2011 AFL Round 23: Melbourne v Gold Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 28 August 2011 between Melbourne and Gold Coast during round 23 of the 2011 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Gold Coast at MCG. Brad Green captained the hosts. Gary Ablett captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Todd Viney and the visitors were coached by Guy McKenna.

Melbourne
Back: C. Garland, J. Frawley, C. Bartram
Half-back: L. Tapscott, J. Rivers, T. McDonald
Centre: S. Blease, J. McKenzie, J. Trengove
Half-forward: T. Scully, S. Martin, B. Green (capt.)
Forward: C. Morton, J. Watts, J. Bennell
Follower: M. Jamar, N. Jetta, N. Jones
Int.: L. Jurrah, T. McNamara, B. Moloney
Sub.: J. Howe

Gold Coast
Back: S. Tape, R. Thompson, K. Hunt
Half-back: N. Bock, J. Brennan, J. Harbrow
Centre: M. Shaw, G. Ablett (capt.), D. Prestia
Half-forward: L. Russell, T. McKenzie, D. Stanley
Forward: T. Hickey, N. Ablett, B. Matera
Follower: Z. Smith, D. Swallow, M. Rischitelli
Int.: H. Bennell, S. Iles, M. Weller
Sub.: J. Caddy

Melbourne (17.10.112) defeated Gold Coast (12.10.82).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: B. Green (4), L. Jurrah (3), B. Moloney (3), J. Howe (2), C. Garland, N. Jetta, N. Jones, S. Martin, L. Tapscott
Gold Coast: H. Bennell (2), M. Rischitelli (2), L. Russell (2), Z. Smith (2), N. Ablett, D. Stanley, D. Swallow, R. Thompson

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 12th on the ladder (up from 13th) and Gold Coast remained 16th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2011 AFL Season
Round: Round 23
Teams: Melbourne v Gold Coast
Date: Sunday 28 August 2011
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 21,534

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Gold Coast
Score: 17.10.112 - 12.10.82

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Melbourne	4	.	3	7	.	5	13	.	7	17	.	10	17	.	10	(112)
Gold Coast	1	.	2	6	.	5	7	.	8	12	.	10	12	.	10	(82)
Margin	MELB by 19			MELB by 6			MELB by 35			MELB by 30			MELB by 30
Duration	28:29			32:07			30:57			30:18			2:01:51

Honour Roll

Coaches: Todd Viney (Melbourne), Guy McKenna (Gold Coast)
Captains: Brad Green (Melbourne), Gary Ablett (Gold Coast)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Ritchie (#5), J. Schmitt (#17), S. Stewart (#10), E: T. Keating (#31)
Goal Umpire: P. Gonis, S. Williams, E: L. Walker
Boundary Umpire: M. Hill, L. Roberts, M. Saunders, S. Thiele

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Colin Garland	MELB	20	3
Sam Blease	MELB	46	2
Brent Moloney	MELB	22	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Sam Blease	MELB	46	10	2	0	0	0	0
Brent Moloney	MELB	22	5	0	?	?	?	?
Michael Rischitelli	GCST	35	5	0	?	?	?	?
Colin Garland	MELB	20	4	0	?	?	?	?
Brad Green	MELB	18	3	0	0	?	?	?
Clint Bartram	MELB	3	2	0	0	0	1	0
David Swallow	GCST	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
3	Bartram, Clint	BPR	88%	0	1	15	5	10	2	0	4	2	2	0	1	1	0
7	Bennell, Jamie	FPR	92%	0	0	12	9	3	4	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	4
46	Blease, Sam	WL	81%	0	1	28	22	6	4	0	1	2	1	1	1	7	4
8	Frawley, James	FB	99%	0	0	21	10	11	8	0	3	1	1	0	0	1	2
20	Garland, Colin	BPL	97%	1	0	29	20	9	8	0	4	0	0	0	0	9	3
18	Green, Brad (c)	HFFR	95%	4	0	18	14	4	9	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	3
38	Howe, Jeremy	SUB↑	34%	2	1	9	5	4	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
40	Jamar, Mark	RU	85%	0	1	14	4	10	3	39	2	3	4	2	3	0	0
39	Jetta, Neville	RR	86%	1	0	11	4	7	2	0	6	1	1	1	1	0	3
2	Jones, Nathan	RO	88%	1	0	25	15	10	5	0	4	3	4	1	3	1	3
24	Jurrah, Liam	INT↓	48%	3	1	7	6	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
34	Martin, Stefan	CHF	86%	1	0	15	7	8	2	7	2	2	0	3	0	1	3
43	McDonald, Tom	HBFR	84%	0	0	18	11	7	6	0	4	0	1	2	0	6	2
13	McKenzie, Jordie	C	72%	0	0	18	5	13	1	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	4
30	McNamara, Tom	INT	68%	0	0	9	9	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	2
22	Moloney, Brent	INT	82%	3	1	22	13	9	1	0	6	7	2	1	0	1	3
10	Morton, Cale	FPL	90%	0	0	10	6	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4
27	Rivers, Jared	CHB	90%	0	0	12	4	8	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1
31	Scully, Tom	HFFL	79%	0	0	19	7	12	2	0	6	6	1	1	1	1	1
35	Tapscott, Luke	HBFL	80%	1	0	7	4	3	2	0	4	0	3	1	2	1	1
9	Trengove, Jack	WR	82%	0	0	17	9	8	4	3	4	2	2	3	2	1	6
4	Watts, Jack	FF	92%	0	0	14	8	6	7	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	4
Rushed					4
Total (22 players)				17	10	350	197	153	84	49	64	31	33	18	17	34	55

