2015 AFL Round 23: Melbourne v Greater Western Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 6 September 2015 between Melbourne and Greater Western Sydney during round 23 of the 2015 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Greater Western Sydney at Etihad Stadium. Nathan Jones captained the hosts. Callan Ward captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Paul Roos and the visitors were coached by Leon Cameron.

Melbourne
Back: C. Garland, L. Dunn, J. Howe
Half-back: D. Cross, T. McDonald, C. Salem
Centre: J. Grimes, B. Vince, M. White
Half-forward: J. Harmes, O. McDonald, B. Stretch
Forward: J. Garlett, J. Hogan, J. Kennedy Harris
Follower: M. Gawn, N. Jones (capt.), J. Viney
Int.: A. Brayshaw, V. Michie, B. Newton
Sub.: A. Neal-Bullen

Greater Western Sydney
Back: A. Kennedy, C. Marchbank, Z. Williams
Half-back: L. Plowman, A. Corr, J. Townsend
Centre: L. Whitfield, A. Treloar, H. Shaw
Half-forward: D. Smith, J. Stewart, R. Palmer
Forward: J. Kelly, J. Cameron, T. Greene
Follower: T. Downie, C. Ward (capt.), T. Bugg
Int.: C. McCarthy, A. Tomlinson, N. Wilson
Sub.: J. Barrett

Melbourne (15.13.103) defeated Greater Western Sydney (11.11.77).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: J. Hogan (3), B. Newton (3), J. Garlett (2), J. Harmes (2), L. Dunn, J. Grimes, J. Howe, N. Jones, J. Kennedy Harris
Greater Western Sydney: J. Cameron (2), Z. Williams (2), T. Greene, R. Palmer, D. Smith, J. Stewart, J. Townsend, C. Ward, L. Whitfield

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 13th on the ladder (up from 14th) and Greater Western Sydney were then 11th on the ladder (down from 10th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2015 AFL Season
Round: Round 23
Teams: Melbourne v Greater Western Sydney
Date: Sunday 6 September 2015
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 8,974

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Greater Western Sydney
Score: 15.13.103 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Melbourne	4	.	1	7	.	6	13	.	10	15	.	13	15	.	13	(103)
Greater Western Sydney	4	.	1	7	.	4	9	.	7	11	.	11	11	.	11	(77)
Margin	level			MELB by 2			MELB by 27			MELB by 26			MELB by 26
Duration	30:53			31:09			32:08			31:38			2:05:48

Honour Roll

Coaches: Paul Roos (Melbourne), Leon Cameron (Greater Western Sydney)
Captains: Nathan Jones (Melbourne), Callan Ward (Greater Western Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: L. Fisher (#3), N. Foot (#2), S. Hay (#20), E: B. Wallace (#33)
Goal Umpire: C. Appleton, M. Craig, E: S. Piperno
Boundary Umpire: J. Andrews, G. Bergroth, G. Large, J. Mather

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Bernie Vince	MELB	23	3
Nathan Jones	MELB	2	2
Callan Ward	GWSY	8	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Bernie Vince	MELB	23	10	2	0	0	0	0
Jack Viney	MELB	7	7	0	1	1	0	0
Nathan Jones	MELB	2	6	0	1	0	1	0
Tom McDonald	MELB	25	3	0	0	1	0	0
Jesse Hogan	MELB	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
Callan Ward	GWSY	8	1	0	0	0	0	1
Zac Williams	GWSY	29	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
10	Brayshaw, Angus	INT	72%	0	0	12	12	0	5	0	6	3	3	2	1	0	5
18	Cross, Daniel	HBFL	78%	0	0	25	6	19	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0
14	Dunn, Lynden	FB	79%	1	1	13	8	5	5	12	4	1	2	0	1	0	3
20	Garland, Colin	BPL	96%	0	0	16	12	4	5	0	3	1	3	1	1	5	1
36	Garlett, Jeff	FPL	94%	2	2	7	7	0	3	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	1
11	Gawn, Max	RU	81%	0	0	9	3	6	3	55	1	2	1	0	1	0	1
31	Grimes, Jack	WL	89%	1	0	24	15	9	8	0	4	0	3	1	0	1	3
43	Harmes, James	HFFL	79%	2	1	16	7	9	6	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	4
1	Hogan, Jesse	FF	93%	3	2	13	10	3	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
38	Howe, Jeremy	BPR	86%	1	0	11	11	0	7	0	2	1	2	1	0	2	5
2	Jones, Nathan (c)	RR	83%	1	1	36	19	17	2	0	4	8	1	3	0	1	11
24	Kennedy Harris, Jay	FPR	86%	1	0	11	8	3	5	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	4
28	McDonald, Oscar	CHF	87%	0	0	15	7	8	6	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	1
25	McDonald, Tom	CHB	94%	0	0	23	16	7	9	0	1	1	3	2	1	6	2
22	Michie, Viv	INT	79%	0	0	21	6	15	3	0	3	3	1	2	0	1	3
30	Neal-Bullen, Alex	SUB↑	20%	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0
19	Newton, Ben	INT	76%	3	2	14	10	4	4	0	3	1	1	0	0	2	1
3	Salem, Christian	HBFR	96%	0	1	24	14	10	4	0	7	0	1	2	0	2	2
15	Stretch, Billy	HFFR	87%	0	0	14	8	6	1	0	7	2	3	1	2	1	2
23	Vince, Bernie	C	87%	0	2	38	16	22	3	1	7	14	5	1	4	2	5
7	Viney, Jack	RO	88%	0	0	29	11	18	2	0	12	8	1	2	1	1	4
41	White, Mitch	WR↓	69%	0	0	16	9	7	6	0	1	2	2	0	0	2	3
Rushed					1
Total (22 players)				15	13	390	216	174	99	69	73	49	44	19	17	28	62

