2017 AFL Round 20: Greater Western Sydney v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 5 August 2017 between Greater Western Sydney and Melbourne during round 20 of the 2017 AFL season. Greater Western Sydney hosted Melbourne at UNSW Canberra Oval. The hosts were coached by Leon Cameron and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

Greater Western Sydney
Back: Z. Williams, A. Tomlinson, A. Corr
Half-back: N. Haynes, P. Davis, H. Shaw
Centre: T. Scully, C. Ward, L. Whitfield
Half-forward: D. Smith, R. Lobb, B. Deledio
Forward: D. Shiel, H. Himmelberg, M. de Boer
Follower: S. Mumford, S. Coniglio, J. Kelly
Int.: J. Hopper, S. Johnson, M. Kennedy, N. Wilson

Melbourne
Back: J. Melksham, O. McDonald, N. Jetta
Half-back: J. Lewis, S. Frost, M. Hibberd
Centre: C. Petracca, B. Vince, C. Salem
Half-forward: C. Oliver, C. Pedersen, A. Neal-Bullen
Forward: J. Garlett, T. McDonald, J. Harmes
Follower: M. Gawn, J. Viney, N. Jones
Int.: J. Hunt, C. Maynard, D. Tyson, J. Watts

Greater Western Sydney (14.13.97) defeated Melbourne (10.2.62).

Goalkickers
Greater Western Sydney: J. Kelly (3), S. Johnson (2), D. Smith (2), S. Coniglio, B. Deledio, H. Himmelberg, S. Mumford, T. Scully, D. Shiel, C. Ward
Melbourne: J. Melksham (2), A. Neal-Bullen (2), M. Gawn, C. Maynard, T. McDonald, C. Pedersen, D. Tyson, J. Watts

As a result of this match, Greater Western Sydney were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 3rd) and Melbourne were then 10th on the ladder (down from 7th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2017 AFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Greater Western Sydney v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 5 August 2017
Time: 1:45 PM
Venue: UNSW Canberra Oval
Attendance: 14,274

Match Results

Outcome: Greater Western Sydney def. Melbourne
Score: 14.13.97 - 10.2.62

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Greater Western Sydney 8 . 6 10 . 7 13 . 12 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Melbourne 3 . 0 5 . 1 7 . 1 10 . 2 10 . 2 (62)
Margin GWSY by 36 GWSY by 36 GWSY by 47 GWSY by 35 GWSY by 35
Duration 33:28 33:31 31:29 32:01 2:10:29

Honour Roll

Coaches: Leon Cameron (Greater Western Sydney), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captains: unknown (Greater Western Sydney), unknown (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Chamberlain (#18), B. Ryan (#27), N. Williamson (#22), E: S. Ryan (#25)
Goal Umpire: B. Kenny-Bell, A. McKenzie-Wills, E: R. O'Dea
Boundary Umpire: M. Baker, P. Cran, M. Saunders, R. Taylor

