2004 AFL Round 16: Melbourne v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 18 July 2004 between Melbourne and Western Bulldogs during round 16 of the 2004 AFL season. Melbourne "hosted" Western Bulldogs at Telstra Dome. David Neitz captained the hosts. Chris Grant captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neale Daniher and the visitors were coached by Peter Rohde.

Melbourne
Back: P. Wheatley, A. Nicholson, N. Brown
Half-back: A. Yze, J. Rivers, M. Whelan
Centre: B. Green, C. Heffernan, T. Johnstone
Half-forward: R. Robertson, B. Miller, P. Read
Forward: A. Davey, D. Neitz (capt.), B. Holland
Follower: J. White, C. Bruce, T. Broadbridge
Int.: B. McLean, G. Rigoni, P. Vardy, P. Walsh

Western Bulldogs
Back: M. Boyd, B. Lake, S. Koops
Half-back: B. Murphy, C. Grant (capt.), R. Smith
Centre: N. Eagleton, S. West, J. McMahon
Half-forward: S. Power, J. Rawlings, B. Harrison
Forward: M. Robbins, L. Darcy, L. Gilbee
Follower: W. Skipper, B. Johnson, D. Cross
Int.: P. Bowden, M. Hahn, F. Ray, P. Street

Melbourne (12.21.93) defeated Western Bulldogs (7.13.55).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: D. Neitz (6), P. Walsh (2), C. Bruce, B. McLean, R. Robertson, P. Vardy
Western Bulldogs: L. Darcy (3), J. Rawlings (2), P. Bowden, P. Street

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 4th on the ladder and Western Bulldogs remained 14th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2004 AFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Melbourne v Western Bulldogs
Date: Sunday 18 July 2004
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Telstra Dome
Attendance: 25,107

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Western Bulldogs
Score: 12.21.93 - 7.13.55

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 7 5 . 11 9 . 16 12 . 21 12 . 21 (93)
Western Bulldogs 2 . 4 3 . 8 5 . 9 7 . 13 7 . 13 (55)
Margin MELB by 3 MELB by 15 MELB by 31 MELB by 38 MELB by 38
Duration 26:05 29:43 29:06 27:38 1:52:32

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Hendrie, S. McInerney (#30), M. Nicholls (#15)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jeff White MELB 34 3
David Neitz MELB 9 2
Phil Read MELB 28 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
20 Broadbridge, Troy RO 100% 0 0 16 9 7 4 2 5 2 1 2 0 3 2
25 Brown, Nathan BPR 95% 0 0 24 16 8 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 4 3
32 Bruce, Cameron RR 100% 1 1 16 10 6 4 1 4 2 0 1 0 2 4
36 Davey, Aaron FPL 41% 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
18 Green, Brad WL 66% 0 1 14 9 5 5 0 3 1 1 1 0 4 2
1 Heffernan, Chris C 80% 0 1 23 11 12 4 0 4 2 2 1 0 2 3
4 Holland, Ben FPR 89% 0 3 18 8 10 5 5 2 0 5 2 3 0 1
16 Johnstone, Travis WR 58% 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2
5 McLean, Brock INT 62% 1 0 6 5 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
7 Miller, Brad CHF 59% 0 0 10 3 7 4 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 2
9 Neitz, David (c) FF 100% 6 2 10 9 1 8 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0
8 Nicholson, Alistair FB 100% 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
28 Read, Phil HFFR 95% 0 1 24 14 10 5 0 2 5 0 1 0 0 7
43 Rigoni, Guy INT 47% 0 0 10 4 6 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1
27 Rivers, Jared CHB 100% 0 0 7 2 5 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
24 Robertson, Russell HFFL 79% 1 1 11 9 2 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
19 Vardy, Peter INT 63% 1 3 9 7 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
42 Walsh, Peter INT 82% 2 0 11 7 4 3 0 1 0 3 1 2 1 3
31 Wheatley, Paul BPL 92% 0 0 16 10 6 3 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 2
45 Whelan, Matthew HBFR 100% 0 0 10 3 7 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 0
34 White, Jeff RU 100% 0 0 25 12 13 6 13 0 4 1 3 0 4 6
13 Yze, Adem HBFL 92% 0 2 28 24 4 8 0 3 4 4 1 1 3 10
Rushed 6
Total (22 players) 12 21 308 182 126 80 21 44 24 28 15 8 34 57

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
20 Bowden, Patrick INT 46% 1 0 9 4 5 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1
42 Boyd, Matthew BPL 100% 0 0 14 7 7 6 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 0
38 Cross, Daniel RO 82% 0 0 12 3 9 6 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 3
14 Darcy, Luke FF 96% 3 0 17 12 5 5 11 4 3 5 0 2 1 5
10 Eagleton, Nathan WL 98% 0 0 13 8 5 2 1 5 0 4 0 2 1 2
9 Gilbee, Lindsay FPR 100% 0 0 17 13 4 5 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 1
3 Grant, Chris (c) CHB 100% 0 0 11 5 6 5 2 4 1 0 1 0 3 1
8 Hahn, Mitch INT 72% 0 0 7 4 3 4 0 5 1 2 0 1 0 2
22 Harrison, Ben HFFR 38% 0 0 7 2 5 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
6 Johnson, Brad RR 96% 0 2 24 19 5 4 0 2 1 3 1 1 9 1
51 Koops, Steven BPR 65% 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 6 0 2 0 0 2 0
36 Lake, Brian FB 100% 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 4 0
23 McMahon, Jordan WR 86% 0 1 12 10 2 1 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 7
2 Murphy, Bob HBFL 100% 0 0 25 17 8 10 0 3 0 3 0 1 1 10
15 Power, Sam HFFL 92% 0 0 12 9 3 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 3
24 Rawlings, Jade CHF 100% 2 1 16 12 4 12 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3
1 Ray, Farren INT 54% 0 0 7 5 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2
30 Robbins, Matthew FPL 91% 0 1 4 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
34 Skipper, Wayde RU 49% 0 1 7 2 5 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1
5 Smith, Rohan HBFR 93% 0 1 10 6 4 3 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 2
31 Street, Peter INT 43% 1 0 9 4 5 4 7 1 0 1 1 1 0 1
7 West, Scott C 100% 0 0 25 10 15 5 0 3 7 3 1 0 2 2
Rushed 6
Total (22 players) 7 13 274 163 111 90 24 54 20 40 8 15 33 47

