2018 AFL Season Round 17: Melbourne v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 14 July 2018 between Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs during round seventeen of the 2018 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted the Western Bulldogs at the MCG. Nathan Jones captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.

Melbourne (18.11.119) defeated the Western Bulldogs (10.9.69).

Match Details

Season: 2018 AFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Melbourne v Western Bulldogs
Date: Saturday 14 July 2018
Time: 4:35 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 31,053

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Western Bulldogs
Score: 18.11.119 - 10.9.69

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 4 6 . 9 14 . 9 18 . 11 18 . 11 (119)
Western Bulldogs 4 . 1 6 . 6 9 . 9 10 . 9 10 . 9 (69)
Margin WBUL by 3 MELB by 3 MELB by 30 MELB by 50 MELB by 50
Duration 29:09 28:58 31:42 28:56 1:58:45

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Melbourne) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Western Bulldogs) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Nathan Jones
Coach: Simon Goodwin

Western Bulldogs

Captain: unknown
Coach: Luke Beveridge

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

N. Brown (#13)
R. Chamberlain (#18)
A. Stephens (#12)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Max Gawn MELB 11 3
Angus Brayshaw MELB 10 2
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Max Gawn MELB 11 10 2 0 0 0 0
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 7 0 1 1 0 0
Angus Brayshaw MELB 10 6 0 1 0 1 0
Jesse Hogan MELB 1 3 0 0 1 0 0
Lachie Hunter WBUL 7 2 0 0 0 ? ?
Jack Macrae WBUL 11 2 0 0 0 ? ?

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Brayshaw, Angus HFFR 82% 0 0 38 19 19 6 0 4 6 7 2 1 0 5
31 Fritsch, Bayley FF 82% 0 2 18 12 6 6 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 3
17 Frost, Sam FB 79% 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 3 0 5 1 1 4 0
36 Garlett, Jeff FPL 77% 2 0 12 6 6 4 0 3 1 3 0 3 0 3
11 Gawn, Max RU 82% 0 0 17 10 7 7 41 1 3 4 1 1 3 2
19 Hannan, Mitch HFFL 72% 1 2 11 8 3 3 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 4
4 Harmes, James RO 85% 0 0 16 7 9 2 0 4 3 5 0 3 4 1
14 Hibberd, Michael BPL 88% 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 1
1 Hogan, Jesse CHF 93% 4 1 18 13 5 9 4 1 0 5 5 2 2 2
39 Jetta, Neville BPR 63% 0 0 7 3 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
2 Jones, Nathan (c) WR 81% 0 0 19 9 10 6 0 3 2 3 0 0 0 3
24 Kennedy Harris, Jay INT 74% 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 8 1 3 2 1 2 1
6 Lewis, Jordan HBFR 93% 1 0 23 11 12 7 0 3 1 3 0 0 3 4
28 McDonald, Oscar CHB 98% 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 3 1
25 McDonald, Tom WL 82% 3 1 16 9 7 5 6 2 4 5 2 1 1 2
18 Melksham, Jake RR 87% 1 0 20 14 6 9 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 5
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex INT 74% 2 0 17 6 11 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 1
13 Oliver, Clayton C 84% 1 0 34 14 20 4 0 6 5 4 0 1 2 8
5 Petracca, Christian INT 73% 1 0 19 10 9 4 0 2 3 5 0 0 1 3
3 Salem, Christian HBFL 88% 0 0 21 17 4 5 0 4 0 4 0 2 10 1
9 Spargo, Charlie FPR 77% 2 0 14 7 7 2 0 7 0 0 1 0 1 0
23 Vince, Bernie INT 84% 0 1 14 8 6 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 1
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 18 11 387 219 168 102 51 63 31 69 16 21 46 52

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
25 Adams, Marcus BPL 93% 0 0 16 9 7 6 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 1
24 Biggs, Shane WL 78% 0 0 15 8 7 1 0 5 0 1 1 0 1 1
12 Cordy, Zaine CHB 89% 0 0 11 5 6 2 0 4 0 4 1 1 0 2
6 Dahlhaus, Luke FPL 81% 0 0 23 8 15 2 0 6 2 3 2 1 1 6
35 Daniel, Caleb INT 80% 0 1 16 7 9 4 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 3
5 Dunkley, Josh HFFR 78% 0 1 30 9 21 4 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 3
26 Gowers, Billy CHF 77% 0 1 16 13 3 1 0 2 2 4 0 0 2 7
22 Honeychurch, Mitch FPR 79% 0 0 16 10 6 2 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2
7 Hunter, Lachie WR 87% 1 0 35 24 11 5 0 1 1 6 1 1 5 5
39 Johannisen, Jason HBFR 86% 2 0 21 11 10 0 0 4 2 2 1 1 3 4
27 Lipinski, Patrick INT 76% 1 0 9 3 6 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1
36 Lynch, Brad INT 74% 0 0 16 7 9 1 0 2 0 5 0 3 2 1
11 Macrae, Jack C 88% 0 0 33 12 21 7 0 8 6 2 2 0 1 6
16 McLean, Toby RR 75% 1 0 22 6 16 1 0 6 4 3 1 0 0 2
38 Morris, Dale HBFL 89% 0 1 13 8 5 5 0 3 0 3 0 1 2 0
33 Naughton, Aaron FF 85% 0 0 18 10 8 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 0
20 Richards, Ed HFFL 85% 0 0 16 9 7 2 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 5
23 Roughead, Jordan RU 87% 0 1 20 9 11 6 20 5 6 4 0 2 1 1
13 Schache, Josh INT 76% 2 2 15 9 6 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
37 Smith, Roarke BPR 77% 0 0 14 6 8 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 1
8 Trengove, Jackson FB 79% 0 0 19 11 8 7 4 1 2 2 1 2 3 2
3 Wallis, Mitch RO 81% 3 0 29 8 21 2 0 2 4 2 3 0 0 2
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 10 9 423 202 221 70 24 68 38 54 21 16 30 57

