2008 AFL Round 15: Western Bulldogs v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 13 July 2008 between Western Bulldogs and Melbourne during round 15 of the 2008 AFL season. Western Bulldogs hosted Melbourne at Telstra Dome. Brad Johnson captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Rodney Eade and the visitors were coached by Dean Bailey.

Western Bulldogs
B. Johnson (capt.), D. Addison, J. Akermanis, M. Boyd, A. Cooney, D. Cross, N. Eagleton, A. Everitt, D. Giansiracusa, L. Gilbee, M. Hahn, J. Harbrow, R. Hargrave, J. Hill, B. Hudson, B. Lake, W. Minson, D. Morris, B. Murphy, F. Ray, S. Tiller, C. Wight

Melbourne
C. Bartram, M. Bate, D. Bell, C. Bruce, S. Buckley, L. Dunn, C. Garland, B. Green, M. Jamar, C. Johnson, P. Johnson, N. Jones, S. Martin, B. Miller, C. Morton, M. Newton, C. Sylvia, S. Valenti, M. Warnock, P. Wheatley, M. Whelan, A. Wonaeamirri

Western Bulldogs (14.11.95) defeated Melbourne (9.10.64).

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: J. Akermanis (3), W. Minson (3), N. Eagleton (2), D. Giansiracusa (2), M. Hahn (2), D. Cross, J. Harbrow
Melbourne: B. Miller (3), B. Green (2), S. Buckley, L. Dunn, C. Johnson, M. Newton

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs remained 2nd on the ladder and Melbourne remained 16th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2008 AFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 13 July 2008
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Telstra Dome
Attendance: 27,446

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. Melbourne
Score: 14.11.95 - 9.10.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 3 . 2 7 . 4 12 . 7 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Melbourne 1 . 0 4 . 2 5 . 6 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Margin WBUL by 14 WBUL by 20 WBUL by 43 WBUL by 31 WBUL by 31
Duration 26:39 29:23 27:08 27:17 1:50:27

Honour Roll

Coaches: Rodney Eade (Western Bulldogs), Dean Bailey (Melbourne)
Captains: Brad Johnson (Western Bulldogs), unknown (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: L. Farmer (#4), T. Keating (#31), S. McLaren (#11)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Matthew Boyd WBUL 5 3
Cameron Bruce MELB 32 2
Lindsay Gilbee WBUL 9 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Matthew Boyd WBUL 5 10 2 0 0 0 0
Cameron Bruce MELB 32 6 0 1 0 1 0
Lindsay Gilbee WBUL 9 5 0 0 1 1 0
Jason Akermanis WBUL 21 4 0 1 0 0 0
Daniel Cross WBUL 4 3 0 0 1 0 0
Lynden Dunn MELB 14 1 0 0 0 0 1
Paul Wheatley MELB 31 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
22 Addison, Dylan ? 84% 0 0 18 9 9 9 0 3 4 1 0 0 2 2
21 Akermanis, Jason ? 82% 3 1 20 14 6 5 0 3 1 2 1 0 2 3
5 Boyd, Matthew ? 85% 0 1 33 15 18 6 1 5 2 5 1 0 2 0
17 Cooney, Adam ? 80% 0 0 17 11 6 6 0 4 0 1 1 0 1 2
4 Cross, Daniel ? 84% 1 0 25 9 16 6 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 2
10 Eagleton, Nathan ? 84% 2 0 14 8 6 2 0 5 3 1 1 0 2 1
3 Everitt, Andrejs ? 87% 0 0 17 10 7 5 0 3 0 4 1 0 0 8
13 Giansiracusa, Daniel ? 74% 2 0 21 12 9 7 0 2 0 1 2 3 2 0
9 Gilbee, Lindsay ? 93% 0 0 27 16 11 3 0 1 6 1 0 0 2 0
8 Hahn, Mitch ? 68% 2 0 6 6 0 4 0 4 2 6 0 1 0 2
40 Harbrow, Jarrod ? 87% 1 2 15 9 6 4 0 6 0 2 1 0 1 1
25 Hargrave, Ryan ? 96% 0 0 22 11 11 10 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 3
20 Hill, Josh ? 70% 0 2 21 12 9 5 0 5 0 1 0 0 3 4
15 Hudson, Ben ? 69% 0 0 14 3 11 2 10 6 3 5 0 2 0 0
6 Johnson, Brad (c) ? 88% 0 0 20 12 8 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3
36 Lake, Brian ? 94% 0 0 20 15 5 9 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 5
27 Minson, Will ? 90% 3 0 9 5 4 2 4 5 3 2 2 4 1 6
38 Morris, Dale ? 85% 0 0 12 7 5 5 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 3
2 Murphy, Bob ? 76% 0 0 15 9 6 6 0 2 0 2 1 3 5 3
1 Ray, Farren ? 77% 0 1 22 10 12 7 0 3 5 6 0 0 4 5
35 Tiller, Stephen ? 74% 0 0 9 7 2 4 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 1
37 Wight, Cameron ? 73% 0 0 13 6 7 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 14 11 390 216 174 115 18 69 33 48 15 16 37 56

