2006 AFL Round 5: Melbourne v Kangaroos

This is the match report for the match played on 29 April 2006 between Melbourne and Kangaroos during round 5 of the 2006 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Kangaroos at MCG. Adam Simpson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neale Daniher and the visitors were coached by Dean Laidley.

Melbourne
C. Bartram, M. Bate, N. Brown, C. Bruce, N. Carroll, A. Davey, S. Godfrey, B. Green, B. Holland, M. Jamar, T. Johnstone, J. McDonald, B. Miller, B. Moloney, B. Pickett, J. Rivers, R. Robertson, C. Sylvia, P. Wheatley, M. Whelan, J. White, A. Yze

Kangaroos
A. Simpson (capt.), G. Archer, L. Brown, M. Firrito, S. Grant, K. Green, D. Hale, L. Harding, D. Harris, B. Harvey, J. Hay, C. Jones, T. Makepeace, J. Perry, D. Petrie, D. Pratt, B. Rawlings, S. Rocca, E. Sansbury, J. Sinclair, N. Thompson, D. Wells

Melbourne (13.12.90) defeated Kangaroos (12.14.86).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: A. Yze (4), A. Davey (3), M. Bate, B. Green, T. Johnstone, J. McDonald, R. Robertson, P. Wheatley
Kangaroos: N. Thompson (5), K. Green (2), B. Harvey (2), S. Grant, D. Hale, D. Pratt

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 10th on the ladder (up from 13th) and Kangaroos remained 15th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2006 AFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Melbourne v Kangaroos
Date: Saturday 29 April 2006
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 30,392

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Kangaroos
Score: 13.12.90 - 12.14.86

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 3 7 . 5 9 . 9 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Kangaroos 2 . 4 3 . 9 9 . 12 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Margin KANG by 7 MELB by 20 KANG by 3 MELB by 4 MELB by 4
Duration 25:08 29:59 29:35 28:03 1:52:45

Honour Roll

Coaches: Neale Daniher (Melbourne), Dean Laidley (Kangaroos)
Captains: unknown (Melbourne), Adam Simpson (Kangaroos)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Chamberlain (#18), C. Donlon (#1), S. Wenn (#22)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Byron Pickett MELB 33 3
Adem Yze MELB 13 2
Nathan Thompson KANG 23 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Byron Pickett MELB 33 10 2 0 0 0 0
Nathan Thompson KANG 23 8 0 2 0 0 0
Aaron Davey MELB 36 3 0 0 1 0 0
Adem Yze MELB 13 3 0 0 1 0 0
Cameron Bruce MELB 32 2 0 0 0 1 0
Matthew Whelan MELB 45 2 0 0 0 1 0
Leigh Brown KANG 16 1 0 0 0 0 1
Michael Firrito KANG 24 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
19 Bartram, Clint ? 77% 0 0 13 5 8 2 0 6 2 2 1 0 0 2
6 Bate, Matthew ? 72% 1 1 11 5 6 5 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 3
25 Brown, Nathan ? 94% 0 0 14 11 3 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
32 Bruce, Cameron ? 100% 0 2 23 9 14 7 0 1 6 4 0 3 1 4
41 Carroll, Nathan ? 100% 0 0 10 6 4 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0
36 Davey, Aaron ? 99% 3 0 19 17 2 7 0 2 3 5 1 2 0 1
30 Godfrey, Simon ? 72% 0 0 10 4 6 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0
18 Green, Brad ? 90% 1 0 19 14 5 3 1 1 1 5 2 1 2 3
4 Holland, Ben ? 32% 0 0 9 5 4 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1
40 Jamar, Mark ? 49% 0 0 9 4 5 7 7 1 1 2 0 1 0 1
16 Johnstone, Travis ? 83% 1 0 20 15 5 5 0 0 2 0 1 0 7 3
23 McDonald, James ? 97% 1 1 15 10 5 4 0 8 2 2 0 2 0 2
7 Miller, Brad ? 100% 0 0 10 6 4 5 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 1
22 Moloney, Brent ? 64% 0 1 12 7 5 2 0 1 2 3 0 1 0 2
33 Pickett, Byron ? 97% 0 0 21 17 4 3 0 3 3 1 1 0 4 2
27 Rivers, Jared ? 81% 0 0 9 7 2 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 1
24 Robertson, Russell ? 77% 1 0 12 9 3 5 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 4
12 Sylvia, Colin ? 87% 0 1 10 5 5 3 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 3
31 Wheatley, Paul ? 63% 1 0 4 4 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
45 Whelan, Matthew ? 100% 0 0 11 5 6 5 0 3 0 3 0 1 9 0
34 White, Jeff ? 66% 0 0 9 4 5 1 22 6 2 1 2 0 0 1
13 Yze, Adem ? 100% 4 2 19 15 4 6 1 2 2 3 1 1 2 5
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 13 12 289 184 105 99 32 58 30 41 9 14 35 44

