2004 AFL Round 7: Melbourne v West Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 9 May 2004 between Melbourne and West Coast during round 7 of the 2004 AFL season. Melbourne hosted West Coast at 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
Back: N. Carroll, A. Nicholson, N. Brown
Half-back: C. Bruce, J. Rivers, M. Whelan
Centre: B. Green, S. Thompson, S. Godfrey
Half-forward: R. Robertson, B. Miller, A. Yze
Forward: A. Davey, D. Neitz (capt.), B. Holland
Follower: J. White, T. Johnstone, C. Heffernan
Int.: S. Armstrong, P. Read, D. Ward, P. Wheatley

West Coast
Back: D. Wirrpanda, D. Glass, A. Hunter
Half-back: K. Green, G. Jakovich, A. Embley
Centre: M. Nicoski, B. Cousins (capt.), B. Jones
Half-forward: A. Sampi, T. Gaspar, M. Braun
Forward: P. Matera, B. Staker, C. Judd
Follower: D. Cox, A. Selwood, D. Kerr
Int.: D. Adkins, C. Chambers, J. Humm, A. McDougall

Melbourne (18.14.122) defeated West Coast (11.7.73).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: R. Robertson (5), C. Bruce (2), A. Davey (2), B. Holland (2), D. Neitz (2), S. Armstrong, N. Brown, B. Green, T. Johnstone, S. Thompson
West Coast: B. Staker (3), P. Matera (2), A. Sampi (2), C. Chambers, A. Embley, A. McDougall, D. Wirrpanda

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 2nd on the ladder and West Coast were then 14th on the ladder (down from 9th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2004 AFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Melbourne v West Coast
Date: Sunday 9 May 2004
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 21,145

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. West Coast
Score: 18.14.122 - 11.7.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 6 8 . 9 12 . 12 18 . 14 18 . 14 (122)
West Coast 2 . 2 7 . 4 8 . 6 11 . 7 11 . 7 (73)
Margin MELB by 16 MELB by 11 MELB by 30 MELB by 49 MELB by 49
Duration 28:59 31:15 28:24 29:26 1:58:04

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. James (#5), S. McInerney (#30), M. Nicholls (#15)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Adem Yze MELB 13 3
Russell Robertson MELB 24 2
Nathan Brown MELB 25 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
2 Armstrong, Steven INT 68% 1 0 18 13 5 4 0 3 1 1 1 0 3 4
25 Brown, Nathan BPR 87% 1 0 24 18 6 9 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 3
32 Bruce, Cameron HBFL 100% 2 3 18 8 10 3 0 5 3 2 0 1 1 3
41 Carroll, Nathan BPL 49% 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1
36 Davey, Aaron FPL 94% 2 0 10 7 3 2 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2
30 Godfrey, Simon WR 92% 0 1 16 10 6 2 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 6
18 Green, Brad WL 97% 1 0 26 16 10 6 0 2 5 1 0 0 2 6
1 Heffernan, Chris RO 78% 0 0 15 10 5 2 0 6 6 5 1 3 3 2
4 Holland, Ben FPR 89% 2 1 9 8 1 4 6 3 0 1 1 1 0 1
16 Johnstone, Travis RR 82% 1 0 14 13 1 5 0 2 1 1 2 1 1 4
7 Miller, Brad CHF 55% 0 1 7 1 6 3 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0
9 Neitz, David (c) FF 80% 2 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0
8 Nicholson, Alistair FB 61% 0 0 5 3 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
28 Read, Phil INT 33% 0 0 6 5 1 3 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1
27 Rivers, Jared CHB 100% 0 0 22 8 14 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1
24 Robertson, Russell HFFL 100% 5 1 18 16 2 13 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 5
6 Thompson, Scott C 73% 1 0 20 10 10 9 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 7
10 Ward, Daniel INT 76% 0 0 9 7 2 4 0 4 1 0 1 0 1 1
31 Wheatley, Paul INT 100% 0 1 20 15 5 8 0 2 2 0 0 0 5 3
45 Whelan, Matthew HBFR 100% 0 0 16 6 10 7 0 3 0 2 1 2 3 0
34 White, Jeff RU 86% 0 0 14 9 5 3 22 2 2 1 0 0 1 3
13 Yze, Adem HFFR 100% 0 0 28 20 8 5 0 1 2 1 0 0 7 4
Rushed 5
Total (22 players) 18 14 324 210 114 107 32 52 27 30 12 14 36 57

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
16 Adkins, Damien INT 40% 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 3
10 Braun, Michael HFFR 100% 0 0 28 20 8 10 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 5
15 Chambers, Callum INT 61% 1 1 10 6 4 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2
9 Cousins, Ben (c) C 96% 0 0 23 10 13 2 0 4 3 1 3 0 2 1
20 Cox, Dean RU 87% 0 0 10 6 4 5 22 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
32 Embley, Andrew HBFR 90% 1 0 17 12 5 3 2 2 4 5 0 1 0 4
11 Gaspar, Travis CHF 83% 0 1 7 3 4 2 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 2
23 Glass, Darren FB 96% 0 0 10 5 5 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 5 0
35 Green, Kasey HBFL 100% 0 0 10 4 6 5 0 5 1 1 0 0 2 1
8 Humm, Jeremy INT 41% 0 0 7 2 5 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1
39 Hunter, Adam BPR 77% 0 0 3 2 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0
27 Jakovich, Glen CHB 72% 0 0 8 6 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 0 3 1
38 Jones, Brett WR 70% 0 0 19 14 5 7 0 2 0 2 0 0 5 1
3 Judd, Chris FPR 87% 0 1 19 10 9 1 0 0 4 5 0 1 1 4
4 Kerr, Daniel RO 83% 0 1 20 13 7 4 0 1 4 2 2 0 3 2
33 Matera, Phillip FPL 100% 2 0 10 6 4 1 0 3 0 3 3 2 0 1
2 McDougall, Andrew INT 76% 1 2 11 8 3 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
31 Nicoski, Mark WL 100% 0 0 19 9 10 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 3
28 Sampi, Ashley HFFL 85% 2 0 8 7 1 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 3
37 Selwood, Adam RR 81% 0 0 17 8 9 6 1 1 2 2 1 0 2 2
41 Staker, Brent FF 94% 3 1 13 10 3 7 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 5
44 Wirrpanda, David BPL 81% 1 0 14 8 6 5 0 4 3 0 0 0 3 3
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 11 7 291 175 116 82 29 33 32 40 14 12 39 48