J. Howe replaced L. Jurrah.

Gold Coast

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
9	Ablett, Gary (c)	C	90%	0	0	28	11	17	1	0	6	6	1	2	0	3	2
55	Ablett, Nathan	FF	93%	1	1	12	3	9	2	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0
37	Bennell, Harley	INT	77%	2	1	15	7	8	2	0	2	0	3	1	2	0	4
44	Bock, Nathan	HBFL	100%	0	0	18	12	6	3	0	4	1	1	1	0	6	1
3	Brennan, Jared	CHB	95%	0	0	13	11	2	3	0	5	0	2	2	1	5	1
42	Caddy, Josh	SUB↑	55%	0	0	10	8	2	5	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	1
5	Harbrow, Jarrod	HBFR	100%	0	0	24	11	13	3	0	8	1	5	0	1	3	1
40	Hickey, Tom	FPL↓	24%	0	0	5	0	5	1	2	4	1	0	1	0	0	0
7	Hunt, Karmichael	BPR	95%	0	0	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
36	Iles, Sam	INT	75%	0	0	20	7	13	1	0	4	3	2	1	1	1	2
32	Matera, Brandon	FPR	94%	0	1	18	14	4	6	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	3
18	McKenzie, Trent	CHF	89%	0	1	17	10	7	6	0	1	0	3	0	2	2	7
41	Prestia, Dion	WR	71%	0	0	24	10	14	1	0	4	7	3	2	0	3	4
35	Rischitelli, Michael	RO	79%	2	0	30	11	19	5	0	6	6	3	0	1	1	5
8	Russell, Luke	HFFL	91%	2	2	15	9	6	2	0	4	2	0	1	0	0	3
26	Shaw, Matt	WL	80%	0	0	14	5	9	1	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	5
2	Smith, Zac	RU	71%	2	0	10	5	5	2	12	0	3	2	3	1	0	0
25	Stanley, Danny	HFFR	92%	1	1	22	8	14	3	0	6	5	4	2	3	0	3
24	Swallow, David	RR	66%	1	0	25	13	12	2	0	0	2	3	0	2	0	8
48	Tape, Seb	BPL	100%	0	0	7	2	5	1	0	3	0	4	0	2	2	0
16	Thompson, Rory	FB	80%	1	1	12	2	10	3	3	2	0	2	0	1	2	0
4	Weller, Maverick	INT	83%	0	0	15	4	11	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	1
Rushed					2
Total (22 players)				12	10	358	166	192	58	17	70	41	46	17	18	31	51

J. Caddy replaced T. Hickey.

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: Todd Viney
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	48	S. Tape	16	R. Thompson	7	K. Hunt	40	M. Jamar	24	L. Jurrah
	7	J. Bennell	4	J. Watts	10	C. Morton	39	N. Jetta	30	T. McNamara
FORWARD							2	N. Jones	22	B. Moloney
HALF-BACK									38	J. Howe
	44	N. Bock	3	J. Brennan	5	J. Harbrow
	18	B. Green (c)	34	S. Martin	31	T. Scully
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	26	M. Shaw	9	G. Ablett (c)	41	D. Prestia
	9	J. Trengove	13	J. McKenzie	46	S. Blease	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							2	Z. Smith	37	H. Bennell
HALF-FORWARD							24	D. Swallow	36	S. Iles
	8	L. Russell	18	T. McKenzie	25	D. Stanley	35	M. Rischitelli	4	M. Weller
	43	T. McDonald	27	J. Rivers	35	L. Tapscott			42	J. Caddy
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	40	T. Hickey	55	N. Ablett	32	B. Matera
	3	C. Bartram	8	J. Frawley	20	C. Garland
BACK
Gold Coast							Coach: Guy McKenna

