2015 AFL Round 16: Geelong v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 18 July 2015 between Geelong and Western Bulldogs during round 16 of the 2015 AFL season. Geelong hosted Western Bulldogs at Simonds Stadium. Bob Murphy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Chris Scott and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.

Geelong
Back: J. Kolodjashnij, T. Lonergan, J. Bews
Half-back: C. Enright, H. Taylor, M. Blicavs
Centre: A. Mackie, C. Guthrie, S. Motlop
Half-forward: C. Gregson, S. Kersten, J. Bartel
Forward: J. Murdoch, T. Hawkins, D. Lang
Follower: J. Walker, J. Kelly, S. Johnson
Int.: J. Caddy, M. Duncan, J. Thurlow
Sub.: M. Stokes

Western Bulldogs
Back: D. Morris, J. Roughead, M. Boyd
Half-back: B. Murphy (capt.), E. Wood, J. Johannisen
Centre: S. Crameri, M. Bontempelli, T. Dickson
Half-forward: L. Dahlhaus, T. Boyd, J. Grant
Forward: M. Wallis, J. Redpath, J. Stringer
Follower: T. Campbell, C. Daniel, L. Picken
Int.: B. Dale, J. Macrae, J. Prudden
Sub.: L. Hunter

Geelong (10.12.72) defeated Western Bulldogs (9.10.64).

Goalkickers
Geelong: T. Hawkins (3), S. Motlop (3), J. Caddy, M. Duncan, C. Gregson, J. Walker
Western Bulldogs: T. Dickson (3), M. Wallis (2), L. Dahlhaus, J. Grant, J. Redpath, J. Stringer

As a result of this match, Geelong remained 11th on the ladder and Western Bulldogs remained 6th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2015 AFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Geelong v Western Bulldogs
Date: Saturday 18 July 2015
Time: 1:45 PM
Venue: Simonds Stadium
Attendance: 25,041

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Western Bulldogs
Score: 10.12.72 - 9.10.64

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Geelong	3	.	4	4	.	8	8	.	10	10	.	12	10	.	12	(72)
Western Bulldogs	2	.	2	3	.	4	6	.	10	9	.	10	9	.	10	(64)
Margin	GEEL by 8			GEEL by 10			GEEL by 12			GEEL by 8			GEEL by 8
Duration	28:33			27:30			31:49			27:29			1:55:21

Honour Roll

Coaches: Chris Scott (Geelong), Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs)
Captains: unknown (Geelong), Bob Murphy (Western Bulldogs)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Chamberlain (#18), C. Donlon (#1), B. Ryan (#27), E: D. Harris (#24)
Goal Umpire: C. Lai, D. Wilson, E: A. Wojcik
Boundary Umpire: D. Kowalski, M. Marantelli, J. Moore, J. Scully

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Josh Caddy	GEEL	23	3
Mitch Wallis	WBUL	3	2
Luke Dahlhaus	WBUL	6	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Josh Caddy	GEEL	23	10	2	0	0	0	0
Mitch Duncan	GEEL	22	8	0	2	0	0	0
Luke Dahlhaus	WBUL	6	6	0	0	2	0	0
Steven Motlop	GEEL	32	3	0	0	0	1	1
Mark Blicavs	GEEL	46	2	0	0	0	1	0
James Kelly	GEEL	9	1	0	0	0	0	1

