2007 AFL Round 3: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 15 April 2007 between Melbourne and Geelong during round 3 of the 2007 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Geelong at MCG. The hosts were coached by Neale Daniher and the visitors were coached by Mark Thompson.

Melbourne
Back: B. Holland, N. Carroll, M. Whelan
Half-back: D. Ward, R. Ferguson, D. Bell
Centre: B. Moloney, J. McDonald, B. Green
Half-forward: C. Bruce, B. Miller, M. Bate
Forward: S. Godfrey, M. Jamar, A. Davey
Follower: J. White, N. Brown, T. Johnstone
Int.: P. Johnson, N. Jones, P. Wheatley, A. Yze

Geelong
Back: C. Enright, M. Scarlett, A. Mackie
Half-back: J. Hunt, M. Egan, D. Johnson
Centre: D. Wojcinski, J. Bartel, S. Byrnes
Half-forward: P. Chapman, C. Mooney, D. Milburn
Forward: J. Selwood, B. Ottens, G. Ablett
Follower: M. Blake, C. Ling, J. Corey
Int.: T. Hawkins, J. Kelly, B. Prismall, T. Varcoe

Melbourne (8.9.57) were defeated by Geelong (15.19.109).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: B. Green (4), B. Moloney (2), S. Godfrey, T. Johnstone
Geelong: T. Hawkins (4), B. Prismall (3), J. Bartel, S. Byrnes, P. Chapman, C. Ling, D. Milburn, C. Mooney, B. Ottens, T. Varcoe

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 16th on the ladder and Geelong were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 5th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2007 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Sunday 15 April 2007
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 38,438

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 8.9.57 - 15.19.109

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 1 4 . 4 5 . 9 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Geelong 5 . 8 11 . 8 14 . 10 15 . 19 15 . 19 (109)
Margin GEEL by 25 GEEL by 46 GEEL by 55 GEEL by 52 GEEL by 52
Duration 28:46 30:35 27:36 26:42 1:53:39

Honour Roll

Coaches: Neale Daniher (Melbourne), Mark Thompson (Geelong)
Captains: unknown (Melbourne), unknown (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Avon (#27), M. Ellis (#23), C. Hendrie (#24)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jimmy Bartel GEEL 3 3
Paul Chapman GEEL 35 2
Cameron Ling GEEL 45 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Jimmy Bartel GEEL 3 10 2 0 0 0 0
Gary Ablett GEEL 29 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Paul Chapman GEEL 35 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Brent Prismall GEEL 32 4 0 ? 0 ? 0
Tom Hawkins GEEL 26 2 0 0 0 1 0
Cameron Bruce MELB 32 1 0 0 0 0 1
Brad Green MELB 18 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
6 Bate, Matthew HFFR 69% 0 0 8 3 5 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
21 Bell, Daniel HBFR 83% 0 0 18 12 6 9 0 2 0 3 2 1 3 2
25 Brown, Nathan RR 75% 0 1 19 12 7 9 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0
32 Bruce, Cameron HFFL 100% 0 1 30 12 18 6 0 0 4 2 0 1 5 2
41 Carroll, Nathan FB 100% 0 0 14 5 9 7 1 3 2 2 1 0 3 1
36 Davey, Aaron FPR 85% 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 5 0 1 1 1 0 3
35 Ferguson, Ryan CHB 48% 0 0 4 2 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
30 Godfrey, Simon FPL 100% 1 0 17 7 10 5 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1
18 Green, Brad WR 97% 4 0 19 11 8 8 0 0 0 6 1 1 1 1
4 Holland, Ben BPL 62% 0 1 11 7 4 5 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 3
40 Jamar, Mark FF 58% 0 0 6 1 5 1 7 3 3 0 2 0 0 0
11 Johnson, Paul INT 71% 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 1
16 Johnstone, Travis RO 84% 1 0 22 13 9 1 0 2 4 1 0 0 3 0
2 Jones, Nathan INT 76% 0 0 15 11 4 1 0 4 3 2 0 1 1 5
23 McDonald, James C 79% 0 0 22 16 6 5 0 5 8 4 3 1 3 1
7 Miller, Brad CHF 100% 0 2 15 8 7 8 0 3 1 1 2 1 0 2
22 Moloney, Brent WL 72% 2 1 14 9 5 4 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 4
10 Ward, Daniel HBFL 100% 0 0 21 14 7 5 0 4 1 1 0 0 6 1
31 Wheatley, Paul INT 83% 0 0 24 17 7 7 0 4 0 1 1 0 4 5
45 Whelan, Matthew BPR 99% 0 0 21 12 9 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 1
34 White, Jeff RU 80% 0 0 19 12 7 8 17 2 2 4 0 1 2 5
13 Yze, Adem INT 80% 0 0 21 12 9 5 0 2 0 5 1 1 4 2
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 8 9 357 208 149 111 26 49 33 44 17 12 45 43