A. Neal-Bullen replaced M. White.

Greater Western Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
43	Barrett, Jake	SUB↑	43%	0	0	7	1	6	2	0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0
14	Bugg, Tomas	RO	90%	0	1	16	6	10	4	0	1	1	3	0	1	1	0
18	Cameron, Jeremy	FF	91%	2	2	8	8	0	4	1	0	0	2	1	2	0	3
35	Corr, Aidan	CHB	95%	0	0	7	5	2	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	4	1
44	Downie, Tom	RU	82%	0	0	5	0	5	2	21	4	0	0	0	0	1	0
4	Greene, Toby	FPR	89%	1	0	20	11	9	0	0	0	7	4	2	1	1	1
22	Kelly, Josh	FPL	88%	0	0	20	11	9	2	0	9	2	4	1	2	1	5
40	Kennedy, Adam	BPL	90%	0	0	15	8	7	5	1	0	0	1	1	0	5	0
34	Marchbank, Caleb	FB↓	43%	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	McCarthy, Cam	INT	86%	0	2	11	9	2	3	0	1	0	5	1	2	0	3
7	Palmer, Rhys	HFFR	94%	1	0	20	10	10	4	0	3	1	3	1	2	1	5
30	Plowman, Lachie	HBFL	88%	0	0	16	8	8	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	5	0
23	Shaw, Heath	WR	86%	0	0	21	18	3	4	0	1	0	2	1	0	9	0
10	Smith, Devon	HFFL	82%	1	1	21	14	7	2	0	10	4	2	1	0	1	4
36	Stewart, James	CHF	85%	1	1	10	5	5	4	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	4
20	Tomlinson, Adam	INT	84%	0	1	15	11	4	7	5	1	0	2	1	0	1	2
31	Townsend, Jacob	HBFR	73%	1	0	22	10	12	3	1	6	4	7	0	4	3	2
17	Treloar, Adam	C	83%	0	1	26	11	15	4	0	3	2	2	2	0	1	4
8	Ward, Callan (c)	RR	87%	1	0	32	10	22	6	1	7	8	3	2	2	2	4
6	Whitfield, Lachie	WL	81%	1	0	13	6	7	2	0	2	2	2	1	1	2	3
29	Williams, Zac	BPR	80%	2	0	14	8	6	3	0	3	2	3	0	1	4	2
16	Wilson, Nathan	INT	78%	0	0	9	6	3	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	1
Rushed					2
Total (22 players)				11	11	330	176	154	70	30	60	34	51	17	19	44	44

J. Barrett replaced C. Marchbank.

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
	40	A. Kennedy	34	C. Marchbank	29	Z. Williams	11	M. Gawn	10	A. Brayshaw
	24	J. Kennedy Harris	1	J. Hogan	36	J. Garlett	2	N. Jones (c)	22	V. Michie
FORWARD							7	J. Viney	19	B. Newton
HALF-BACK									30	A. Neal-Bullen
	30	L. Plowman	35	A. Corr	31	J. Townsend
	15	B. Stretch	28	O. McDonald	43	J. Harmes
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	6	L. Whitfield	17	A. Treloar	23	H. Shaw
	41	M. White	23	B. Vince	31	J. Grimes	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							44	T. Downie	25	C. McCarthy
HALF-FORWARD							8	C. Ward (c)	20	A. Tomlinson
	10	D. Smith	36	J. Stewart	7	R. Palmer	14	T. Bugg	16	N. Wilson
	3	C. Salem	25	T. McDonald	18	D. Cross			43	J. Barrett
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	22	J. Kelly	18	J. Cameron	4	T. Greene
	38	J. Howe	14	L. Dunn	20	C. Garland
BACK
Greater Western Sydney							Coach: Leon Cameron