Player Statistics

Geelong

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
3	Bartel, Jimmy	HFFR	89%	0	1	23	14	9	8	0	11	0	4	2	3	3	1
24	Bews, Jed	BPR	90%	0	0	10	5	5	4	0	6	0	2	0	1	2	0
46	Blicavs, Mark	HBFR	89%	0	0	19	9	10	8	31	5	4	1	1	0	1	4
23	Caddy, Josh	INT	79%	1	2	37	17	20	5	2	7	12	3	4	1	2	5
22	Duncan, Mitch	INT	73%	1	1	25	13	12	4	0	3	3	2	0	0	2	6
44	Enright, Corey	HBFL	91%	0	0	23	17	6	3	0	7	1	2	0	0	7	2
28	Gregson, Cory	HFFL↓	62%	1	0	10	4	6	3	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	2
29	Guthrie, Cameron	C	76%	0	0	19	6	13	3	0	3	6	3	0	1	1	0
26	Hawkins, Tom	FF	88%	3	0	12	10	2	6	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1
20	Johnson, Steve	RO	87%	0	2	20	10	10	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	6
9	Kelly, James	RR	87%	0	3	31	16	15	9	0	3	2	2	1	0	2	4
39	Kersten, Shane	CHF	90%	0	1	8	5	3	4	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0
8	Kolodjashnij, Jake	BPL	90%	0	0	12	7	5	2	0	4	1	1	0	0	2	0
11	Lang, Darcy	FPR	82%	0	0	11	5	6	2	0	3	1	1	1	0	1	3
13	Lonergan, Tom	FB	89%	0	0	12	4	8	3	2	3	1	1	1	0	2	0
4	Mackie, Andrew	WL	88%	0	0	21	15	6	8	0	4	1	2	1	1	4	2
32	Motlop, Steven	WR	86%	3	0	23	13	10	6	0	11	2	3	0	0	3	2
21	Murdoch, Jordan	FPL	78%	0	0	18	13	5	4	0	1	3	2	1	0	1	5
27	Stokes, Mathew	SUB↑	27%	0	0	9	2	7	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
7	Taylor, Harry	CHB	90%	0	0	16	8	8	7	0	2	0	2	0	0	3	3
40	Thurlow, Jackson	INT	81%	0	0	16	6	10	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0
34	Walker, Josh	RU	88%	1	1	18	10	8	8	6	2	1	3	0	1	1	3
Rushed					1
Total (22 players)				10	12	393	209	184	106	41	86	40	42	14	9	41	49

M. Stokes replaced C. Gregson during the third quarter.

Western Bulldogs

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
4	Bontempelli, Marcus	C	89%	0	1	17	10	7	4	4	10	5	1	0	1	2	4
5	Boyd, Matthew	BPR	85%	0	0	19	11	8	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	5	3
17	Boyd, Tom	CHF	87%	0	0	10	7	3	3	17	6	3	1	1	1	2	0
15	Campbell, Tom	RU↓	66%	0	0	11	4	7	5	32	3	2	0	0	0	1	1
8	Crameri, Stewart	WL	86%	0	1	13	3	10	1	0	5	2	2	0	1	0	1
6	Dahlhaus, Luke	HFFL	78%	1	0	37	14	23	3	0	7	4	3	1	0	2	8
31	Dale, Bailey	INT	81%	0	0	9	4	5	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1
35	Daniel, Caleb	RR	85%	0	0	19	9	10	3	0	2	0	3	1	0	1	3
29	Dickson, Tory	WR	80%	3	0	15	6	9	4	0	5	1	3	0	1	0	1
1	Grant, Jarrad	HFFR	80%	1	0	13	7	6	2	2	2	1	2	0	0	1	2
7	Hunter, Lachie	SUB↑	22%	0	0	10	3	7	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
39	Johannisen, Jason	HBFR	83%	0	0	22	14	8	5	0	3	1	2	0	1	2	6
11	Macrae, Jack	INT	85%	0	1	29	13	16	5	0	5	6	3	1	1	1	3
38	Morris, Dale	BPL	92%	0	0	13	7	6	9	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	1
2	Murphy, Bob (c)	HBFL	81%	0	0	22	12	10	4	0	1	0	2	0	1	7	3
42	Picken, Liam	RO	86%	0	0	21	11	10	4	0	9	5	4	0	0	3	2
28	Prudden, Josh	INT	84%	0	0	11	7	4	2	0	4	1	1	1	0	1	1
43	Redpath, Jack	FF	97%	1	1	7	6	1	5	2	10	0	0	0	0	0	2
23	Roughead, Jordan	FB	94%	0	0	9	5	4	2	0	7	1	2	0	1	1	0
9	Stringer, Jake	FPR	89%	1	2	17	12	5	6	0	3	1	5	0	2	0	5
3	Wallis, Mitch	FPL	86%	2	0	26	10	16	0	0	4	3	5	4	2	1	2
10	Wood, Easton	CHB	85%	0	0	15	7	8	4	0	3	0	3	0	1	1	2
Rushed					4
Total (22 players)				9	10	365	182	183	73	57	93	41	46	9	14	34	51