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Ablett, Gary FPR 86% 0 1 30 11 19 4 0 1 3 1 1 0 3 3
3 Bartel, Jimmy C 93% 1 0 35 22 13 10 0 6 3 2 2 1 4 5
24 Blake, Mark RU 64% 0 1 15 8 7 9 13 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
17 Byrnes, Shannon WR 79% 1 1 16 10 6 6 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 3
35 Chapman, Paul HFFL 79% 1 2 25 13 12 9 0 2 0 6 0 3 0 7
11 Corey, Joel RO 95% 0 0 27 16 11 5 0 4 3 0 0 0 2 6
19 Egan, Matthew CHB 100% 0 0 11 6 5 6 0 2 1 2 0 1 3 0
44 Enright, Corey BPL 87% 0 0 24 15 9 10 0 0 1 4 0 2 2 5
26 Hawkins, Tom INT 81% 4 1 9 7 2 5 0 2 0 2 3 0 0 2
8 Hunt, Josh HBFL 88% 0 0 16 9 7 4 0 1 0 5 0 2 4 1
28 Johnson, David HBFR 87% 0 0 20 15 5 7 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 4
9 Kelly, James INT 80% 0 1 16 9 7 1 0 4 3 0 2 0 0 1
45 Ling, Cameron RR 87% 1 0 25 9 16 9 0 0 4 1 0 1 2 3
4 Mackie, Andrew BPR 74% 0 0 7 6 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1
39 Milburn, Darren HFFR 80% 1 2 19 10 9 8 0 3 1 3 0 1 1 1
21 Mooney, Cam CHF 86% 1 3 12 7 5 11 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2
6 Ottens, Brad FF 62% 1 1 9 5 4 6 10 2 2 2 0 1 0 1
32 Prismall, Brent INT 76% 3 0 23 14 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
30 Scarlett, Matthew FB 100% 0 1 13 9 4 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 1
14 Selwood, Joel FPL 57% 0 1 16 11 5 5 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 3
5 Varcoe, Travis INT 66% 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0
40 Wojcinski, David WL 93% 0 0 14 8 6 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 2 3
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 15 19 384 222 162 130 23 41 22 38 12 17 32 61

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 C. Enright 30 M. Scarlett 4 A. Mackie 34 J. White 11 P. Johnson
36 A. Davey 40 M. Jamar 30 S. Godfrey 25 N. Brown 2 N. Jones
FORWARD 16 T. Johnstone 31 P. Wheatley
HALF-BACK

13 A. Yze
8 J. Hunt 19 M. Egan 28 D. Johnson



6 M. Bate 7 B. Miller 32 C. Bruce



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



40 D. Wojcinski 3 J. Bartel 17 S. Byrnes



18 B. Green 23 J. McDonald 22 B. Moloney FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 24 M. Blake 26 T. Hawkins
HALF-FORWARD 45 C. Ling 9 J. Kelly
35 P. Chapman 21 C. Mooney 39 D. Milburn 11 J. Corey 32 B. Prismall
21 D. Bell 35 R. Ferguson 10 D. Ward

