2015 AFL Season Round 8: Melbourne v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 24 May 2015 between Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs during round eight of the 2015 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted the Western Bulldogs at the 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 (15.13.103) defeated the Western Bulldogs (9.10.64).

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
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

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Melbourne) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Western Bulldogs) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Nathan Jones
Coach: Paul Roos

Western Bulldogs

Captain: Bob Murphy
Coach: Luke Beveridge

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Deboy (#11)
R. Findlay (#23)
A. Mitchell (#31)
E: A. Talbot (#44)

Goal Umpires

C. Lai
D. Wilson
E: C. Roffey

Boundary Umpires

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
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 50s

Player Line-Up

Melbourne Coach: Paul Roos
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
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
HALF-BACK

27 A. Riley
2 B. Murphy (c) 32 M. Talia 18 F. Roberts



4 J. Watts 21 C. Pedersen 44 R. Bail



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



29 T. Dickson 42 L. Picken 25 K. Stevens



45 M. Jones 37 A. vandenBerg 18 D. Cross FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 49 A. Cordy 24 S. Biggs
HALF-FORWARD 46 L. Jong 44 B. Goodes
7 L. Hunter 9 J. Stringer 3 M. Wallis 4 M. Bontempelli 39 J. Johannisen
8 H. Lumumba 14 L. Dunn 38 J. Howe

31 B. Dale
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



8 S. Crameri 17 T. Boyd 6 L. Dahlhaus



31 J. Grimes 25 T. McDonald 20 C. Garland



BACK



Western Bulldogs Coach: Luke Beveridge

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
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