2008 AFL Season Round 20: Melbourne v West Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 16 August 2008 between Melbourne and West Coast during round twenty of the 2008 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted West Coast at the MCG. Darren Glass captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dean Bailey and the visitors were coached by John Worsfold.

Melbourne (11.13.79) defeated West Coast (5.15.45).

Match Details

Season: 2008 AFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Melbourne v West Coast
Date: Saturday 16 August 2008
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 17,958

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. West Coast
Score: 11.13.79 - 5.15.45

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Melbourne	1	.	3	5	.	7	8	.	12	11	.	13	11	.	13	(79)
West Coast	2	.	2	4	.	5	5	.	10	5	.	15	5	.	15	(45)
Margin	WCST by 5			MELB by 8			MELB by 20			MELB by 34			MELB by 34
Duration	26:08			26:45			26:05			29:15			1:48:13

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 (West Coast) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Dean Bailey

West Coast

Captain: Darren Glass
Coach: John Worsfold

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Ellis (#23)
K. Nicholls (#28)
H. Ryan (#14)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Paul Wheatley	MELB	31	3
Cale Morton	MELB	10	2
Dean Cox	WCST	20	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Cameron Bruce	MELB	32	10	2	0	0	0	0
Cale Morton	MELB	10	8	0	2	0	0	0
Paul Wheatley	MELB	31	6	0	0	2	0	0
Steven Armstrong	WCST	35	3	0	0	0	1	1
Andrew Embley	WCST	32	2	0	0	0	1	0
Simon Buckley	MELB	1	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	BPL	88%	1	0	19	12	7	4	0	4	2	1	0	1	1	3
6	Bate, Matthew	FPL	86%	1	1	18	5	13	6	0	3	1	2	0	2	1	1
21	Bell, Daniel	HBFL	84%	0	1	16	7	9	8	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	0
32	Bruce, Cameron	C	82%	2	1	30	16	14	8	0	7	4	1	0	1	3	4
1	Buckley, Simon	WL	85%	0	0	31	20	11	10	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	5
8	Frawley, James	BPR	86%	0	0	4	3	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	1
18	Green, Brad	HFFL	89%	1	0	27	18	9	10	0	2	1	1	1	1	4	3
40	Jamar, Mark	RU	65%	0	0	5	1	4	2	9	0	2	5	2	3	0	0
11	Johnson, Paul	INT	73%	1	0	15	7	8	6	7	1	1	3	0	1	0	5
2	Jones, Nathan	RR	82%	0	0	30	15	15	5	0	6	3	3	0	3	2	4
19	Maric, Addam	HFFR	78%	0	0	11	4	7	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
33	Martin, Stefan	FB	84%	0	0	19	5	14	3	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0
23	McDonald, James	RO	78%	0	0	29	19	10	10	0	6	3	3	0	2	1	5
7	Miller, Brad	FF	87%	1	1	14	8	6	7	0	1	0	5	1	3	1	2
10	Morton, Cale	WR	88%	1	1	30	20	10	17	0	1	1	1	2	0	2	4
29	Newton, Michael	FPR	83%	2	2	9	8	1	7	0	4	1	1	0	1	0	1
12	Sylvia, Colin	CHF	84%	1	2	14	9	5	7	2	3	1	3	0	2	2	5
44	Valenti, Shane	INT	66%	0	0	13	6	7	2	0	4	2	3	0	0	0	2
37	Warnock, Matthew	CHB	94%	0	0	18	8	10	6	0	3	0	4	0	3	3	0
31	Wheatley, Paul	HBFR	84%	0	1	36	20	16	12	0	3	1	3	0	1	3	3
45	Whelan, Matthew	INT	79%	0	0	23	11	12	8	0	4	1	1	0	1	4	3
39	Wonaeamirri, Austin	INT	77%	0	0	11	5	6	3	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	3
Rushed					3
Total (22 players)				11	13	422	227	195	149	19	62	26	45	8	26	34	55

West Coast

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
35	Armstrong, Steven	HFFL	88%	1	0	31	20	11	10	0	6	4	1	3	0	5	5
10	Braun, Michael	WL	82%	0	0	11	7	4	4	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	6
20	Cox, Dean	RU	90%	0	2	24	10	14	7	13	0	3	1	2	1	1	2
45	Davis, Ryan	INT	56%	0	0	8	4	4	2	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	3
18	Ebert, Brad	HFFR	75%	0	0	11	5	6	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	4
32	Embley, Andrew	HBFR	91%	0	1	37	24	13	9	0	2	0	5	0	0	7	4
7	Fletcher, Chad	RR	72%	0	0	8	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Glass, Darren (c)	FB	90%	0	0	18	3	15	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
2	LeCras, Mark	FPL	81%	1	1	12	9	3	5	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	2
21	Lynch, Quinten	CHF	95%	1	1	21	11	10	8	1	1	2	4	0	0	1	3
16	Mackenzie, Eric	BPR	94%	0	0	13	5	8	5	0	2	0	1	2	1	4	0
42	Maister, Beau	CHB	71%	0	0	15	8	7	5	0	1	0	0	4	0	4	1
27	McKinley, Ben	FF	98%	2	3	9	7	2	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
12	McNamara, Jamie	INT	71%	0	1	18	11	7	5	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	3
6	Nicoski, Mark	BPL	95%	0	0	15	10	5	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
34	Notte, Tony	FPR	74%	0	0	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	0
11	Priddis, Matt	C	81%	0	0	24	9	15	4	0	4	3	1	1	0	3	4
14	Seaby, Mark	INT	56%	0	1	7	4	3	3	11	2	1	2	2	1	2	0
37	Selwood, Adam	HBFL	91%	0	0	21	13	8	8	0	1	1	5	2	0	1	2
28	Selwood, Scott	INT	71%	0	0	12	6	6	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	3
30	Spangher, Matt	WR	88%	0	0	14	8	6	6	0	3	1	0	2	0	1	0
5	Stenglein, Tyson	RO	89%	0	0	13	10	3	1	0	4	0	2	2	0	1	2
Rushed					5
Total (22 players)				5	15	348	188	160	100	26	35	19	33	26	8	42	44

