2005 AFL Round 21: Melbourne v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 20 August 2005 between Melbourne and Western Bulldogs during round 21 of the 2005 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Western Bulldogs at MCG. David Neitz captained the hosts. Brad Johnson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neale Daniher and the visitors were coached by Rodney Eade.

Melbourne
Back: D. Bell, N. Carroll, A. Nicholson
Half-back: A. Yze, P. Wheatley, N. Brown
Centre: B. McLean, B. Moloney, B. Green
Half-forward: R. Robertson, B. Miller, A. Davey
Forward: S. Motlop, D. Neitz (capt.), S. Godfrey
Follower: J. White, T. Johnstone, G. Rigoni
Int.: S. Armstrong, B. Holland, J. McDonald, P. Read

Western Bulldogs
Back: J. McMahon, B. Lake, R. Griffen
Half-back: L. Gilbee, R. Hargrave, D. Morris
Centre: R. Smith, S. West, N. Eagleton
Half-forward: B. Johnson (capt.), B. Murphy, D. Giansiracusa
Forward: M. Hahn, C. Grant, M. Boyd
Follower: W. Minson, D. Cross, A. Cooney
Int.: F. Ray, M. Robbins, W. Skipper, P. Street

Melbourne (16.13.109) defeated Western Bulldogs (16.9.105).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: R. Robertson (6), J. White (2), A. Yze (2), S. Armstrong, A. Davey, B. Green, B. Holland, D. Neitz, G. Rigoni
Western Bulldogs: B. Johnson (3), B. Murphy (3), C. Grant (2), M. Hahn (2), R. Smith (2), N. Eagleton, D. Giansiracusa, F. Ray, M. Robbins

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 8th on the ladder (up from 10th) and Western Bulldogs were then 11th on the ladder (down from 9th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2005 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Melbourne v Western Bulldogs
Date: Saturday 20 August 2005
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 32,621

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Western Bulldogs
Score: 16.13.109 - 16.9.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 2 8 . 5 11 . 8 16 . 13 16 . 13 (109)
Western Bulldogs 7 . 2 9 . 6 13 . 7 16 . 9 16 . 9 (105)
Margin WBUL by 18 WBUL by 7 WBUL by 11 MELB by 4 MELB by 4
Duration 31:39 29:39 29:04 32:32 2:02:54

Honour Roll

Coaches: Neale Daniher (Melbourne), Rodney Eade (Western Bulldogs)
Captains: David Neitz (Melbourne), Brad Johnson (Western Bulldogs)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. McBurney, J. Schmitt, M. Vozzo (#2)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Scott West WBUL 7 3
Adam Cooney WBUL 17 2
Jeff White MELB 34 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 44% 1 0 4 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 0
21 Bell, Daniel BPL 100% 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 2 1 3 0 2 2 1
25 Brown, Nathan HBFR 100% 0 0 25 21 4 11 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2
41 Carroll, Nathan FB 92% 0 0 13 7 6 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 2 1
36 Davey, Aaron HFFR 97% 1 3 15 12 3 5 0 4 1 4 3 1 1 2
30 Godfrey, Simon FPR 89% 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 1 2 2 2 2 0 1
18 Green, Brad WR 100% 1 1 20 11 9 8 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 3
4 Holland, Ben INT 62% 1 1 12 5 7 3 0 1 2 3 1 2 0 3
16 Johnstone, Travis RR 90% 0 2 22 17 5 5 0 2 4 1 0 0 2 8
23 McDonald, James INT 53% 0 0 9 4 5 0 1 4 2 3 1 3 1 3
5 McLean, Brock WL 74% 0 0 13 4 9 5 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 2
7 Miller, Brad CHF 79% 0 0 9 4 5 3 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 3
22 Moloney, Brent C 76% 0 1 18 13 5 4 0 3 4 3 2 3 2 3
44 Motlop, Shannon FPL 71% 0 0 10 5 5 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1
9 Neitz, David (c) FF 65% 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2
8 Nicholson, Alistair BPR 94% 0 0 7 3 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
28 Read, Phil INT 33% 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 Rigoni, Guy RO 81% 1 0 25 20 5 9 0 3 3 1 0 1 5 10
24 Robertson, Russell HFFL 100% 6 1 10 9 1 6 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
31 Wheatley, Paul CHB 100% 0 2 12 8 4 5 0 1 1 1 2 0 3 2
34 White, Jeff RU 100% 2 1 18 9 9 7 28 1 5 1 1 0 1 2
13 Yze, Adem HBFL 100% 2 0 17 15 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 16 13 287 188 99 90 31 36 34 33 22 16 29 51