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Josh Kelly GWSY 22 3
Max Gawn MELB 11 2
Callan Ward GWSY 8 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Josh Kelly GWSY 22 10 2 0 0 0 0
Callan Ward GWSY 8 8 0 2 0 0 0
Stephen Coniglio GWSY 3 6 0 0 2 0 0
Max Gawn MELB 11 2 0 0 0 1 0
Jordan Lewis MELB 6 2 0 0 0 1 0
Heath Shaw GWSY 23 1 0 0 0 0 1
Dylan Shiel GWSY 5 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Greater Western Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Coniglio, Stephen RR 80% 1 0 28 14 14 1 0 6 9 3 1 1 2 4
35 Corr, Aidan BPR 81% 0 0 15 9 6 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 4 2
1 Davis, Phil CHB 86% 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 5 0 3 0 1 4 1
24 de Boer, Matt FPR 84% 0 1 13 1 12 2 0 6 1 1 0 0 1 1
7 Deledio, Brett HFFR 71% 1 2 8 8 0 3 0 5 0 2 1 1 0 0
19 Haynes, Nick HBFL 85% 0 0 17 12 5 2 0 4 2 5 2 1 6 1
27 Himmelberg, Harry FF 88% 1 0 12 4 8 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 2
2 Hopper, Jacob INT 62% 0 0 17 7 10 0 0 9 5 3 1 1 1 1
17 Johnson, Steve INT 70% 2 1 18 12 6 5 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 4
22 Kelly, Josh RO 89% 3 2 27 15 12 3 0 9 4 5 0 1 2 5
15 Kennedy, Matthew INT 75% 0 0 20 10 10 2 0 6 7 4 0 1 1 4
37 Lobb, Rory CHF 94% 0 0 16 7 9 2 12 3 2 2 3 1 0 1
41 Mumford, Shane RU 82% 1 0 11 2 9 1 46 13 6 9 4 7 1 0
9 Scully, Tom WL 89% 1 0 24 9 15 1 0 8 4 1 2 0 1 2
23 Shaw, Heath HBFR 92% 0 0 16 10 6 8 0 3 0 2 1 0 4 0
5 Shiel, Dylan FPL 74% 1 0 25 13 12 2 0 5 5 1 0 0 2 7
10 Smith, Devon HFFL 79% 2 1 9 8 1 2 0 11 3 1 1 0 0 2
20 Tomlinson, Adam FB 94% 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 2
8 Ward, Callan C 80% 1 1 29 15 14 3 0 5 9 6 1 1 0 4
6 Whitfield, Lachie WR 85% 0 2 18 12 6 6 0 4 1 3 1 1 0 5
29 Williams, Zac BPL 82% 0 0 20 10 10 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 6 1
16 Wilson, Nathan INT 77% 0 2 21 15 6 2 0 2 1 2 1 0 5 4
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 14 13 387 206 181 53 58 119 60 60 23 19 45 53

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
17 Frost, Sam CHB 94% 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 1 0 3 1 1 2 0
36 Garlett, Jeff FPL 86% 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 3 0 4 0 3 0 0
11 Gawn, Max RU 85% 1 1 19 10 9 6 52 5 7 3 4 3 2 4
43 Harmes, James FPR 77% 0 0 20 8 12 3 0 0 1 4 0 2 0 0
14 Hibberd, Michael HBFR 80% 0 0 30 15 15 3 0 3 3 3 1 0 7 2
29 Hunt, Jayden INT 84% 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 4 1 3 0 1 0 5
39 Jetta, Neville BPR 85% 0 0 17 7 10 4 0 6 1 0 2 0 2 0
2 Jones, Nathan RO 82% 0 0 29 11 18 2 0 5 2 8 0 1 1 7
6 Lewis, Jordan HBFL 89% 0 0 35 13 22 3 0 3 5 3 1 1 1 7
48 Maynard, Corey INT 65% 1 0 18 5 13 0 0 7 3 3 3 0 0 4
28 McDonald, Oscar FB 89% 0 0 16 11 5 4 0 3 0 0 2 0 2 2
25 McDonald, Tom FF 92% 1 0 16 10 6 8 2 8 0 2 3 0 4 0
18 Melksham, Jake BPL 82% 2 0 14 7 7 2 0 2 0 3 0 1 1 2
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex HFFR 76% 2 0 17 16 1 7 0 5 0 2 0 1 2 6
13 Oliver, Clayton HFFL 75% 0 0 32 10 22 1 0 9 6 3 1 3 2 1
21 Pedersen, Cameron CHF 83% 1 0 8 3 5 3 2 3 0 2 0 1 0 1
5 Petracca, Christian WL 81% 0 0 16 3 13 1 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 3
3 Salem, Christian WR 80% 0 0 21 11 10 4 0 4 3 4 0 1 4 2
12 Tyson, Dom INT 73% 1 0 21 5 16 3 0 3 3 3 0 1 1 2
23 Vince, Bernie C 93% 0 0 33 20 13 7 0 3 4 2 0 0 1 3
7 Viney, Jack RR 75% 0 0 22 7 15 2 0 6 3 2 0 0 1 3
4 Watts, Jack INT 75% 1 0 10 6 4 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 10 2 415 189 226 71 56 86 43 60 19 23 33 55