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	MELB	Rushed behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	01:19
	MELB	Liam Jurrah behind	0.2.2	-	0.0.0	07:56
	GCST	Trent McKenzie behind	0.2.2	-	0.1.1	09:09
	MELB	Nathan Jones goal	1.2.8	-	0.1.1	11:01
	GCST	Harley Bennell behind	1.2.8	-	0.2.2	15:07
	MELB	Liam Jurrah goal	2.2.14	-	0.2.2	16:22
	MELB	Clint Bartram behind	2.3.15	-	0.2.2	20:14
	GCST	Harley Bennell goal	2.3.15	-	1.2.8	21:59
	MELB	Liam Jurrah goal	3.3.21	-	1.2.8	24:14
	MELB	Brent Moloney goal	4.3.27	-	1.2.8	26:10
Q2	GCST	Harley Bennell goal	4.3.27	-	2.2.14	00:55
	GCST	Danny Stanley goal	4.3.27	-	3.2.20	04:20
	MELB	Brent Moloney goal	5.3.33	-	3.2.20	05:50
	GCST	Zac Smith goal	5.3.33	-	4.2.26	08:36
	GCST	David Swallow goal	5.3.33	-	5.2.32	10:02
	MELB	Liam Jurrah goal	6.3.39	-	5.2.32	12:12
	MELB	Rushed behind	6.4.40	-	5.2.32	13:29
	MELB	Rushed behind	6.5.41	-	5.2.32	17:14
	GCST	Rushed behind	6.5.41	-	5.3.33	21:11
	GCST	Michael Rischitelli goal	6.5.41	-	6.3.39	22:00
	GCST	Danny Stanley behind	6.5.41	-	6.4.40	26:39
	MELB	Brad Green goal	7.5.47	-	6.4.40	29:20
	GCST	Luke Russell behind	7.5.47	-	6.5.41	31:25
Q3	MELB	Brad Green goal	8.5.53	-	6.5.41	03:50
	GCST	Luke Russell behind	8.5.53	-	6.6.42	06:19
	MELB	Stefan Martin goal	9.5.59	-	6.6.42	07:04
	MELB	Mark Jamar behind	9.6.60	-	6.6.42	09:22
	GCST	Brandon Matera behind	9.6.60	-	6.7.43	10:34
	MELB	Sam Blease behind	9.7.61	-	6.7.43	14:13
	GCST	Nathan Ablett behind	9.7.61	-	6.8.44	15:17
	MELB	Luke Tapscott goal	10.7.67	-	6.8.44	16:18
	MELB	Neville Jetta goal	11.7.73	-	6.8.44	19:04
	MELB	Brad Green goal	12.7.79	-	6.8.44	20:44
	GCST	Zac Smith goal	12.7.79	-	7.8.50	23:46
	MELB	Colin Garland goal	13.7.85	-	7.8.50	25:33
Q4	GCST	Nathan Ablett goal	13.7.85	-	8.8.56	01:17
	MELB	Jeremy Howe goal	14.7.91	-	8.8.56	04:49
	GCST	Michael Rischitelli goal	14.7.91	-	9.8.62	06:10
	GCST	Luke Russell goal	14.7.91	-	10.8.68	07:39
	GCST	Rory Thompson goal	14.7.91	-	11.8.74	09:30
	GCST	Rushed behind	14.7.91	-	11.9.75	10:32
	MELB	Brad Green goal	15.7.97	-	11.9.75	12:01
	GCST	Luke Russell goal	15.7.97	-	12.9.81	15:27
	MELB	Rushed behind	15.8.98	-	12.9.81	17:34
	MELB	Jeremy Howe behind	15.9.99	-	12.9.81	19:31
	MELB	Jeremy Howe goal	16.9.105	-	12.9.81	21:29
	MELB	Brent Moloney goal	17.9.111	-	12.9.81	23:16
	MELB	Brent Moloney behind	17.10.112	-	12.9.81	25:51
	GCST	Rory Thompson behind	17.10.112	-	12.10.82	28:00

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