2007 AFL Season Round 3: Melbourne v Geelong

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

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

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

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Melbourne) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Geelong) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Neale Daniher

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Mark Thompson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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