The Western Bulldogs were 17-point victors in Friday afternoon's practice match against Carlton at VISY Park, as football returned to the suburbs.

westernbulldogs.com.au have published the key Bulldogs statistics from pre-season encounter.

Shaun Higgins was the highest possession winner on the ground with 33 disposals - including 30 before three quarter time.

Tom Liberatore amassed 20 touches and 7 clearances in just one half of football, while Koby Stevens and Jack Macrae laid 10 tackles each.

Read the match report from the practice match victory.

View the complete match photo gallery courtesy of AFL Photos.


KEY: K = kick, H = handball, D = total disposals, M = marks, CP = contested possession, UP = uncontested possession, T = tackle, I50 = inside 50m, R50 = rebound 50m, HO = hit out, CLR = clearance, G = goal, B = behind, * subbed on at half time, subbed on at three quarter time.

Statistics are courtesy of Champion Data.

No	Player	K	H	D	M	CP	UP	T	I50	R50	HO	CLR	G	B
7	Shaun Higgins	15	18	33	6	8	24		3	4		1
11	Jack Macrae	19	6	25	4	5	19	10	3	5		4	1
44	Brett Goodes	13	11	24	8	8	16	1	2	0		1
5	Matthew Boyd	13	9	22	5	10	13	6	3	4		8
8	Stewart Crameri	11	11	22	5	6	16	1	4
13	Daniel Giansiracusa	14	8	22	9	6	16	2	4	1			3	1
17	Adam Cooney	17	4	21	3	8	13		1	1		4	3	2
21	Tom Liberatore*	10	10	20	4	12	8	8	1	2		7
25	Koby Stevens	12	8	20	5	5	15	10	2	2		1	1	1
10	Easton Wood	13	7	20	7	3	13		2	4
46	Lin Jong	8	11	19	2	7	12	7	4		1	3		1
3	Mitch Wallis	5	12	17	1	10	7	5	1	1		4		1
26	Lachie Hunter	9	7	16	2	8	9	1	6			1	1	1
42	Liam Picken	9	6	15	5	2	12	1		1
29	Tory Dickson	5	9	14	2	6	8	3	1				1	2
22	Mitch Honeychurch	5	9	14	3	5	8	1	2	2		2
39	Jason Johannisen	6	5	11	2	2	10	1	3
15	Jason Tutt	4	7	11	1	4	7		2			1
38	Dale Morris	4	6	10	1	8	4	1	1
23	Jordan Roughead	8	2	10	7	1	9	3	1	1
45	Tom Campbell	3	4	7	3	4	4	3	2		9		1
49	Ayce Cordy	3	4	7	4	4	3		1				1
31	Tom Young*	6	1	7	5	2	5					1
20	Daniel Pearce+	3	2	5	2	2	3		1	1		1
27	Will Minson	2	2	4		2	2	2			31	1
36	Matt Fuller	3		3	2		3		1
	Team/Rushed													2
	W.B.	220	179	399	99	139	259	66	51	35	41	40	12	11
	CARL	193	121	314	78	133	172	76	44	38	57	39	9	12
	Diff	+27	+58	+85	+21	+6	+87	-10	+7	-3	-16	+1	+3	-1