2009 AFL Round 18: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 2 August 2009 between Melbourne and Richmond during round 18 of the 2009 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Richmond at MCG. James McDonald captained the hosts. Chris Newman captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dean Bailey and the visitors were coached by Jade Rawlings.

Melbourne
Back: M. Whelan, M. Warnock, K. Cheney
Half-back: C. Bartram, J. Rivers, C. Bruce
Centre: J. Bennell, J. McDonald (capt.), A. Davey
Half-forward: S. Valenti, M. Newton, N. Jetta
Forward: B. Miller, M. Bate, S. Martin
Follower: J. Spencer, R. Petterd, N. Jones
Int.: L. Dunn, J. Frawley, J. Grimes, P. Johnson

Richmond
Back: J. King, W. Thursfield, C. Newman (capt.)
Half-back: D. Polo, L. McGuane, K. Moore
Centre: S. Edwards, T. Cotchin, B. Deledio
Half-forward: T. Hislop, J. Riewoldt, J. Post
Forward: A. Pattison, M. Morton, B. Cousins
Follower: T. Vickery, D. Jackson, R. Tambling
Int.: N. Brown, J. McMahon, R. Nahas, M. White

Melbourne (12.10.82) were defeated by Richmond (12.14.86).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: L. Dunn (2), B. Miller (2), R. Petterd (2), M. Bate, A. Davey, J. Grimes, N. Jetta, N. Jones, M. Newton
Richmond: N. Brown (3), B. Deledio (2), M. Morton (2), T. Hislop, J. McMahon, R. Nahas, J. Riewoldt, T. Vickery

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 16th on the ladder and Richmond remained 12th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2009 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Sunday 2 August 2009
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 37,438

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 12.10.82 - 12.14.86

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 0 4 . 3 8 . 7 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Richmond 1 . 5 4 . 8 7 . 10 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Margin MELB by 1 RICH by 5 MELB by 3 RICH by 4 RICH by 4
Duration 27:58 28:25 29:20 31:23 1:57:06

Honour Roll

Coaches: Dean Bailey (Melbourne), Jade Rawlings (Richmond)
Captains: James McDonald (Melbourne), Chris Newman (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: L. Farmer (#4), M. James (#5), T. Keating (#31)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Ben Cousins RICH 32 3
James McDonald MELB 23 2
Brett Deledio RICH 3 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Ben Cousins RICH 32 9 1 1 0 0 0
James McDonald MELB 23 5 1 0 0 0 0
Brett Deledio RICH 3 4 0 1 0 0 0
Nathan Jones MELB 2 3 0 0 1 0 0
Richard Tambling RICH 30 3 0 0 1 0 0
Jordan McMahon RICH 13 2 0 0 0 1 0
Ricky Petterd MELB 15 2 0 0 0 1 0
Matthew Bate MELB 6 1 0 0 0 0 1
Aaron Davey MELB 36 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
3 Bartram, Clint HBFL 96% 0 2 15 10 5 4 1 4 0 2 2 1 2 1
6 Bate, Matthew FF 97% 1 1 23 13 10 8 0 5 3 4 1 0 1 3
43 Bennell, Jamie WL 45% 0 0 7 2 5 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
32 Bruce, Cameron HBFR 80% 0 0 25 10 15 6 0 3 2 3 1 2 2 4
25 Cheney, Kyle BPR 100% 0 0 17 7 10 6 0 3 0 2 1 0 3 2
36 Davey, Aaron WR 77% 1 0 17 14 3 0 0 6 1 0 4 0 4 3
14 Dunn, Lynden INT 80% 2 0 18 12 6 9 1 5 1 1 1 0 0 3
8 Frawley, James INT 74% 0 0 15 9 6 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 3
16 Grimes, Jack INT 67% 1 1 20 15 5 10 0 4 1 1 1 0 2 2
39 Jetta, Neville HFFR 87% 1 0 14 11 3 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3
11 Johnson, Paul INT 85% 0 0 8 3 5 2 5 2 1 2 1 2 2 0
2 Jones, Nathan RO 90% 1 3 20 9 11 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 3
34 Martin, Stefan FPR 36% 0 1 4 1 3 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 McDonald, James (c) C 88% 0 1 28 17 11 9 0 6 5 1 2 1 4 6
7 Miller, Brad FPL 93% 2 0 11 8 3 4 1 1 1 5 0 3 0 3
29 Newton, Michael CHF 92% 1 0 18 12 6 6 0 4 1 4 1 1 1 4
15 Petterd, Ricky RR 95% 2 0 25 16 9 8 0 5 6 2 0 0 2 3
27 Rivers, Jared CHB 72% 0 0 13 7 6 7 0 4 0 2 0 1 4 1
42 Spencer, Jake RU 96% 0 0 4 0 4 2 20 3 1 2 1 2 1 0
44 Valenti, Shane HFFL 96% 0 0 18 14 4 2 0 5 1 5 1 2 2 1
37 Warnock, Matthew FB 80% 0 0 11 9 2 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 2
45 Whelan, Matthew BPL 72% 0 0 12 2 10 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 12 10 343 201 142 100 37 71 28 42 20 18 36 47

