2006 AFL Round 17: Melbourne v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 30 July 2006 between Melbourne and Western Bulldogs during round 17 of the 2006 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: M. Whelan, N. Carroll, B. Holland
Half-back: D. Ward, J. Rivers, C. Bartram
Centre: A. Davey, S. Godfrey, C. Bruce
Half-forward: C. Sylvia, R. Robertson, N. Brown
Forward: M. Bate, D. Neitz (capt.), A. Yze
Follower: J. White, B. McLean, J. McDonald
Int.: M. Jamar, T. Johnstone, N. Jones, B. Pickett

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

Melbourne (18.11.119) defeated Western Bulldogs (9.14.68).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: A. Yze (5), D. Neitz (3), A. Davey (2), B. McLean (2), R. Robertson (2), C. Bartram, M. Bate, S. Godfrey, B. Holland
Western Bulldogs: D. Cross (2), N. Eagleton, C. Grant, B. Johnson, W. Minson, F. Ray, M. Robbins, R. Smith

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 3rd on the ladder and Western Bulldogs were then 7th on the ladder (down from 6th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2006 AFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Melbourne v Western Bulldogs
Date: Sunday 30 July 2006
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 36,466

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Western Bulldogs
Score: 18.11.119 - 9.14.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 2 9 . 5 13 . 9 18 . 11 18 . 11 (119)
Western Bulldogs 6 . 3 6 . 7 7 . 12 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Margin WBUL by 7 MELB by 16 MELB by 33 MELB by 51 MELB by 51
Duration 31:14 27:57 25:43 27:08 1:52:02

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Ellis (#23), M. Head (#16), M. James (#5)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Brock McLean MELB 5 3
Adem Yze MELB 13 2
Daniel Cross WBUL 4 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Cameron Bruce MELB 32 9 1 1 0 0 0
Adem Yze MELB 13 6 0 1 0 1 0
Matthew Whelan MELB 45 5 1 0 0 0 0
Nathan Carroll MELB 41 3 0 0 1 0 0
Brock McLean MELB 5 3 0 0 1 0 0
Daniel Ward MELB 10 2 0 0 0 1 0
Daniel Cross WBUL 4 1 0 0 0 0 1
Dale Morris WBUL 38 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
19 Bartram, Clint HBFR 96% 1 0 19 9 10 4 0 4 1 3 2 0 3 1
6 Bate, Matthew FPL 84% 1 1 17 10 7 8 0 2 1 2 2 1 0 4
25 Brown, Nathan HFFR 80% 0 0 20 12 8 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0
32 Bruce, Cameron WR 100% 0 1 22 15 7 8 0 4 1 5 0 0 6 3
41 Carroll, Nathan FB 100% 0 0 22 11 11 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0
36 Davey, Aaron WL 90% 2 1 18 13 5 2 0 1 2 3 0 2 3 4
30 Godfrey, Simon C 69% 1 0 14 7 7 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 4
4 Holland, Ben BPR 100% 1 2 7 4 3 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 1
40 Jamar, Mark INT 43% 0 0 4 2 2 1 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
16 Johnstone, Travis INT 75% 0 0 24 13 11 10 0 3 1 3 2 0 3 4
2 Jones, Nathan INT 56% 0 0 17 11 6 5 0 2 3 2 0 1 2 1
23 McDonald, James RO 80% 0 0 33 12 21 4 1 4 5 2 2 2 2 3
5 McLean, Brock RR 73% 2 0 29 16 13 5 0 2 6 3 1 1 1 4
9 Neitz, David (c) FF 100% 3 0 9 8 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
33 Pickett, Byron INT 12% 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Rivers, Jared CHB 89% 0 0 11 4 7 4 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 0
24 Robertson, Russell CHF 100% 2 0 5 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
12 Sylvia, Colin HFFL 100% 0 0 13 6 7 2 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 0
10 Ward, Daniel HBFL 97% 0 0 32 16 16 9 0 3 1 3 2 1 5 5
45 Whelan, Matthew BPL 100% 0 1 32 13 19 10 0 3 2 3 0 1 5 2
34 White, Jeff RU 57% 0 0 21 11 10 8 19 0 3 4 1 2 1 2
13 Yze, Adem FPR 100% 5 2 26 18 8 5 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 4
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 18 11 397 217 180 109 28 39 32 45 17 15 40 46

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
20 Baird, Travis FF 75% 0 1 5 5 0 3 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1
42 Boyd, Matthew HFFL 91% 0 0 23 11 12 7 0 2 1 5 2 2 0 3
17 Cooney, Adam RO 85% 0 1 22 10 12 3 0 3 3 2 0 0 3 5
4 Cross, Daniel RR 94% 2 1 32 17 15 14 0 4 4 3 3 2 2 3
10 Eagleton, Nathan WL 81% 1 0 19 13 6 5 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 7
9 Gilbee, Lindsay HBFR 94% 0 0 16 9 7 6 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 4
3 Grant, Chris INT 81% 1 1 13 11 2 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 2
16 Griffen, Ryan HBFL 79% 0 1 21 10 11 5 0 3 3 1 0 0 2 4
25 Hargrave, Ryan CHB 100% 0 0 15 10 5 2 0 3 0 4 1 3 3 1
6 Johnson, Brad (c) CHF 92% 1 3 11 7 4 5 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1
36 Lake, Brian FB 100% 0 0 12 9 3 6 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 2
28 McCormack, Damien INT 85% 0 0 11 5 6 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3
23 McMahon, Jordan BPL 82% 0 1 19 11 8 4 0 4 3 2 0 1 1 6
27 Minson, Will INT 52% 1 0 5 4 1 2 9 5 2 1 1 1 1 0
38 Morris, Dale BPR 100% 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 1
15 Power, Sam INT 57% 0 0 12 7 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1 Ray, Farren WR 57% 1 1 16 8 8 3 0 5 3 1 1 0 1 3
30 Robbins, Matthew FPL 90% 1 2 6 4 2 3 0 4 0 4 0 2 0 2
5 Smith, Rohan HFFR 80% 1 0 16 9 7 7 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 5
11 Street, Peter RU 57% 0 0 10 4 6 3 16 1 1 3 1 1 0 1
7 West, Scott C 83% 0 0 27 8 19 2 0 4 5 3 1 1 0 1
37 Wight, Cameron FPR 85% 0 0 7 4 3 1 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 9 14 330 184 146 98 27 53 28 43 15 17 27 56

