Melbourne v Western Bulldogs – Round 1 2022 Stats, Scores & Goal Kickers | FanCrew

2022 AFLRound 1Wed, 16 Mar, 7:10 pm AEDT

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9771

14.1311.5

Melbourne by 26

Western BulldogsBulldogs

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Scores at each change
Club	QT	HT	3QT	FT
MEL	4.5 29	6.6 42	10.8 68	14.13 97
WBD	2.2 14	8.3 51	8.5 53	11.5 71

MCG, MelbourneRain, 27°Lead changes 2

Recap

Melbourne too strong for Bulldogs

Melbourne 14.13 (97) beat the Western Bulldogs 11.5 (71) at MCG in Round 1, a 26-point win after trailing by 22.

Ben Brown kicked three goals for Melbourne and Bayley Fritsch two; Aaron Naughton kicked four for Bulldogs.

Christian Petracca led the way with 38 disposals, two goals and 9 clearances.

A run of six straight goals across the second and third quarters turned a 22-point deficit into a 16-point lead.

Bulldogs won the clearances 40–30 but couldn’t convert it.

In context

Melbourne’s 8th win in a row, going back to last season.
A career-high 154 AFL Fantasy points for Bailey Smith (previous best 131).

Best on ground

More from Round 1

Thursday 17 March

FTCarlton14.17101–11.1076Richmond

Friday 18 March

FT

Disposals

Goals

Marks

Tackles

Melbourne14.1397

Melbourne player stats. Column headers sort the table.
Player
5C. Petracca	9.7	38	2	1	8	2	9	142	24	14	11	0
13C. Oliver	7.9	32	0	0	6	5	6	100	19	13	4	0
7J. Viney	7.4	23	1	0	5	4	4	96	11	12	3	0
30A. Neal-Bullen	7.2	18	0	1	3	7	0	85	10	8	6	0
15E. Langdon	7.1	22	1	0	3	0	1	68	12	10	5	0
11M. Gawn	6.9	14	1	0	4	1	4	79	11	3	5	34
50B. Brown	6.9	13	3	3	8	0	0	77	9	4	1	0
6L. JacksonInt	6.9	12	1	1	5	4	1	72	3	9	1	10
4J. HarmesInt	6.6	17	1	0	1	5	2	68	6	11	3	0
10A. Brayshaw	6.5	23	0	0	6	3	0	86	12	11	2	0
23J. Jordon	6.5	20	0	0	4	2	0	73	10	10	0	0
1S. May	6.4	14	0	0	7	0	0	59	13	1	1	0
9C. Spargo	6.1	14	0	1	2	2	0	50	8	6	4	0
31B. Fritsch	6.0	9	2	2	4	1	0	53	8	1	2	0
25T. McDonald	5.9	12	0	1	5	0	0	48	10	2	1	0
32T. SparrowInt	5.8	13	0	0	5	2	2	52	6	7	3	0
44J. Smith	5.7	11	0	0	5	2	0	49	10	1	0	0
17J. BoweyInt	5.7	9	1	0	2	0	1	38	8	1	1	0
29J. Hunt	5.6	11	0	0	4	1	0	45	7	4	0	0
12T. BedfordSub	5.6	9	0	1	3	2	0	43	5	4	1	0
36K. Pickett	5.3	5	1	0	2	2	0	30	5	0	2	0
20A. Tomlinson	5.1	8	0	0	4	1	0	35	6	2	0	0
3C. Salem	–	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0
Team		350	14	11	96	46	30	1451	213	137	56	44

Western Bulldogs11.571

Western Bulldogs player stats. Column headers sort the table.
Player
11J. Macrae	8.8	39	0	0	5	3	11	120	19	20	6	0
6B. SmithInt	8.6	33	0	1	7	11	8	154	20	13	5	0
44T. English	7.9	20	0	1	6	2	8	106	16	4	1	18
9H. Crozier	7.8	19	1	0	12	3	0	100	14	5	2	0
31B. Dale	7.7	25	1	0	6	0	1	92	17	8	3	0
4M. Bontempelli	7.7	17	1	0	7	7	1	100	13	4	4	0
33A. Naughton	7.7	14	4	1	6	0	1	88	12	2	3	1
5J. Dunkley	7.6	29	0	1	4	5	3	103	14	15	4	0
1A. Treloar	7.2	26	2	0	5	0	3	95	16	10	4	0
35C. Daniel	7.0	26	0	0	6	2	0	89	14	12	2	0
20E. RichardsInt	6.8	14	0	0	2	4	1	57	6	8	1	0
37R. Smith	6.1	16	0	0	5	1	0	58	7	9	2	0
21T. Liberatore	6.1	14	0	0	4	4	1	64	8	6	3	0
23L. Vandermeer	5.9	17	0	0	2	2	1	54	6	11	3	0
7L. HunterInt	5.9	13	0	0	4	3	0	58	7	6	1	0
42A. Keath	5.4	9	0	0	1	0	0	28	6	3	0	0
34B. Williams	5.3	16	0	0	4	1	0	47	11	5	3	0
29M. Hannan	5.2	8	1	0	0	0	0	28	5	3	1	0
43R. Gardner	4.9	7	0	0	3	1	0	34	6	1	0	0
19C. Weightman	4.9	5	1	0	1	1	0	24	3	2	1	0
13J. SchacheInt	4.7	6	0	0	2	0	0	19	3	3	2	0
12Z. Cordy	4.3	3	0	0	0	3	1	15	1	2	0	1
2J. Ugle-HaganSub	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team		376	11	4	92	53	40	1533	224	152	51	20

