 6.14.50 27:43
WBUL Chris Grant behind 6.6.42 - 6.14.50 29:09
WBUL Adam Cooney behind 6.7.43 - 6.14.50 30:31
Q3 MELB Brad Green goal 6.7.43 - 7.14.56 01:30
MELB David Neitz behind 6.7.43 - 7.15.57 02:56
MELB Cameron Bruce behind 6.7.43 - 7.16.58 06:20
WBUL Luke Darcy goal 7.7.49 - 7.16.58 07:53
WBUL Patrick Bowden goal 8.7.55 - 7.16.58 12:00
WBUL Patrick Bowden goal 9.7.61 - 7.16.58 14:09
MELB Aaron Davey goal 9.7.61 - 8.16.64 15:12
WBUL Mitch Hahn behind 9.8.62 - 8.16.64 17:03
MELB Brad Miller behind 9.8.62 - 8.17.65 18:21
MELB Cameron Bruce behind 9.8.62 - 8.18.66 20:42
WBUL Patrick Bowden behind 9.9.63 - 8.18.66 22:20
MELB David Neitz goal 9.9.63 - 9.18.72 23:25
MELB Rushed behind 9.9.63 - 9.19.73 26:08
WBUL Rushed behind 9.10.64 - 9.19.73 29:16
Q4 MELB Cameron Bruce goal 9.10.64 - 10.19.79 01:01
MELB Paul Wheatley behind 9.10.64 - 10.20.80 02:31
MELB Nathan Brown behind 9.10.64 - 10.21.81 04:21
MELB Scott Thompson behind 9.10.64 - 10.22.82 06:59
WBUL Scott West behind 9.11.65 - 10.22.82 07:51
WBUL Scott West goal 10.11.71 - 10.22.82 08:48
MELB Aaron Davey behind 10.11.71 - 10.23.83 10:12
MELB Cameron Bruce goal 10.11.71 - 11.23.89 10:53
WBUL Jade Rawlings behind 10.12.72 - 11.23.89 12:30
MELB David Neitz goal 10.12.72 - 12.23.95 15:22
WBUL Adam Cooney behind 10.13.73 - 12.23.95 16:22
MELB Rushed behind 10.13.73 - 12.24.96 19:20
WBUL Peter Street goal 11.13.79 - 12.24.96 21:44
WBUL Nathan Eagleton behind 11.14.80 - 12.24.96 23:00
MELB Aaron Davey behind 11.14.80 - 12.25.97 25:38
WBUL Ben Harrison goal 12.14.86 - 12.25.97 26:20
WBUL Brad Johnson behind 12.15.87 - 12.25.97 27:57