2005 AFL Round 2: Western Bulldogs v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 2 April 2005 between Western Bulldogs and Melbourne during round 2 of the 2005 AFL season. Western Bulldogs hosted Melbourne at Telstra Dome. Luke Darcy captained the hosts. David Neitz captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Rodney Eade and the visitors were coached by Neale Daniher.

Western Bulldogs
Back: S. Power, B. Lake, J. Rawlings
Half-back: B. Murphy, B. Harrison, L. Gilbee
Centre: S. Birss, S. West, M. Hahn
Half-forward: R. Smith, P. Bowden, D. Giansiracusa
Forward: C. Faulkner, B. Johnson, R. Hargrave
Follower: L. Darcy (capt.), N. Eagleton, A. Cooney
Int.: D. Bandy, M. Boyd, D. Cross, F. Ray

Melbourne
Back: N. Brown, R. Ferguson, C. Bruce
Half-back: M. Whelan, J. Rivers, C. Bizzell
Centre: G. Rigoni, A. Yze, P. Wheatley
Half-forward: R. Robertson, B. Miller, B. McLean
Forward: A. Davey, D. Neitz (capt.), B. Green
Follower: J. White, B. Moloney, J. McDonald
Int.: D. Bell, T. Johnstone, A. Nicholson, C. Sylvia

Western Bulldogs (15.21.111) were defeated by Melbourne (20.17.137).

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: A. Cooney (4), L. Gilbee (3), B. Johnson (3), P. Bowden, C. Faulkner, M. Hahn, B. Lake, F. Ray
Melbourne: C. Bruce (5), A. Davey (4), R. Robertson (4), A. Yze (4), R. Ferguson, B. Green, D. Neitz

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs were then 8th on the ladder (down from 5th) and Melbourne were then 1st on the ladder (up from 2nd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2005 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 2 April 2005
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Telstra Dome
Attendance: 26,307

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. by Melbourne
Score: 15.21.111 - 20.17.137

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 1 . 4 6 . 8 10 . 15 15 . 21 15 . 21 (111)
Melbourne 6 . 4 12 . 9 17 . 12 20 . 17 20 . 17 (137)
Margin MELB by 30 MELB by 37 MELB by 39 MELB by 26 MELB by 26
Duration 31:52 35:13 32:09 32:41 2:11:55

Honour Roll

Coaches: Rodney Eade (Western Bulldogs), Neale Daniher (Melbourne)
Captains: Luke Darcy (Western Bulldogs), David Neitz (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Chamberlain, S. McLaren (#11), M. Stevic (#9)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Cameron Bruce MELB 32 3
Adam Cooney WBUL 17 2
Adem Yze MELB 13 1

Player Statistics

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
11 Bandy, Daniel INT 72% 0 2 11 5 6 5 4 1 0 2 0 2 0 3
40 Birss, Shane WL 48% 0 0 16 10 6 5 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 4
20 Bowden, Patrick CHF 82% 1 1 21 12 9 10 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 6
42 Boyd, Matthew INT 72% 0 0 9 3 6 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
17 Cooney, Adam RO 95% 4 0 19 13 6 5 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 5
4 Cross, Daniel INT 87% 0 0 21 6 15 3 4 4 3 2 2 1 0 0
14 Darcy, Luke (c) RU 100% 0 1 18 7 11 4 14 2 8 4 3 2 0 2
10 Eagleton, Nathan RR 81% 0 0 22 9 13 6 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 2
18 Faulkner, Cameron FPL 56% 1 1 5 3 2 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
13 Giansiracusa, Daniel HFFR 72% 0 2 19 13 6 5 0 1 4 2 4 0 2 1
9 Gilbee, Lindsay HBFR 100% 3 1 17 16 1 4 0 2 1 1 2 0 4 4
8 Hahn, Mitch WR 78% 1 2 9 8 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 2 2
25 Hargrave, Ryan FPR 100% 0 0 15 7 8 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 1
22 Harrison, Ben CHB 92% 0 0 17 10 7 5 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 5
6 Johnson, Brad FF 100% 3 3 23 17 6 10 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 8
36 Lake, Brian FB 100% 1 0 9 8 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0
2 Murphy, Bob HBFL 91% 0 2 11 10 1 6 0 2 0 2 0 2 4 1
15 Power, Sam BPL 88% 0 0 11 5 6 2 0 3 0 3 2 2 1 0
24 Rawlings, Jade BPR 74% 0 1 16 13 3 6 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 1
1 Ray, Farren INT 35% 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
5 Smith, Rohan HFFL 96% 0 2 18 14 4 5 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 8
7 West, Scott C 80% 0 0 30 12 18 3 0 3 9 3 2 1 1 5
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 15 21 338 202 136 99 23 27 39 41 28 19 30 60