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: Simon Goodwin
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
25 M. Adams 8 J. Trengove 37 R. Smith 11 M. Gawn 24 J. Kennedy Harris
9 C. Spargo 31 B. Fritsch 36 J. Garlett 18 J. Melksham 30 A. Neal-Bullen
FORWARD 4 J. Harmes 5 C. Petracca
HALF-BACK

23 B. Vince
38 D. Morris 12 Z. Cordy 39 J. Johannisen



10 A. Brayshaw 1 J. Hogan 19 M. Hannan



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



24 S. Biggs 11 J. Macrae 7 L. Hunter



2 N. Jones (c) 13 C. Oliver 25 T. McDonald FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 J. Roughead 35 C. Daniel
HALF-FORWARD 16 T. McLean 27 P. Lipinski
20 E. Richards 26 B. Gowers 5 J. Dunkley 3 M. Wallis 36 B. Lynch
6 J. Lewis 28 O. McDonald 3 C. Salem

13 J. Schache
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



6 L. Dahlhaus 33 A. Naughton 22 M. Honeychurch



39 N. Jetta 17 S. Frost 14 M. Hibberd



BACK



Western Bulldogs Coach: Luke Beveridge

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WBUL Mitch Wallis goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 00:48
MELB Jake Melksham goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 04:16
MELB Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 06:13
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 2.1.13 - 1.0.6 08:30
WBUL Lachie Hunter goal 2.1.13 - 2.0.12 11:46
MELB Tom McDonald goal 3.1.19 - 2.0.12 13:24
WBUL Jordan Roughead behind 3.1.19 - 2.1.13 17:46
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 3.2.20 - 2.1.13 18:30
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 3.3.21 - 2.1.13 20:31
WBUL Josh Schache goal 3.3.21 - 3.1.19 22:06
WBUL Mitch Wallis goal 3.3.21 - 4.1.25 25:48
MELB Rushed behind 3.4.22 - 4.1.25 27:30
Q2 MELB Mitch Hannan behind 3.5.23 - 4.1.25 00:56
WBUL Josh Dunkley behind 3.5.23 - 4.2.26 03:17
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 4.5.29 - 4.2.26 06:33
WBUL Billy Gowers behind 4.5.29 - 4.3.27 08:52
WBUL Josh Schache behind 4.5.29 - 4.4.28 11:50
MELB Rushed behind 4.6.30 - 4.4.28 13:05
MELB Charlie Spargo goal 5.6.36 - 4.4.28 13:52
MELB Jesse Hogan behind 5.7.37 - 4.4.28 15:23
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 6.7.43 - 4.4.28 16:07
WBUL Rushed behind 6.7.43 - 4.5.29 17:46
WBUL Caleb Daniel behind 6.7.43 - 4.6.30 20:33
WBUL Josh Schache goal 6.7.43 - 5.6.36 21:37
MELB Bernie Vince behind 6.8.44 - 5.6.36 22:53
MELB Rushed behind 6.9.45 - 5.6.36 24:03
WBUL Jason Johannisen goal 6.9.45 - 6.6.42 26:15
Q3 WBUL Dale Morris behind 6.9.45 - 6.7.43 01:59
WBUL Patrick Lipinski goal 6.9.45 - 7.7.49 04:33
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 7.9.51 - 7.7.49 06:02
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 8.9.57 - 7.7.49 07:28
MELB Clayton Oliver goal 9.9.63 - 7.7.49 08:33
MELB Mitch Hannan goal 10.9.69 - 7.7.49 12:03
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 11.9.75 - 7.7.49 15:02
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 12.9.81 - 7.7.49 16:55
MELB Tom McDonald goal 13.9.87 - 7.7.49 18:41
WBUL Mitch Wallis goal 13.9.87 - 8.7.55 20:45
MELB Charlie Spargo goal 14.9.93 - 8.7.55 22:04
WBUL Toby McLean goal 14.9.93 - 9.7.61 23:48
WBUL Rushed behind 14.9.93 - 9.8.62 28:04
WBUL Josh Schache behind 14.9.93 - 9.9.63 31:16
Q4 MELB Mitch Hannan behind 14.10.94 - 9.9.63 01:42
MELB Tom McDonald behind 14.11.95 - 9.9.63 04:11
MELB Jordan Lewis goal 15.11.101 - 9.9.63 14:48
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 16.11.107 - 9.9.63 18:12
WBUL Jason Johannisen goal 16.11.107 - 10.9.69 21:44
MELB Tom McDonald goal 17.11.113 - 10.9.69 23:09
MELB Christian Petracca goal 18.11.119 - 10.9.69 24:37