2009 AFL Round 20: Melbourne v Fremantle

This is the match report for the match played on 16 August 2009 between Melbourne and Fremantle during round 20 of the 2009 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Fremantle at MCG. James McDonald captained the hosts. Matthew Pavlich captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dean Bailey and the visitors were coached by Mark Harvey.

Melbourne
Back: S. Martin, J. Frawley, K. Cheney
Half-back: C. Bartram, J. Rivers, R. Petterd
Centre: J. McDonald (capt.), L. Dunn, C. Morton
Half-forward: B. Moloney, B. Miller, N. Jones
Forward: N. Jetta, M. Bate, R. Robertson
Follower: P. Johnson, A. Davey, C. Sylvia
Int.: L. Jurrah, B. McLean, T. McNamara, S. Valenti

Fremantle
Back: G. Broughton, C. Tarrant, J. van Berlo
Half-back: A. Grover, L. McPharlin, P. Duffield
Centre: G. Ibbotson, P. Hasleby, C. Mayne
Half-forward: S. Hill, M. de Boer, M. Drum
Forward: D. Headland, M. Pavlich (capt.), N. Suban
Follower: A. Sandilands, S. Dodd, D. Mundy
Int.: K. Bradley, B. Peake, B. Schammer, D. Solomon

Melbourne (20.7.127) defeated Fremantle (9.10.64).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: L. Jurrah (4), M. Bate (3), R. Robertson (3), A. Davey (2), B. McLean (2), P. Johnson, T. McNamara, B. Miller, R. Petterd, C. Sylvia, S. Valenti
Fremantle: L. McPharlin (3), C. Mayne (2), K. Bradley, D. Headland, S. Hill, N. Suban

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 16th on the ladder and Fremantle remained 15th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2009 AFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Melbourne v Fremantle
Date: Sunday 16 August 2009
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 13,004

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Fremantle
Score: 20.7.127 - 9.10.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 0 9 . 4 13 . 5 20 . 7 20 . 7 (127)
Fremantle 3 . 4 4 . 7 6 . 9 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Margin MELB by 2 MELB by 27 MELB by 38 MELB by 63 MELB by 63
Duration 31:42 29:03 27:43 30:11 1:58:39

Honour Roll

Coaches: Dean Bailey (Melbourne), Mark Harvey (Fremantle)
Captains: James McDonald (Melbourne), Matthew Pavlich (Fremantle)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: H. Ryan (#14), D. Sully (#12), S. Wenn (#22)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Aaron Davey MELB 36 3
Matthew Bate MELB 6 2
Shane Valenti MELB 44 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Aaron Davey MELB 36 10 2 0 0 0 0
Brent Moloney MELB 22 7 0 1 1 0 0
James McDonald MELB 23 4 0 1 0 0 0
Nathan Jones MELB 2 3 0 0 1 0 0
Matthew Bate MELB 6 2 0 0 0 1 0
Shane Valenti MELB 44 2 0 0 0 1 0
Liam Jurrah MELB 48 1 0 0 0 0 1
Cale Morton MELB 10 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 87% 0 0 19 5 14 3 0 3 1 1 0 1 3 0
6 Bate, Matthew FF 90% 3 0 25 12 13 8 0 5 1 2 0 1 1 3
25 Cheney, Kyle BPR 86% 0 0 15 6 9 5 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1
36 Davey, Aaron RR 76% 2 1 31 18 13 3 0 5 2 3 0 1 1 9
14 Dunn, Lynden C 84% 0 0 22 15 7 4 0 8 3 3 0 1 1 4
8 Frawley, James FB 95% 0 0 18 12 6 7 0 2 1 4 1 3 6 0
39 Jetta, Neville FPL 76% 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 2 1 2 1 2 1 0
11 Johnson, Paul RU 77% 1 0 14 10 4 2 22 3 3 2 0 1 1 0
2 Jones, Nathan HFFR 87% 0 0 28 14 14 4 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 8
48 Jurrah, Liam INT 78% 4 0 18 12 6 6 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1
34 Martin, Stefan BPL 69% 0 0 5 1 4 1 6 1 1 2 1 2 0 1
23 McDonald, James (c) WL 83% 0 0 25 15 10 6 1 5 4 6 2 1 6 5
5 McLean, Brock INT 61% 2 0 26 14 12 4 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 3
30 McNamara, Tom INT 66% 1 0 11 7 4 3 0 3 0 2 1 0 3 1
7 Miller, Brad CHF 92% 1 1 17 6 11 6 2 1 3 0 1 0 1 3
22 Moloney, Brent HFFL 75% 0 0 30 15 15 5 0 1 5 2 0 1 3 6
10 Morton, Cale WR 95% 0 0 23 11 12 7 0 2 1 3 0 2 4 0
15 Petterd, Ricky HBFR 87% 1 1 13 10 3 7 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 5
27 Rivers, Jared CHB 94% 0 0 18 9 9 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0
24 Robertson, Russell FPR 95% 3 1 9 9 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
12 Sylvia, Colin RO 78% 1 0 20 11 9 2 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 5
44 Valenti, Shane INT 72% 1 0 30 17 13 7 0 5 1 1 0 1 2 2
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 20 7 420 232 188 104 33 61 35 45 8 18 39 60

