2007 AFL Round 19: Melbourne v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 11 August 2007 between Melbourne and Western Bulldogs during round 19 of the 2007 AFL season. Melbourne "hosted" Western Bulldogs at Telstra Dome. David Neitz captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Mark Riley and the visitors were coached by Rodney Eade.

Melbourne
Back: B. Holland, N. Carroll, N. Brown
Half-back: D. Bell, R. Ferguson, J. Frawley
Centre: P. Wheatley, J. McDonald, J. Bode
Half-forward: B. Green, M. Newton, L. Dunn
Forward: B. Pickett, D. Neitz (capt.), R. Robertson
Follower: J. White, A. Davey, N. Jones
Int.: M. Jamar, T. Johnstone, B. Moloney, C. Sylvia

Western Bulldogs
Back: J. McMahon, B. Lake, D. Morris
Half-back: S. Power, T. Williams, R. Hargrave
Centre: F. Ray, S. West, N. Eagleton
Half-forward: D. Giansiracusa, L. Darcy, B. Murphy
Forward: S. Higgins, C. Grant, J. Akermanis
Follower: W. Skipper, A. Cooney, M. Boyd
Int.: D. Cross, A. Everitt, A. McDougall, S. Tiller

Melbourne (19.15.129) defeated Western Bulldogs (12.15.87).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: B. Holland (4), A. Davey (3), R. Robertson (3), L. Dunn (2), B. Pickett (2), B. Green, N. Jones, M. Newton, C. Sylvia, P. Wheatley
Western Bulldogs: S. Higgins (5), B. Murphy (3), N. Eagleton, R. Hargrave, F. Ray, S. Tiller

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 14th on the ladder (up from 15th) and Western Bulldogs remained 10th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2007 AFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Melbourne v Western Bulldogs
Date: Saturday 11 August 2007
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: Telstra Dome
Attendance: 18,946

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Western Bulldogs
Score: 19.15.129 - 12.15.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 2 10 . 7 16 . 11 19 . 15 19 . 15 (129)
Western Bulldogs 4 . 4 5 . 9 7 . 13 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Margin MELB by 4 MELB by 28 MELB by 52 MELB by 42 MELB by 42
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mark Riley (Melbourne), Rodney Eade (Western Bulldogs)
Captains: David Neitz (Melbourne), unknown (Western Bulldogs)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Kamolins (#19), S. McBurney (#3), M. Nicholls (#15)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Nathan Jones MELB 2 3
Ben Holland MELB 4 2
Brad Green MELB 18 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Nathan Jones MELB 2 7 0 1 1 0 0
Russell Robertson MELB 24 5 1 0 0 0 0
Jeff White MELB 34 5 1 0 0 0 0
Daniel Bell MELB 21 4 0 1 0 0 0
Shaun Higgins WBUL 19 3 0 0 1 0 0
Nathan Brown MELB 25 2 0 0 0 1 0
Bob Murphy WBUL 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
Ben Holland MELB 4 1 0 0 0 0 1
Travis Johnstone MELB 16 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
21 Bell, Daniel HBFL 94% 0 0 16 7 9 2 0 4 1 3 2 1 8 1
43 Bode, Jace WR 87% 0 0 5 2 3 2 0 4 1 0 1 0 2 0
25 Brown, Nathan BPR 77% 0 1 22 15 7 9 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 2
41 Carroll, Nathan FB 100% 0 0 14 7 7 5 1 4 1 4 0 0 4 1
36 Davey, Aaron RR 89% 3 2 14 14 0 5 0 3 1 1 6 0 3 3
14 Dunn, Lynden HFFR 87% 2 0 12 8 4 0 1 5 5 2 2 2 0 7
35 Ferguson, Ryan CHB 100% 0 1 9 4 5 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
8 Frawley, James HBFR 82% 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Green, Brad HFFL 93% 1 1 23 13 10 7 0 5 2 2 1 0 3 3
4 Holland, Ben BPL 100% 4 1 15 12 3 12 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
40 Jamar, Mark INT 48% 0 1 8 5 3 6 15 1 1 2 0 1 1 0
16 Johnstone, Travis INT 68% 0 0 25 21 4 5 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 7
2 Jones, Nathan RO 82% 1 0 21 12 9 2 0 3 2 5 1 3 3 4
23 McDonald, James C 66% 0 0 20 12 8 7 0 6 4 2 0 0 1 3
22 Moloney, Brent INT 57% 0 0 11 4 7 1 0 3 2 3 0 0 0 0
9 Neitz, David (c) FF 100% 0 2 10 9 1 5 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 2
29 Newton, Michael CHF 82% 1 0 10 6 4 3 0 3 0 2 3 2 0 2
33 Pickett, Byron FPL 82% 2 0 12 8 4 2 0 4 3 1 1 1 0 5
24 Robertson, Russell FPR 86% 3 0 19 15 4 10 1 2 4 0 0 0 1 8
12 Sylvia, Colin INT 65% 1 0 11 6 5 1 0 6 3 2 3 0 0 3
31 Wheatley, Paul WL 96% 1 0 16 11 5 5 1 3 0 4 0 1 5 1
34 White, Jeff RU 58% 0 0 20 9 11 4 20 2 4 2 3 0 2 3
Rushed 6
Total (22 players) 19 15 316 201 115 97 42 64 38 43 25 15 37 56

