2008 AFL 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 20 of the 2008 AFL season. Melbourne hosted West Coast at MCG. Darren Glass captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dean Bailey and the visitors were coached by John Worsfold.

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

West Coast
Back: M. Nicoski, D. Glass (capt.), E. Mackenzie
Half-back: A. Selwood, B. Maister, A. Embley
Centre: M. Braun, M. Priddis, M. Spangher
Half-forward: S. Armstrong, Q. Lynch, B. Ebert
Forward: M. LeCras, B. McKinley, T. Notte
Follower: D. Cox, C. Fletcher, T. Stenglein
Int.: R. Davis, J. McNamara, M. Seaby, S. Selwood

Melbourne (11.13.79) defeated West Coast (5.15.45).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: C. Bruce (2), M. Newton (2), C. Bartram, M. Bate, B. Green, P. Johnson, B. Miller, C. Morton, C. Sylvia
West Coast: B. McKinley (2), S. Armstrong, M. LeCras, Q. Lynch

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 16th on the ladder and West Coast remained 15th on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Dean Bailey (Melbourne), John Worsfold (West Coast)
Captains: unknown (Melbourne), Darren Glass (West Coast)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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