2009 AFL Round 8: Melbourne v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 16 May 2009 between Melbourne and Western Bulldogs during round 8 of the 2009 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Western Bulldogs at MCG. James McDonald captained the hosts. Brad Johnson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dean Bailey and the visitors were coached by Rodney Eade.

Melbourne
Back: C. Bartram, M. Warnock, M. Whelan
Half-back: C. Bruce, L. Dunn, A. Davey
Centre: J. Grimes, C. Sylvia, B. McLean
Half-forward: C. Morton, B. Miller, R. Robertson
Forward: N. Jones, S. Martin, M. Bate
Follower: P. Johnson, B. Moloney, A. Maric
Int.: K. Cheney, J. McDonald (capt.), R. Petterd, S. Valenti

Western Bulldogs
Back: J. Harbrow, D. Morris, B. Lake
Half-back: L. Gilbee, T. Williams, D. Addison
Centre: N. Eagleton, M. Boyd, D. Cross
Half-forward: B. Murphy, M. Hahn, B. Johnson (capt.)
Forward: J. Akermanis, S. Welsh, L. Picken
Follower: B. Hudson, A. Cooney, R. Griffen
Int.: A. Everitt, D. Giansiracusa, J. Hill, W. Minson

Melbourne (15.7.97) were defeated by Western Bulldogs (15.14.104).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: M. Bate (4), R. Robertson (3), A. Maric (2), A. Davey, N. Jones, B. McLean, R. Petterd, C. Sylvia, S. Valenti
Western Bulldogs: J. Akermanis (4), S. Welsh (3), L. Gilbee (2), D. Addison, M. Boyd, A. Cooney, M. Hahn, B. Johnson, B. Murphy

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 16th on the ladder and Western Bulldogs remained 3rd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2009 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Melbourne v Western Bulldogs
Date: Saturday 16 May 2009
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 28,279

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Western Bulldogs
Score: 15.7.97 - 15.14.104

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 2 10 . 3 11 . 4 15 . 7 15 . 7 (97)
Western Bulldogs 3 . 3 9 . 6 12 . 10 15 . 14 15 . 14 (104)
Margin MELB by 11 MELB by 3 WBUL by 12 WBUL by 7 WBUL by 7
Duration 30:17 32:45 27:08 29:13 1:59:23

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. Hay (#20), S. McInerney (#30), M. Nicholls (#15)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Matthew Boyd WBUL 5 3
Paul Johnson MELB 11 2
Jason Akermanis WBUL 21 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Jason Akermanis WBUL 21 10 2 0 0 0 0
Aaron Davey MELB 36 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Matthew Boyd WBUL 5 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Brent Moloney MELB 22 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Cale Morton MELB 10 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Daniel Giansiracusa WBUL 13 2 0 0 0 ? ?

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Bartram, Clint BPL 79% 0 0 14 6 8 0 0 6 1 4 1 1 3 1
6 Bate, Matthew FPR 86% 4 0 16 9 7 8 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 5
32 Bruce, Cameron HBFL 94% 0 0 26 7 19 6 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 0
25 Cheney, Kyle INT 71% 0 0 22 8 14 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2
36 Davey, Aaron HBFR 78% 1 0 28 20 8 3 0 4 0 3 0 0 2 4
14 Dunn, Lynden CHB 67% 0 0 13 8 5 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 5
16 Grimes, Jack WL 79% 0 0 25 14 11 7 0 2 2 1 2 0 4 0
11 Johnson, Paul RU 93% 0 0 22 14 8 9 17 3 1 3 0 0 1 2
2 Jones, Nathan FPL 80% 1 0 25 4 21 2 0 3 3 4 1 3 1 2
19 Maric, Addam RO 79% 2 0 12 6 6 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 2
34 Martin, Stefan FF 91% 0 0 17 4 13 4 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 0
23 McDonald, James (c) INT 71% 0 0 25 10 15 5 2 3 3 1 1 0 2 4
5 McLean, Brock WR 78% 1 0 36 15 21 5 0 6 3 5 0 1 4 1
7 Miller, Brad CHF 93% 0 2 13 4 9 5 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 2
22 Moloney, Brent RR 76% 0 0 37 12 25 7 0 6 4 4 0 2 0 6
10 Morton, Cale HFFL 91% 0 0 37 23 14 7 0 3 1 4 1 1 7 1
15 Petterd, Ricky INT 78% 1 0 7 2 5 3 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0
24 Robertson, Russell HFFR 84% 3 0 8 6 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2
12 Sylvia, Colin C 88% 1 1 24 10 14 8 4 3 1 3 0 0 1 5
44 Valenti, Shane INT 62% 1 1 11 5 6 2 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 2
37 Warnock, Matthew FB 96% 0 0 11 3 8 2 0 3 1 1 0 1 3 0
45 Whelan, Matthew BPR 85% 0 0 26 12 14 6 0 3 1 3 2 2 4 1
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 15 7 455 202 253 102 25 60 26 50 14 14 39 47

