2013 AFL Round 23: Western Bulldogs v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 1 September 2013 between Western Bulldogs and Melbourne during round 23 of the 2013 AFL season. Western Bulldogs hosted Melbourne at Etihad Stadium. Matthew Boyd captained the hosts. With the presence of multiple Melbourne co-captains, namely Jack Grimes and Jack Trengove, playing for the side, it is not yet known who specifically captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brendan McCartney and the visitors were coached by Neil Craig.

Western Bulldogs
Back: L. Picken, J. Roughead, D. Morris
Half-back: B. Murphy, T. Young, D. Cross
Centre: A. Cooney, T. Liberatore, L. Hunter
Half-forward: D. Giansiracusa, T. Campbell, M. Austin
Forward: L. Dahlhaus, T. Dickson, L. Jones
Follower: W. Minson, M. Wallis, R. Griffen
Int.: M. Boyd (capt.), J. Grant, E. Wood
Sub.: K. Stevens

Melbourne
Back: L. Dunn, J. Frawley, D. Terlich
Half-back: J. Grimes, T. McDonald, C. Garland
Centre: J. Viney, J. Trengove, A. Davey
Half-forward: N. Jetta, J. Watts, J. Howe
Forward: D. Kent, J. Sellar, M. Gawn
Follower: J. Spencer, J. McKenzie, N. Jones
Int.: M. Jones, C. Sylvia, J. Toumpas
Sub.: L. Tapscott

Western Bulldogs (16.11.107) defeated Melbourne (13.9.87).

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: T. Dickson (3), A. Cooney (2), D. Giansiracusa (2), L. Hunter (2), T. Campbell, D. Cross, J. Grant, L. Jones, T. Liberatore, W. Minson, M. Wallis
Melbourne: J. Watts (4), D. Kent (2), L. Dunn, C. Garland, J. Howe, M. Jones, N. Jones, J. Sellar, J. Viney

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs remained 15th on the ladder and Melbourne remained 17th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2013 AFL Season
Round: Round 23
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 1 September 2013
Time: 4:40 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 22,176

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. Melbourne
Score: 16.11.107 - 13.9.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 4 . 3 13 . 6 14 . 8 16 . 11 16 . 11 (107)
Melbourne 4 . 5 6 . 5 9 . 7 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
Margin MELB by 2 WBUL by 43 WBUL by 31 WBUL by 20 WBUL by 20
Duration 31:44 31:34 28:34 29:05 2:00:57

Honour Roll

Coaches: Brendan McCartney (Western Bulldogs), Neil Craig (Melbourne)
Captains: Matthew Boyd (Western Bulldogs), unknown (Melbourne)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Matthew Boyd WBUL 5 3
Adam Cooney WBUL 17 2
Tom Liberatore WBUL 21 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Tom Liberatore WBUL 21 10 2 0 0 0 0
Matthew Boyd WBUL 5 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Will Minson WBUL 27 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Bob Murphy WBUL 2 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Adam Cooney WBUL 17 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Colin Garland MELB 20 2 0 0 0 1 0
Jordie McKenzie MELB 13 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
47 Austin, Mark HFFR↓ 65% 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1
5 Boyd, Matthew (c) INT 79% 0 0 40 23 17 8 1 1 9 4 0 1 4 5
45 Campbell, Tom CHF 86% 1 3 7 6 1 3 2 1 0 2 3 0 0 1
17 Cooney, Adam WL 79% 2 0 30 14 16 10 0 3 2 3 0 2 1 2
4 Cross, Daniel HBFR 82% 1 0 27 11 16 8 1 7 5 1 2 0 2 1
6 Dahlhaus, Luke FPL 86% 0 2 20 8 12 5 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 1
29 Dickson, Tory FF 85% 3 1 14 10 4 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Giansiracusa, Daniel HFFL 79% 2 1 14 9 5 3 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 2
1 Grant, Jarrad INT 84% 1 0 12 6 6 5 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 3
16 Griffen, Ryan RO 85% 0 1 16 8 8 1 0 3 3 1 3 0 1 6
26 Hunter, Lachie WR 80% 2 0 22 15 7 7 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 5
19 Jones, Liam FPR 83% 1 1 7 6 1 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 3
21 Liberatore, Tom C 82% 1 0 36 15 21 3 0 11 12 3 2 0 0 4
27 Minson, Will RU 94% 1 0 22 4 18 1 48 3 5 4 2 3 0 3
38 Morris, Dale BPR 93% 0 0 9 4 5 3 0 0 1 3 2 2 1 0
2 Murphy, Bob HBFL 88% 0 0 29 23 6 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 3
42 Picken, Liam BPL 95% 0 0 25 15 10 7 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 2
23 Roughead, Jordan FB 93% 0 0 16 11 5 9 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1
25 Stevens, Koby SUB↑ 29% 0 0 8 1 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1
3 Wallis, Mitch RR 86% 1 0 19 8 11 2 0 5 3 3 1 2 0 5
10 Wood, Easton INT 77% 0 0 12 4 8 2 0 2 1 4 1 4 2 1
31 Young, Tom CHB 90% 0 1 15 6 9 4 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 16 11 404 210 194 99 52 57 47 42 23 16 20 52

