2008 AFL Round 3: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 6 April 2008 between Geelong and Melbourne during round 3 of the 2008 AFL season. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Skilled Stadium. Tom Harley captained the hosts. David Neitz captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mark Thompson and the visitors were coached by Dean Bailey.

Geelong
Back: T. Harley (capt.), M. Scarlett, J. Hunt
Half-back: D. Milburn, H. Taylor, C. Enright
Centre: C. Ling, J. Selwood, J. Bartel
Half-forward: S. Johnson, C. Mooney, J. Kelly
Forward: S. Byrnes, T. Hawkins, P. Chapman
Follower: M. Blake, G. Ablett, J. Corey
Int.: M. Rooke, M. Stokes, T. West, D. Wojcinski

Melbourne
Back: P. Wheatley, N. Carroll, J. Rivers
Half-back: C. Bartram, D. Bell, L. Dunn
Centre: B. Green, B. McLean, C. Sylvia
Half-forward: C. Bruce, B. Miller, P. Johnson
Forward: A. Davey, D. Neitz (capt.), R. Robertson
Follower: J. White, J. McDonald, N. Jones
Int.: C. Garland, C. Johnson, C. Morton, A. Wonaeamirri

Geelong (16.16.112) defeated Melbourne (12.10.82).

Goalkickers
Geelong: T. Hawkins (5), S. Johnson (2), C. Ling (2), C. Mooney (2), G. Ablett, M. Blake, P. Chapman, D. Milburn, M. Stokes
Melbourne: C. Bruce (3), L. Dunn (2), C. Morton (2), B. Green, B. Miller, D. Neitz, P. Wheatley, J. White

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 1st on the ladder (up from 2nd) and Melbourne remained 16th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2008 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 6 April 2008
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: Skilled Stadium
Attendance: 23,570

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 16.16.112 - 12.10.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 4 8 . 11 13 . 14 16 . 16 16 . 16 (112)
Melbourne 3 . 4 6 . 6 10 . 8 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Margin GEEL by 6 GEEL by 17 GEEL by 24 GEEL by 30 GEEL by 30
Duration 28:53 29:19 29:35 26:32 1:54:19

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mark Thompson (Geelong), Dean Bailey (Melbourne)
Captains: Tom Harley (Geelong), David Neitz (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: H. Ryan (#14), D. Sully (#12), S. Wenn (#22)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Paul Chapman GEEL 35 3
Tom Hawkins GEEL 26 2
Joel Corey GEEL 11 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Paul Chapman GEEL 35 9 1 1 0 0 0
Cameron Bruce MELB 32 5 ? ? ? ? ?
Joel Corey GEEL 11 5 ? ? ? ? ?
Tom Harley GEEL 2 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Tom Hawkins GEEL 26 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Matthew Scarlett GEEL 30 2 0 0 0 1 0
Brock McLean MELB 5 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Ablett, Gary RR 84% 1 3 29 13 16 6 0 3 4 6 4 2 2 2
3 Bartel, Jimmy WR 93% 0 2 30 19 11 10 0 5 3 2 0 2 2 6
24 Blake, Mark RU 74% 1 0 13 4 9 7 28 0 2 2 1 1 0 1
17 Byrnes, Shannon FPL 79% 0 1 17 8 9 3 0 2 0 2 1 2 1 3
35 Chapman, Paul FPR 83% 1 0 29 23 6 8 0 2 5 2 3 2 3 5
11 Corey, Joel RO 82% 0 0 34 17 17 3 0 9 6 5 3 1 2 6
44 Enright, Corey HBFR 95% 0 0 21 10 11 5 0 3 0 1 0 0 4 0
2 Harley, Tom (c) BPL 84% 0 0 19 10 9 14 0 3 0 0 3 0 4 0
26 Hawkins, Tom FF 81% 5 0 15 9 6 4 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 1
8 Hunt, Josh BPR 81% 0 0 23 14 9 5 0 3 1 4 1 2 2 2
20 Johnson, Steve HFFL 86% 2 1 14 10 4 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
9 Kelly, James HFFR 83% 0 0 23 12 11 5 0 7 0 7 1 2 1 6
45 Ling, Cameron WL 80% 2 1 26 13 13 5 1 7 5 6 0 0 2 5
39 Milburn, Darren HBFL 95% 1 0 21 7 14 7 0 3 0 1 1 0 3 1
21 Mooney, Cam CHF 84% 2 3 13 11 2 8 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 3
33 Rooke, Max INT 70% 0 0 11 5 6 4 0 5 0 2 2 1 1 1
30 Scarlett, Matthew FB 93% 0 0 20 16 4 5 0 3 0 3 0 1 1 3
14 Selwood, Joel C 69% 0 0 10 4 6 4 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1
27 Stokes, Mathew INT 86% 1 1 20 14 6 9 0 2 3 4 0 1 1 5
7 Taylor, Harry CHB 77% 0 0 21 14 7 3 0 2 1 2 2 0 3 0
12 West, Trent INT 60% 0 0 8 1 7 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
40 Wojcinski, David INT 82% 0 0 17 5 12 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 16 16 434 239 195 128 34 64 32 55 28 20 33 58

