2007 AFL Round 22: Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 2 September 2007 between Melbourne and Carlton during round 22 of the 2007 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Carlton at MCG. Brad Green captained the hosts. Lance Whitnall captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mark Riley and the visitors were coached by Brett Ratten.

Melbourne
Back: N. Carroll, R. Ferguson, N. Brown
Half-back: C. Bizzell, B. Miller, D. Ward
Centre: B. Green (capt.), C. Bruce, T. Johnstone
Half-forward: B. Pickett, R. Robertson, L. Dunn
Forward: P. Johnson, M. Newton, J. Bode
Follower: J. White, B. McLean, N. Jones
Int.: M. Bate, M. Jamar, C. Johnson, J. McDonald

Carlton
Back: M. Jamison, S. O'hAilpin, P. Bower
Half-back: H. Scotland, M. Austin, A. Walker
Centre: M. Murphy, A. Bentick, J. Russell
Half-forward: K. Simpson, J. Kennedy, J. Waite
Forward: A. Carrazzo, L. Whitnall (capt.), S. Hampson
Follower: C. Ackland, R. Houlihan, B. Gibbs
Int.: J. Bannister, E. Betts, S. Grigg, R. Jackson

Melbourne (21.13.139) defeated Carlton (15.18.108).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: R. Robertson (6), M. Bate (2), J. Bode (2), C. Bruce (2), M. Newton (2), N. Brown, R. Ferguson, T. Johnstone, N. Jones, B. Miller, B. Pickett, J. White
Carlton: E. Betts (5), B. Gibbs (2), R. Houlihan (2), S. Hampson, J. Kennedy, K. Simpson, J. Waite, A. Walker, L. Whitnall

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 14th on the ladder and Carlton remained 15th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2007 AFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Sunday 2 September 2007
Time: 5:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 26,156

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Carlton
Score: 21.13.139 - 15.18.108

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Melbourne	7	.	3	12	.	6	16	.	11	21	.	13	21	.	13	(139)
Carlton	1	.	7	4	.	13	10	.	15	15	.	18	15	.	18	(108)
Margin	MELB by 32			MELB by 41			MELB by 32			MELB by 31			MELB by 31
Duration	30:05			30:06			30:00			30:01			2:00:12

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mark Riley (Melbourne), Brett Ratten (Carlton)
Captains: Brad Green (Melbourne), Lance Whitnall (Carlton)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Ellis (#23), C. Kamolins (#19), M. Nicholls (#15)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Travis Johnstone	MELB	16	3
Heath Scotland	CARL	29	2
Nathan Brown	MELB	25	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Eddie Betts	CARL	19	7	?	?	?	?	0
Travis Johnstone	MELB	16	7	?	?	?	?	0
Russell Robertson	MELB	24	7	?	?	?	?	0
Nathan Jones	MELB	2	4	0	?	0	?	0
Heath Scotland	CARL	29	3	0	0	1	0	0
Lynden Dunn	MELB	14	1	0	0	0	0	1
Brock McLean	MELB	5	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
6	Bate, Matthew	INT	76%	2	1	18	13	5	7	0	1	3	2	0	1	0	8
3	Bizzell, Clint	HBFL	86%	0	0	13	9	4	4	0	1	1	1	0	1	6	0
43	Bode, Jace	FPR	84%	2	0	13	8	5	4	0	2	0	4	0	1	1	5
25	Brown, Nathan	BPR	92%	1	0	25	16	9	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	5
32	Bruce, Cameron	C	84%	2	1	20	7	13	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1
41	Carroll, Nathan	BPL	100%	0	0	7	1	6	2	3	2	0	2	0	1	3	0
14	Dunn, Lynden	HFFR	88%	0	1	22	12	10	6	0	3	4	6	1	5	4	5
35	Ferguson, Ryan	FB	100%	1	0	16	6	10	5	0	3	0	5	1	2	2	1
18	Green, Brad (c)	WL	91%	0	0	23	14	9	8	0	1	0	3	1	0	7	4
40	Jamar, Mark	INT	52%	0	0	8	2	6	2	10	2	0	3	2	0	0	0
17	Johnson, Chris	INT	78%	0	0	16	9	7	5	0	3	0	3	1	1	4	2
11	Johnson, Paul	FPL	80%	0	1	12	3	9	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0
16	Johnstone, Travis	WR	90%	1	0	42	35	7	9	0	1	2	9	1	1	3	4
2	Jones, Nathan	RO	76%	1	0	25	14	11	3	0	3	7	4	0	0	1	6
23	McDonald, James	INT	61%	0	0	23	6	17	3	0	3	6	0	0	0	1	3
5	McLean, Brock	RR	73%	0	1	26	12	14	4	0	2	9	1	1	0	0	3
7	Miller, Brad	CHB	86%	1	0	13	6	7	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
29	Newton, Michael	FF	78%	2	1	14	12	2	5	1	2	2	5	0	1	2	3
33	Pickett, Byron	HFFL	87%	1	2	15	13	2	5	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	6
24	Robertson, Russell	CHF	97%	6	2	14	14	0	10	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	2
10	Ward, Daniel	HBFR	87%	0	0	15	10	5	4	0	3	1	4	0	3	2	4
34	White, Jeff	RU	51%	1	1	11	6	5	4	16	2	0	2	0	2	0	4
Rushed					2
Total (22 players)				21	13	391	228	163	112	31	37	36	63	9	22	41	68

