2021 Round 4: Melbourne v Geelong

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Sunday, April 11th, 2021
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 33,728
Capacity: 100,024

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 12.13.85 - 9.6.60
Best on Ground: C. Petracca, M. Gawn, C. Oliver, J. Lever

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 4 6 . 8 9 . 9 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Geelong 1 . 1 3 . 3 8 . 3 9 . 6 9 . 6 (60)
Margin MEL by 9 MEL by 23 MEL by 12 MEL by 25 MEL by 25
Duration 28:02 31:06 33:07 30:05 2:02:20

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Chris Scott (Geelong)
Captain(s): Max Gawn (Melbourne), Joel Selwood (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Jeff Dalgleish (#7), Dan Johanson (#30), Justin Power (#4), E: Luke Porter (#45)
Goal Umpire(s): Matthew Dervan, Chelsea Roffey, E: Luke Edwards
Boundary Umpire(s): Damien Cusack, Ben MacDonald, Michael Marantelli, Lachlan Rayner
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Brownlow Votes

3 - Christian Petracca (MEL #5) 2 - Jack Viney (MEL #7) 1 - Max Gawn (MEL #11)

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team Vote(s) 5 4 3 2 1
Christian Petracca MEL 10 2 0 0 0 0
Max Gawn MEL 7 0 1 1 0 0
Clayton Oliver MEL 4 0 1 0 0 0
Ed Langdon MEL 3 0 0 1 0 0
Christian Salem MEL 2 0 0 0 1 0
Jake Lever MEL 2 0 0 0 1 0
Tom McDonald MEL 1 0 0 0 0 1
Kysaiah Pickett MEL 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics (Basic)

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CP UP CL CR FF FA RF IF MF RB OP GA
10 Brayshaw, Angus WL 81% 0 0 19 11 8 5 0 2 8 11 0 3 1 1 3 4 0 0 1 0
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPR 94% 4 1 14 12 2 8 0 1 5 10 0 4 0 1 0 3 4 0 2 2
11 Gawn, Max RU 93% 1 0 23 16 7 6 41 4 10 12 6 7 1 4 4 4 0 0 2 0
29 Hunt, Jayden HBFR 84% 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 5 7 6 1 0 2 0 4 3 0 1 2 0
6 Jackson, Luke FF 93% 0 0 10 4 6 2 12 1 9 2 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0
39 Jetta, Neville BPL 75% 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 2 4 2 1 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Jones, Nathan INT 72% 1 0 10 9 1 5 0 2 2 7 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0
23 Jordon, James INT 56% 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Langdon, Ed WR 91% 1 0 26 16 10 3 0 3 9 17 1 4 2 2 2 2 0 0 2 0
8 Lever, Jake BPR 100% 0 0 15 11 4 4 0 5 9 5 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 10 0
1 May, Steven FB↓ 26% 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 1 1 4 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0
25 McDonald, Tom CHF 89% 0 0 21 11 10 9 1 3 9 11 0 4 0 1 0 6 0 0 1 1
18 Melksham, Jake INT 75% 1 1 11 7 4 1 0 2 6 6 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 4 0
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPL 68% 1 0 13 10 3 3 0 4 7 8 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 0
13 Oliver, Clayton C 88% 0 0 34 19 15 7 0 6 14 18 6 4 2 2 3 9 0 0 2 1
5 Petracca, Christian RR 84% 2 1 36 24 12 7 0 2 15 19 9 5 1 1 0 8 1 0 2 1
36 Pickett, Kysaiah RO 73% 1 2 17 9 8 0 0 7 10 5 2 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 2
24 Rivers, Trent INT 67% 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 1 4 7 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0
3 Salem, Christian HBFL 87% 0 0 23 19 4 5 0 3 7 11 0 5 0 3 8 2 0 1 1 0
9 Spargo, Charlie HFFR 82% 0 3 15 10 5 2 0 6 8 6 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
32 Sparrow, Tom SUB↑ 39% 0 0 9 4 5 1 0 5 4 5 3 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 0
20 Tomlinson, Adam CHB 100% 0 0 8 4 4 0 0 0 3 5 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 6 0
7 Viney, Jack HFFL 82% 0 2 24 13 11 3 0 12 16 8 8 2 3 0 1 5 1 0 2 0
Rushed 3
Total 12 13 367 237 130 78 54 82 167 189 45 59 23 21 41 62 9 2 49 8

Steven May was substituted out of the game and was replaced by Tom Sparrow.