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
42 M. Boyd 36 B. Lake 51 S. Koops 34 J. White 5 B. McLean
4 B. Holland 9 D. Neitz (c) 36 A. Davey 32 C. Bruce 43 G. Rigoni
FORWARD 20 T. Broadbridge 19 P. Vardy
HALF-BACK

42 P. Walsh
2 B. Murphy 3 C. Grant (c) 5 R. Smith



28 P. Read 7 B. Miller 24 R. Robertson



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



10 N. Eagleton 7 S. West 23 J. McMahon



16 T. Johnstone 1 C. Heffernan 18 B. Green FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 34 W. Skipper 20 P. Bowden
HALF-FORWARD 6 B. Johnson 8 M. Hahn
15 S. Power 24 J. Rawlings 22 B. Harrison 38 D. Cross 1 F. Ray
45 M. Whelan 27 J. Rivers 13 A. Yze

31 P. Street
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



30 M. Robbins 14 L. Darcy 9 L. Gilbee



25 N. Brown 8 A. Nicholson 31 P. Wheatley



BACK



Western Bulldogs Coach: Peter Rohde

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WBUL Jade Rawlings goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 02:40
MELB Ben Holland behind 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 04:06
MELB Chris Heffernan behind 0.2.2 - 1.0.6 05:30
MELB Brad Green behind 0.3.3 - 1.0.6 07:46
MELB Rushed behind 0.4.4 - 1.0.6 11:56
MELB Rushed behind 0.5.5 - 1.0.6 12:37
WBUL Brad Johnson behind 0.5.5 - 1.1.7 14:19
WBUL Luke Darcy goal 0.5.5 - 2.1.13 15:32
MELB Rushed behind 0.6.6 - 2.1.13 17:42
WBUL Matthew Robbins behind 0.6.6 - 2.2.14 18:58
MELB Cameron Bruce goal 1.6.12 - 2.2.14 19:51
WBUL Wayde Skipper behind 1.6.12 - 2.3.15 21:12
MELB David Neitz goal 2.6.18 - 2.3.15 22:45
MELB Ben Holland behind 2.7.19 - 2.3.15 23:57
WBUL Rushed behind 2.7.19 - 2.4.16 25:06
Q2 MELB David Neitz goal 3.7.25 - 2.4.16 00:53
MELB Rushed behind 3.8.26 - 2.4.16 02:39
WBUL Rohan Smith behind 3.8.26 - 2.5.17 06:09
MELB Russell Robertson goal 4.8.32 - 2.5.17 07:07
WBUL Jordan McMahon behind 4.8.32 - 2.6.18 09:21
MELB Ben Holland behind 4.9.33 - 2.6.18 11:06
MELB Rushed behind 4.10.34 - 2.6.18 16:13
WBUL Patrick Bowden goal 4.10.34 - 3.6.24 19:40
WBUL Rushed behind 4.10.34 - 3.7.25 23:57
WBUL Rushed behind 4.10.34 - 3.8.26 25:41
MELB Russell Robertson behind 4.11.35 - 3.8.26 26:22
MELB Peter Vardy goal 5.11.41 - 3.8.26 28:27
Q3 MELB Peter Vardy behind 5.12.42 - 3.8.26 02:13
MELB David Neitz goal 6.12.48 - 3.8.26 05:09
WBUL Luke Darcy goal 6.12.48 - 4.8.32 06:12
WBUL Jade Rawlings goal 6.12.48 - 5.8.38 08:28
MELB David Neitz behind 6.13.49 - 5.8.38 11:10
MELB David Neitz goal 7.13.55 - 5.8.38 14:35
MELB Peter Vardy behind 7.14.56 - 5.8.38 15:43
WBUL Jade Rawlings behind 7.14.56 - 5.9.39 17:19
MELB Rushed behind 7.15.57 - 5.9.39 18:50
MELB Peter Walsh goal 8.15.63 - 5.9.39 19:31
MELB Peter Walsh goal 9.15.69 - 5.9.39 21:38
MELB Adem Yze behind 9.16.70 - 5.9.39 24:00
Q4 WBUL Rushed behind 9.16.70 - 5.10.40 01:03
MELB Phil Read behind 9.17.71 - 5.10.40 02:16
MELB Cameron Bruce behind 9.18.72 - 5.10.40 04:14
WBUL Rushed behind 9.18.72 - 5.11.41 05:08
MELB David Neitz behind 9.19.73 - 5.11.41 06:05
MELB Brock McLean goal 10.19.79 - 5.11.41 06:57
MELB Peter Vardy behind 10.20.80 - 5.11.41 08:36
WBUL Luke Darcy goal 10.20.80 - 6.11.47 10:33
MELB David Neitz goal 11.20.86 - 6.11.47 12:09
MELB David Neitz goal 12.20.92 - 6.11.47 16:40
WBUL Rushed behind 12.20.92 - 6.12.48 20:45
WBUL Brad Johnson behind 12.20.92 - 6.13.49 22:00
MELB Adem Yze behind 12.21.93 - 6.13.49 25:13
WBUL Peter Street goal 12.21.93 - 7.13.55 26:43