2008 AFL Season Round 15: Western Bulldogs v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 13 July 2008 between the Western Bulldogs and Melbourne during round fifteen of the 2008 season of the Australian Football League. The 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.

The Western Bulldogs (14.11.95) defeated Melbourne (9.10.64).

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

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Western Bulldogs

Captain: Brad Johnson
Coach: Rodney Eade

Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Dean Bailey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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

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