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CP UP CL CR FF FA RF IF MF RB OP GA
30 Atkins, Tom HBFL 82% 0 0 25 13 12 5 0 4 10 18 3 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 0
24 Bews, Jed BPR 84% 0 0 11 5 6 3 0 4 8 3 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 0
46 Blicavs, Mark FB 87% 0 0 9 4 5 1 14 6 3 6 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 9 0
6 Clark, Jordan HFFL 83% 1 0 10 6 4 5 0 4 4 6 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
45 Close, Brad FPR 82% 0 1 19 7 12 3 0 4 12 8 3 4 1 3 0 2 1 0 0 1
40 Dahlhaus, Luke INT 66% 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 5 6 8 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0
22 Duncan, Mitch INT 78% 0 0 21 16 5 4 0 6 3 16 3 1 2 0 6 5 0 2 0 1
29 Guthrie, Cameron RR 71% 0 0 27 16 11 6 0 4 11 16 3 2 0 1 4 5 0 0 2 0
39 Guthrie, Zach INT 75% 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 4 3 8 0 4 0 2 3 1 0 0 3 0
26 Hawkins, Tom FF 100% 2 2 12 9 3 5 0 3 7 5 2 4 1 1 0 2 3 0 0 0
25 Henderson, Lachie BPL 98% 0 0 14 11 3 5 0 1 6 5 1 1 2 0 8 1 0 0 5 0
38 Henry, Jack HFFR 100% 2 0 8 4 4 1 0 3 4 4 0 4 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0
9 Holmes, Max SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Kolodjashnij, Jake HBFR 89% 0 0 16 10 6 6 0 3 7 9 1 4 1 0 3 2 0 0 10 0
27 Menegola, Sam FPL 80% 0 0 26 11 15 2 0 0 12 14 4 4 2 1 4 2 0 0 4 1
32 Miers, Gryan CHF 85% 1 1 17 10 7 5 0 2 3 15 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0
19 Narkle, Quinton INT 56% 0 0 16 5 11 4 0 3 6 10 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
42 O'Connor, Mark C 80% 0 0 10 3 7 0 0 2 8 5 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0
14 Selwood, Joel RO 79% 0 1 30 16 14 5 0 8 14 17 3 10 4 4 0 4 0 0 1 1
7 Smith, Isaac WL 84% 2 0 21 16 5 2 0 2 4 14 2 3 0 2 4 5 0 3 0 1
1 Stanley, Rhys RU 78% 1 1 10 6 4 3 10 2 9 2 3 2 3 1 0 4 1 0 2 0
44 Stewart, Tom CHB 84% 0 0 25 20 5 9 0 1 4 13 1 3 1 1 7 1 0 0 7 0
2 Tuohy, Zach WR 75% 0 0 13 7 6 2 0 3 4 9 1 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 3 0
Rushed 0
Total 9 6 362 209 153 81 24 74 148 211 35 65 21 23 50 50 6 6 56 5

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CP: Contested Posessions, UP: Uncontested Posessions, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s, MF: Marks Inside 50, RB: Running Bounces, OP: One-Percenters, GA: Goal Assists

Player Line-Up

Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
25 L. Henderson 46 M. Blicavs 24 J. Bews 11 M. Gawn (c) 2 N. Jones
31 B. Fritsch 6 L. Jackson 30 A. Neal-Bullen 5 C. Petracca 23 J. Jordon
FORWARD 36 K. Pickett 18 J. Melksham
HALF-BACK