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Bartram, Clint HBFL 73% 0 0 11 8 3 6 0 5 0 4 4 3 2 1
21 Bell, Daniel CHB 90% 0 0 16 6 10 2 0 2 1 3 0 0 4 3
32 Bruce, Cameron HFFL 93% 3 0 19 11 8 4 1 1 0 1 2 1 5 3
41 Carroll, Nathan FB 100% 0 0 13 4 9 3 0 1 1 5 2 1 1 1
36 Davey, Aaron FPL 78% 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 2 3 2 1 2 1 2
14 Dunn, Lynden HBFR 90% 2 0 14 9 5 4 0 2 0 4 1 1 2 2
20 Garland, Colin INT 73% 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0
18 Green, Brad WL 90% 1 1 23 13 10 11 0 2 0 4 0 1 2 8
17 Johnson, Chris INT 70% 0 1 10 5 5 2 0 4 0 2 0 2 1 1
11 Johnson, Paul HFFR 91% 0 0 19 11 8 7 12 2 0 6 0 2 1 3
2 Jones, Nathan RO 80% 0 0 21 13 8 2 0 3 5 4 1 1 2 3
23 McDonald, James RR 79% 0 0 15 5 10 2 0 7 1 3 0 3 0 2
5 McLean, Brock C 81% 0 0 30 14 16 9 0 3 6 1 1 0 1 0
7 Miller, Brad CHF 84% 1 0 14 5 9 5 0 1 3 4 2 2 0 0
10 Morton, Cale INT 67% 2 1 22 16 6 6 0 2 1 3 1 1 2 3
9 Neitz, David (c) FF 93% 1 3 10 5 5 3 0 1 0 5 1 3 0 0
27 Rivers, Jared BPR 89% 0 0 7 3 4 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0
24 Robertson, Russell FPR 85% 0 1 14 12 2 7 0 2 0 3 0 1 2 2
12 Sylvia, Colin WR 74% 0 0 14 8 6 3 1 5 0 4 1 1 1 3
31 Wheatley, Paul BPL 70% 1 0 30 16 14 9 0 1 0 7 1 1 7 5
34 White, Jeff RU 87% 1 0 25 10 15 10 10 2 2 2 1 1 0 2
39 Wonaeamirri, Austin INT 62% 0 0 16 8 8 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 12 10 367 196 171 102 24 56 24 70 20 28 37 46

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

Geelong Coach: Mark Thompson
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
31 P. Wheatley 41 N. Carroll 27 J. Rivers 24 M. Blake 33 M. Rooke
35 P. Chapman 26 T. Hawkins 17 S. Byrnes 29 G. Ablett 27 M. Stokes
FORWARD 11 J. Corey 12 T. West
HALF-BACK

40 D. Wojcinski
3 C. Bartram 21 D. Bell 14 L. Dunn



9 J. Kelly 21 C. Mooney 20 S. Johnson



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



18 B. Green 5 B. McLean 12 C. Sylvia



3 J. Bartel 14 J. Selwood 45 C. Ling FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 34 J. White 20 C. Garland
HALF-FORWARD 23 J. McDonald 17 C. Johnson
32 C. Bruce 7 B. Miller 11 P. Johnson 2 N. Jones 10 C. Morton
44 C. Enright 7 H. Taylor 39 D. Milburn

