2015 AFL Round 8: Melbourne v Western Bulldogs
This is the match report for the match played on 24 May 2015 between Melbourne and Western Bulldogs during round 8 of the 2015 AFL season.
Melbourne hosted Western Bulldogs at MCG.
Nathan Jones captained the hosts.
Bob Murphy captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Paul Roos and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.
Melbourne
Back:
C. Garland, T. McDonald, J. Grimes
Half-back:
J. Howe, L. Dunn, H. Lumumba
Centre:
D. Cross, A. vandenBerg, M. Jones
Half-forward:
R. Bail, C. Pedersen, J. Watts
Forward:
J. Garlett, J. Hogan, J. Fitzpatrick
Follower:
J. Spencer, N. Jones (capt.), B. Vince
Int.:
A. Brayshaw, B. Newton, J. Toumpas
Sub.:
A. Riley
Western Bulldogs
Back:
M. Boyd, J. Roughead, E. Wood
Half-back:
B. Murphy (capt.), M. Talia, F. Roberts
Centre:
T. Dickson, L. Picken, K. Stevens
Half-forward:
L. Hunter, J. Stringer, M. Wallis
Forward:
S. Crameri, T. Boyd, L. Dahlhaus
Follower:
A. Cordy, L. Jong, M. Bontempelli
Int.:
S. Biggs, B. Goodes, J. Johannisen
Sub.:
B. Dale
Melbourne (15.13.103) defeated Western Bulldogs (9.10.64).
Goalkickers
Melbourne: J. Hogan (3), C. Pedersen (3), J. Toumpas (2), B. Vince (2), J. Garlett, J. Howe, M. Jones, N. Jones, B. Newton
Western Bulldogs: J. Stringer (2), L. Dahlhaus, B. Dale, L. Hunter, L. Jong, L. Picken, M. Wallis, E. Wood
As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 14th on the ladder (up from 15th) and Western Bulldogs were then 11th on the ladder (down from 8th) by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
2015 AFL Season
Round:
Round 8
Teams:
Melbourne
v
Western Bulldogs
Date:
Sunday 24 May 2015
Time:
3:20 PM
Venue:
MCG
Attendance:
29,381
Match Results
Outcome:
Melbourne
def.
Western Bulldogs
Score:
15.13.103 - 9.10.64
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Melbourne | 3 | . | 3 | 7 | . | 5 | 10 | . | 10 | 15 | . | 13 | 15 | . | 13 | (103) |
| Western Bulldogs | 2 | . | 3 | 3 | . | 9 | 8 | . | 9 | 9 | . | 10 | 9 | . | 10 | (64) |
| Margin | MELB by 6 | MELB by 20 | MELB by 13 | MELB by 39 | MELB by 39 | |||||||||||
| Duration | 29:52 | 31:11 | 34:29 | 29:47 | 2:05:19 | |||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Paul Roos
(Melbourne),
Luke Beveridge
(Western Bulldogs)
Captains:
Nathan Jones
(Melbourne),
Bob Murphy
(Western Bulldogs)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
C. Deboy
(#11),
R. Findlay
(#23),
A. Mitchell
(#31), E:
A. Talbot
(#44)
Goal Umpire:
C. Lai,
D. Wilson,
E:
C. Roffey
Boundary Umpire:
R. Haala,
T. Lougoon,
T. Morrison,
D. Tee
Brownlow Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron vandenBerg | MELB | 37 | 3 |
| Jesse Hogan | MELB | 1 | 2 |
| Nathan Jones | MELB | 2 | 1 |
AFLCA Champion Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Jones | MELB | 2 | 8 | ? | ? | ? | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron vandenBerg | MELB | 37 | 8 | ? | ? | ? | 0 | 0 |
| Bernie Vince | MELB | 23 | 5 | ? | 0 | ? | ? | 0 |
| Jesse Hogan | MELB | 1 | 4 | 0 | ? | 0 | ? | 0 |
| Luke Dahlhaus | WBUL | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Cross | MELB | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cameron Pedersen | MELB | 21 | 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 | HFFL | 86% | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Brayshaw, Angus | INT | 76% | 0 | 0 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 18 | Cross, Daniel | WL | 95% | 0 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 14 | Dunn, Lynden | CHB | 92% | 0 | 0 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 48 | Fitzpatrick, Jack | FPR | 82% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Garland, Colin | BPL | 91% | 0 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 