2015 AFL Round 20: Western Bulldogs v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 16 August 2015 between Western Bulldogs and Melbourne during round 20 of the 2015 AFL season. Western Bulldogs hosted Melbourne at Etihad Stadium. Bob Murphy captained the hosts. Nathan Jones captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Luke Beveridge and the visitors were coached by Paul Roos.

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

Melbourne
Back: C. Garland, L. Dunn, N. Jetta
Half-back: D. Cross, T. McDonald, J. Howe
Centre: R. Bail, B. Vince, H. Lumumba
Half-forward: M. Jones, C. Dawes, J. Harmes
Forward: J. Garlett, J. Hogan, J. Watts
Follower: M. Gawn, N. Jones (capt.), J. Viney
Int.: A. Brayshaw, V. Michie, A. Neal-Bullen
Sub.: J. Grimes

Western Bulldogs (24.9.153) defeated Melbourne (8.7.55).

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: J. Stringer (4), M. Bontempelli (3), T. Dickson (3), J. Grant (3), S. Crameri (2), L. Jong (2), J. Redpath (2), S. Biggs, L. Dahlhaus, L. Hunter, J. Macrae, M. Wallis
Melbourne: J. Hogan (3), J. Garlett (2), C. Dawes, M. Gawn, J. Watts

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs remained 4th on the ladder and Melbourne remained 14th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2015 AFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 16 August 2015
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 27,805

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. Melbourne
Score: 24.9.153 - 8.7.55

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Western Bulldogs	8	.	3	14	.	5	14	.	7	24	.	9	24	.	9	(153)
Melbourne	0	.	2	2	.	4	7	.	7	8	.	7	8	.	7	(55)
Margin	WBUL by 49			WBUL by 73			WBUL by 42			WBUL by 98			WBUL by 98
Duration	31:44			30:14			28:49			32:15			2:03:02

Honour Roll

Coaches: Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs), Paul Roos (Melbourne)
Captains: Bob Murphy (Western Bulldogs), Nathan Jones (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: A. Mitchell (#31), T. Pannell (#28), B. Wallace (#33), E: D. Harris (#24)
Goal Umpire: S. Axon, J. Venkataya, E: S. Piperno
Boundary Umpire: C. Gordon, S. Jones, D. Kowalski, J. Mather

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Luke Dahlhaus	WBUL	6	3
Bob Murphy	WBUL	2	2
Lachie Hunter	WBUL	7	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Luke Dahlhaus	WBUL	6	10	2	0	0	0	0
Mitch Wallis	WBUL	3	7	0	1	1	0	0
Shane Biggs	WBUL	24	4	0	?	?	?	?
Lachie Hunter	WBUL	7	4	0	?	?	?	?
Jake Stringer	WBUL	9	4	0	?	?	?	?
Easton Wood	WBUL	10	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
24	Biggs, Shane	WR	80%	1	0	24	19	5	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	6
4	Bontempelli, Marcus	WL	87%	3	0	16	8	8	2	4	6	4	3	0	1	0	2
5	Boyd, Matthew	BPR	82%	0	0	21	14	7	7	1	5	3	4	1	1	7	2
15	Campbell, Tom	RU	91%	0	1	12	5	7	2	29	2	5	1	0	0	0	2
8	Crameri, Stewart	HFFR	83%	2	0	17	10	7	6	0	4	1	4	1	2	2	3
6	Dahlhaus, Luke	HFFL	84%	1	0	32	13	19	4	0	3	4	1	1	0	2	7
35	Daniel, Caleb	SUB↑	24%	0	0	4	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
33	Darley, Sam	INT↓	62%	0	0	16	9	7	2	0	3	1	2	0	0	2	2
29	Dickson, Tory	CHF	85%	3	2	15	9	6	4	0	4	0	0	3	0	2	0
1	Grant, Jarrad	INT	80%	3	1	20	12	8	4	2	3	0	1	1	0	0	2
30	Hamling, Joel	CHB	85%	0	0	7	4	3	5	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	0
7	Hunter, Lachie	FPL	88%	1	1	28	11	17	3	0	0	3	1	2	0	4	3
46	Jong, Lin	INT	84%	2	1	14	6	8	2	2	5	5	2	1	1	2	3
11	Macrae, Jack	C	88%	1	0	21	9	12	2	0	7	4	1	2	1	0	3
38	Morris, Dale	BPL	93%	0	0	16	6	10	8	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0
2	Murphy, Bob (c)	HBFL	85%	0	0	22	17	5	6	0	3	0	1	0	0	4	2
42	Picken, Liam	RO	83%	0	0	22	12	10	4	0	6	4	3	0	2	0	6
43	Redpath, Jack	FF	91%	2	0	8	7	1	2	4	1	0	2	0	1	0	2
9	Stringer, Jake	FPR	86%	4	0	14	11	3	4	0	3	1	1	1	0	1	4
32	Talia, Michael	FB	93%	0	0	22	13	9	12	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	3
3	Wallis, Mitch	RR	84%	1	1	24	13	11	7	0	10	8	3	3	0	2	4
10	Wood, Easton	HBFR	82%	0	0	22	13	9	6	0	1	2	0	2	0	1	4
Rushed					2
Total (22 players)				24	9	397	222	175	98	42	77	46	33	19	10	34	61