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
	6	M. Nicoski	23	D. Glass (c)	16	E. Mackenzie	40	M. Jamar	11	P. Johnson
	29	M. Newton	7	B. Miller	6	M. Bate	2	N. Jones	44	S. Valenti
FORWARD							23	J. McDonald	45	M. Whelan
HALF-BACK									39	A. Wonaeamirri
	37	A. Selwood	42	B. Maister	32	A. Embley
	19	A. Maric	12	C. Sylvia	18	B. Green
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	10	M. Braun	11	M. Priddis	30	M. Spangher
	10	C. Morton	32	C. Bruce	1	S. Buckley	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							20	D. Cox	45	R. Davis
HALF-FORWARD							7	C. Fletcher	12	J. McNamara
	35	S. Armstrong	21	Q. Lynch	18	B. Ebert	5	T. Stenglein	14	M. Seaby
	31	P. Wheatley	37	M. Warnock	21	D. Bell			28	S. Selwood
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	2	M. LeCras	27	B. McKinley	34	T. Notte
	8	J. Frawley	33	S. Martin	3	C. Bartram
BACK
West Coast							Coach: John Worsfold

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	WCST	Mark LeCras behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	05:40
	MELB	Cale Morton behind	0.1.1	-	0.1.1	12:36
	MELB	Rushed behind	0.2.2	-	0.1.1	14:16
	MELB	Rushed behind	0.3.3	-	0.1.1	15:11
	WCST	Ben McKinley goal	0.3.3	-	1.1.7	16:08
	MELB	Brad Miller goal	1.3.9	-	1.1.7	17:54
	WCST	Dean Cox behind	1.3.9	-	1.2.8	19:53
	WCST	Steven Armstrong goal	1.3.9	-	2.2.14	24:42
Q2	WCST	Rushed behind	1.3.9	-	2.3.15	01:17
	WCST	Mark LeCras goal	1.3.9	-	3.3.21	02:42
	WCST	Quinten Lynch goal	1.3.9	-	4.3.27	04:06
	MELB	Rushed behind	1.4.10	-	4.3.27	06:21
	WCST	Rushed behind	1.4.10	-	4.4.28	08:00
	MELB	Brad Miller behind	1.5.11	-	4.4.28	08:59
	MELB	Matthew Bate goal	2.5.17	-	4.4.28	10:25
	MELB	Colin Sylvia goal	3.5.23	-	4.4.28	14:25
	MELB	Colin Sylvia behind	3.6.24	-	4.4.28	16:22
	MELB	Cameron Bruce goal	4.6.30	-	4.4.28	18:55
	MELB	Michael Newton goal	5.6.36	-	4.4.28	20:44
	MELB	Michael Newton behind	5.7.37	-	4.4.28	23:37
	WCST	Dean Cox behind	5.7.37	-	4.5.29	24:36
Q3	WCST	Rushed behind	5.7.37	-	4.6.30	01:25
	MELB	Clint Bartram goal	6.7.43	-	4.6.30	02:22
	MELB	Daniel Bell behind	6.8.44	-	4.6.30	04:31
	WCST	Rushed behind	6.8.44	-	4.7.31	06:23
	MELB	Matthew Bate behind	6.9.45	-	4.7.31	07:38
	MELB	Paul Wheatley behind	6.10.46	-	4.7.31	08:08
	MELB	Michael Newton goal	7.10.52	-	4.7.31	09:23
	WCST	Jamie McNamara behind	7.10.52	-	4.8.32	12:03
	MELB	Cameron Bruce goal	8.10.58	-	4.8.32	13:52
	MELB	Colin Sylvia behind	8.11.59	-	4.8.32	18:27
	WCST	Ben McKinley goal	8.11.59	-	5.8.38	19:48
	WCST	Ben McKinley behind	8.11.59	-	5.9.39	21:12
	MELB	Michael Newton behind	8.12.60	-	5.9.39	23:10
	WCST	Ben McKinley behind	8.12.60	-	5.10.40	24:20
Q4	WCST	Mark Seaby behind	8.12.60	-	5.11.41	06:27
	WCST	Andrew Embley behind	8.12.60	-	5.12.42	11:30
	WCST	Rushed behind	8.12.60	-	5.13.43	13:22
	MELB	Cameron Bruce behind	8.13.61	-	5.13.43	15:00
	WCST	Quinten Lynch behind	8.13.61	-	5.14.44	17:29
	MELB	Paul Johnson goal	9.13.67	-	5.14.44	20:51
	WCST	Ben McKinley behind	9.13.67	-	5.15.45	24:53
	MELB	Cale Morton goal	10.13.73	-	5.15.45	25:27
	MELB	Brad Green goal	11.13.79	-	5.15.45	28:07

Links

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