K. Stevens replaced M. Austin during the third quarter.

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
36 Davey, Aaron WR 74% 0 1 14 9 5 2 0 7 3 1 1 1 0 4
14 Dunn, Lynden BPL 95% 1 0 14 10 4 6 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 2
8 Frawley, James FB 94% 0 1 15 10 5 5 0 0 0 4 0 2 4 2
20 Garland, Colin HBFR 98% 1 0 19 12 7 7 0 2 0 3 0 1 1 1
37 Gawn, Max FPR↓ 55% 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Grimes, Jack HBFL 93% 0 0 23 12 11 7 0 3 2 1 0 0 5 1
38 Howe, Jeremy HFFR 84% 1 0 15 8 7 5 2 1 2 3 0 1 1 2
39 Jetta, Neville HFFL 85% 0 0 11 7 4 4 0 4 0 0 2 0 1 1
45 Jones, Matt INT 80% 1 0 16 7 9 4 0 3 1 1 1 1 1 2
2 Jones, Nathan RO 94% 1 1 19 9 10 3 0 4 5 3 4 2 2 1
34 Kent, Dean FPL 83% 2 1 10 7 3 4 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 3
25 McDonald, Tom CHB 99% 0 0 16 9 7 1 0 2 0 3 0 2 5 1
13 McKenzie, Jordie RR 84% 0 0 15 6 9 1 0 2 5 2 2 2 1 2
30 Sellar, James FF 90% 1 2 8 7 1 3 0 3 2 1 0 1 1 3
42 Spencer, Jake RU 74% 0 0 6 0 6 2 25 2 2 2 2 2 0 0
12 Sylvia, Colin INT 87% 0 0 14 7 7 5 2 4 3 1 1 1 4 2
35 Tapscott, Luke SUB↑ 28% 0 2 7 4 3 3 0 4 1 3 0 2 0 1
46 Terlich, Dean BPR 85% 0 0 17 9 8 6 0 4 1 2 1 1 1 1
5 Toumpas, Jimmy INT 69% 0 0 15 7 8 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 4
9 Trengove, Jack C 85% 0 0 17 9 8 3 1 4 1 0 0 0 2 1
7 Viney, Jack WL 72% 1 0 16 8 8 1 0 6 1 4 1 3 1 2
4 Watts, Jack CHF 92% 4 0 7 5 2 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 13 9 295 162 133 79 37 61 29 40 16 23 32 37

L. Tapscott replaced M. Gawn during the third quarter.

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

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WBUL Daniel Giansiracusa behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:25
WBUL Tory Dickson goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 02:27
MELB Nathan Jones goal 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 05:47
MELB Jack Watts goal 1.1.7 - 2.0.12 07:36
MELB Dean Kent goal 1.1.7 - 3.0.18 09:30
WBUL Liam Jones behind 1.2.8 - 3.0.18 11:29
WBUL Mitch Wallis goal 2.2.14 - 3.0.18 13:18
MELB Colin Garland goal 2.2.14 - 4.0.24 15:30
WBUL Tom Campbell goal 3.2.20 - 4.0.24 18:23
MELB Aaron Davey behind 3.2.20 - 4.1.25 19:32
MELB James Sellar behind 3.2.20 - 4.2.26 20:45
MELB James Frawley behind 3.2.20 - 4.3.27 22:11
WBUL Tory Dickson goal 4.2.26 - 4.3.27 23:31
MELB Dean Kent behind 4.2.26 - 4.4.28 27:13
MELB Rushed behind 4.2.26 - 4.5.29 28:54
WBUL Luke Dahlhaus behind 4.3.27 - 4.5.29 30:35
Q2 MELB Jeremy Howe goal 4.3.27 - 5.5.35 00:43
WBUL Jarrad Grant goal 5.3.33 - 5.5.35 03:14
WBUL Daniel Cross goal 6.3.39 - 5.5.35 04:43
MELB James Sellar goal 6.3.39 - 6.5.41 08:02
WBUL Tom Liberatore goal 7.3.45 - 6.5.41 08:59
WBUL Lachie Hunter goal 8.3.51 - 6.5.41 10:11
WBUL Adam Cooney goal 9.3.57 - 6.5.41 13:25
WBUL Tom Campbell behind 9.4.58 - 6.5.41 16:46
WBUL Lachie Hunter goal 10.4.64 - 6.5.41 18:49
WBUL Ryan Griffen behind 10.5.65 - 6.5.41 19:48
WBUL Will Minson goal 11.5.71 - 6.5.41 20:45
WBUL Daniel Giansiracusa goal 12.5.77 - 6.5.41 22:15
WBUL Daniel Giansiracusa goal 13.5.83 - 6.5.41 27:03
WBUL Tory Dickson behind 13.6.84 - 6.5.41 29:50
Q3 WBUL Tory Dickson goal 14.6.90 - 6.5.41 09:53
WBUL Tom Young behind 14.7.91 - 6.5.41 12:26
MELB Jack Watts goal 14.7.91 - 7.5.47 13:47
MELB James Sellar behind 14.7.91 - 7.6.48 17:38
MELB Luke Tapscott behind 14.7.91 - 7.7.49 21:12
MELB Jack Viney goal 14.7.91 - 8.7.55 23:40
WBUL Luke Dahlhaus behind 14.8.92 - 8.7.55 26:57
MELB Jack Watts goal 14.8.92 - 9.7.61 28:29
Q4 WBUL Tom Campbell behind 14.9.93 - 9.7.61 01:30
WBUL Tom Campbell behind 14.10.94 - 9.7.61 03:10
MELB Jack Watts goal 14.10.94 - 10.7.67 07:26
MELB Luke Tapscott behind 14.10.94 - 10.8.68 08:36
MELB Matt Jones goal 14.10.94 - 11.8.74 14:40
WBUL Liam Jones goal 15.10.100 - 11.8.74 16:36
MELB Lynden Dunn goal 15.10.100 - 12.8.80 19:57
WBUL Adam Cooney goal 16.10.106 - 12.8.80 21:04
WBUL Rushed behind 16.11.107 - 12.8.80 25:11
MELB Dean Kent goal 16.11.107 - 13.8.86 25:39
MELB Nathan Jones behind 16.11.107 - 13.9.87 28:37