2012 AFL Round 4: Melbourne v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 22 April 2012 between Melbourne and Western Bulldogs during round 4 of the 2012 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Western Bulldogs at MCG. Jack Trengove captained the hosts. Matthew Boyd captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mark Neeld and the visitors were coached by Brendan McCartney.

Melbourne
Back: J. Frawley, J. Rivers, C. Bartram
Half-back: R. Bail, C. Garland, J. MacDonald
Centre: J. McKenzie, B. Moloney, N. Jones
Half-forward: J. Sellar, J. Watts, J. Howe
Forward: T. McDonald, M. Clark, A. Davey
Follower: M. Jamar, J. Magner, J. Trengove (capt.)
Int.: M. Bate, L. Dunn, C. Morton
Sub.: L. Tapscott

Western Bulldogs
Back: B. Murphy, M. Austin, D. Addison
Half-back: N. Djerrkura, R. Hargrave, E. Wood
Centre: D. Cross, M. Boyd (capt.), L. Dahlhaus
Half-forward: D. Giansiracusa, L. Jones, A. Cooney
Forward: J. Roughead, A. Cordy, J. Sherman
Follower: W. Minson, R. Griffen, L. Picken
Int.: J. Grant, P. Veszpremi, M. Wallis
Sub.: S. Higgins

Melbourne (9.13.67) were defeated by Western Bulldogs (13.10.88).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: M. Bate (2), A. Davey (2), R. Bail, M. Clark, B. Moloney, C. Morton, J. Watts
Western Bulldogs: A. Cooney (2), D. Giansiracusa (2), J. Grant (2), L. Dahlhaus, N. Djerrkura, R. Griffen, L. Jones, J. Roughead, J. Sherman, M. Wallis

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 16th on the ladder (up from 17th) and Western Bulldogs remained 15th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2012 AFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Melbourne v Western Bulldogs
Date: Sunday 22 April 2012
Time: 4:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 33,565

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Western Bulldogs
Score: 9.13.67 - 13.10.88

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Melbourne	1	.	5	3	.	8	7	.	10	9	.	13	9	.	13	(67)
Western Bulldogs	3	.	2	6	.	5	10	.	7	13	.	10	13	.	10	(88)
Margin	WBUL by 9			WBUL by 15			WBUL by 15			WBUL by 21			WBUL by 21
Duration	29:14			29:16			34:51			30:29			2:03:50

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mark Neeld (Melbourne), Brendan McCartney (Western Bulldogs)
Captains: Jack Trengove (Melbourne), Matthew Boyd (Western Bulldogs)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Armstrong (#26), J. Bannister (#33), S. Wenn (#22), E: C. Fleer (#2)
Goal Umpire: D. Mills, J. Venkataya, E: P. Gonis
Boundary Umpire: G. Bergroth, C. Esler, C. Gordon, C. Morrison

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Adam Cooney	WBUL	17	3
Luke Dahlhaus	WBUL	40	2
Matthew Bate	MELB	6	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Luke Dahlhaus	WBUL	40	10	2	0	0	0	0
Adam Cooney	WBUL	17	6	0	1	0	1	0
Jared Rivers	MELB	27	4	0	1	0	0	0
Daniel Cross	WBUL	4	3	0	0	1	0	0
Bob Murphy	WBUL	2	3	0	0	1	0	0
Dylan Addison	WBUL	22	2	0	0	0	1	0
Matthew Bate	MELB	6	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ryan Hargrave	WBUL	25	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
44	Bail, Rohan	HBFL	80%	1	0	20	9	11	4	0	3	1	3	1	2	1	3
3	Bartram, Clint	BPR	96%	0	0	11	6	5	3	0	6	1	0	1	0	2	1
6	Bate, Matthew	INT	71%	2	1	22	16	6	6	0	4	3	2	0	2	0	1
11	Clark, Mitch	FF↓	64%	1	2	7	7	0	5	1	1	0	3	0	2	1	3
36	Davey, Aaron	FPR	78%	2	0	10	7	3	1	0	5	1	2	1	2	0	3
14	Dunn, Lynden	INT	85%	0	1	4	3	1	1	0	2	0	3	1	2	0	2
8	Frawley, James	BPL	98%	0	0	16	11	5	5	0	5	0	3	1	0	3	3
20	Garland, Colin	CHB	91%	0	1	10	8	2	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	1	1
38	Howe, Jeremy	HFFR	85%	0	2	12	8	4	3	1	1	2	3	2	1	1	3
40	Jamar, Mark	RU	83%	0	0	8	3	5	2	46	1	1	0	1	0	0	2
2	Jones, Nathan	WR	84%	0	0	22	10	12	1	0	5	5	4	3	1	0	4
28	MacDonald, Joel	HBFR	98%	0	0	17	8	9	3	0	3	1	1	2	0	2	0
49	Magner, James	RR	89%	0	0	12	9	3	3	1	6	4	2	0	1	2	1
25	McDonald, Tom	FPL	97%	0	0	11	5	6	3	1	1	1	5	0	2	1	0
13	McKenzie, Jordie	WL	84%	0	0	15	10	5	1	0	7	7	2	2	2	2	1
22	Moloney, Brent	C	75%	1	2	17	10	7	0	0	4	9	4	1	2	0	3
10	Morton, Cale	INT	72%	1	0	21	14	7	4	1	6	6	5	0	1	3	5
27	Rivers, Jared	FB	96%	0	0	15	13	2	7	0	0	1	2	1	0	6	1
30	Sellar, James	HFFL	80%	0	1	4	3	1	1	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	Tapscott, Luke	SUB↑	17%	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0
9	Trengove, Jack (c)	RO	89%	0	1	13	7	6	1	2	3	2	1	2	0	0	3
4	Watts, Jack	CHF	87%	1	1	12	8	4	6	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	2
Rushed					1
Total (22 players)				9	13	282	176	106	60	58	73	47	49	20	20	28	42