24 T. Rivers
30 T. Atkins 44 T. Stewart 8 J. Kolodjashnij

32 T. Sparrow
9 C. Spargo 25 T. McDonald 7 J. Viney



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



7 I. Smith 42 M. O'Connor 2 Z. Tuohy



15 E. Langdon 13 C. Oliver 10 A. Brayshaw FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 1 R. Stanley 40 L. Dahlhaus
HALF-FORWARD 29 C. Guthrie 22 M. Duncan
6 J. Clark 32 G. Miers 38 J. Henry 14 J. Selwood (c) 39 Z. Guthrie
29 J. Hunt 20 A. Tomlinson 3 C. Salem

19 Q. Narkle
HALF-BACK

9 M. Holmes
FORWARD



27 S. Menegola 26 T. Hawkins 45 B. Close



8 J. Lever 1 S. May 39 N. Jetta



BACK



Geelong Coach: Chris Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MEL Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 03:11
MEL Christian Petracca goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 03:45
MEL Jack Viney behind 1.2.8 - 0.0.0 07:33
MEL Rushed behind 1.3.9 - 0.0.0 09:18
GEE Gryan Miers goal 1.3.9 - 1.0.6 10:25
MEL Nathan Jones goal 2.3.15 - 1.0.6 13:58
MEL Jack Viney behind 2.4.16 - 1.0.6 21:52
GEE Tom Hawkins behind 2.4.16 - 1.1.7 24:06
Q2 MEL Charlie Spargo behind 2.5.17 - 1.1.7 01:24
MEL Bayley Fritsch goal 3.5.23 - 1.1.7 02:44
MEL Charlie Spargo behind 3.6.24 - 1.1.7 06:06
MEL Christian Petracca behind 3.7.25 - 1.1.7 12:11
GEE Brad Close behind 3.7.25 - 1.2.8 14:51
GEE Tom Hawkins behind 3.7.25 - 1.3.9 16:08
MEL Kysaiah Pickett behind 3.8.26 - 1.3.9 17:37
GEE Jordan Clark goal 3.8.26 - 2.3.15 19:13
MEL Bayley Fritsch goal 4.8.32 - 2.3.15 22:24
MEL Bayley Fritsch goal 5.8.38 - 2.3.15 23:39
GEE Jack Henry goal 5.8.38 - 3.3.21 27:17
MEL Christian Petracca goal 6.8.44 - 3.3.21 31:00
Q3 MEL Kysaiah Pickett goal 7.8.50 - 3.3.21 02:33
GEE Rhys Stanley goal 7.8.50 - 4.3.27 04:23
MEL Alex Neal-Bullen goal 8.8.56 - 4.3.27 07:01
MEL Rushed behind 8.9.57 - 4.3.27 08:58
GEE Tom Hawkins goal 8.9.57 - 5.3.33 16:05
GEE Jack Henry goal 8.9.57 - 6.3.39 19:15
GEE Isaac Smith goal 8.9.57 - 7.3.45 27:00
MEL Max Gawn goal 9.9.63 - 7.3.45 28:18
GEE Isaac Smith goal 9.9.63 - 8.3.51 31:22
Q4 MEL Ed Langdon goal 10.9.69 - 8.3.51 01:46
MEL Bayley Fritsch goal 11.9.75 - 8.3.51 04:57
MEL Charlie Spargo behind 11.10.76 - 8.3.51 09:13
MEL Jake Melksham behind 11.11.77 - 8.3.51 09:52
GEE Tom Hawkins goal 11.11.77 - 9.3.57 16:42
GEE Rhys Stanley behind 11.11.77 - 9.4.58 19:19
MEL Jake Melksham goal 12.11.83 - 9.4.58 20:14
GEE Joel Selwood behind 12.11.83 - 9.5.59 22:56
MEL Kysaiah Pickett behind 12.12.84 - 9.5.59 25:10
GEE Gryan Miers behind 12.12.84 - 9.6.60 25:45
MEL Bayley Fritsch behind 12.13.85 - 9.6.60 28:31