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Akermanis, Jason FPR 87% 0 2 15 10 5 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5
5 Boyd, Matthew RO 91% 0 0 26 13 13 6 2 4 6 4 3 1 5 2
17 Cooney, Adam RR 89% 0 3 34 18 16 8 0 2 5 2 0 0 4 7
4 Cross, Daniel INT 75% 0 0 30 9 21 6 2 3 3 0 1 0 1 2
14 Darcy, Luke CHF 72% 0 0 9 3 6 2 17 3 1 4 0 4 0 4
10 Eagleton, Nathan WR 86% 1 1 17 9 8 3 0 1 3 5 3 4 0 3
29 Everitt, Andrejs INT 89% 0 0 16 9 7 2 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 1
13 Giansiracusa, Daniel HFFL 22% 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
3 Grant, Chris FF 11% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Hargrave, Ryan HBFR 100% 1 2 20 11 9 4 0 3 1 5 0 3 3 4
19 Higgins, Shaun FPL 96% 5 2 13 8 5 6 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 0
36 Lake, Brian FB 100% 0 0 6 2 4 2 0 6 0 1 1 1 1 0
32 McDougall, Andrew INT 93% 0 1 13 5 8 0 0 3 1 2 2 2 0 2
23 McMahon, Jordan BPL 74% 0 0 16 10 6 2 0 1 1 5 0 4 2 1
38 Morris, Dale BPR 100% 0 0 9 2 7 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0
2 Murphy, Bob HFFR 89% 3 1 22 18 4 7 0 2 0 1 3 0 1 12
15 Power, Sam HBFL 81% 0 0 24 13 11 10 0 4 1 0 0 0 6 1
1 Ray, Farren WL 94% 1 0 23 10 13 3 1 5 1 2 0 1 4 2
34 Skipper, Wayde RU 71% 0 0 12 7 5 3 6 4 0 0 0 0 1 2
35 Tiller, Stephen INT 90% 1 2 11 6 5 1 0 4 1 1 1 1 1 0
7 West, Scott C 90% 0 0 37 12 25 9 0 2 6 1 0 0 3 4
12 Williams, Tom CHB 100% 0 0 11 2 9 3 0 1 0 5 0 2 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 12 15 370 180 190 84 28 51 33 47 15 25 35 54

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: Mark Riley
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
23 J. McMahon 36 B. Lake 38 D. Morris 34 J. White 40 M. Jamar
24 R. Robertson 9 D. Neitz (c) 33 B. Pickett 36 A. Davey 16 T. Johnstone
FORWARD 2 N. Jones 22 B. Moloney
HALF-BACK

12 C. Sylvia
15 S. Power 12 T. Williams 25 R. Hargrave



14 L. Dunn 29 M. Newton 18 B. Green



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



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



43 J. Bode 23 J. McDonald 31 P. Wheatley FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 34 W. Skipper 4 D. Cross
HALF-FORWARD 17 A. Cooney 29 A. Everitt
13 D. Giansiracusa 14 L. Darcy 2 B. Murphy 5 M. Boyd 32 A. McDougall
8 J. Frawley 35 R. Ferguson 21 D. Bell

35 S. Tiller
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



19 S. Higgins 3 C. Grant 21 J. Akermanis



25 N. Brown 41 N. Carroll 4 B. Holland



BACK



Western Bulldogs Coach: Rodney Eade