2008 AFL Round 19: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 8 August 2008 between Melbourne and Geelong during round 19 of the 2008 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Geelong at MCG. Tom Harley captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dean Bailey and the visitors were coached by Mark Thompson.

Melbourne
Back: M. Whelan, N. Carroll, C. Johnson
Half-back: S. Martin, M. Warnock, P. Wheatley
Centre: N. Jones, C. Bruce, S. Buckley
Half-forward: B. Green, M. Bate, L. Dunn
Forward: P. Johnson, C. Sylvia, A. Wonaeamirri
Follower: J. White, C. Bartram, J. McDonald
Int.: J. Frawley, A. Maric, C. Morton, S. Valenti

Geelong
Back: T. Harley (capt.), M. Scarlett, A. Mackie
Half-back: H. Taylor, J. Hunt, C. Enright
Centre: J. Kelly, G. Ablett, J. Bartel
Half-forward: S. Johnson, C. Mooney, R. Gamble
Forward: J. Selwood, T. Lonergan, M. Stokes
Follower: B. Ottens, C. Ling, J. Corey
Int.: M. Blake, S. Byrnes, B. Prismall, M. Rooke

Melbourne (5.11.41) were defeated by Geelong (24.13.157).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: S. Valenti (2), C. Johnson, P. Johnson, A. Wonaeamirri
Geelong: T. Lonergan (4), M. Stokes (4), B. Prismall (3), G. Ablett (2), J. Bartel (2), C. Ling (2), A. Mackie (2), M. Blake, R. Gamble, S. Johnson, C. Mooney, J. Selwood

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 16th on the ladder and Geelong remained 1st on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2008 AFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Friday 8 August 2008
Time: 7:05 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 34,610

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 5.11.41 - 24.13.157

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Melbourne	0	.	0	1	.	3	2	.	6	5	.	11	5	.	11	(41)
Geelong	8	.	5	12	.	7	19	.	10	24	.	13	24	.	13	(157)
Margin	GEEL by 53			GEEL by 70			GEEL by 106			GEEL by 116			GEEL by 116
Duration	29:37			27:14			31:40			30:49			1:59:20

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Donlon (#1), H. Kennedy (#7), S. Ryan (#25)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Andrew Mackie	GEEL	4	3
Joel Selwood	GEEL	14	2
Joel Corey	GEEL	11	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Andrew Mackie	GEEL	4	10	2	0	0	0	0
Joel Selwood	GEEL	14	8	0	2	0	0	0
Joel Corey	GEEL	11	4	0	0	1	0	1
Brent Prismall	GEEL	32	3	0	0	1	0	0
Corey Enright	GEEL	44	2	0	0	0	1	0
Mathew Stokes	GEEL	27	2	0	0	0	1	0
Tom Lonergan	GEEL	13	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	RR	82%	0	0	15	7	8	3	0	4	1	3	1	1	0	3
6	Bate, Matthew	CHF	88%	0	1	7	3	4	1	1	3	2	3	0	0	0	1
32	Bruce, Cameron	C	80%	0	0	25	14	11	5	0	4	5	3	3	2	1	4
1	Buckley, Simon	WR	75%	0	1	18	9	9	5	0	4	0	4	0	3	4	3
41	Carroll, Nathan	FB	93%	0	0	17	4	13	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	4	0
14	Dunn, Lynden	HFFR	74%	0	0	10	4	6	2	0	2	0	5	0	4	1	2
8	Frawley, James	INT	76%	0	0	17	12	5	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	3	1
18	Green, Brad	HFFL	85%	0	1	27	17	10	7	1	5	0	3	1	1	4	6
17	Johnson, Chris	BPR	83%	1	0	13	6	7	3	0	1	2	5	0	4	1	1
11	Johnson, Paul	FPL	87%	1	0	15	10	5	6	10	3	1	1	2	0	0	2
2	Jones, Nathan	WL	82%	0	0	17	5	12	2	0	5	2	1	1	0	1	0
19	Maric, Addam	INT	84%	0	1	23	16	7	5	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	4
33	Martin, Stefan	HBFL	89%	0	0	17	7	10	6	0	1	1	1	0	1	4	0
23	McDonald, James	RO	70%	0	1	22	10	12	2	3	4	7	1	3	0	0	3
10	Morton, Cale	INT	70%	0	0	14	7	7	7	0	2	0	5	0	1	0	3
12	Sylvia, Colin	FF	90%	0	0	20	8	12	5	3	6	0	1	0	0	1	3
44	Valenti, Shane	INT	73%	2	1	16	9	7	2	0	3	2	3	4	1	0	2
37	Warnock, Matthew	CHB	89%	0	0	13	3	10	5	0	0	0	4	0	1	2	0
31	Wheatley, Paul	HBFR	81%	0	0	27	20	7	6	0	3	2	3	0	0	8	5
45	Whelan, Matthew	BPL	82%	0	0	31	15	16	9	0	4	0	4	2	4	5	1
34	White, Jeff	RU	89%	0	1	16	6	10	4	11	2	0	4	0	3	2	0
39	Wonaeamirri, Austin	FPR	78%	1	0	7	4	3	4	0	4	0	1	2	0	0	0
Rushed					4
Total (22 players)				5	11	387	196	191	97	29	62	26	62	19	27	41	44