C. Daniel replaced S. Darley.

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
44	Bail, Rohan	WL	95%	0	1	11	8	3	5	0	6	1	1	0	1	1	2
10	Brayshaw, Angus	INT	78%	0	0	10	5	5	0	0	5	1	4	0	2	1	1
18	Cross, Daniel	HBFL	95%	0	0	16	6	10	4	0	5	1	2	0	2	3	0
6	Dawes, Chris	CHF	93%	1	1	13	8	5	6	7	1	0	2	0	1	1	5
14	Dunn, Lynden	FB	86%	0	0	13	10	3	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
20	Garland, Colin	BPL	93%	0	0	13	7	6	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	1
36	Garlett, Jeff	FPL	93%	2	0	9	5	4	2	0	3	2	2	1	2	0	4
11	Gawn, Max	RU	92%	1	0	9	5	4	2	32	4	2	1	1	1	1	1
31	Grimes, Jack	SUB↑	45%	0	0	11	6	5	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	0
43	Harmes, James	HFFR	82%	0	1	15	8	7	3	0	9	2	3	0	1	2	3
1	Hogan, Jesse	FF	92%	3	0	12	5	7	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	2
38	Howe, Jeremy	HBFR	82%	0	0	13	8	5	6	0	3	0	4	0	2	0	0
39	Jetta, Neville	BPR↓	48%	0	0	8	4	4	2	0	2	1	2	1	2	0	0
45	Jones, Matt	HFFL	85%	0	1	18	7	11	5	0	5	2	1	1	0	2	3
2	Jones, Nathan (c)	RR	74%	0	1	24	8	16	4	0	5	4	2	0	1	0	2
8	Lumumba, Heritier	WR	81%	0	0	10	4	6	3	1	2	1	2	1	2	0	2
25	McDonald, Tom	CHB	96%	0	0	29	20	9	13	9	0	0	7	0	0	3	5
22	Michie, Viv	INT	74%	0	0	20	9	11	3	0	2	3	1	0	0	3	3
30	Neal-Bullen, Alex	INT	80%	0	1	13	10	3	2	0	1	6	2	0	0	1	3
23	Vince, Bernie	C	77%	0	0	23	12	11	4	0	2	2	4	0	1	0	4
7	Viney, Jack	RO	82%	0	0	19	9	10	2	0	9	7	2	2	0	5	2
4	Watts, Jack	FPR	79%	1	1	22	12	10	11	2	1	2	1	1	0	0	0
Rushed					0
Total (22 players)				8	7	331	176	155	91	51	69	38	46	10	19	32	43

J. Grimes replaced N. Jetta.

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

Western Bulldogs							Coach: Luke Beveridge
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	20	C. Garland	14	L. Dunn	39	N. Jetta	15	T. Campbell	33	S. Darley
	9	J. Stringer	43	J. Redpath	7	L. Hunter	3	M. Wallis	1	J. Grant
FORWARD							42	L. Picken	46	L. Jong
HALF-BACK									35	C. Daniel
	18	D. Cross	25	T. McDonald	38	J. Howe
	8	S. Crameri	29	T. Dickson	6	L. Dahlhaus
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	44	R. Bail	23	B. Vince	8	H. Lumumba
	24	S. Biggs	11	J. Macrae	4	M. Bontempelli	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							11	M. Gawn	10	A. Brayshaw
HALF-FORWARD							2	N. Jones (c)	22	V. Michie
	45	M. Jones	6	C. Dawes	43	J. Harmes	7	J. Viney	30	A. Neal-Bullen
	10	E. Wood	30	J. Hamling	2	B. Murphy (c)			31	J. Grimes
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	36	J. Garlett	1	J. Hogan	4	J. Watts
	5	M. Boyd	32	M. Talia	38	D. Morris
BACK
Melbourne							Coach: Paul Roos

