2021 AFL Round 11: Western Bulldogs v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 28 May 2021 between Western Bulldogs and Melbourne during round 11 of the 2021 AFL season. Western Bulldogs hosted Melbourne at Marvel Stadium. Marcus Bontempelli captained the hosts. Max Gawn captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Luke Beveridge and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

Western Bulldogs
Back: J. Johannisen, A. Keath, H. Crozier
Half-back: B. Williams, Z. Cordy, C. Daniel
Centre: B. Dale, T. Liberatore, L. McNeil
Half-forward: L. Hunter, J. Bruce, C. Weightman
Forward: T. English, A. Naughton, M. Bontempelli (capt.)
Follower: J. Sweet, J. Macrae, B. Smith
Int.: T. Duryea, R. Garcia, P. Lipinski, R. Smith
Sub.: L. Butler

Melbourne
Back: M. Hibberd, S. May, J. Lever
Half-back: C. Salem, H. Petty, J. Hunt
Centre: A. Brayshaw, C. Petracca, E. Langdon
Half-forward: K. Pickett, T. McDonald, C. Spargo
Forward: B. Fritsch, S. Weideman, A. Neal-Bullen
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), C. Oliver, J. Harmes
Int.: L. Jackson, J. Jordon, J. Melksham, T. Rivers
Sub.: T. Sparrow

Western Bulldogs (8.11.59) were defeated by Melbourne (13.9.87).

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: J. Bruce (3), T. English (2), C. Daniel, A. Naughton, C. Weightman
Melbourne: B. Fritsch (3), T. McDonald (3), S. Weideman (2), M. Gawn, J. Harmes, J. Jordon, C. Petracca, K. Pickett

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs were then 2nd on the ladder (down from 1st) and Melbourne were then 1st on the ladder (up from 2nd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Melbourne
Date: Friday 28 May 2021
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. by Melbourne
Score: 8.11.59 - 13.9.87

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Western Bulldogs	2	.	2	6	.	5	6	.	8	8	.	11	8	.	11	(59)
Melbourne	6	.	5	9	.	6	12	.	8	13	.	9	13	.	9	(87)
Margin	MELB by 27			MELB by 19			MELB by 36			MELB by 28			MELB by 28
Duration	32:30			29:54			28:27			27:45			1:58:36

Honour Roll

Coaches: Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captains: Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs), Max Gawn (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Chamberlain (#18), A. Stephens (#12), N. Williamson (#22), E: R. O'Gorman (#10)
Goal Umpire: M. Dervan, D. Wilson, E: M. Maclure
Boundary Umpire: J. Andrews, M. Jenkinson, D. Main, L. Rayner

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Clayton Oliver	MELB	13	3
Max Gawn	MELB	11	2
Jake Lever	MELB	8	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Max Gawn	MELB	11	9	1	1	0	0	0
Clayton Oliver	MELB	13	9	1	1	0	0	0
James Harmes	MELB	4	4	0	0	?	?	?
Jake Lever	MELB	8	4	0	0	?	?	?
Christian Petracca	MELB	5	3	0	0	?	?	?
Tom McDonald	MELB	25	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
4	Bontempelli, Marcus (c)	FPR	84%	0	1	30	16	14	6	0	8	5	4	2	3	3	6
17	Bruce, Josh	CHF	89%	3	1	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
18	Butler, Louis	SUB↑	54%	0	0	10	6	4	5	0	2	1	2	0	1	0	0
12	Cordy, Zaine	CHB	100%	0	0	16	15	1	8	0	0	0	2	2	1	8	0
9	Crozier, Hayden	BPR	79%	0	0	26	18	8	9	0	3	0	1	2	0	3	2
31	Dale, Bailey	WL	80%	0	0	30	21	9	10	0	1	2	4	0	0	3	3
35	Daniel, Caleb	HBFR	84%	1	0	26	15	11	3	0	1	2	5	1	1	2	2
15	Duryea, Taylor	INT	81%	0	0	15	9	6	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
44	English, Tim	FPL	82%	2	0	15	9	6	9	9	3	1	1	0	1	1	1
38	Garcia, Riley	INT↓	19%	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
7	Hunter, Lachie	HFFL	81%	0	0	27	16	11	4	0	2	3	1	3	0	2	3
39	Johannisen, Jason	BPL	78%	0	0	8	4	4	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	3
42	Keath, Alex	FB	100%	0	0	8	5	3	3	0	4	0	2	1	1	0	1
21	Liberatore, Tom	C	77%	0	0	16	11	5	4	0	6	4	4	2	1	0	6
27	Lipinski, Patrick	INT	79%	0	0	23	11	12	7	0	4	4	3	1	0	2	1
11	Macrae, Jack	RR	86%	0	0	36	20	16	7	0	9	6	2	1	1	1	6
30	McNeil, Lachlan	WR	87%	0	1	9	4	5	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1
33	Naughton, Aaron	FF	86%	1	1	14	8	6	8	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	3
6	Smith, Bailey	RO	78%	0	0	27	16	11	2	0	3	5	4	0	1	2	4
37	Smith, Roarke	INT	74%	0	0	20	9	11	4	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	3
41	Sweet, Jordon	RU	67%	0	0	3	1	2	1	17	1	1	1	0	0	1	0
19	Weightman, Cody	HFFR	79%	1	1	10	5	5	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	3
34	Williams, Bailey	HBFL	77%	0	0	18	11	7	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	1
Rushed					6
Total (23 players)				8	11	393	235	158	105	26	57	36	46	16	15	31	52

