2015 AFL Season Round 20: Western Bulldogs v Melbourne
This is the match report for the match played on 16 August 2015 between the Western Bulldogs and Melbourne during round twenty of the 2015 season of the Australian Football League.
The 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.
The Western Bulldogs (24.9.153) defeated Melbourne (8.7.55).
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 | ||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||
Score Worm
This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Western Bulldogs) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Melbourne) are in the lead.
Honour Roll
Western Bulldogs
Captain: Bob MurphyCoach: Luke Beveridge
Melbourne
Captain: Nathan JonesCoach: Paul Roos
Match Umpires
Field Umpires
A. Mitchell (#31)T. Pannell (#28)
B. Wallace (#33)
E: D. Harris (#24)
Goal Umpires
S. AxonJ. Venkataya
E: S. Piperno
Boundary Umpires
C. GordonS. 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Western Bulldogs | Coach: Luke Beveridge | ||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||
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| 18 | D. Cross | 25 | T. McDonald | 38 | J. Howe |
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| 44 | R. Bail | 23 | B. Vince | 8 | H. Lumumba |
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| 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) |
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| Melbourne | Coach: Paul Roos | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| 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 | |