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	GWSY	Zac Williams goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	08:59
	GWSY	Jeremy Cameron behind	0.0.0	-	1.1.7	10:41
	GWSY	Rhys Palmer goal	0.0.0	-	2.1.13	13:26
	MELB	Jeff Garlett goal	1.0.6	-	2.1.13	15:02
	MELB	James Harmes goal	2.0.12	-	2.1.13	17:05
	MELB	Jesse Hogan goal	3.0.18	-	2.1.13	18:39
	MELB	Jeff Garlett goal	4.0.24	-	2.1.13	22:43
	GWSY	Lachie Whitfield goal	4.0.24	-	3.1.19	24:35
	GWSY	Jeremy Cameron goal	4.0.24	-	4.1.25	27:14
	MELB	Jesse Hogan behind	4.1.25	-	4.1.25	30:11
Q2	MELB	Jeff Garlett behind	4.2.26	-	4.1.25	00:54
	GWSY	Cam McCarthy behind	4.2.26	-	4.2.26	02:10
	MELB	Lynden Dunn behind	4.3.27	-	4.2.26	03:12
	GWSY	Jeremy Cameron behind	4.3.27	-	4.3.27	05:12
	MELB	Jesse Hogan behind	4.4.28	-	4.3.27	06:56
	GWSY	Jacob Townsend goal	4.4.28	-	5.3.33	10:19
	MELB	Jeremy Howe goal	5.4.34	-	5.3.33	13:13
	MELB	James Harmes behind	5.5.35	-	5.3.33	14:43
	MELB	Ben Newton goal	6.5.41	-	5.3.33	16:45
	GWSY	James Stewart behind	6.5.41	-	5.4.34	18:41
	GWSY	Callan Ward goal	6.5.41	-	6.4.40	19:41
	MELB	Jesse Hogan goal	7.5.47	-	6.4.40	22:49
	GWSY	James Stewart goal	7.5.47	-	7.4.46	26:48
	MELB	Ben Newton behind	7.6.48	-	7.4.46	27:54
Q3	MELB	Nathan Jones goal	8.6.54	-	7.4.46	03:05
	MELB	Ben Newton behind	8.7.55	-	7.4.46	07:07
	MELB	Jack Grimes goal	9.7.61	-	7.4.46	08:04
	MELB	Nathan Jones behind	9.8.62	-	7.4.46	09:34
	MELB	Rushed behind	9.9.63	-	7.4.46	10:19
	GWSY	Rushed behind	9.9.63	-	7.5.47	12:54
	MELB	Bernie Vince behind	9.10.64	-	7.5.47	14:12
	GWSY	Devon Smith goal	9.10.64	-	8.5.53	16:15
	MELB	Lynden Dunn goal	10.10.70	-	8.5.53	18:20
	GWSY	Adam Tomlinson behind	10.10.70	-	8.6.54	20:22
	GWSY	Zac Williams goal	10.10.70	-	9.6.60	21:06
	GWSY	Devon Smith behind	10.10.70	-	9.7.61	23:19
	MELB	Ben Newton goal	11.10.76	-	9.7.61	27:33
	MELB	Ben Newton goal	12.10.82	-	9.7.61	29:01
	MELB	Jesse Hogan goal	13.10.88	-	9.7.61	32:01
Q4	GWSY	Toby Greene goal	13.10.88	-	10.7.67	01:31
	GWSY	Cam McCarthy behind	13.10.88	-	10.8.68	03:01
	MELB	Jay Kennedy Harris goal	14.10.94	-	10.8.68	04:25
	GWSY	Jeremy Cameron goal	14.10.94	-	11.8.74	08:49
	MELB	Jeff Garlett behind	14.11.95	-	11.8.74	15:11
	GWSY	Adam Treloar behind	14.11.95	-	11.9.75	17:48
	MELB	James Harmes goal	15.11.101	-	11.9.75	25:08
	MELB	Christian Salem behind	15.12.102	-	11.9.75	27:08
	MELB	Bernie Vince behind	15.13.103	-	11.9.75	27:33
	GWSY	Tomas Bugg behind	15.13.103	-	11.10.76	30:21
	GWSY	Rushed behind	15.13.103	-	11.11.77	31:15

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