2008 AFL Season Round 9: Melbourne v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 25 May 2008 between Melbourne and Hawthorn during round nine of the 2008 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted Hawthorn at the MCG. Sam Mitchell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dean Bailey and the visitors were coached by Alastair Clarkson.

Melbourne (12.6.78) were defeated by Hawthorn (14.13.97).

Match Details

Season: 2008 AFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Melbourne v Hawthorn
Date: Sunday 25 May 2008
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 41,341

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Hawthorn
Score: 12.6.78 - 14.13.97

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 3 6 . 4 9 . 5 12 . 6 12 . 6 (78)
Hawthorn 3 . 3 4 . 7 10 . 9 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Margin MELB by 6 MELB by 9 HWTH by 10 HWTH by 19 HWTH by 19
Duration 28:51 27:00 32:15 29:53 1:57:59

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 (Hawthorn) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Dean Bailey

Hawthorn

Captain: Sam Mitchell
Coach: Alastair Clarkson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Armstrong (#26)
S. Grun (#13)
M. James (#5)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Sam Mitchell HWTH 5 3
Brad Sewell HWTH 12 2
Brock McLean MELB 5 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Chance Bateman HWTH 10 9 1 1 0 0 0
Matthew Bate MELB 6 7 0 1 1 0 0
Sam Mitchell HWTH 5 5 1 0 0 0 0
Grant Birchall HWTH 14 3 0 0 1 0 0
Brock McLean MELB 5 2 0 0 0 1 0
Cyril Rioli HWTH 33 2 0 0 0 1 0
Aaron Davey MELB 36 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
3 Bartram, Clint HBFL 76% 0 0 15 6 9 3 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 2
6 Bate, Matthew WR 89% 0 0 29 18 11 9 0 5 4 2 2 0 0 6
21 Bell, Daniel BPR 90% 0 0 10 4 6 1 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 0
32 Bruce, Cameron HBFR 88% 1 0 26 8 18 8 0 4 2 3 1 1 4 1
1 Buckley, Simon HFFL 81% 0 0 23 14 9 9 0 1 2 2 0 1 4 4
36 Davey, Aaron FPL 79% 1 1 20 12 8 5 0 4 3 2 2 1 1 4
8 Frawley, James INT 73% 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
20 Garland, Colin FB 94% 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 1
18 Green, Brad WL 94% 0 0 20 17 3 8 0 3 1 6 1 0 8 3
4 Holland, Ben CHB 81% 3 0 10 5 5 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 Jamar, Mark RU 74% 0 0 8 2 6 1 22 6 3 4 3 3 0 1
11 Johnson, Paul INT 63% 1 1 10 4 6 3 9 1 2 2 1 1 1 1
2 Jones, Nathan RO 85% 2 0 17 10 7 6 0 2 2 3 1 1 0 2
23 McDonald, James RR 89% 0 0 18 11 7 5 0 4 1 1 1 1 5 0
5 McLean, Brock C 82% 0 0 29 23 6 7 1 7 3 3 2 2 1 5
7 Miller, Brad FF 93% 0 0 12 9 3 10 0 4 1 1 1 0 2 2
22 Moloney, Brent HFFR 83% 0 0 26 14 12 3 0 9 4 5 1 2 1 3
10 Morton, Cale INT 61% 0 0 13 6 7 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2
24 Robertson, Russell CHF 73% 2 2 9 8 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
44 Valenti, Shane INT 63% 0 0 12 4 8 1 0 6 3 0 2 0 0 0
37 Warnock, Matthew BPL 99% 0 0 13 5 8 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 1
39 Wonaeamirri, Austin FPR 88% 2 0 16 9 7 6 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 3
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 12 6 347 196 151 101 34 67 34 44 23 18 37 42

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Bateman, Chance WR 86% 0 0 28 18 10 5 0 3 4 1 1 0 1 7
14 Birchall, Grant HBFR 94% 0 0 23 16 7 8 0 3 0 2 0 1 4 3
30 Brown, Campbell BPL 94% 0 0 16 12 4 7 0 2 0 4 1 2 2 1
39 Campbell, Robert RU 69% 1 0 13 5 8 6 15 4 1 2 1 2 0 2
25 Clarke, Tim INT 90% 1 1 10 6 4 6 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3
24 Croad, Trent CHB 100% 0 0 9 7 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
31 Dew, Stuart INT 31% 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 2
8 Ellis, Xavier HBFL 82% 1 0 24 8 16 9 0 0 1 4 0 4 4 4
23 Franklin, Lance CHF 100% 3 3 14 9 5 4 0 5 0 2 1 1 1 0
27 Gilham, Stephen FB 94% 0 0 16 10 6 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 0
36 Kennedy, Josh INT 66% 0 0 16 5 11 3 0 3 4 3 0 0 0 3
4 Ladson, Rick HFFR 84% 1 0 22 11 11 7 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 2
5 Mitchell, Sam (c) C 96% 0 0 33 14 19 3 0 5 8 7 3 5 2 4
35 Morton, Jarryd RR 61% 0 0 19 9 10 3 0 0 2 4 1 0 0 4
29 Murphy, Tom BPR 80% 0 0 18 9 9 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 0
7 Osborne, Michael HFFL 81% 0 0 10 5 5 3 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 2
33 Rioli, Cyril FPL 87% 3 1 14 7 7 4 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 2
2 Roughead, Jarryd FF 100% 1 3 7 7 0 5 4 4 0 0 1 0 0 1
12 Sewell, Brad RO 89% 0 0 23 8 15 4 0 3 7 4 1 1 1 4
13 Taylor, Simon INT 56% 0 0 11 1 10 3 18 1 4 2 2 2 0 0
6 Williams, Mark FPR 76% 3 2 11 7 4 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3
11 Young, Clinton WL 84% 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 4 0 2 0 1 2 4
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 14 13 356 186 170 106 37 52 34 44 18 23 30 52