L. Hunter replaced T. Campbell.

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

Geelong							Coach: Chris Scott
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	38	D. Morris	23	J. Roughead	5	M. Boyd	34	J. Walker	23	J. Caddy
	11	D. Lang	26	T. Hawkins	21	J. Murdoch	9	J. Kelly	22	M. Duncan
FORWARD							20	S. Johnson	40	J. Thurlow
HALF-BACK									27	M. Stokes
	2	B. Murphy (c)	10	E. Wood	39	J. Johannisen
	3	J. Bartel	39	S. Kersten	28	C. Gregson
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	8	S. Crameri	4	M. Bontempelli	29	T. Dickson
	32	S. Motlop	29	C. Guthrie	4	A. Mackie	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							15	T. Campbell	31	B. Dale
HALF-FORWARD							35	C. Daniel	11	J. Macrae
	6	L. Dahlhaus	17	T. Boyd	1	J. Grant	42	L. Picken	28	J. Prudden
	46	M. Blicavs	7	H. Taylor	44	C. Enright			7	L. Hunter
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	3	M. Wallis	43	J. Redpath	9	J. Stringer
	24	J. Bews	13	T. Lonergan	8	J. Kolodjashnij
BACK
Western Bulldogs							Coach: Luke Beveridge

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	GEEL	Cory Gregson goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	03:51
	WBUL	Jake Stringer behind	1.0.6	-	0.1.1	06:07
	GEEL	Mitch Duncan behind	1.1.7	-	0.1.1	08:25
	GEEL	Josh Caddy behind	1.2.8	-	0.1.1	12:03
	WBUL	Jack Macrae behind	1.2.8	-	0.2.2	12:50
	WBUL	Tory Dickson goal	1.2.8	-	1.2.8	14:18
	GEEL	Josh Walker goal	2.2.14	-	1.2.8	16:25
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins goal	3.2.20	-	1.2.8	17:53
	GEEL	Rushed behind	3.3.21	-	1.2.8	21:00
	WBUL	Tory Dickson goal	3.3.21	-	2.2.14	22:15
	GEEL	Shane Kersten behind	3.4.22	-	2.2.14	26:09
Q2	GEEL	Steve Johnson behind	3.5.23	-	2.2.14	03:43
	GEEL	Josh Caddy goal	4.5.29	-	2.2.14	08:40
	WBUL	Jack Redpath goal	4.5.29	-	3.2.20	12:08
	GEEL	Josh Walker behind	4.6.30	-	3.2.20	13:11
	GEEL	James Kelly behind	4.7.31	-	3.2.20	15:01
	WBUL	Rushed behind	4.7.31	-	3.3.21	17:58
	GEEL	Steve Johnson behind	4.8.32	-	3.3.21	22:44
	WBUL	Jack Redpath behind	4.8.32	-	3.4.22	27:23
Q3	WBUL	Rushed behind	4.8.32	-	3.5.23	02:06
	WBUL	Luke Dahlhaus goal	4.8.32	-	4.5.29	03:48
	WBUL	Jake Stringer behind	4.8.32	-	4.6.30	06:01
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins goal	5.8.38	-	4.6.30	09:21
	GEEL	Mitch Duncan goal	6.8.44	-	4.6.30	12:25
	WBUL	Stewart Crameri behind	6.8.44	-	4.7.31	14:19
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins goal	7.8.50	-	4.7.31	14:53
	WBUL	Marcus Bontempelli behind	7.8.50	-	4.8.32	16:53
	WBUL	Jarrad Grant goal	7.8.50	-	5.8.38	17:36
	WBUL	Rushed behind	7.8.50	-	5.9.39	19:16
	WBUL	Rushed behind	7.8.50	-	5.10.40	22:51
	GEEL	Jimmy Bartel behind	7.9.51	-	5.10.40	24:50
	WBUL	Mitch Wallis goal	7.9.51	-	6.10.46	25:42
	GEEL	James Kelly behind	7.10.52	-	6.10.46	28:03
	GEEL	Steven Motlop goal	8.10.58	-	6.10.46	31:42
Q4	GEEL	James Kelly behind	8.11.59	-	6.10.46	02:48
	WBUL	Mitch Wallis goal	8.11.59	-	7.10.52	03:55
	GEEL	Steven Motlop goal	9.11.65	-	7.10.52	09:52
	WBUL	Jake Stringer goal	9.11.65	-	8.10.58	13:32
	GEEL	Steven Motlop goal	10.11.71	-	8.10.58	18:24
	GEEL	Josh Caddy behind	10.12.72	-	8.10.58	20:11
	WBUL	Tory Dickson goal	10.12.72	-	9.10.64	21:22

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