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West Coast
14.12.96
Melbourne
15.9.99
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West Coast
Melbourne
Q1
2.5.17
3.1.19

    West Coast Events

  • 1 mins - Goal, D.Petrie
  • 14 mins - Behind, L.Shuey
  • 18 mins - Behind, J.Cripps
  • 23 mins - Goal, D.Petrie
  • 26 mins - Behind, J.McGovern
  • 28 mins - Behind, L.Duggan
  • 30 mins - Behind, J.McGovern

    West Coast and Melbourne Events

  • 5 mins - Goal, B.Stretch
  • 19 mins - Goal, A.Neal-Bullen
  • 21 mins - Behind, T.McDonald
  • 22 mins - Goal, J.Viney
Q2
5.7.37
6.6.42

    West Coast Events

  • 3 mins - Goal, J.McGovern
  • 6 mins - Behind, J.McGovern
  • 9 mins - Goal, J.Hill
  • 16 mins - Behind, J.Cripps
  • 25 mins - Goal, D.Petrie

    West Coast and Melbourne Events

  • 1 mins - Behind, M.Hannan
  • 7 mins - Goal, T.Bugg
  • 10 mins - Goal, M.Hannan
  • 13 mins - Behind, T.McDonald
  • 14 mins - Goal, T.McDonald
  • 22 mins - Behind, D.Tyson
  • 26 mins - Behind, A.Neal-Bullen
  • 30 mins - Behind, M.Hannan
Q3
11.10.76
10.8.68

    West Coast Events

  • 1 mins - Goal, D.Petrie
  • 8 mins - Behind, J.Darling
  • 10 mins - Goal, D.Sheed
  • 15 mins - Goal, M.Karpany
  • 24 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 25 mins - Goal, A.Gaff
  • 27 mins - Goal, M.Hutchings
  • 29 mins - Goal, J.McGovern
  • 35 mins - Behind, D.Sheed

    West Coast and Melbourne Events

  • 6 mins - Goal, J.Melksham
  • 12 mins - Goal, T.McDonald
  • 14 mins - Goal, T.McDonald
  • 21 mins - Goal, A.Neal-Bullen
  • 22 mins - Behind, C.Oliver
  • 28 mins - Rushed Behind
Q4
14.12.96
15.9.99

    West Coast Events

  • 2 mins - Goal, M.Hutchings
  • 9 mins - Goal, J.Hill
  • 13 mins - Goal, J.McGovern
  • 17 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 18 mins - Behind, L.Jetta

    West Coast and Melbourne Events

  • 4 mins - Goal, C.Petracca
  • 8 mins - Goal, J.Harmes
  • 20 mins - Goal, C.Pedersen
  • 21 mins - Goal, T.McDonald
  • 24 mins - Behind, C.Pedersen
  • 30 mins - Goal, T.McDonald

Scorers

West Coast
Melbourne
Goal Scorers West Coast Melbourne
Goals and Behinds Petrie (4.0), McGovern (3.3), Hill (2.0), Hutchings (2.0), Sheed (1.1), Gaff (1.0), Karpany (1.0), Cripps (0.2), Darling (0.1), Duggan (0.1), Jetta (0.1), Shuey (0.1) McDonald (5.2), Neal-Bullen (2.1), Hannan (1.2), Pedersen (1.1), Bugg (1.0), Harmes (1.0), Melksham (1.0), Petracca (1.0), Stretch (1.0), Viney (1.0), Oliver (0.1), Tyson (0.1)

Team Statistics

West Coast
Melbourne

Statistics

West Coast Melbourne
Goals 14 15
Behinds 12 9
Scoring shots 29 28
Goals/scoring shots 48 54
Disposals 351 412
West CoastGoal Scorers
Players D K M H CP T FF FA HO CL
T.Barrass 18 11 10 7 8 0 1 1 0 0
T.Cole 8 4 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 0
J.Cripps 13 8 3 5 5 3 1 0 0 0
J.Darling 14 8 5 6 5 2 0 2 0 0
L.Duggan 19 11 5 8 9 1 0 0 0 1
A.Gaff 27 16 2 11 11 6 1 2 0 2
J.Hill 8 5 1 3 3 5 1 0 0 0
S.Hurn 5 3 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0
M.Hutchings 13 11 3 2 4 7 2 0 0 4
L.Jetta 22 14 3 8 8 2 1 0 0 4
M.Karpany 15 7 1 8 6 2 2 1 0 3
E.Mackenzie 16 10 7 6 4 2 1 1 0 0
J.McGovern 15 11 9 4 14 5 2 2 0 0
S.Mitchell 27 11 0 16 11 1 0 0 0 6
D.Petrie 19 14 8 5 9 3 4 1 8 2
M.Priddis 17 6 1 11 9 9 3 1 0 3
W.Schofield 6 3 1 3 2 4 1 1 0 0
D.Sheed 21 14 3 7 10 6 0 0 0 4
B.Sheppard 13 4 4 9 5 2 1 0 0 1
L.Shuey 20 10 2 10 11 4 3 2 0 6
N.Vardy 13 6 3 7 7 6 1 1 33 4
E.Yeo 22 10 4 12 11 6 0 1 0 6
MelbourneGoal Scorers
Players D K M H CP T FF FA HO CL
T.Bugg 9 5 2 4 0 4 0 1 0 0
S.Frost 13 7 3 6 4 2 1 1 0 1
J.Garlett 4 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0
M.Gawn 15 7 4 8 5 1 1 0 42 1
M.Hannan 17 9 3 8 8 3 1 1 0 3
J.Harmes 21 7 2 14 6 5 0 0 0 0
M.Hibberd 26 12 3 14 8 1 1 0 0 2
J.Hunt 13 4 0 9 2 4 0 2 0 1
N.Jetta 11 6 2 5 4 2 0 1 0 0
J.Lewis 29 7 3 22 10 1 1 2 0 4
O.McDonald 7 3 2 4 4 3 1 2 0 0
T.McDonald 17 12 8 5 8 0 1 2 6 1
J.Melksham 18 12 4 6 4 3 0 1 0 1
A.Neal-Bullen 13 6 0 7 1 4 1 0 0 0
C.Oliver 28 7 2 21 18 7 1 5 0 8
C.Pedersen 15 7 3 8 7 2 0 1 7 2
C.Petracca 20 7 1 13 10 2 0 1 0 6
C.Salem 16 7 3 9 4 4 1 0 0 1
B.Stretch 22 5 1 17 13 4 2 0 0 0
D.Tyson 33 12 2 21 18 5 1 2 0 7
B.Vince 27 18 8 9 6 5 0 1 0 2
J.Viney 38 11 3 27 26 2 3 2 0 9