36 | Garlett, Jeff | FPL | 94% | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | Grimes, Jack | BPR | 92% | 0 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 1 | Hogan, Jesse | FF | 88% | 3 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Howe, Jeremy | HBFL | 86% | 1 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 45 | Jones, Matt | WR↓ | 67% | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Jones, Nathan (c) | RR | 80% | 1 | 1 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | Lumumba, Heritier | HBFR | 82% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 25 | McDonald, Tom | FB | 95% | 0 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 19 | Newton, Ben | INT | 73% | 1 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Pedersen, Cameron | CHF | 91% | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 27 | Riley, Aidan | SUB↑ | 24% | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 42 | Spencer, Jake | RU | 88% | 0 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Toumpas, Jimmy | INT | 78% | 2 | 0 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 37 | vandenBerg, Aaron | C | 80% | 0 | 0 | 29 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 23 | Vince, Bernie | RO | 84% | 2 | 0 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | Watts, Jack | HFFR | 75% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Rushed | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (22 players) | 15 | 13 | 382 | 223 | 159 | 103 | 52 | 88 | 41 | 41 | 20 | 16 | 39 | 53 | |||
A. Riley replaced M. Jones.
Western Bulldogs
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 24 | Biggs, Shane | INT | 83% | 0 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | Bontempelli, Marcus | RO | 85% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Boyd, Matthew | BPL | 84% | 0 | 0 | 31 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 17 | Boyd, Tom | FF↓ | 50% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Cordy, Ayce | RU | 88% | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | Crameri, Stewart | FPL | 89% | 0 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Dahlhaus, Luke | FPR | 74% | 1 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 31 | Dale, Bailey | SUB↑ | 42% | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Dickson, Tory | WL | 89% | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 44 | Goodes, Brett | INT | 68% | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Hunter, Lachie | HFFL | 78% | 1 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 39 | Johannisen, Jason | INT | 78% | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 46 | Jong, Lin | RR | 74% | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Murphy, Bob (c) | HBFL | 82% | 0 | 0 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 42 | Picken, Liam | C | 88% | 1 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Roberts, Fletcher | HBFR | 95% | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | Roughead, Jordan | FB | 94% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 25 | Stevens, Koby | WR | 93% | 0 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Stringer, Jake | CHF | 93% | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 32 | Talia, Michael | CHB | 97% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Wallis, Mitch | HFFR | 87% | 1 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Wood, Easton | BPR | 90% | 1 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Rushed | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (22 players) | 9 | 10 | 327 | 169 | 158 | 63 | 50 | 84 | 35 | 51 | 16 | 20 | 31 | 51 | |||