L. Butler replaced R. Garcia.

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
10	Brayshaw, Angus	WL	85%	0	0	13	9	4	6	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	3
31	Fritsch, Bayley	FPL	82%	3	2	12	11	1	10	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1
11	Gawn, Max (c)	RU	84%	1	1	21	13	8	5	27	4	5	6	1	1	2	4
4	Harmes, James	RO	87%	1	0	23	11	12	5	0	7	5	4	0	3	3	3
14	Hibberd, Michael	BPL	78%	0	0	10	7	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1
29	Hunt, Jayden	HBFR	80%	0	0	7	6	1	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	2
6	Jackson, Luke	INT	75%	0	0	8	2	6	0	11	2	1	4	1	1	1	1
23	Jordon, James	INT	70%	1	0	14	9	5	2	0	6	2	2	1	1	1	3
15	Langdon, Ed	WR↓	83%	0	0	15	6	9	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0
8	Lever, Jake	BPR	97%	0	0	16	10	6	5	0	1	0	0	2	0	5	2
1	May, Steven	FB	97%	0	0	22	18	4	5	0	2	0	5	1	2	7	0
25	McDonald, Tom	CHF	84%	3	0	10	9	1	7	0	2	0	3	0	3	0	4
18	Melksham, Jake	INT	63%	0	0	15	9	6	1	0	0	1	3	1	2	1	2
30	Neal-Bullen, Alex	FPR	71%	0	0	15	12	3	7	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	3
13	Oliver, Clayton	RR	93%	0	0	33	13	20	5	0	5	5	2	1	0	2	4
5	Petracca, Christian	C	92%	1	0	24	12	12	2	0	3	6	3	1	0	1	5
35	Petty, Harry	CHB	81%	0	0	11	9	2	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	0
36	Pickett, Kysaiah	HFFL	77%	1	1	11	6	5	4	0	3	1	4	0	1	0	2
24	Rivers, Trent	INT	85%	0	0	19	13	6	3	0	0	1	4	0	1	5	1
3	Salem, Christian	HBFL	83%	0	0	18	10	8	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	6	0
9	Spargo, Charlie	HFFR	75%	0	2	16	11	5	5	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	3
32	Sparrow, Tom	SUB↑	1%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	Weideman, Sam	FF	78%	2	1	6	5	1	5	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	2
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				13	9	339	211	128	96	38	46	27	57	15	16	44	46