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
22 Addison, Dylan HBFR 81% 1 0 13 2 11 2 0 5 1 1 1 1 0 2
21 Akermanis, Jason FPL 91% 4 2 19 14 5 4 0 4 1 2 1 0 0 6
5 Boyd, Matthew C 93% 1 0 33 20 13 7 0 5 11 6 1 1 1 5
17 Cooney, Adam RR 84% 1 0 26 7 19 1 0 3 5 0 1 0 1 2
4 Cross, Daniel WR 87% 0 0 23 3 20 3 1 4 7 3 0 2 0 0
10 Eagleton, Nathan WL 96% 0 1 21 12 9 6 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 5
3 Everitt, Andrejs INT 70% 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 0
13 Giansiracusa, Daniel INT 79% 0 2 28 19 9 5 0 1 3 2 1 0 1 8
9 Gilbee, Lindsay HBFL 95% 2 2 28 19 9 3 0 2 2 2 0 0 5 5
16 Griffen, Ryan RO 76% 0 0 22 13 9 2 0 4 2 0 0 0 3 4
8 Hahn, Mitch CHF 83% 1 0 14 9 5 1 0 5 0 1 1 1 1 4
40 Harbrow, Jarrod BPL 88% 0 0 20 13 7 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 2
20 Hill, Josh INT 85% 0 2 10 7 3 3 0 6 0 3 1 2 3 1
15 Hudson, Ben RU 67% 0 0 14 4 10 6 22 2 1 1 0 0 0 2
6 Johnson, Brad (c) HFFR 88% 1 1 16 10 6 5 0 1 0 5 0 3 0 3
36 Lake, Brian BPR 95% 0 0 17 11 6 8 1 1 0 4 0 0 9 1
27 Minson, Will INT 70% 0 1 10 5 5 3 14 4 2 1 0 0 2 1
38 Morris, Dale FB 100% 0 0 15 5 10 6 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 0
2 Murphy, Bob HFFL 16% 1 0 6 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
42 Picken, Liam FPR 81% 0 1 10 7 3 1 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 3
28 Welsh, Scott FF 88% 3 2 14 9 5 6 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1
12 Williams, Tom CHB 87% 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 15 14 380 206 174 83 38 60 38 40 14 14 31 57

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
40 J. Harbrow 38 D. Morris 36 B. Lake 11 P. Johnson 25 K. Cheney
6 M. Bate 34 S. Martin 2 N. Jones 22 B. Moloney 23 J. McDonald (c)
FORWARD 19 A. Maric 15 R. Petterd
HALF-BACK

44 S. Valenti
9 L. Gilbee 12 T. Williams 22 D. Addison



24 R. Robertson 7 B. Miller 10 C. Morton



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



10 N. Eagleton 5 M. Boyd 4 D. Cross



5 B. McLean 12 C. Sylvia 16 J. Grimes FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 15 B. Hudson 3 A. Everitt
HALF-FORWARD 17 A. Cooney 13 D. Giansiracusa
2 B. Murphy 8 M. Hahn 6 B. Johnson (c) 16 R. Griffen 20 J. Hill
36 A. Davey 14 L. Dunn 32 C. Bruce