5 T. Varcoe
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



14 J. Selwood 6 B. Ottens 29 G. Ablett



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



BACK



Geelong Coach: Mark Thompson

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GEEL Gary Ablett behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:35
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 02:42
GEEL Darren Milburn behind 0.0.0 - 1.2.8 04:58
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 0.0.0 - 1.3.9 06:39
GEEL Darren Milburn goal 0.0.0 - 2.3.15 09:28
MELB Brent Moloney goal 1.0.6 - 2.3.15 10:49
MELB Brent Moloney goal 2.0.12 - 2.3.15 12:18
GEEL Brad Ottens behind 2.0.12 - 2.4.16 14:40
MELB Rushed behind 2.1.13 - 2.4.16 16:08
GEEL Brent Prismall goal 2.1.13 - 3.4.22 17:26
GEEL Paul Chapman behind 2.1.13 - 3.5.23 20:10
GEEL Brent Prismall goal 2.1.13 - 4.5.29 21:24
GEEL Rushed behind 2.1.13 - 4.6.30 23:09
GEEL Matthew Scarlett behind 2.1.13 - 4.7.31 24:26
GEEL Cam Mooney goal 2.1.13 - 5.7.37 25:31
GEEL Paul Chapman behind 2.1.13 - 5.8.38 28:08
Q2 MELB Brad Green goal 3.1.19 - 5.8.38 02:53
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 3.1.19 - 6.8.44 04:53
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 3.1.19 - 7.8.50 08:55
MELB Cameron Bruce behind 3.2.20 - 7.8.50 14:04
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 3.2.20 - 8.8.56 15:10
GEEL Cameron Ling goal 3.2.20 - 9.8.62 16:58
MELB Brad Green goal 4.2.26 - 9.8.62 19:47
GEEL Travis Varcoe goal 4.2.26 - 10.8.68 21:15
GEEL Brad Ottens goal 4.2.26 - 11.8.74 23:21
MELB Nathan Brown behind 4.3.27 - 11.8.74 26:57
MELB Rushed behind 4.4.28 - 11.8.74 28:55
Q3 MELB Brad Miller behind 4.5.29 - 11.8.74 01:11
GEEL Paul Chapman goal 4.5.29 - 12.8.80 04:31
GEEL Shannon Byrnes goal 4.5.29 - 13.8.86 10:12
MELB Brad Miller behind 4.6.30 - 13.8.86 13:04
GEEL Rushed behind 4.6.30 - 13.9.87 13:47
MELB Ben Holland behind 4.7.31 - 13.9.87 15:21
GEEL Brent Prismall goal 4.7.31 - 14.9.93 19:55
MELB Travis Johnstone goal 5.7.37 - 14.9.93 22:20
GEEL Mark Blake behind 5.7.37 - 14.10.94 23:38
MELB Rushed behind 5.8.38 - 14.10.94 26:05
MELB Brent Moloney behind 5.9.39 - 14.10.94 26:56
Q4 GEEL James Kelly behind 5.9.39 - 14.11.95 02:32
GEEL Cam Mooney behind 5.9.39 - 14.12.96 06:03
GEEL Darren Milburn behind 5.9.39 - 14.13.97 07:02
GEEL Shannon Byrnes behind 5.9.39 - 14.14.98 07:34
GEEL Cam Mooney behind 5.9.39 - 14.15.99 10:34
MELB Brad Green goal 6.9.45 - 14.15.99 11:44
MELB Simon Godfrey goal 7.9.51 - 14.15.99 12:49
GEEL Rushed behind 7.9.51 - 14.16.100 14:19
GEEL Joel Selwood behind 7.9.51 - 14.17.101 17:08
GEEL Cam Mooney behind 7.9.51 - 14.18.102 19:44
GEEL Jimmy Bartel goal 7.9.51 - 15.18.108 21:04
GEEL Rushed behind 7.9.51 - 15.19.109 23:03
MELB Brad Green goal 8.9.57 - 15.19.109 26:31