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
44 D. Wirrpanda 23 D. Glass 39 A. Hunter 34 J. White 2 S. Armstrong
4 B. Holland 9 D. Neitz (c) 36 A. Davey 16 T. Johnstone 28 P. Read
FORWARD 1 C. Heffernan 10 D. Ward
HALF-BACK

31 P. Wheatley
35 K. Green 27 G. Jakovich 32 A. Embley



13 A. Yze 7 B. Miller 24 R. Robertson



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



31 M. Nicoski 9 B. Cousins (c) 38 B. Jones



30 S. Godfrey 6 S. Thompson 18 B. Green FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 20 D. Cox 16 D. Adkins
HALF-FORWARD 37 A. Selwood 15 C. Chambers
28 A. Sampi 11 T. Gaspar 10 M. Braun 4 D. Kerr 8 J. Humm
45 M. Whelan 27 J. Rivers 32 C. Bruce

2 A. McDougall
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



33 P. Matera 41 B. Staker 3 C. Judd



25 N. Brown 8 A. Nicholson 41 N. Carroll



BACK



West Coast Coach: John Worsfold

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 00:45
WCST Brent Staker behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 02:37
MELB Rushed behind 0.2.2 - 0.1.1 03:28
MELB Cameron Bruce goal 1.2.8 - 0.1.1 05:52
MELB Brad Miller behind 1.3.9 - 0.1.1 08:23
MELB Ben Holland goal 2.3.15 - 0.1.1 10:00
MELB Rushed behind 2.4.16 - 0.1.1 12:39
MELB Russell Robertson goal 3.4.22 - 0.1.1 14:14
WCST Andrew McDougall behind 3.4.22 - 0.2.2 16:43
MELB Aaron Davey goal 4.4.28 - 0.2.2 18:03
WCST Brent Staker goal 4.4.28 - 1.2.8 19:38
MELB Paul Wheatley behind 4.5.29 - 1.2.8 22:18
WCST Andrew Embley goal 4.5.29 - 2.2.14 27:21
MELB Russell Robertson behind 4.6.30 - 2.2.14 28:19
Q2 WCST David Wirrpanda goal 4.6.30 - 3.2.20 00:35
MELB Ben Holland goal 5.6.36 - 3.2.20 04:03
WCST Andrew McDougall behind 5.6.36 - 3.3.21 06:40
WCST Phillip Matera goal 5.6.36 - 4.3.27 09:10
MELB Cameron Bruce behind 5.7.37 - 4.3.27 10:31
MELB Rushed behind 5.8.38 - 4.3.27 13:24
WCST Ashley Sampi goal 5.8.38 - 5.3.33 15:23
MELB Cameron Bruce behind 5.9.39 - 5.3.33 17:35
MELB Russell Robertson goal 6.9.45 - 5.3.33 20:01
MELB Russell Robertson goal 7.9.51 - 5.3.33 21:43
WCST Brent Staker goal 7.9.51 - 6.3.39 25:13
WCST Daniel Kerr behind 7.9.51 - 6.4.40 26:38
MELB Russell Robertson goal 8.9.57 - 6.4.40 27:49
WCST Ashley Sampi goal 8.9.57 - 7.4.46 30:27
Q3 MELB Russell Robertson goal 9.9.63 - 7.4.46 01:04
MELB Cameron Bruce behind 9.10.64 - 7.4.46 02:37
MELB Nathan Brown goal 10.10.70 - 7.4.46 04:03
WCST Andrew McDougall goal 10.10.70 - 8.4.52 06:12
MELB David Neitz goal 11.10.76 - 8.4.52 12:05
MELB Ben Holland behind 11.11.77 - 8.4.52 14:25
MELB Steven Armstrong goal 12.11.83 - 8.4.52 16:02
MELB David Neitz behind 12.12.84 - 8.4.52 18:38
WCST Callum Chambers behind 12.12.84 - 8.5.53 19:43
WCST Chris Judd behind 12.12.84 - 8.6.54 26:17
Q4 WCST Brent Staker goal 12.12.84 - 9.6.60 00:52
WCST Travis Gaspar behind 12.12.84 - 9.7.61 02:47
MELB Aaron Davey goal 13.12.90 - 9.7.61 05:45
MELB Travis Johnstone goal 14.12.96 - 9.7.61 07:20
MELB Simon Godfrey behind 14.13.97 - 9.7.61 09:27
WCST Callum Chambers goal 14.13.97 - 10.7.67 10:22
MELB Scott Thompson goal 15.13.103 - 10.7.67 12:00
MELB Cameron Bruce goal 16.13.109 - 10.7.67 13:25
WCST Phillip Matera goal 16.13.109 - 11.7.73 16:05
MELB Rushed behind 16.14.110 - 11.7.73 18:42
MELB David Neitz goal 17.14.116 - 11.7.73 21:05
MELB Brad Green goal 18.14.122 - 11.7.73 23:55