39 A. Wonaeamirri
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



36 A. Davey 9 D. Neitz (c) 24 R. Robertson



8 J. Hunt 30 M. Scarlett 2 T. Harley (c)



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Dean Bailey

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Cameron Bruce goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 03:58
GEEL Cam Mooney behind 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 08:27
MELB Paul Wheatley goal 0.1.1 - 2.0.12 10:24
MELB David Neitz goal 0.1.1 - 3.0.18 12:23
MELB David Neitz behind 0.1.1 - 3.1.19 15:38
GEEL Cameron Ling goal 1.1.7 - 3.1.19 16:20
GEEL Shannon Byrnes behind 1.2.8 - 3.1.19 17:43
MELB Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 3.2.20 18:19
MELB David Neitz behind 1.2.8 - 3.3.21 19:32
GEEL Rushed behind 1.3.9 - 3.3.21 20:19
GEEL Gary Ablett goal 2.3.15 - 3.3.21 21:51
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 3.3.21 - 3.3.21 23:00
MELB Russell Robertson behind 3.3.21 - 3.4.22 25:02
GEEL Rushed behind 3.4.22 - 3.4.22 25:48
GEEL Mathew Stokes goal 4.4.28 - 3.4.22 28:01
Q2 GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 5.4.34 - 3.4.22 02:44
GEEL Cam Mooney behind 5.5.35 - 3.4.22 03:58
GEEL Steve Johnson goal 6.5.41 - 3.4.22 04:29
GEEL Mark Blake goal 7.5.47 - 3.4.22 06:16
GEEL Gary Ablett behind 7.6.48 - 3.4.22 08:21
MELB Chris Johnson behind 7.6.48 - 3.5.23 09:42
GEEL Cam Mooney behind 7.7.49 - 3.5.23 13:21
GEEL Jimmy Bartel behind 7.8.50 - 3.5.23 14:08
MELB Cameron Bruce goal 7.8.50 - 4.5.29 16:30
MELB Brad Miller goal 7.8.50 - 5.5.35 18:20
GEEL Steve Johnson behind 7.9.51 - 5.5.35 21:14
MELB David Neitz behind 7.9.51 - 5.6.36 22:47
GEEL Rushed behind 7.10.52 - 5.6.36 23:19
MELB Lynden Dunn goal 7.10.52 - 6.6.42 25:13
GEEL Steve Johnson goal 8.10.58 - 6.6.42 26:19
GEEL Cameron Ling behind 8.11.59 - 6.6.42 29:11
Q3 MELB Lynden Dunn goal 8.11.59 - 7.6.48 01:10
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 9.11.65 - 7.6.48 03:39
MELB Rushed behind 9.11.65 - 7.7.49 04:50
GEEL Darren Milburn goal 10.11.71 - 7.7.49 06:35
GEEL Mathew Stokes behind 10.12.72 - 7.7.49 11:50
MELB Cale Morton goal 10.12.72 - 8.7.55 12:50
MELB Jeff White goal 10.12.72 - 9.7.61 15:01
MELB Cale Morton goal 10.12.72 - 10.7.67 16:27
GEEL Gary Ablett behind 10.13.73 - 10.7.67 18:33
GEEL Gary Ablett behind 10.14.74 - 10.7.67 19:11
MELB Rushed behind 10.14.74 - 10.8.68 20:16
GEEL Cameron Ling goal 11.14.80 - 10.8.68 21:03
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 12.14.86 - 10.8.68 23:20
GEEL Cam Mooney goal 13.14.92 - 10.8.68 25:53
Q4 MELB Cameron Bruce goal 13.14.92 - 11.8.74 02:19
GEEL Cam Mooney goal 14.14.98 - 11.8.74 04:00
MELB Cale Morton behind 14.14.98 - 11.9.75 09:32
GEEL Paul Chapman goal 15.14.104 - 11.9.75 11:33
GEEL Jimmy Bartel behind 15.15.105 - 11.9.75 14:37
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 16.15.111 - 11.9.75 15:11
MELB Brad Green goal 16.15.111 - 12.9.81 19:15
GEEL Rushed behind 16.16.112 - 12.9.81 20:38
MELB Brad Green behind 16.16.112 - 12.10.82 25:22