Geelong

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
29	Ablett, Gary	C	87%	2	3	22	11	11	6	0	5	1	3	2	2	0	5
3	Bartel, Jimmy	WR	85%	2	1	20	11	9	1	0	7	4	1	4	0	3	3
24	Blake, Mark	INT	47%	1	0	14	3	11	5	19	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
17	Byrnes, Shannon	INT	77%	0	0	13	5	8	2	0	4	3	4	1	1	0	4
11	Corey, Joel	RO	83%	0	0	30	13	17	6	1	7	7	4	5	1	0	5
44	Enright, Corey	HBFR	92%	0	1	33	20	13	5	0	1	3	1	1	1	4	4
15	Gamble, Ryan	HFFR	84%	1	2	15	5	10	4	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	1
2	Harley, Tom (c)	BPL	90%	0	0	13	7	6	4	0	5	0	1	0	0	2	0
8	Hunt, Josh	CHB	91%	0	0	15	10	5	2	0	4	0	4	0	2	2	4
20	Johnson, Steve	HFFL	78%	1	0	14	9	5	1	1	6	1	3	1	2	1	4
9	Kelly, James	WL	87%	0	1	27	12	15	1	0	7	1	7	0	2	3	2
45	Ling, Cameron	RR	84%	2	0	31	13	18	5	0	5	4	3	0	2	2	6
13	Lonergan, Tom	FF	88%	4	1	12	8	4	7	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	1
4	Mackie, Andrew	BPR	94%	2	1	33	17	16	9	0	3	2	1	1	0	3	1
21	Mooney, Cam	CHF	86%	1	2	13	8	5	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	4
6	Ottens, Brad	RU	53%	0	0	12	5	7	4	22	4	1	2	2	1	0	0
32	Prismall, Brent	INT	77%	3	0	32	15	17	9	0	2	2	2	1	0	3	5
33	Rooke, Max	INT	75%	0	0	22	8	14	6	0	1	3	1	0	1	1	2
30	Scarlett, Matthew	FB	89%	0	0	28	17	11	5	0	2	0	4	1	1	6	1
14	Selwood, Joel	FPL	84%	1	1	33	17	16	5	0	4	5	4	5	2	2	7
27	Stokes, Mathew	FPR	85%	4	0	19	13	6	4	0	1	1	2	1	0	2	7
7	Taylor, Harry	HBFL	86%	0	0	18	8	10	7	0	3	0	1	0	0	3	2
Rushed					0
Total (22 players)				24	13	469	235	234	104	43	77	41	51	27	19	37	69

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
	2	T. Harley (c)	30	M. Scarlett	4	A. Mackie	34	J. White	8	J. Frawley
	39	A. Wonaeamirri	12	C. Sylvia	11	P. Johnson	3	C. Bartram	19	A. Maric
FORWARD							23	J. McDonald	10	C. Morton
HALF-BACK									44	S. Valenti
	7	H. Taylor	8	J. Hunt	44	C. Enright
	14	L. Dunn	6	M. Bate	18	B. Green
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	9	J. Kelly	29	G. Ablett	3	J. Bartel
	1	S. Buckley	32	C. Bruce	2	N. Jones	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							6	B. Ottens	24	M. Blake
HALF-FORWARD							45	C. Ling	17	S. Byrnes
	20	S. Johnson	21	C. Mooney	15	R. Gamble	11	J. Corey	32	B. Prismall
	31	P. Wheatley	37	M. Warnock	33	S. Martin			33	M. Rooke
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	14	J. Selwood	13	T. Lonergan	27	M. Stokes
	17	C. Johnson	41	N. Carroll	45	M. Whelan
BACK
Geelong							Coach: Mark Thompson