L. Tapscott replaced M. Clark.

Western Bulldogs

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
22	Addison, Dylan	BPR	89%	0	0	18	12	6	7	0	1	0	1	4	1	3	0
47	Austin, Mark	FB	92%	0	0	11	4	7	2	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	1
5	Boyd, Matthew (c)	C	92%	0	0	19	9	10	2	3	7	1	1	0	0	1	3
17	Cooney, Adam	HFFR	87%	2	0	26	15	11	2	0	4	4	4	1	0	1	5
49	Cordy, Ayce	FF↓	60%	0	0	7	2	5	2	3	2	0	4	0	0	0	0
4	Cross, Daniel	WL	84%	0	0	28	12	16	6	7	3	6	7	2	3	0	2
40	Dahlhaus, Luke	WR	78%	1	2	23	13	10	2	0	3	3	2	2	1	1	5
33	Djerrkura, Nathan	HBFL	85%	1	0	15	6	9	4	0	4	0	1	3	1	0	2
13	Giansiracusa, Daniel	HFFL	85%	2	0	10	7	3	1	0	0	1	6	0	4	0	2
1	Grant, Jarrad	INT	81%	2	1	10	6	4	4	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	0
16	Griffen, Ryan	RR	87%	1	1	19	14	5	1	0	3	5	2	1	0	1	4
25	Hargrave, Ryan	CHB	94%	0	0	26	17	9	9	0	4	0	1	1	0	3	1
7	Higgins, Shaun	SUB↑	22%	0	1	7	4	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1
19	Jones, Liam	CHF	91%	1	1	14	11	3	7	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	6
27	Minson, Will	RU	79%	0	0	11	6	5	2	40	6	3	3	1	2	0	3
2	Murphy, Bob	BPL	91%	0	0	24	20	4	5	0	0	0	3	0	1	7	2
42	Picken, Liam	RO	91%	0	1	21	9	12	3	0	13	7	4	0	3	0	1
23	Roughead, Jordan	FPL	84%	1	0	9	6	3	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	1
11	Sherman, Justin	FPR	83%	1	0	23	12	11	0	0	3	4	5	0	1	1	2
8	Veszpremi, Patrick	INT	79%	0	0	20	8	12	4	0	1	1	3	0	1	4	2
3	Wallis, Mitch	INT	77%	1	1	22	8	14	0	0	7	3	1	2	0	2	1
10	Wood, Easton	HBFR	89%	0	0	12	9	3	4	0	2	1	2	1	0	3	2
Rushed					2
Total (22 players)				13	10	375	210	165	75	53	75	40	56	20	20	29	46