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
26 Bradley, Kepler INT 62% 1 0 13 7 6 7 4 2 1 2 0 0 0 1
48 Broughton, Greg BPL 90% 0 0 20 8 12 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
40 de Boer, Matt CHF 82% 0 0 8 3 5 3 0 6 0 1 0 0 1 2
25 Dodd, Steven RR 97% 0 0 11 4 7 2 0 1 0 4 1 1 1 1
9 Drum, Marcus HFFR 86% 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 2 1 2 2 1 4 1
41 Duffield, Paul HBFR 90% 0 0 19 16 3 2 0 4 1 3 0 0 6 3
14 Grover, Antoni HBFL 87% 0 0 10 4 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
4 Hasleby, Paul C 78% 0 0 27 7 20 2 0 1 8 2 1 0 0 2
11 Headland, Des FPL 84% 1 2 15 10 5 5 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 4
32 Hill, Stephen HFFL 90% 1 0 11 5 6 3 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
5 Ibbotson, Garrick WL 82% 0 0 15 8 7 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 4 2
23 Mayne, Chris WR 81% 2 0 12 7 5 5 1 5 1 1 2 0 1 3
18 McPharlin, Luke CHB 90% 3 1 13 10 3 4 0 1 0 3 2 1 0 5
16 Mundy, David RO 77% 0 2 20 12 8 3 1 3 4 1 1 0 2 5
29 Pavlich, Matthew (c) FF 86% 0 2 25 13 12 6 0 3 3 1 2 0 3 4
7 Peake, Brett INT 67% 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 5
31 Sandilands, Aaron RU 89% 0 0 18 9 9 2 33 3 7 1 2 1 4 2
3 Schammer, Byron INT 69% 0 0 15 9 6 4 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 2
6 Solomon, Dean INT 50% 0 0 12 5 7 2 1 3 3 1 0 1 1 3
8 Suban, Nick FPR 86% 1 0 15 10 5 2 0 4 1 1 2 1 5 4
20 Tarrant, Chris FB 100% 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 1
47 van Berlo, Jay BPR 77% 0 0 7 4 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 9 10 327 179 148 69 40 52 38 33 18 8 37 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 FREM Des Headland behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 02:17
FREM Luke McPharlin goal 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 03:33
MELB Ricky Petterd goal 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 12:14
FREM Luke McPharlin behind 1.0.6 - 1.2.8 14:15
MELB Brock McLean goal 2.0.12 - 1.2.8 18:24
MELB Brock McLean goal 3.0.18 - 1.2.8 20:32
FREM David Mundy behind 3.0.18 - 1.3.9 22:13
FREM Luke McPharlin goal 3.0.18 - 2.3.15 24:41
FREM Luke McPharlin goal 3.0.18 - 3.3.21 26:43
FREM Rushed behind 3.0.18 - 3.4.22 28:26
MELB Tom McNamara goal 4.0.24 - 3.4.22 30:43
Q2 MELB Aaron Davey goal 5.0.30 - 3.4.22 01:17
FREM Des Headland goal 5.0.30 - 4.4.28 03:02
MELB Ricky Petterd behind 5.1.31 - 4.4.28 04:45
MELB Rushed behind 5.2.32 - 4.4.28 06:41
MELB Paul Johnson goal 6.2.38 - 4.4.28 11:07
FREM Rushed behind 6.2.38 - 4.5.29 13:33
MELB Russell Robertson goal 7.2.44 - 4.5.29 18:56
MELB Brad Miller behind 7.3.45 - 4.5.29 23:09
MELB Rushed behind 7.4.46 - 4.5.29 24:06
FREM Rushed behind 7.4.46 - 4.6.30 24:59
MELB Liam Jurrah goal 8.4.52 - 4.6.30 26:02
FREM Des Headland behind 8.4.52 - 4.7.31 27:14
MELB Brad Miller goal 9.4.58 - 4.7.31 28:08
Q3 FREM Nick Suban goal 9.4.58 - 5.7.37 02:33
MELB Liam Jurrah goal 10.4.64 - 5.7.37 03:39
MELB Aaron Davey behind 10.5.65 - 5.7.37 05:12
FREM Matthew Pavlich behind 10.5.65 - 5.8.38 08:45
MELB Russell Robertson goal 11.5.71 - 5.8.38 11:52
MELB Aaron Davey goal 12.5.77 - 5.8.38 12:52
FREM Kepler Bradley goal 12.5.77 - 6.8.44 15:58
MELB Matthew Bate goal 13.5.83 - 6.8.44 20:28
FREM David Mundy behind 13.5.83 - 6.9.45 25:13
Q4 MELB Rushed behind 13.6.84 - 6.9.45 01:50
MELB Russell Robertson behind 13.7.85 - 6.9.45 03:31
FREM Matthew Pavlich behind 13.7.85 - 6.10.46 04:59
MELB Liam Jurrah goal 14.7.91 - 6.10.46 09:38
MELB Colin Sylvia goal 15.7.97 - 6.10.46 11:49
MELB Russell Robertson goal 16.7.103 - 6.10.46 13:46
FREM Chris Mayne goal 16.7.103 - 7.10.52 16:57
MELB Liam Jurrah goal 17.7.109 - 7.10.52 18:54
MELB Matthew Bate goal 18.7.115 - 7.10.52 21:29
MELB Matthew Bate goal 19.7.121 - 7.10.52 23:00
MELB Shane Valenti goal 20.7.127 - 7.10.52 24:21
FREM Stephen Hill goal 20.7.127 - 8.10.58 25:59
FREM Chris Mayne goal 20.7.127 - 9.10.64 28:59