B. Dale replaced T. Boyd 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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Melbourne | Coach: Paul Roos | ||||||||||||||
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| 5 | M. Boyd | 23 | J. Roughead | 10 | E. Wood | 42 | J. Spencer | 10 | A. Brayshaw | ||||||
| 48 | J. Fitzpatrick | 1 | J. Hogan | 36 | J. Garlett | 2 | N. Jones (c) | 19 | B. Newton | ||||||
| FORWARD | 23 | B. Vince | 5 | J. Toumpas | |||||||||||
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| 2 | B. Murphy (c) | 32 | M. Talia | 18 | F. Roberts |
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| HALF-FORWARD | 46 | L. Jong | 44 | B. Goodes | |||||||||||
| 7 | L. Hunter | 9 | J. Stringer | 3 | M. Wallis | 4 | M. Bontempelli | 39 | J. Johannisen | ||||||
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Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| Q1 | MELB | Jesse Hogan goal | 1.0.6 | - | 0.0.0 | 00:57 |
| WBUL | Stewart Crameri behind | 1.0.6 | - | 0.1.1 | 02:42 | |
| WBUL | Jake Stringer behind | 1.0.6 | - | 0.2.2 | 06:20 | |
| WBUL | Luke Dahlhaus goal | 1.0.6 | - | 1.2.8 | 13:51 | |
| WBUL | Lin Jong goal | 1.0.6 | - | 2.2.14 | 14:52 | |
| WBUL | Stewart Crameri behind | 1.0.6 | - | 2.3.15 | 16:55 | |
| MELB | Nathan Jones behind | 1.1.7 | - | 2.3.15 | 19:55 | |
| MELB | Cameron Pedersen behind | 1.2.8 | - | 2.3.15 | 20:24 | |
| MELB | Jimmy Toumpas goal | 2.2.14 | - | 2.3.15 | 22:10 | |
| MELB | Cameron Pedersen goal | 3.2.20 | - | 2.3.15 | 23:47 | |
| MELB | Rushed behind | 3.3.21 | - | 2.3.15 | 24:46 | |
| Q2 | WBUL | Jake Stringer behind | 3.3.21 | - | 2.4.16 | 01:21 |
| WBUL | Mitch Wallis goal | 3.3.21 | - | 3.4.22 | 04:27 | |
| WBUL | Tory Dickson behind | 3.3.21 | - | 3.5.23 | 06:49 | |
| WBUL | Luke Dahlhaus behind | 3.3.21 | - | 3.6.24 | 08:24 | |
| MELB | Ben Newton goal | 4.3.27 | - | 3.6.24 | 11:58 | |
| MELB | Colin Garland behind | 4.4.28 | - | 3.6.24 | 14:17 | |
| MELB | Jeff Garlett behind | 4.5.29 | - | 3.6.24 | 15:42 | |
| MELB | Jesse Hogan goal | 5.5.35 | - | 3.6.24 | 19:00 | |
| WBUL | Lachie Hunter behind | 5.5.35 | - | 3.7.25 | 20:02 | |
| MELB | Jeremy Howe goal | 6.5.41 | - | 3.7.25 | 23:26 | |
| WBUL | Jake Stringer behind | 6.5.41 | - | 3.8.26 | 25:24 | |
| WBUL | Koby Stevens behind | 6.5.41 | - | 3.9.27 | 26:44 | |
| MELB | Nathan Jones goal | 7.5.47 | - | 3.9.27 | 28:44 | |
| Q3 | MELB | Cameron Pedersen goal | 8.5.53 | - | 3.9.27 | 01:17 |
| MELB | Jeremy Howe behind | 8.6.54 | - | 3.9.27 | 03:46 | |
| MELB | Jesse Hogan goal | 9.6.60 | - | 3.9.27 | 06:22 | |
| WBUL | Easton Wood goal | 9.6.60 | - | 4.9.33 | 11:53 | |
| WBUL | Jake Stringer goal | 9.6.60 | - | 5.9.39 | 14:29 | |
| MELB | Matt Jones goal | 10.6.66 | - | 5.9.39 | 19:57 | |
| WBUL | Jake Stringer goal | 10.6.66 | - | 6.9.45 | 22:14 | |
| MELB | Rushed behind | 10.7.67 | - | 6.9.45 | 24:28 | |
| MELB | Rushed behind | 10.8.68 | - | 6.9.45 | 26:29 | |
| MELB | Jeff Garlett behind | 10.9.69 | - | 6.9.45 | 27:41 | |
| WBUL | Lachie Hunter goal | 10.9.69 | - | 7.9.51 | 28:48 | |
| WBUL | Bailey Dale goal | 10.9.69 | - | 8.9.57 | 32:34 | |
| MELB | Rohan Bail behind | 10.10.70 | - | 8.9.57 | 34:23 | |
| Q4 | WBUL | Liam Picken goal | 10.10.70 | - | 9.9.63 | 01:34 |
| MELB | Rushed behind | 10.11.71 | - | 9.9.63 | 03:00 | |
| MELB | Cameron Pedersen goal | 11.11.77 | - | 9.9.63 | 05:03 | |
| MELB | Jeff Garlett goal | 12.11.83 | - | 9.9.63 | 07:29 | |
| MELB | Rushed behind | 12.12.84 | - | 9.9.63 | 12:51 | |
| MELB | Bernie Vince goal | 13.12.90 | - | 9.9.63 | 15:09 | |
| WBUL | Rushed behind | 13.12.90 | - | 9.10.64 | 21:12 | |
| MELB | Rushed behind | 13.13.91 | - | 9.10.64 | 22:38 | |
| MELB | Jimmy Toumpas goal | 14.13.97 | - | 9.10.64 | 25:10 | |
| MELB | Bernie Vince goal | 15.13.103 | - | 9.10.64 | 28:49 | |