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
7 Brown, Nathan INT 82% 3 0 21 10 11 5 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0
9 Cotchin, Trent C 61% 0 0 15 5 10 1 1 1 2 1 4 0 2 2
32 Cousins, Ben FPR 78% 0 1 27 13 14 1 0 5 5 2 1 0 2 4
3 Deledio, Brett WR 86% 2 1 24 11 13 4 0 6 2 3 0 0 2 5
10 Edwards, Shane WL 75% 0 1 14 7 7 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 2
27 Hislop, Tom HFFL 87% 1 0 12 9 3 4 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 4
23 Jackson, Daniel RR 75% 0 0 22 12 10 6 2 3 2 4 2 2 2 3
46 King, Jake BPL 82% 0 0 20 8 12 6 0 2 2 5 1 4 2 4
16 McGuane, Luke CHB 91% 0 0 16 10 6 10 0 3 0 2 0 2 3 0
13 McMahon, Jordan INT 80% 1 2 23 14 9 6 0 2 4 3 0 0 5 7
40 Moore, Kelvin HBFR 92% 0 1 10 3 7 4 0 6 0 0 1 0 1 0
20 Morton, Mitch FF 91% 2 2 20 11 9 5 0 1 1 4 0 1 0 3
38 Nahas, Robin INT 75% 1 2 12 8 4 4 0 6 2 2 1 2 1 3
17 Newman, Chris (c) BPR 84% 0 0 20 9 11 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 3 4
26 Pattison, Adam FPL 65% 0 0 15 3 12 5 14 3 1 1 2 0 0 0
14 Polo, Dean HBFL 84% 0 0 14 11 3 6 0 1 2 1 1 0 4 1
37 Post, Jayden HFFR 94% 0 1 12 6 6 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
8 Riewoldt, Jack CHF 86% 1 2 11 8 3 5 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 3
30 Tambling, Richard RO 83% 0 1 22 11 11 3 0 4 2 2 1 2 0 5
2 Thursfield, Will FB 100% 0 0 9 5 4 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
29 Vickery, Ty RU 77% 1 0 6 1 5 1 9 1 1 1 0 1 0 0
35 White, Matt INT 69% 0 0 15 5 10 1 0 6 2 4 0 4 0 3
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 12 14 360 180 180 88 26 62 36 44 18 20 33 53

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 RICH Mitch Morton goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 09:16
MELB Neville Jetta goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 13:41
RICH Jack Riewoldt behind 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 16:05
MELB Lynden Dunn goal 2.0.12 - 1.1.7 16:50
RICH Jack Riewoldt behind 2.0.12 - 1.2.8 18:26
RICH Robin Nahas behind 2.0.12 - 1.3.9 20:05
RICH Jayden Post behind 2.0.12 - 1.4.10 25:07
RICH Shane Edwards behind 2.0.12 - 1.5.11 26:29
Q2 RICH Mitch Morton goal 2.0.12 - 2.5.17 00:48
RICH Jordan McMahon behind 2.0.12 - 2.6.18 02:31
RICH Mitch Morton behind 2.0.12 - 2.7.19 03:55
MELB Stefan Martin behind 2.1.13 - 2.7.19 05:50
MELB Matthew Bate goal 3.1.19 - 2.7.19 07:43
RICH Ty Vickery goal 3.1.19 - 3.7.25 09:31
MELB Nathan Jones behind 3.2.20 - 3.7.25 11:45
RICH Jordan McMahon behind 3.2.20 - 3.8.26 12:20
MELB James McDonald behind 3.3.21 - 3.8.26 17:11
RICH Nathan Brown goal 3.3.21 - 4.8.32 23:41
MELB Michael Newton goal 4.3.27 - 4.8.32 27:19
Q3 MELB Brad Miller goal 5.3.33 - 4.8.32 01:36
RICH Robin Nahas goal 5.3.33 - 5.8.38 04:39
MELB Jack Grimes behind 5.4.34 - 5.8.38 08:40
MELB Aaron Davey goal 6.4.40 - 5.8.38 09:29
RICH Brett Deledio behind 6.4.40 - 5.9.39 12:05
MELB Matthew Bate behind 6.5.41 - 5.9.39 15:05
MELB Nathan Jones behind 6.6.42 - 5.9.39 15:45
MELB Lynden Dunn goal 7.6.48 - 5.9.39 16:17
RICH Jack Riewoldt goal 7.6.48 - 6.9.45 18:40
MELB Ricky Petterd goal 8.6.54 - 6.9.45 21:49
RICH Brett Deledio goal 8.6.54 - 7.9.51 24:35
RICH Robin Nahas behind 8.6.54 - 7.10.52 26:07
MELB Clint Bartram behind 8.7.55 - 7.10.52 28:30
Q4 RICH Richard Tambling behind 8.7.55 - 7.11.53 00:24
MELB Clint Bartram behind 8.8.56 - 7.11.53 01:31
RICH Nathan Brown goal 8.8.56 - 8.11.59 04:20
MELB Rushed behind 8.9.57 - 8.11.59 05:47
RICH Tom Hislop goal 8.9.57 - 9.11.65 07:54
MELB Nathan Jones goal 9.9.63 - 9.11.65 11:17
RICH Kelvin Moore behind 9.9.63 - 9.12.66 14:22
RICH Mitch Morton behind 9.9.63 - 9.13.67 15:57
MELB Brad Miller goal 10.9.69 - 9.13.67 17:25
RICH Nathan Brown goal 10.9.69 - 10.13.73 20:40
RICH Brett Deledio goal 10.9.69 - 11.13.79 23:12
RICH Ben Cousins behind 10.9.69 - 11.14.80 24:22
MELB Nathan Jones behind 10.10.70 - 11.14.80 25:56
MELB Jack Grimes goal 11.10.76 - 11.14.80 26:15
MELB Ricky Petterd goal 12.10.82 - 11.14.80 27:42
RICH Jordan McMahon goal 12.10.82 - 12.14.86 31:15