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Bell, Daniel INT 62% 0 0 9 8 1 6 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1
3 Bizzell, Clint HBFR 100% 0 0 17 11 6 5 0 2 1 2 0 0 3 2
25 Brown, Nathan BPL 86% 0 0 16 9 7 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 0
32 Bruce, Cameron BPR 100% 5 2 24 16 8 8 0 3 1 4 1 3 0 6
36 Davey, Aaron FPL 100% 4 2 14 13 1 3 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 4
35 Ferguson, Ryan FB 65% 1 0 6 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0
18 Green, Brad FPR 97% 1 0 27 18 9 13 0 1 3 2 1 1 7 5
16 Johnstone, Travis INT 68% 0 0 25 18 7 9 0 2 4 3 0 2 6 6
23 McDonald, James RO 69% 0 1 15 9 6 1 0 3 2 3 1 3 0 3
5 McLean, Brock HFFR 90% 0 0 21 10 11 2 0 3 4 2 2 2 0 6
7 Miller, Brad CHF 100% 0 0 8 2 6 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
22 Moloney, Brent RR 81% 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 2 1 6
9 Neitz, David (c) FF 80% 1 4 7 6 1 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
8 Nicholson, Alistair INT 11% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 3 0 0
43 Rigoni, Guy WL 57% 0 0 15 8 7 3 0 1 0 3 2 1 2 1
27 Rivers, Jared CHB 91% 0 0 9 8 1 6 0 3 0 2 1 2 2 0
24 Robertson, Russell HFFL 97% 4 2 11 9 2 6 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 3
12 Sylvia, Colin INT 66% 0 1 15 11 4 7 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 4
31 Wheatley, Paul WR 100% 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0
45 Whelan, Matthew HBFL 100% 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 6 2 2 0 1 1 1
34 White, Jeff RU 90% 0 0 17 8 9 8 32 4 3 1 4 1 2 2
13 Yze, Adem C 91% 4 2 19 17 2 7 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 4
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 20 17 309 209 100 104 35 40 28 47 19 28 34 55