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	WBUL	Rushed behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	01:50
	MELB	James Harmes behind	0.1.1	-	0.1.1	02:51
	WBUL	Mitch Wallis goal	1.1.7	-	0.1.1	03:41
	WBUL	Tory Dickson behind	1.2.8	-	0.1.1	05:00
	WBUL	Jarrad Grant goal	2.2.14	-	0.1.1	06:37
	WBUL	Tory Dickson behind	2.3.15	-	0.1.1	10:18
	WBUL	Tory Dickson goal	3.3.21	-	0.1.1	11:31
	WBUL	Marcus Bontempelli goal	4.3.27	-	0.1.1	14:16
	WBUL	Jarrad Grant goal	5.3.33	-	0.1.1	19:31
	WBUL	Stewart Crameri goal	6.3.39	-	0.1.1	22:52
	WBUL	Jack Redpath goal	7.3.45	-	0.1.1	24:13
	MELB	Jack Watts behind	7.3.45	-	0.2.2	25:44
	WBUL	Jarrad Grant goal	8.3.51	-	0.2.2	27:46
Q2	WBUL	Mitch Wallis behind	8.4.52	-	0.2.2	01:47
	WBUL	Lin Jong goal	9.4.58	-	0.2.2	02:28
	WBUL	Jack Macrae goal	10.4.64	-	0.2.2	05:32
	WBUL	Lin Jong goal	11.4.70	-	0.2.2	07:09
	WBUL	Jake Stringer goal	12.4.76	-	0.2.2	08:41
	MELB	Jeff Garlett goal	12.4.76	-	1.2.8	15:39
	MELB	Rohan Bail behind	12.4.76	-	1.3.9	16:53
	WBUL	Jarrad Grant behind	12.5.77	-	1.3.9	21:19
	MELB	Jesse Hogan goal	12.5.77	-	2.3.15	23:11
	WBUL	Marcus Bontempelli goal	13.5.83	-	2.3.15	26:31
	MELB	Alex Neal-Bullen behind	13.5.83	-	2.4.16	28:57
	WBUL	Tory Dickson goal	14.5.89	-	2.4.16	30:06
Q3	MELB	Nathan Jones behind	14.5.89	-	2.5.17	00:28
	WBUL	Lin Jong behind	14.6.90	-	2.5.17	01:49
	MELB	Max Gawn goal	14.6.90	-	3.5.23	03:04
	MELB	Jesse Hogan goal	14.6.90	-	4.5.29	06:29
	MELB	Chris Dawes goal	14.6.90	-	5.5.35	07:57
	MELB	Chris Dawes behind	14.6.90	-	5.6.36	11:50
	MELB	Jack Watts goal	14.6.90	-	6.6.42	14:56
	MELB	Jeff Garlett goal	14.6.90	-	7.6.48	17:53
	WBUL	Tom Campbell behind	14.7.91	-	7.6.48	21:00
	MELB	Matt Jones behind	14.7.91	-	7.7.49	25:31
Q4	WBUL	Jake Stringer goal	15.7.97	-	7.7.49	02:00
	WBUL	Jack Redpath goal	16.7.103	-	7.7.49	04:59
	WBUL	Lachie Hunter behind	16.8.104	-	7.7.49	06:38
	WBUL	Lachie Hunter goal	17.8.110	-	7.7.49	10:56
	WBUL	Luke Dahlhaus goal	18.8.116	-	7.7.49	12:14
	WBUL	Rushed behind	18.9.117	-	7.7.49	16:20
	WBUL	Marcus Bontempelli goal	19.9.123	-	7.7.49	16:44
	MELB	Jesse Hogan goal	19.9.123	-	8.7.55	18:52
	WBUL	Shane Biggs goal	20.9.129	-	8.7.55	20:45
	WBUL	Stewart Crameri goal	21.9.135	-	8.7.55	22:14
	WBUL	Jake Stringer goal	22.9.141	-	8.7.55	23:41
	WBUL	Jake Stringer goal	23.9.147	-	8.7.55	26:25
	WBUL	Tory Dickson goal	24.9.153	-	8.7.55	30:00

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