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
42 Boyd, Matthew FPR 41% 0 0 6 2 4 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 0
17 Cooney, Adam RO 98% 0 1 25 16 9 6 0 3 5 1 0 0 3 7
4 Cross, Daniel RR 96% 0 1 26 9 17 9 1 2 3 5 2 2 1 2
10 Eagleton, Nathan WR 74% 1 0 7 6 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
13 Giansiracusa, Daniel HFFR 75% 1 2 11 6 5 2 0 4 1 2 2 1 0 1
9 Gilbee, Lindsay HBFL 100% 0 0 19 10 9 5 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 2
3 Grant, Chris FF 100% 2 0 9 5 4 3 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1
16 Griffen, Ryan BPR 95% 0 0 19 15 4 5 0 3 0 3 1 2 6 6
8 Hahn, Mitch FPL 74% 2 0 6 2 4 2 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 0
25 Hargrave, Ryan CHB 100% 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 4 0 4 1 0 4 0
6 Johnson, Brad (c) HFFL 95% 3 0 17 13 4 4 0 1 1 4 0 1 0 1
36 Lake, Brian FB 100% 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 1 0 3 0 2 2 1
23 McMahon, Jordan BPL 100% 0 0 25 15 10 6 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 2
27 Minson, Will RU 51% 0 0 9 5 4 3 8 3 2 5 0 2 1 2
38 Morris, Dale HBFR 100% 0 0 8 3 5 2 0 4 1 1 1 1 1 0
2 Murphy, Bob CHF 95% 3 1 16 13 3 8 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4
1 Ray, Farren INT 55% 1 0 12 10 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 4
30 Robbins, Matthew INT 90% 1 2 12 10 2 7 0 4 0 1 2 0 0 4
34 Skipper, Wayde INT 31% 0 0 4 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 0
5 Smith, Rohan WL 96% 2 1 21 14 7 11 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 5
31 Street, Peter INT 44% 0 0 3 1 2 0 13 2 0 2 0 1 0 0
7 West, Scott C 89% 0 0 27 13 14 2 0 1 9 3 4 2 4 4
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 16 9 307 185 122 90 23 43 28 46 16 22 35 50

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
23 J. McMahon 36 B. Lake 16 R. Griffen 34 J. White 2 S. Armstrong
30 S. Godfrey 9 D. Neitz (c) 44 S. Motlop 16 T. Johnstone 4 B. Holland
FORWARD 43 G. Rigoni 23 J. McDonald
HALF-BACK

28 P. Read
9 L. Gilbee 25 R. Hargrave 38 D. Morris



36 A. Davey 7 B. Miller 24 R. Robertson



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



5 R. Smith 7 S. West 10 N. Eagleton



18 B. Green 22 B. Moloney 5 B. McLean FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 27 W. Minson 1 F. Ray
HALF-FORWARD 4 D. Cross 30 M. Robbins
6 B. Johnson (c) 2 B. Murphy 13 D. Giansiracusa 17 A. Cooney 34 W. Skipper
25 N. Brown 31 P. Wheatley 13 A. Yze