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

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WBUL Adam Cooney goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 02:06
WBUL Mitch Hahn behind 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 02:45
WBUL Cameron Faulkner behind 1.2.8 - 0.0.0 04:13
MELB Aaron Davey goal 1.2.8 - 1.0.6 05:17
MELB Adem Yze behind 1.2.8 - 1.1.7 06:24
MELB Cameron Bruce goal 1.2.8 - 2.1.13 08:39
MELB David Neitz goal 1.2.8 - 3.1.19 11:45
WBUL Patrick Bowden behind 1.3.9 - 3.1.19 13:13
MELB David Neitz behind 1.3.9 - 3.2.20 15:50
MELB David Neitz behind 1.3.9 - 3.3.21 16:57
MELB Cameron Bruce goal 1.3.9 - 4.3.27 19:09
MELB Cameron Bruce goal 1.3.9 - 5.3.33 25:05
WBUL Jade Rawlings behind 1.4.10 - 5.3.33 27:22
MELB Aaron Davey goal 1.4.10 - 6.3.39 28:22
MELB Russell Robertson behind 1.4.10 - 6.4.40 30:57
Q2 MELB Rushed behind 1.4.10 - 6.5.41 00:19
MELB Aaron Davey behind 1.4.10 - 6.6.42 00:53
WBUL Daniel Giansiracusa behind 1.5.11 - 6.6.42 02:06
MELB Russell Robertson goal 1.5.11 - 7.6.48 03:19
MELB Russell Robertson goal 1.5.11 - 8.6.54 06:23
MELB Colin Sylvia behind 1.5.11 - 8.7.55 08:34
MELB Russell Robertson goal 1.5.11 - 9.7.61 09:57
MELB Aaron Davey goal 1.5.11 - 10.7.67 11:27
WBUL Lindsay Gilbee goal 2.5.17 - 10.7.67 13:22
WBUL Brian Lake goal 3.5.23 - 10.7.67 15:20
WBUL Farren Ray goal 4.5.29 - 10.7.67 16:27
MELB Aaron Davey goal 4.5.29 - 11.7.73 17:52
WBUL Adam Cooney goal 5.5.35 - 11.7.73 18:58
MELB Rushed behind 5.5.35 - 11.8.74 20:30
WBUL Luke Darcy behind 5.6.36 - 11.8.74 21:47
MELB Rushed behind 5.6.36 - 11.9.75 22:33
WBUL Brad Johnson behind 5.7.37 - 11.9.75 23:02
MELB Adem Yze goal 5.7.37 - 12.9.81 30:21
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 6.7.43 - 12.9.81 32:32
WBUL Rushed behind 6.8.44 - 12.9.81 33:37
Q3 WBUL Daniel Giansiracusa behind 6.9.45 - 12.9.81 02:23
MELB James McDonald behind 6.9.45 - 12.10.82 03:12
MELB Cameron Bruce behind 6.9.45 - 12.11.83 04:22
WBUL Daniel Bandy behind 6.10.46 - 12.11.83 05:24
MELB David Neitz behind 6.10.46 - 12.12.84 07:56
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 7.10.52 - 12.12.84 09:39
MELB Ryan Ferguson goal 7.10.52 - 13.12.90 11:14
WBUL Brad Johnson behind 7.11.53 - 13.12.90 14:01
MELB Adem Yze goal 7.11.53 - 14.12.96 14:44
WBUL Rohan Smith behind 7.12.54 - 14.12.96 16:33
MELB Adem Yze goal 7.12.54 - 15.12.102 19:15
WBUL Lindsay Gilbee goal 8.12.60 - 15.12.102 20:30
WBUL Brad Johnson behind 8.13.61 - 15.12.102 22:05
WBUL Lindsay Gilbee goal 9.13.67 - 15.12.102 24:06
WBUL Patrick Bowden goal 10.13.73 - 15.12.102 25:44
WBUL Rohan Smith behind 10.14.74 - 15.12.102 27:24
MELB Cameron Bruce goal 10.14.74 - 16.12.108 28:56
WBUL Rushed behind 10.15.75 - 16.12.108 30:23
MELB Russell Robertson goal 10.15.75 - 17.12.114 31:08
Q4 WBUL Lindsay Gilbee behind 10.16.76 - 17.12.114 02:17
MELB David Neitz behind 10.16.76 - 17.13.115 04:01
WBUL Daniel Bandy behind 10.17.77 - 17.13.115 05:11
WBUL Mitch Hahn behind 10.18.78 - 17.13.115 05:38
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 11.18.84 - 17.13.115 07:32
WBUL Adam Cooney goal 12.18.90 - 17.13.115 08:59
MELB Brad Green goal 12.18.90 - 18.13.121 15:05
WBUL Bob Murphy behind 12.19.91 - 18.13.121 16:58
MELB Adem Yze behind 12.19.91 - 18.14.122 17:42
WBUL Mitch Hahn goal 13.19.97 - 18.14.122 18:11
WBUL Rushed behind 13.20.98 - 18.14.122 20:44
MELB Cameron Bruce behind 13.20.98 - 18.15.123 21:12
WBUL Cameron Faulkner goal 14.20.104 - 18.15.123 22:54
WBUL Adam Cooney goal 15.20.110 - 18.15.123 24:09
WBUL Bob Murphy behind 15.21.111 - 18.15.123 25:34
MELB Cameron Bruce goal 15.21.111 - 19.15.129 26:50
MELB Adem Yze goal 15.21.111 - 20.15.135 28:18
MELB Russell Robertson behind 15.21.111 - 20.16.136 29:23
MELB Aaron Davey behind 15.21.111 - 20.17.137 30:48