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Bartram, Clint ? 87% 0 0 12 6 6 4 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 1
6 Bate, Matthew ? 88% 0 1 20 12 8 6 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 5
21 Bell, Daniel ? 84% 0 0 19 8 11 3 0 6 0 1 2 1 2 0
32 Bruce, Cameron ? 84% 0 2 38 13 25 11 0 4 1 2 1 0 2 5
1 Buckley, Simon ? 80% 1 1 21 11 10 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2
14 Dunn, Lynden ? 85% 1 0 15 8 7 1 1 7 3 2 1 0 1 1
20 Garland, Colin ? 91% 0 0 21 12 9 7 0 1 1 1 2 1 4 0
18 Green, Brad ? 85% 2 2 19 14 5 4 0 6 1 2 1 1 3 4
40 Jamar, Mark ? 77% 0 0 10 1 9 5 20 6 2 4 1 3 0 0
17 Johnson, Chris ? 78% 1 0 24 14 10 6 0 2 3 5 2 1 5 2
11 Johnson, Paul ? 79% 0 0 11 5 6 0 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
2 Jones, Nathan ? 71% 0 0 23 6 17 2 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 3
33 Martin, Stefan ? 94% 0 0 19 7 12 4 2 1 1 1 2 0 2 0
7 Miller, Brad ? 92% 3 1 18 11 7 9 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3
10 Morton, Cale ? 72% 0 0 21 10 11 7 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1
29 Newton, Michael ? 81% 1 2 10 9 1 7 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 3
12 Sylvia, Colin ? 85% 0 0 16 8 8 7 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1
44 Valenti, Shane ? 57% 0 0 23 13 10 8 0 1 1 3 1 1 3 5
37 Warnock, Matthew ? 90% 0 0 16 5 11 4 0 5 0 1 1 1 1 1
31 Wheatley, Paul ? 79% 0 0 34 17 17 7 0 1 5 4 0 0 5 6
45 Whelan, Matthew ? 78% 0 0 17 11 6 4 0 3 0 3 0 1 4 0
39 Wonaeamirri, Austin ? 82% 0 0 13 8 5 9 0 7 0 2 0 1 0 3
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 9 10 420 209 211 120 36 60 22 47 16 15 38 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

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WBUL Mitch Hahn goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 00:42
WBUL Nathan Eagleton goal 2.0.12 - 0.0.0 05:28
WBUL Jarrod Harbrow behind 2.1.13 - 0.0.0 08:09
WBUL Matthew Boyd behind 2.2.14 - 0.0.0 11:56
WBUL Nathan Eagleton goal 3.2.20 - 0.0.0 17:08
MELB Lynden Dunn goal 3.2.20 - 1.0.6 25:49
Q2 WBUL Will Minson goal 4.2.26 - 1.0.6 02:07
WBUL Jarrod Harbrow goal 5.2.32 - 1.0.6 06:26
MELB Chris Johnson goal 5.2.32 - 2.0.12 10:55
WBUL Daniel Cross goal 6.2.38 - 2.0.12 12:15
WBUL Farren Ray behind 6.3.39 - 2.0.12 13:32
MELB Brad Green behind 6.3.39 - 2.1.13 15:57
MELB Simon Buckley goal 6.3.39 - 3.1.19 17:50
MELB Brad Green goal 6.3.39 - 4.1.25 20:14
WBUL Josh Hill behind 6.4.40 - 4.1.25 22:10
WBUL Jason Akermanis goal 7.4.46 - 4.1.25 25:40
MELB Cameron Bruce behind 7.4.46 - 4.2.26 28:49
Q3 MELB Brad Green goal 7.4.46 - 5.2.32 01:04
WBUL Will Minson goal 8.4.52 - 5.2.32 03:19
WBUL Jarrod Harbrow behind 8.5.53 - 5.2.32 05:11
MELB Rushed behind 8.5.53 - 5.3.33 06:24
WBUL Rushed behind 8.6.54 - 5.3.33 08:49
MELB Brad Miller behind 8.6.54 - 5.4.34 10:01
WBUL Rushed behind 8.7.55 - 5.4.34 12:13
WBUL Daniel Giansiracusa goal 9.7.61 - 5.4.34 13:59
WBUL Daniel Giansiracusa goal 10.7.67 - 5.4.34 15:00
MELB Brad Green behind 10.7.67 - 5.5.35 17:34
MELB Michael Newton behind 10.7.67 - 5.6.36 19:40
WBUL Jason Akermanis goal 11.7.73 - 5.6.36 22:58
WBUL Jason Akermanis goal 12.7.79 - 5.6.36 25:20
Q4 WBUL Rushed behind 12.8.80 - 5.6.36 01:55
WBUL Rushed behind 12.9.81 - 5.6.36 02:50
MELB Simon Buckley behind 12.9.81 - 5.7.37 04:58
MELB Michael Newton behind 12.9.81 - 5.8.38 07:10
WBUL Mitch Hahn goal 13.9.87 - 5.8.38 08:06
MELB Matthew Bate behind 13.9.87 - 5.9.39 09:39
WBUL Josh Hill behind 13.10.88 - 5.9.39 10:13
MELB Michael Newton goal 13.10.88 - 6.9.45 12:07
MELB Cameron Bruce behind 13.10.88 - 6.10.46 14:28
MELB Brad Miller goal 13.10.88 - 7.10.52 16:17
MELB Brad Miller goal 13.10.88 - 8.10.58 18:17
WBUL Will Minson goal 14.10.94 - 8.10.58 20:21
WBUL Jason Akermanis behind 14.11.95 - 8.10.58 21:55
MELB Brad Miller goal 14.11.95 - 9.10.64 24:45