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	GEEL	Joel Selwood goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	04:23
	GEEL	Cameron Ling goal	0.0.0	-	2.0.12	07:11
	GEEL	Mark Blake goal	0.0.0	-	3.0.18	10:41
	GEEL	Tom Lonergan goal	0.0.0	-	4.0.24	13:22
	GEEL	Andrew Mackie goal	0.0.0	-	5.0.30	16:26
	GEEL	Gary Ablett behind	0.0.0	-	5.1.31	17:56
	GEEL	Andrew Mackie behind	0.0.0	-	5.2.32	18:33
	GEEL	Andrew Mackie goal	0.0.0	-	6.2.38	19:50
	GEEL	Jimmy Bartel behind	0.0.0	-	6.3.39	21:50
	GEEL	Tom Lonergan behind	0.0.0	-	6.4.40	23:10
	GEEL	Brent Prismall goal	0.0.0	-	7.4.46	23:50
	GEEL	James Kelly behind	0.0.0	-	7.5.47	24:56
	GEEL	Brent Prismall goal	0.0.0	-	8.5.53	25:54
Q2	GEEL	Ryan Gamble behind	0.0.0	-	8.6.54	01:38
	GEEL	Tom Lonergan goal	0.0.0	-	9.6.60	04:50
	GEEL	Corey Enright behind	0.0.0	-	9.7.61	07:00
	MELB	Rushed behind	0.1.1	-	9.7.61	09:13
	GEEL	Tom Lonergan goal	0.1.1	-	10.7.67	09:34
	MELB	Brad Green behind	0.2.2	-	10.7.67	17:48
	GEEL	Mathew Stokes goal	0.2.2	-	11.7.73	21:12
	MELB	Simon Buckley behind	0.3.3	-	11.7.73	22:26
	MELB	Austin Wonaeamirri goal	1.3.9	-	11.7.73	24:15
	GEEL	Gary Ablett goal	1.3.9	-	12.7.79	25:56
Q3	GEEL	Jimmy Bartel goal	1.3.9	-	13.7.85	01:23
	GEEL	Ryan Gamble behind	1.3.9	-	13.8.86	02:55
	GEEL	Cam Mooney behind	1.3.9	-	13.9.87	04:03
	MELB	Rushed behind	1.4.10	-	13.9.87	05:32
	GEEL	Ryan Gamble goal	1.4.10	-	14.9.93	07:49
	GEEL	Gary Ablett goal	1.4.10	-	15.9.99	10:31
	GEEL	Cam Mooney goal	1.4.10	-	16.9.105	12:11
	GEEL	Cameron Ling goal	1.4.10	-	17.9.111	15:28
	MELB	Addam Maric behind	1.5.11	-	17.9.111	18:00
	MELB	Rushed behind	1.6.12	-	17.9.111	19:03
	MELB	Shane Valenti goal	2.6.18	-	17.9.111	20:28
	GEEL	Joel Selwood behind	2.6.18	-	17.10.112	21:41
	GEEL	Brent Prismall goal	2.6.18	-	18.10.118	25:52
	GEEL	Tom Lonergan goal	2.6.18	-	19.10.124	28:00
Q4	MELB	Paul Johnson goal	3.6.24	-	19.10.124	03:12
	GEEL	Mathew Stokes goal	3.6.24	-	20.10.130	04:52
	GEEL	Mathew Stokes goal	3.6.24	-	21.10.136	07:32
	MELB	Rushed behind	3.7.25	-	21.10.136	09:53
	GEEL	Mathew Stokes goal	3.7.25	-	22.10.142	10:59
	GEEL	Gary Ablett behind	3.7.25	-	22.11.143	12:08
	GEEL	Gary Ablett behind	3.7.25	-	22.12.144	13:25
	MELB	Matthew Bate behind	3.8.26	-	22.12.144	15:32
	MELB	Shane Valenti goal	4.8.32	-	22.12.144	16:56
	GEEL	Cam Mooney behind	4.8.32	-	22.13.145	18:55
	GEEL	Jimmy Bartel goal	4.8.32	-	23.13.151	22:17
	MELB	Shane Valenti behind	4.9.33	-	23.13.151	23:36
	MELB	Jeff White behind	4.10.34	-	23.13.151	24:53
	MELB	James McDonald behind	4.11.35	-	23.13.151	27:20
	GEEL	Steve Johnson goal	4.11.35	-	24.13.157	29:01
	MELB	Chris Johnson goal	5.11.41	-	24.13.157	30:42

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