Kangaroos

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
11 Archer, Glenn ? 71% 0 0 14 9 5 5 0 1 1 0 2 0 6 1
16 Brown, Leigh ? 100% 0 0 20 17 3 14 0 2 0 2 2 0 5 1
24 Firrito, Michael ? 94% 0 0 18 10 8 5 0 4 0 4 1 1 0 4
6 Grant, Shannon ? 91% 1 0 18 11 7 7 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 5
15 Green, Kasey ? 83% 2 0 17 10 7 9 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 3
31 Hale, David ? 78% 1 0 12 9 3 6 14 2 3 3 0 2 0 3
39 Harding, Leigh ? 68% 0 2 6 4 2 1 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0
4 Harris, Daniel ? 76% 0 0 15 10 5 5 0 8 4 2 1 0 1 2
29 Harvey, Brent ? 92% 2 1 15 9 6 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 2
2 Hay, Jonathan ? 88% 0 0 8 5 3 5 0 2 0 2 1 0 3 0
21 Jones, Corey ? 71% 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 3
35 Makepeace, Troy ? 100% 0 0 21 14 7 6 0 2 1 1 0 0 4 2
37 Perry, Joel ? 65% 0 0 11 7 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
20 Petrie, Drew ? 78% 0 0 17 14 3 11 6 3 1 3 1 1 4 4
30 Pratt, Daniel ? 100% 1 1 18 16 2 10 0 1 0 2 0 1 3 1
3 Rawlings, Brady ? 88% 0 1 20 17 3 8 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 2
26 Rocca, Sav ? 54% 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
32 Sansbury, Eddie ? 63% 0 0 12 6 6 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
7 Simpson, Adam (c) ? 79% 0 0 25 13 12 3 1 3 5 2 1 0 0 6
9 Sinclair, Jess ? 71% 0 1 18 11 7 7 0 3 0 2 0 1 2 4
23 Thompson, Nathan ? 93% 5 3 12 10 2 8 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
8 Wells, Daniel ? 98% 0 1 17 11 6 4 1 2 5 2 0 0 1 1
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 12 14 325 221 104 134 22 50 27 33 14 9 35 46

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

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 KANG Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:11
MELB Colin Sylvia behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 05:03
KANG Nathan Thompson goal 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 06:07
KANG Brady Rawlings behind 0.1.1 - 1.2.8 07:12
MELB Russell Robertson goal 1.1.7 - 1.2.8 08:43
KANG Leigh Harding behind 1.1.7 - 1.3.9 11:21
MELB Cameron Bruce behind 1.2.8 - 1.3.9 13:38
KANG Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 1.4.10 16:44
KANG Kasey Green goal 1.2.8 - 2.4.16 21:03
MELB Rushed behind 1.3.9 - 2.4.16 24:42
Q2 MELB James McDonald behind 1.4.10 - 2.4.16 00:56
MELB Adem Yze behind 1.5.11 - 2.4.16 02:52
MELB Matthew Bate goal 2.5.17 - 2.4.16 03:52
KANG Nathan Thompson behind 2.5.17 - 2.5.17 09:30
MELB Adem Yze goal 3.5.23 - 2.5.17 10:36
MELB Brad Green goal 4.5.29 - 2.5.17 13:17
MELB Adem Yze goal 5.5.35 - 2.5.17 15:57
MELB Adem Yze goal 6.5.41 - 2.5.17 17:54
KANG Nathan Thompson goal 6.5.41 - 3.5.23 20:05
MELB Travis Johnstone goal 7.5.47 - 3.5.23 22:13
KANG Brent Harvey behind 7.5.47 - 3.6.24 23:22
KANG Rushed behind 7.5.47 - 3.7.25 25:31
KANG Leigh Harding behind 7.5.47 - 3.8.26 27:05
KANG Daniel Pratt behind 7.5.47 - 3.9.27 28:43
Q3 KANG Shannon Grant goal 7.5.47 - 4.9.33 01:47
KANG Nathan Thompson goal 7.5.47 - 5.9.39 03:11
KANG Brent Harvey goal 7.5.47 - 6.9.45 05:13
MELB Rushed behind 7.6.48 - 6.9.45 06:43
KANG Nathan Thompson goal 7.6.48 - 7.9.51 07:49
KANG Nathan Thompson behind 7.6.48 - 7.10.52 10:00
MELB Cameron Bruce behind 7.7.49 - 7.10.52 13:21
MELB Adem Yze behind 7.8.50 - 7.10.52 15:25
MELB Rushed behind 7.9.51 - 7.10.52 15:50
MELB Adem Yze goal 8.9.57 - 7.10.52 18:10
KANG Daniel Wells behind 8.9.57 - 7.11.53 19:40
KANG Brent Harvey goal 8.9.57 - 8.11.59 22:05
MELB Aaron Davey goal 9.9.63 - 8.11.59 24:28
KANG Jess Sinclair behind 9.9.63 - 8.12.60 25:31
KANG Kasey Green goal 9.9.63 - 9.12.66 28:44
Q4 KANG Daniel Pratt goal 9.9.63 - 10.12.72 00:53
MELB Rushed behind 9.10.64 - 10.12.72 02:16
MELB Matthew Bate behind 9.11.65 - 10.12.72 06:54
MELB Brent Moloney behind 9.12.66 - 10.12.72 08:04
KANG David Hale goal 9.12.66 - 11.12.78 11:01
MELB Paul Wheatley goal 10.12.72 - 11.12.78 12:46
MELB Aaron Davey goal 11.12.78 - 11.12.78 17:59
MELB Aaron Davey goal 12.12.84 - 11.12.78 20:06
KANG Nathan Thompson goal 12.12.84 - 12.12.84 21:36
KANG Nathan Thompson behind 12.12.84 - 12.13.85 23:23
MELB James McDonald goal 13.12.90 - 12.13.85 24:16
KANG Rushed behind 13.12.90 - 12.14.86 26:22