Match Details

West Coast
Melbourne
START TIME
7:40PM
VENUE
Domain Stadium
Umpires
Andrew Stephens, Brett Rosebury, Andrew Mitchell
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West Coast v Melbourne: Tom McDonald's goalkicking heroics snatch incredible win

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MELBOURNE 3.1 6.6 10.8 15.9 (99)
WEST COAST 2.5 5.7 11.10 14.12 (96)

Goals: Melbourne: T McDonald 5, Neal-Bullen 2, Stretch, Pedersen, Petracca, Harmes, Melksham, Viney, Hannan, Bugg. West Coast: Pet4, McGovern 3, Hill 2, Hutchings 2, Gaff, Sheed, Karpany.
Best: Melbourne: Viney, T McDonald, Tyson, Vince, Gawn, Oliver. West Coast: Petrie, McGovern, Sheed, Hutchings, Sheppard, Mitchell
Umpires: Brett Rosebury, Andrew Mitchell, Andrew Stephens.
Crowd: 36,622 at Domain Stadium.

Surely Melbourne supporters can now start to dream about September action.

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Demons' epic finish breaks western drought

Melbourne continued their push for the top four with a thrilling late win over the Eagles.

The Demons beat West Coast by three points on Saturday night to break a 17-game losing streak at Domain Stadium.

It's the first time in 11 years that they have been able to string together four victories in a row.

Five goals from regular defender Tom McDonald, including the match winner with 24 seconds to go, got the Demons over the line.

They move to 8-5 and are in fifth place on the ladder, going stride for stride with the top teams in the competition.

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They add Saturday's win in Perth to round eight's victory over the Crows at Adelaide Oval. With a win over the Gold Coast in Darwin in round 10, they are also the only side to be unbeaten interstate this season.

The Demons are the real deal, and they beat West Coast without Nathan Jones, Jack Watts and Jesse Hogan – who are all due back in the coming weeks.

Jack Viney filled the void left by injured captain Jones with 38 possessions, nine clearances and a goal.

With McDonald in attack, they were able to find avenues to goal.

But late in the final term it looked as though the Eagles' marking power in attack was going to take its toll. Drew Petrie (four goals) and Jeremy McGovern (two) looked likely to carry to Eagles to another home victory.

Dom Sheed (21 possessions), Andew Gaff (27) and Sam Mitchell (27) were all running out the game strongly. West Coast had led by 16 points at the 17-minute mark of the final term when Lewis Jetta missed a set shot.

Even though he'd missed, the Eagles had kicked the two previous goals and looked to be running out the game the better.

An AC injury to Viney early in the third term had looked to have sunk the Demons' chances.

Viney was clearly the best player on the ground in the opening half, with 23 touches, a goal and five clearances. His efforts saw the Demons in front by five points at half-time.

A big hit from Eagles captain Shannon Hurn took its toll on Viney's shoulder and he was forced from the ground and into the changerooms.

He returned, but the momentum, particularly in contested football, where Melbourne had done so well early, had swung.

Consecutive goals from McDonald and another from Alex Neal-Bullen saw Melbourne kick away to an 11-point lead though.

It didn't help that Christian Salem was sidelined for the second half with a hamstring injury and Jeff Garlett was clearly carrying a similar problem (four possessions and no score).

The return of Max Gawn will give Melbourne plenty of hope going into the second half of the season too. The big ruckman has been missing since round three because of a hamstring injury.

The Demons had won hit-outs against St Kilda and Carlton in the opening two rounds when Gawn was on the field, but did not finish in front in that statistic again until Saturday night (55-41).

By half-time, Gawn had 20 hit-outs, 11 of them to the advantage of his midfielders, and didn't they love it. He finished with 15 touches and 42 hit-outs.

Melbourne led the clearances 24-19 after two quarters, with Viney, Christian Petracca (four), Clayton Oliver (three) and Jordan Lewis (three) clearly happy that Gawn was back.

Melbourne's finals hopes get another big test on Friday night when they host Sydney at MCG, while West Coast will need to win in Melbourne, against the Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium, to get back on track.

Votes

J Viney (Melb) 9

D Petrie (WC) 8

T McDonald (Melb) 9

J McGovern (WC) 8

B Vince (Melb) 7