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: Dean Bailey
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
30 C. Brown 27 S. Gilham 29 T. Murphy 40 M. Jamar 8 J. Frawley
39 A. Wonaeamirri 7 B. Miller 36 A. Davey 23 J. McDonald 11 P. Johnson
FORWARD 2 N. Jones 10 C. Morton
HALF-BACK

44 S. Valenti
8 X. Ellis 24 T. Croad 14 G. Birchall



22 B. Moloney 24 R. Robertson 1 S. Buckley



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



11 C. Young 5 S. Mitchell (c) 10 C. Bateman



6 M. Bate 5 B. McLean 18 B. Green FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 39 R. Campbell 25 T. Clarke
HALF-FORWARD 35 J. Morton 31 S. Dew
7 M. Osborne 23 L. Franklin 4 R. Ladson 12 B. Sewell 36 J. Kennedy
32 C. Bruce 4 B. Holland 3 C. Bartram

13 S. Taylor
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



33 C. Rioli 2 J. Roughead 6 M. Williams



21 D. Bell 20 C. Garland 37 M. Warnock



BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Alastair Clarkson

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:40
HWTH Rick Ladson goal 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 04:54
MELB Russell Robertson goal 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 06:47
MELB Russell Robertson behind 1.2.8 - 1.0.6 12:16
HWTH Lance Franklin goal 1.2.8 - 2.0.12 13:19
HWTH Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 2.1.13 15:29
HWTH Mark Williams behind 1.2.8 - 2.2.14 16:33
HWTH Robert Campbell goal 1.2.8 - 3.2.20 18:21
MELB Rushed behind 1.3.9 - 3.2.20 20:32
MELB Austin Wonaeamirri goal 2.3.15 - 3.2.20 22:15
HWTH Lance Franklin behind 2.3.15 - 3.3.21 24:37
MELB Nathan Jones goal 3.3.21 - 3.3.21 25:20
MELB Russell Robertson goal 4.3.27 - 3.3.21 28:46
Q2 MELB Ben Holland goal 5.3.33 - 3.3.21 03:51
HWTH Jarryd Roughead goal 5.3.33 - 4.3.27 07:42
MELB Russell Robertson behind 5.4.34 - 4.3.27 14:32
MELB Paul Johnson goal 6.4.40 - 4.3.27 17:32
HWTH Tim Clarke behind 6.4.40 - 4.4.28 21:23
HWTH Cyril Rioli behind 6.4.40 - 4.5.29 23:42
HWTH Jarryd Roughead behind 6.4.40 - 4.6.30 25:00
HWTH Jarryd Roughead behind 6.4.40 - 4.7.31 26:13
Q3 HWTH Rushed behind 6.4.40 - 4.8.32 04:40
HWTH Lance Franklin goal 6.4.40 - 5.8.38 07:08
HWTH Jarryd Roughead behind 6.4.40 - 5.9.39 08:55
MELB Austin Wonaeamirri goal 7.4.46 - 5.9.39 09:40
HWTH Cyril Rioli goal 7.4.46 - 6.9.45 11:06
MELB Ben Holland goal 8.4.52 - 6.9.45 12:45
MELB Ben Holland goal 9.4.58 - 6.9.45 18:34
MELB Paul Johnson behind 9.5.59 - 6.9.45 20:08
HWTH Cyril Rioli goal 9.5.59 - 7.9.51 22:47
HWTH Mark Williams goal 9.5.59 - 8.9.57 25:19
HWTH Xavier Ellis goal 9.5.59 - 9.9.63 26:58
HWTH Lance Franklin goal 9.5.59 - 10.9.69 29:03
Q4 HWTH Lance Franklin behind 9.5.59 - 10.10.70 00:39
MELB Nathan Jones goal 10.5.65 - 10.10.70 04:06
MELB Aaron Davey goal 11.5.71 - 10.10.70 05:31
HWTH Tim Clarke goal 11.5.71 - 11.10.76 06:54
MELB Cameron Bruce goal 12.5.77 - 11.10.76 09:53
HWTH Cyril Rioli goal 12.5.77 - 12.10.82 13:16
HWTH Rushed behind 12.5.77 - 12.11.83 14:36
MELB Aaron Davey behind 12.6.78 - 12.11.83 17:15
HWTH Lance Franklin behind 12.6.78 - 12.12.84 17:46
HWTH Mark Williams goal 12.6.78 - 13.12.90 18:34
HWTH Mark Williams goal 12.6.78 - 14.12.96 22:29
HWTH Mark Williams behind 12.6.78 - 14.13.97 26:04