Carlton

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
11	Ackland, Cain	RU	64%	0	0	12	6	6	4	14	0	1	2	1	1	1	2
21	Austin, Mark	CHB	67%	0	0	4	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
31	Bannister, Jordan	INT	83%	0	0	14	8	6	5	0	1	2	1	1	1	2	2
7	Bentick, Adam	C	65%	0	1	24	10	14	3	0	8	3	3	0	1	0	4
19	Betts, Eddie	INT	67%	5	1	26	16	10	6	0	4	2	2	1	0	4	2
18	Bower, Paul	BPR	100%	0	0	21	11	10	7	0	3	1	1	2	0	5	1
44	Carrazzo, Andrew	FPL	71%	0	1	24	13	11	3	3	4	2	2	0	0	1	4
4	Gibbs, Bryce	RO	79%	2	0	23	15	8	10	2	2	5	1	1	0	1	8
16	Grigg, Shaun	INT	58%	0	1	19	7	12	5	0	1	1	3	2	1	2	2
22	Hampson, Shaun	FPR	60%	1	0	9	5	4	4	8	0	0	1	0	0	1	1
33	Houlihan, Ryan	RR	84%	2	2	19	12	7	7	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	7
38	Jackson, Ryan	INT	77%	0	0	17	2	15	3	0	4	0	1	2	1	0	0
40	Jamison, Michael	BPL	91%	0	0	14	7	7	1	0	3	0	1	2	0	8	0
5	Kennedy, Josh	CHF	91%	1	1	11	6	5	5	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2
3	Murphy, Marc	WL	84%	0	1	23	15	8	2	0	0	3	0	3	0	1	2
17	O'hAilpin, Setanta	FB	94%	0	0	14	7	7	7	0	2	0	4	1	1	1	3
2	Russell, Jordan	WR	82%	0	0	15	7	8	5	0	4	1	2	0	1	1	3
29	Scotland, Heath	HBFL	99%	0	1	41	24	17	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	7	4
6	Simpson, Kade	HFFL	94%	1	0	21	13	8	3	0	4	1	2	1	1	3	4
30	Waite, Jarrad	HFFR	98%	1	1	11	7	4	7	0	3	0	2	1	0	2	1
1	Walker, Andrew	HBFR	97%	1	0	24	18	6	6	0	1	2	4	0	1	3	6
8	Whitnall, Lance (c)	FF	96%	1	4	17	9	8	8	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	1
Rushed					4
Total (22 players)				15	18	403	219	184	111	31	49	24	35	22	9	44	60

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

Player Line-Up

Melbourne							Coach: Mark Riley
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	40	M. Jamison	17	S. O'hAilpin	18	P. Bower	34	J. White	6	M. Bate
	43	J. Bode	29	M. Newton	11	P. Johnson	5	B. McLean	40	M. Jamar
FORWARD							2	N. Jones	17	C. Johnson
HALF-BACK									23	J. McDonald
	29	H. Scotland	21	M. Austin	1	A. Walker
	14	L. Dunn	24	R. Robertson	33	B. Pickett
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	3	M. Murphy	7	A. Bentick	2	J. Russell
	16	T. Johnstone	32	C. Bruce	18	B. Green (c)	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							11	C. Ackland	31	J. Bannister
HALF-FORWARD							33	R. Houlihan	19	E. Betts
	6	K. Simpson	5	J. Kennedy	30	J. Waite	4	B. Gibbs	16	S. Grigg
	10	D. Ward	7	B. Miller	3	C. Bizzell			38	R. Jackson
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	44	A. Carrazzo	8	L. Whitnall (c)	22	S. Hampson
	25	N. Brown	35	R. Ferguson	41	N. Carroll
BACK
Carlton							Coach: Brett Ratten