27 W. Minson
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



21 J. Akermanis 28 S. Welsh 42 L. Picken



45 M. Whelan 37 M. Warnock 3 C. Bartram



BACK



Western Bulldogs Coach: Rodney Eade

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WBUL Lindsay Gilbee behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 00:15
WBUL Liam Picken behind 0.0.0 - 0.2.2 03:29
MELB Brad Miller behind 0.1.1 - 0.2.2 04:25
MELB Matthew Bate goal 1.1.7 - 0.2.2 05:30
WBUL Brad Johnson behind 1.1.7 - 0.3.3 07:52
WBUL Bob Murphy goal 1.1.7 - 1.3.9 09:21
MELB Shane Valenti behind 1.2.8 - 1.3.9 10:42
MELB Addam Maric goal 2.2.14 - 1.3.9 12:50
MELB Russell Robertson goal 3.2.20 - 1.3.9 14:26
MELB Brock McLean goal 4.2.26 - 1.3.9 18:07
WBUL Scott Welsh goal 4.2.26 - 2.3.15 20:06
MELB Colin Sylvia goal 5.2.32 - 2.3.15 22:56
WBUL Mitch Hahn goal 5.2.32 - 3.3.21 24:29
Q2 WBUL Scott Welsh behind 5.2.32 - 3.4.22 00:44
MELB Matthew Bate goal 6.2.38 - 3.4.22 02:34
MELB Nathan Jones goal 7.2.44 - 3.4.22 04:03
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 7.2.44 - 4.4.28 05:25
WBUL Jason Akermanis goal 7.2.44 - 5.4.34 07:56
MELB Ricky Petterd goal 8.2.50 - 5.4.34 12:43
WBUL Jason Akermanis goal 8.2.50 - 6.4.40 14:45
MELB Russell Robertson goal 9.2.56 - 6.4.40 19:25
WBUL Josh Hill behind 9.2.56 - 6.5.41 21:09
WBUL Jason Akermanis goal 9.2.56 - 7.5.47 23:45
WBUL Adam Cooney goal 9.2.56 - 8.5.53 25:08
MELB Rushed behind 9.3.57 - 8.5.53 27:10
WBUL Dylan Addison goal 9.3.57 - 9.5.59 28:38
MELB Matthew Bate goal 10.3.63 - 9.5.59 30:46
WBUL Scott Welsh behind 10.3.63 - 9.6.60 32:40
Q3 MELB Rushed behind 10.4.64 - 9.6.60 02:08
WBUL Jason Akermanis behind 10.4.64 - 9.7.61 05:48
MELB Russell Robertson goal 11.4.70 - 9.7.61 07:12
WBUL Jason Akermanis goal 11.4.70 - 10.7.67 08:22
WBUL Daniel Giansiracusa behind 11.4.70 - 10.8.68 10:52
WBUL Daniel Giansiracusa behind 11.4.70 - 10.9.69 12:33
WBUL Josh Hill behind 11.4.70 - 10.10.70 17:19
WBUL Scott Welsh goal 11.4.70 - 11.10.76 18:12
WBUL Lindsay Gilbee goal 11.4.70 - 12.10.82 19:18
Q4 WBUL Lindsay Gilbee goal 11.4.70 - 13.10.88 02:33
WBUL Nathan Eagleton behind 11.4.70 - 13.11.89 05:35
WBUL Jason Akermanis behind 11.4.70 - 13.12.90 06:14
WBUL Will Minson behind 11.4.70 - 13.13.91 07:15
MELB Addam Maric goal 12.4.76 - 13.13.91 08:15
MELB Colin Sylvia behind 12.5.77 - 13.13.91 11:49
MELB Aaron Davey goal 13.5.83 - 13.13.91 13:01
WBUL Matthew Boyd goal 13.5.83 - 14.13.97 14:51
MELB Rushed behind 13.6.84 - 14.13.97 16:36
MELB Brad Miller behind 13.7.85 - 14.13.97 18:51
WBUL Scott Welsh goal 13.7.85 - 15.13.103 21:30
WBUL Lindsay Gilbee behind 13.7.85 - 15.14.104 22:58
MELB Shane Valenti goal 14.7.91 - 15.14.104 23:43
MELB Matthew Bate goal 15.7.97 - 15.14.104 26:19