Bold marks each side's best in a column; tap a heading to sort. RTG is the FanCrew rating, AF is AFL Fantasy points.

First quarterMEL 4.5 (29) · WBD 2.2 (14)

2:35GoalE. LangdonMEL1.0 (6) – 0.0 (0)
4:51GoalB. BrownMEL2.0 (12) – 0.0 (0)
8:41GoalJ. VineyMEL3.0 (18) – 0.0 (0)
9:43BehindB. FritschMEL3.1 (19) – 0.0 (0)
11:05BehindB. BrownMEL3.2 (20) – 0.0 (0)
15:11RushedBulldogsWBD3.2 (20) – 0.1 (1)
16:13BehindC. SpargoMEL3.3 (21) – 0.1 (1)
17:24BehindB. SmithWBD3.3 (21) – 0.2 (2)
18:27BehindB. BrownMEL3.4 (22) – 0.2 (2)
20:16BehindT. McDonaldMEL3.5 (23) – 0.2 (2)
21:39GoalJ. BoweyMEL4.5 (29) – 0.2 (2)
26:53GoalH. CrozierWBD4.5 (29) – 1.2 (8)
29:37GoalC. WeightmanWBD4.5 (29) – 2.2 (14)

Second quarterMEL 2.1 (13) · WBD 6.1 (37)

0:28GoalA. NaughtonWBD4.5 (29) – 3.2 (20)
1:38BehindA. NaughtonWBD4.5 (29) – 3.3 (21)
5:04GoalB. DaleWBD4.5 (29) – 4.3 (27)
6:59GoalA. NaughtonWBDLead change4.5 (29) – 5.3 (33)
8:22GoalA. TreloarWBD4.5 (29) – 6.3 (39)
10:01GoalA. NaughtonWBD4.5 (29) – 7.3 (45)
12:24GoalM. HannanWBD4.5 (29) – 8.3 (51)
15:46GoalB. BrownMEL5.5 (35) – 8.3 (51)
20:25RushedMelbourneMEL5.6 (36) – 8.3 (51)
25:51GoalC. PetraccaMEL6.6 (42) – 8.3 (51)

Third quarterMEL 4.2 (26) · WBD 0.2 (2)

2:13GoalB. BrownMEL7.6 (48) – 8.3 (51)
6:24GoalB. FritschMELLead change8.6 (54) – 8.3 (51)
9:14BehindT. EnglishWBD8.6 (54) – 8.4 (52)
12:20BehindJ. DunkleyWBD8.6 (54) – 8.5 (53)
14:58GoalB. FritschMEL9.6 (60) – 8.5 (53)
16:52GoalL. JacksonMEL10.6 (66) – 8.5 (53)
25:34BehindB. BrownMEL10.7 (67) – 8.5 (53)
26:38BehindB. FritschMEL10.8 (68) – 8.5 (53)

Last quarterMEL 4.5 (29) · WBD 3.0 (18)

1:18BehindL. JacksonMEL10.9 (69) – 8.5 (53)
2:47GoalM. BontempelliWBD10.9 (69) – 9.5 (59)
6:25GoalA. NaughtonWBD10.9 (69) – 10.5 (65)
11:09GoalM. GawnMEL11.9 (75) – 10.5 (65)
13:02BehindC. PetraccaMEL11.10 (76) – 10.5 (65)
16:07RushedMelbourneMEL11.11 (77) – 10.5 (65)
17:42GoalJ. HarmesMEL12.11 (83) – 10.5 (65)
23:06BehindA. Neal-BullenMEL12.12 (84) – 10.5 (65)
24:53BehindT. BedfordMEL12.13 (85) – 10.5 (65)
26:25GoalC. PetraccaMEL13.13 (91) – 10.5 (65)
27:56GoalA. TreloarWBD13.13 (91) – 11.5 (71)
29:54GoalK. PickettMEL14.13 (97) – 11.5 (71)