S. Higgins replaced A. Cordy.

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: Mark Neeld
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	2	B. Murphy	47	M. Austin	22	D. Addison	40	M. Jamar	6	M. Bate
	36	A. Davey	11	M. Clark	25	T. McDonald	49	J. Magner	14	L. Dunn
FORWARD							9	J. Trengove (c)	10	C. Morton
HALF-BACK									35	L. Tapscott
	33	N. Djerrkura	25	R. Hargrave	10	E. Wood
	38	J. Howe	4	J. Watts	30	J. Sellar
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	4	D. Cross	5	M. Boyd (c)	40	L. Dahlhaus
	2	N. Jones	22	B. Moloney	13	J. McKenzie	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							27	W. Minson	1	J. Grant
HALF-FORWARD							16	R. Griffen	8	P. Veszpremi
	13	D. Giansiracusa	19	L. Jones	17	A. Cooney	42	L. Picken	3	M. Wallis
	28	J. MacDonald	20	C. Garland	44	R. Bail			7	S. Higgins
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	23	J. Roughead	49	A. Cordy	11	J. Sherman
	3	C. Bartram	27	J. Rivers	8	J. Frawley
BACK
Western Bulldogs							Coach: Brendan McCartney

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	WBUL	Ryan Griffen goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	03:01
	MELB	Mitch Clark behind	0.1.1	-	1.0.6	05:36
	MELB	Jack Watts behind	0.2.2	-	1.0.6	07:41
	MELB	Mitch Clark goal	1.2.8	-	1.0.6	12:30
	WBUL	Jarrad Grant goal	1.2.8	-	2.0.12	16:15
	WBUL	Jarrad Grant behind	1.2.8	-	2.1.13	17:27
	MELB	Mitch Clark behind	1.3.9	-	2.1.13	19:33
	MELB	Jeremy Howe behind	1.4.10	-	2.1.13	20:33
	WBUL	Luke Dahlhaus goal	1.4.10	-	3.1.19	22:32
	MELB	Rushed behind	1.5.11	-	3.1.19	24:12
	WBUL	Ryan Griffen behind	1.5.11	-	3.2.20	28:30
Q2	WBUL	Luke Dahlhaus behind	1.5.11	-	3.3.21	00:25
	MELB	Aaron Davey goal	2.5.17	-	3.3.21	02:07
	MELB	Jack Trengove behind	2.6.18	-	3.3.21	04:56
	WBUL	Adam Cooney goal	2.6.18	-	4.3.27	08:35
	WBUL	Justin Sherman goal	2.6.18	-	5.3.33	10:17
	WBUL	Rushed behind	2.6.18	-	5.4.34	15:16
	MELB	Matthew Bate behind	2.7.19	-	5.4.34	19:35
	MELB	Jeremy Howe behind	2.8.20	-	5.4.34	23:46
	WBUL	Adam Cooney goal	2.8.20	-	6.4.40	24:46
	WBUL	Liam Picken behind	2.8.20	-	6.5.41	27:47
	MELB	Matthew Bate goal	3.8.26	-	6.5.41	29:11
Q3	WBUL	Liam Jones goal	3.8.26	-	7.5.47	00:28
	MELB	Brent Moloney behind	3.9.27	-	7.5.47	03:54
	MELB	Matthew Bate goal	4.9.33	-	7.5.47	05:14
	MELB	Rohan Bail goal	5.9.39	-	7.5.47	07:49
	MELB	Jack Watts goal	6.9.45	-	7.5.47	16:06
	WBUL	Daniel Giansiracusa goal	6.9.45	-	8.5.53	17:37
	MELB	James Sellar behind	6.10.46	-	8.5.53	19:12
	MELB	Brent Moloney goal	7.10.52	-	8.5.53	21:59
	WBUL	Jarrad Grant goal	7.10.52	-	9.5.59	23:50
	WBUL	Rushed behind	7.10.52	-	9.6.60	25:05
	WBUL	Mitch Wallis behind	7.10.52	-	9.7.61	26:15
	WBUL	Nathan Djerrkura goal	7.10.52	-	10.7.67	28:33
Q4	WBUL	Shaun Higgins behind	7.10.52	-	10.8.68	00:22
	WBUL	Jordan Roughead goal	7.10.52	-	11.8.74	03:35
	WBUL	Liam Jones behind	7.10.52	-	11.9.75	04:42
	WBUL	Daniel Giansiracusa goal	7.10.52	-	12.9.81	06:20
	MELB	Aaron Davey goal	8.10.58	-	12.9.81	07:27
	MELB	Brent Moloney behind	8.11.59	-	12.9.81	09:31
	MELB	Cale Morton goal	9.11.65	-	12.9.81	14:46
	MELB	Colin Garland behind	9.12.66	-	12.9.81	19:57
	MELB	Lynden Dunn behind	9.13.67	-	12.9.81	21:04
	WBUL	Mitch Wallis goal	9.13.67	-	13.9.87	25:26
	WBUL	Luke Dahlhaus behind	9.13.67	-	13.10.88	29:57

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