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	CARL	Lance Whitnall behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	01:06
	CARL	Lance Whitnall behind	0.0.0	-	0.2.2	02:11
	MELB	Jeff White goal	1.0.6	-	0.2.2	02:52
	MELB	Nathan Jones goal	2.0.12	-	0.2.2	05:44
	MELB	Lynden Dunn behind	2.1.13	-	0.2.2	07:50
	CARL	Rushed behind	2.1.13	-	0.3.3	10:26
	MELB	Russell Robertson behind	2.2.14	-	0.3.3	12:01
	MELB	Cameron Bruce goal	3.2.20	-	0.3.3	13:41
	MELB	Russell Robertson goal	4.2.26	-	0.3.3	14:43
	MELB	Michael Newton goal	5.2.32	-	0.3.3	17:08
	MELB	Byron Pickett behind	5.3.33	-	0.3.3	18:11
	CARL	Jarrad Waite behind	5.3.33	-	0.4.4	19:32
	CARL	Marc Murphy behind	5.3.33	-	0.5.5	20:16
	MELB	Ryan Ferguson goal	6.3.39	-	0.5.5	22:14
	MELB	Russell Robertson goal	7.3.45	-	0.5.5	23:25
	CARL	Rushed behind	7.3.45	-	0.6.6	26:49
	CARL	Bryce Gibbs goal	7.3.45	-	1.6.12	28:06
	CARL	Lance Whitnall behind	7.3.45	-	1.7.13	29:56
Q2	CARL	Shaun Grigg behind	7.3.45	-	1.8.14	00:34
	MELB	Paul Johnson behind	7.4.46	-	1.8.14	01:41
	CARL	Kade Simpson goal	7.4.46	-	2.8.20	02:40
	CARL	Andrew Carrazzo behind	7.4.46	-	2.9.21	05:08
	CARL	Josh Kennedy behind	7.4.46	-	2.10.22	06:04
	CARL	Ryan Houlihan goal	7.4.46	-	3.10.28	08:11
	CARL	Adam Bentick behind	7.4.46	-	3.11.29	09:30
	MELB	Jace Bode goal	8.4.52	-	3.11.29	10:48
	MELB	Michael Newton goal	9.4.58	-	3.11.29	14:58
	CARL	Lance Whitnall behind	9.4.58	-	3.12.30	16:42
	MELB	Cameron Bruce goal	10.4.64	-	3.12.30	17:48
	CARL	Rushed behind	10.4.64	-	3.13.31	19:50
	MELB	Michael Newton behind	10.5.65	-	3.13.31	20:53
	MELB	Russell Robertson behind	10.6.66	-	3.13.31	22:33
	MELB	Matthew Bate goal	11.6.72	-	3.13.31	23:31
	CARL	Eddie Betts goal	11.6.72	-	4.13.37	25:03
	MELB	Russell Robertson goal	12.6.78	-	4.13.37	26:36
Q3	MELB	Cameron Bruce behind	12.7.79	-	4.13.37	00:58
	CARL	Lance Whitnall goal	12.7.79	-	5.13.43	01:45
	CARL	Josh Kennedy goal	12.7.79	-	6.13.49	04:26
	MELB	Brock McLean behind	12.8.80	-	6.13.49	05:30
	MELB	Byron Pickett behind	12.9.81	-	6.13.49	06:15
	CARL	Ryan Houlihan goal	12.9.81	-	7.13.55	06:57
	MELB	Travis Johnstone goal	13.9.87	-	7.13.55	08:10
	CARL	Eddie Betts behind	13.9.87	-	7.14.56	09:46
	CARL	Bryce Gibbs goal	13.9.87	-	8.14.62	11:40
	MELB	Rushed behind	13.10.88	-	8.14.62	14:01
	CARL	Ryan Houlihan behind	13.10.88	-	8.15.63	15:46
	CARL	Jarrad Waite goal	13.10.88	-	9.15.69	18:56
	MELB	Nathan Brown goal	14.10.94	-	9.15.69	20:35
	MELB	Matthew Bate behind	14.11.95	-	9.15.69	22:06
	MELB	Russell Robertson goal	15.11.101	-	9.15.69	24:23
	CARL	Eddie Betts goal	15.11.101	-	10.15.75	26:18
	MELB	Matthew Bate goal	16.11.107	-	10.15.75	28:33
Q4	CARL	Eddie Betts goal	16.11.107	-	11.15.81	00:40
	CARL	Shaun Hampson goal	16.11.107	-	12.15.87	04:12
	MELB	Rushed behind	16.12.108	-	12.15.87	05:34
	MELB	Byron Pickett goal	17.12.114	-	12.15.87	09:37
	MELB	Jace Bode goal	18.12.120	-	12.15.87	10:38
	MELB	Jeff White behind	18.13.121	-	12.15.87	16:46
	CARL	Rushed behind	18.13.121	-	12.16.88	17:40
	MELB	Russell Robertson goal	19.13.127	-	12.16.88	18:55
	CARL	Andrew Walker goal	19.13.127	-	13.16.94	20:32
	CARL	Heath Scotland behind	19.13.127	-	13.17.95	21:40
	MELB	Brad Miller goal	20.13.133	-	13.17.95	22:52
	CARL	Eddie Betts goal	20.13.133	-	14.17.101	24:53
	CARL	Eddie Betts goal	20.13.133	-	15.17.107	26:22
	CARL	Ryan Houlihan behind	20.13.133	-	15.18.108	28:18
	MELB	Russell Robertson goal	21.13.139	-	15.18.108	29:54

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