T. Sparrow replaced E. Langdon.

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
	14	M. Hibberd	1	S. May	8	J. Lever	41	J. Sweet	15	T. Duryea
	4	M. Bontempelli (c)	33	A. Naughton	44	T. English	11	J. Macrae	38	R. Garcia
FORWARD							6	B. Smith	27	P. Lipinski
HALF-BACK									37	R. Smith
	3	C. Salem	35	H. Petty	29	J. Hunt			18	L. Butler
	19	C. Weightman	17	J. Bruce	7	L. Hunter
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	10	A. Brayshaw	5	C. Petracca	15	E. Langdon
	30	L. McNeil	21	T. Liberatore	31	B. Dale	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							11	M. Gawn (c)	6	L. Jackson
HALF-FORWARD							13	C. Oliver	23	J. Jordon
	36	K. Pickett	25	T. McDonald	9	C. Spargo	4	J. Harmes	18	J. Melksham
	35	C. Daniel	12	Z. Cordy	34	B. Williams			24	T. Rivers
HALF-BACK									32	T. Sparrow
FORWARD
	31	B. Fritsch	26	S. Weideman	30	A. Neal-Bullen
	9	H. Crozier	42	A. Keath	39	J. Johannisen
BACK
Melbourne							Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	MELB	James Harmes goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	00:21
	WBUL	Rushed behind	0.1.1	-	1.0.6	03:12
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch behind	0.1.1	-	1.1.7	05:46
	MELB	Christian Petracca goal	0.1.1	-	2.1.13	06:20
	WBUL	Cody Weightman goal	1.1.7	-	2.1.13	07:31
	MELB	Max Gawn behind	1.1.7	-	2.2.14	08:42
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch goal	1.1.7	-	3.2.20	09:36
	WBUL	Lachlan McNeil behind	1.2.8	-	3.2.20	13:23
	MELB	Charlie Spargo behind	1.2.8	-	3.3.21	15:19
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton goal	2.2.14	-	3.3.21	17:49
	MELB	Rushed behind	2.2.14	-	3.4.22	19:01
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch goal	2.2.14	-	4.4.28	22:06
	MELB	James Jordon goal	2.2.14	-	5.4.34	24:12
	MELB	Charlie Spargo behind	2.2.14	-	5.5.35	26:50
	MELB	Max Gawn goal	2.2.14	-	6.5.41	29:05
Q2	WBUL	Josh Bruce goal	3.2.20	-	6.5.41	00:57
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett behind	3.2.20	-	6.6.42	02:46
	WBUL	Rushed behind	3.3.21	-	6.6.42	03:37
	WBUL	Tim English goal	4.3.27	-	6.6.42	05:22
	MELB	Tom McDonald goal	4.3.27	-	7.6.48	07:21
	MELB	Tom McDonald goal	4.3.27	-	8.6.54	10:23
	WBUL	Cody Weightman behind	4.4.28	-	8.6.54	13:02
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett goal	4.4.28	-	9.6.60	20:46
	WBUL	Caleb Daniel goal	5.4.34	-	9.6.60	24:33
	WBUL	Rushed behind	5.5.35	-	9.6.60	26:34
	WBUL	Tim English goal	6.5.41	-	9.6.60	27:52
Q3	WBUL	Josh Bruce behind	6.6.42	-	9.6.60	05:24
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch goal	6.6.42	-	10.6.66	10:04
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch behind	6.6.42	-	10.7.67	13:11
	WBUL	Rushed behind	6.7.43	-	10.7.67	14:25
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton behind	6.8.44	-	10.7.67	16:33
	MELB	Sam Weideman goal	6.8.44	-	11.7.73	20:57
	MELB	Sam Weideman goal	6.8.44	-	12.7.79	22:46
	MELB	Rushed behind	6.8.44	-	12.8.80	23:54
Q4	WBUL	Rushed behind	6.9.45	-	12.8.80	02:07
	MELB	Tom McDonald goal	6.9.45	-	13.8.86	04:28
	WBUL	Josh Bruce goal	7.9.51	-	13.8.86	10:05
	WBUL	Marcus Bontempelli behind	7.10.52	-	13.8.86	17:06
	MELB	Sam Weideman behind	7.10.52	-	13.9.87	18:29
	WBUL	Josh Bruce goal	8.10.58	-	13.9.87	19:45
	WBUL	Rushed behind	8.11.59	-	13.9.87	23:11

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