31 P. Street
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



8 M. Hahn 3 C. Grant 42 M. Boyd



8 A. Nicholson 41 N. Carroll 21 D. Bell



BACK



Western Bulldogs Coach: Rodney Eade

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WBUL Mitch Hahn goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 00:58
WBUL Mitch Hahn goal 0.0.0 - 2.0.12 02:17
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 0.0.0 - 3.0.18 04:03
MELB Russell Robertson goal 1.0.6 - 3.0.18 05:11
MELB David Neitz goal 2.0.12 - 3.0.18 07:41
WBUL Rohan Smith goal 2.0.12 - 4.0.24 13:31
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 2.0.12 - 5.0.30 14:48
MELB Guy Rigoni goal 3.0.18 - 5.0.30 16:14
MELB Russell Robertson goal 4.0.24 - 5.0.30 18:29
MELB Travis Johnstone behind 4.1.25 - 5.0.30 20:10
MELB Travis Johnstone behind 4.2.26 - 5.0.30 21:37
WBUL Nathan Eagleton goal 4.2.26 - 6.0.36 25:31
WBUL Rohan Smith goal 4.2.26 - 7.0.42 27:08
WBUL Rushed behind 4.2.26 - 7.1.43 28:29
WBUL Bob Murphy behind 4.2.26 - 7.2.44 31:31
Q2 MELB Russell Robertson goal 5.2.32 - 7.2.44 01:16
MELB Aaron Davey behind 5.3.33 - 7.2.44 02:11
MELB Steven Armstrong goal 6.3.39 - 7.2.44 03:47
MELB Russell Robertson goal 7.3.45 - 7.2.44 08:09
MELB Aaron Davey goal 8.3.51 - 7.2.44 09:59
MELB Aaron Davey behind 8.4.52 - 7.2.44 12:10
WBUL Matthew Robbins behind 8.4.52 - 7.3.45 13:27
WBUL Rohan Smith behind 8.4.52 - 7.4.46 16:04
WBUL Bob Murphy goal 8.4.52 - 8.4.52 17:15
MELB Paul Wheatley behind 8.5.53 - 8.4.52 20:46
WBUL Chris Grant goal 8.5.53 - 9.4.58 23:08
WBUL Daniel Giansiracusa behind 8.5.53 - 9.5.59 27:01
WBUL Matthew Robbins behind 8.5.53 - 9.6.60 29:06
Q3 MELB Brad Green goal 9.5.59 - 9.6.60 04:05
MELB Russell Robertson goal 10.5.65 - 9.6.60 06:06
WBUL Daniel Giansiracusa goal 10.5.65 - 10.6.66 07:43
MELB Paul Wheatley behind 10.6.66 - 10.6.66 09:31
MELB Ben Holland behind 10.7.67 - 10.6.66 11:08
WBUL Bob Murphy goal 10.7.67 - 11.6.72 12:41
WBUL Bob Murphy goal 10.7.67 - 12.6.78 17:01
WBUL Matthew Robbins goal 10.7.67 - 13.6.84 19:38
MELB Russell Robertson goal 11.7.73 - 13.6.84 24:05
MELB Brad Green behind 11.8.74 - 13.6.84 26:38
WBUL Daniel Cross behind 11.8.74 - 13.7.85 28:35
Q4 WBUL Chris Grant goal 11.8.74 - 14.7.91 02:46
MELB Russell Robertson behind 11.9.75 - 14.7.91 05:13
MELB Adem Yze goal 12.9.81 - 14.7.91 06:59
WBUL Farren Ray goal 12.9.81 - 15.7.97 11:24
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 12.9.81 - 16.7.103 14:00
MELB Brent Moloney behind 12.10.82 - 16.7.103 15:05
WBUL Adam Cooney behind 12.10.82 - 16.8.104 16:58
MELB Jeff White goal 13.10.88 - 16.8.104 20:07
MELB Jeff White behind 13.11.89 - 16.8.104 21:45
MELB Adem Yze goal 14.11.95 - 16.8.104 22:24
WBUL Daniel Giansiracusa behind 14.11.95 - 16.9.105 26:24
MELB Ben Holland goal 15.11.101 - 16.9.105 27:34
MELB Rushed behind 15.12.102 - 16.9.105 28:54
MELB Jeff White goal 16.12.108 - 16.9.105 30:34
MELB Aaron Davey behind 16.13.109 - 16.9.105 31:38