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

Greater Western Sydney Coach: Leon Cameron
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
18 J. Melksham 28 O. McDonald 39 N. Jetta 41 S. Mumford 2 J. Hopper
24 M. de Boer 27 H. Himmelberg 5 D. Shiel 3 S. Coniglio 17 S. Johnson
FORWARD 22 J. Kelly 15 M. Kennedy
HALF-BACK

16 N. Wilson
6 J. Lewis 17 S. Frost 14 M. Hibberd



7 B. Deledio 37 R. Lobb 10 D. Smith



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



5 C. Petracca 23 B. Vince 3 C. Salem



6 L. Whitfield 8 C. Ward 9 T. Scully FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn 29 J. Hunt
HALF-FORWARD 7 J. Viney 48 C. Maynard
13 C. Oliver 21 C. Pedersen 30 A. Neal-Bullen 2 N. Jones 12 D. Tyson
23 H. Shaw 1 P. Davis 19 N. Haynes

4 J. Watts
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



36 J. Garlett 25 T. McDonald 43 J. Harmes



35 A. Corr 20 A. Tomlinson 29 Z. Williams



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Max Gawn goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 01:01
GWSY Josh Kelly behind 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 02:35
GWSY Callan Ward behind 0.2.2 - 1.0.6 03:49
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 0.2.2 - 2.0.12 05:59
MELB Dom Tyson goal 0.2.2 - 3.0.18 08:24
GWSY Stephen Coniglio goal 1.2.8 - 3.0.18 12:09
GWSY Tom Scully goal 2.2.14 - 3.0.18 13:39
GWSY Harry Himmelberg goal 3.2.20 - 3.0.18 14:51
GWSY Brett Deledio behind 3.3.21 - 3.0.18 15:49
GWSY Josh Kelly goal 4.3.27 - 3.0.18 17:52
GWSY Steve Johnson goal 5.3.33 - 3.0.18 19:13
GWSY Josh Kelly goal 6.3.39 - 3.0.18 21:22
GWSY Steve Johnson goal 7.3.45 - 3.0.18 25:42
GWSY Lachie Whitfield behind 7.4.46 - 3.0.18 27:31
GWSY Dylan Shiel goal 8.4.52 - 3.0.18 28:28
GWSY Nathan Wilson behind 8.5.53 - 3.0.18 29:52
GWSY Rushed behind 8.6.54 - 3.0.18 30:46
Q2 MELB Tom McDonald goal 8.6.54 - 4.0.24 07:08
GWSY Brett Deledio behind 8.7.55 - 4.0.24 12:43
GWSY Callan Ward goal 9.7.61 - 4.0.24 20:23
GWSY Shane Mumford goal 10.7.67 - 4.0.24 23:55
MELB Rushed behind 10.7.67 - 4.1.25 27:27
MELB Cameron Pedersen goal 10.7.67 - 5.1.31 29:47
Q3 GWSY Devon Smith goal 11.7.73 - 5.1.31 02:12
GWSY Lachie Whitfield behind 11.8.74 - 5.1.31 05:08
GWSY Josh Kelly goal 12.8.80 - 5.1.31 08:07
MELB Jack Watts goal 12.8.80 - 6.1.37 11:18
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 12.8.80 - 7.1.43 12:17
GWSY Steve Johnson behind 12.9.81 - 7.1.43 14:41
GWSY Nathan Wilson behind 12.10.82 - 7.1.43 17:18
GWSY Josh Kelly behind 12.11.83 - 7.1.43 25:25
GWSY Devon Smith behind 12.12.84 - 7.1.43 28:36
GWSY Devon Smith goal 13.12.90 - 7.1.43 30:29
Q4 GWSY Brett Deledio goal 14.12.96 - 7.1.43 02:13
MELB Jake Melksham goal 14.12.96 - 8.1.49 04:31
MELB Jake Melksham goal 14.12.96 - 9.1.55 05:54
GWSY Matt de Boer behind 14.13.97 - 9.1.55 19:03
MELB Max Gawn behind 14.13.97 - 9.2.56 25:16
MELB Corey Maynard goal 14.13.97 - 10.2.62 25:46