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 38 D. Morris 34 J. White 40 M. Jamar
13 A. Yze 9 D. Neitz (c) 6 M. Bate 5 B. McLean 16 T. Johnstone
FORWARD 23 J. McDonald 2 N. Jones
HALF-BACK

33 B. Pickett
16 R. Griffen 25 R. Hargrave 9 L. Gilbee



25 N. Brown 24 R. Robertson 12 C. Sylvia



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



10 N. Eagleton 7 S. West 1 F. Ray



32 C. Bruce 30 S. Godfrey 36 A. Davey FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 P. Street 3 C. Grant
HALF-FORWARD 4 D. Cross 28 D. McCormack
42 M. Boyd 6 B. Johnson (c) 5 R. Smith 17 A. Cooney 27 W. Minson
19 C. Bartram 27 J. Rivers 10 D. Ward

15 S. Power
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



30 M. Robbins 20 T. Baird 37 C. Wight



4 B. Holland 41 N. Carroll 45 M. Whelan



BACK



Western Bulldogs Coach: Rodney Eade

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB David Neitz goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 02:36
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 04:26
MELB Simon Godfrey goal 2.0.12 - 1.0.6 05:21
MELB Adem Yze goal 3.0.18 - 1.0.6 06:56
WBUL Daniel Cross goal 3.0.18 - 2.0.12 10:09
MELB Aaron Davey goal 4.0.24 - 2.0.12 12:39
MELB Adem Yze behind 4.1.25 - 2.0.12 14:11
WBUL Matthew Robbins goal 4.1.25 - 3.0.18 15:06
MELB Aaron Davey behind 4.2.26 - 3.0.18 18:20
MELB Brock McLean goal 5.2.32 - 3.0.18 18:57
WBUL Jordan McMahon behind 5.2.32 - 3.1.19 20:02
WBUL Rohan Smith goal 5.2.32 - 4.1.25 21:50
WBUL Daniel Cross goal 5.2.32 - 5.1.31 25:42
WBUL Farren Ray goal 5.2.32 - 6.1.37 27:49
WBUL Brad Johnson behind 5.2.32 - 6.2.38 29:50
WBUL Daniel Cross behind 5.2.32 - 6.3.39 30:17
Q2 MELB David Neitz goal 6.2.38 - 6.3.39 00:44
MELB Rushed behind 6.3.39 - 6.3.39 04:45
WBUL Matthew Robbins behind 6.3.39 - 6.4.40 06:27
MELB Brock McLean goal 7.3.45 - 6.4.40 09:13
MELB Ben Holland behind 7.4.46 - 6.4.40 11:18
WBUL Rushed behind 7.4.46 - 6.5.41 12:22
MELB Ben Holland goal 8.4.52 - 6.5.41 13:22
MELB Adem Yze goal 9.4.58 - 6.5.41 16:54
WBUL Farren Ray behind 9.4.58 - 6.6.42 22:14
WBUL Brad Johnson behind 9.4.58 - 6.7.43 24:40
MELB Rushed behind 9.5.59 - 6.7.43 25:22
Q3 MELB David Neitz goal 10.5.65 - 6.7.43 01:15
WBUL Chris Grant behind 10.5.65 - 6.8.44 03:48
MELB Aaron Davey goal 11.5.71 - 6.8.44 05:11
MELB Adem Yze behind 11.6.72 - 6.8.44 06:55
WBUL Travis Baird behind 11.6.72 - 6.9.45 09:07
MELB Matthew Whelan behind 11.7.73 - 6.9.45 12:01
WBUL Brad Johnson behind 11.7.73 - 6.10.46 14:04
WBUL Chris Grant goal 11.7.73 - 7.10.52 16:08
MELB Russell Robertson goal 12.7.79 - 7.10.52 18:48
MELB Adem Yze goal 13.7.85 - 7.10.52 20:47
MELB Rushed behind 13.8.86 - 7.10.52 22:13
WBUL Ryan Griffen behind 13.8.86 - 7.11.53 22:47
MELB Cameron Bruce behind 13.9.87 - 7.11.53 23:55
WBUL Rushed behind 13.9.87 - 7.12.54 24:32
Q4 MELB Clint Bartram goal 14.9.93 - 7.12.54 00:44
MELB Matthew Bate behind 14.10.94 - 7.12.54 05:58
WBUL Adam Cooney behind 14.10.94 - 7.13.55 08:02
WBUL Will Minson goal 14.10.94 - 8.13.61 10:59
WBUL Nathan Eagleton goal 14.10.94 - 9.13.67 12:19
WBUL Matthew Robbins behind 14.10.94 - 9.14.68 13:32
MELB Adem Yze goal 15.10.100 - 9.14.68 17:23
MELB Ben Holland behind 15.11.101 - 9.14.68 20:02
MELB Russell Robertson goal 16.11.107 - 9.14.68 21:41
MELB Matthew Bate goal 17.11.113 - 9.14.68 23:38
MELB Adem Yze goal 18.11.119 - 9.14.68 27:01