2012 AFL Round 17: Melbourne v Port Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 21 July 2012 between Melbourne and Port Adelaide during round 17 of the 2012 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Port Adelaide at TIO Stadium. Dom Cassisi captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mark Neeld and the visitors were coached by Matthew Primus.

Melbourne
Back: D. Nicholson, J. Frawley, C. Garland
Half-back: J. MacDonald, T. McDonald, J. Grimes
Centre: R. Bail, C. Sylvia, N. Jetta
Half-forward: R. Petterd, S. Martin, L. Dunn
Forward: J. Magner, J. Rivers, B. Green
Follower: J. Spencer, J. Trengove, N. Jones
Int.: S. Blease, T. Couch, J. Howe
Sub.: J. Strauss

Port Adelaide
Back: P. Stewart, A. Carlile, J. Trengove
Half-back: D. Cassisi (capt.), T. Chaplin, T. Logan
Centre: K. Cornes, T. Boak, M. Broadbent
Half-forward: D. Pearce, J. Westhoff, T. Jonas
Forward: Brett Ebert, D. Stewart, J. McCarthy
Follower: M. Lobbe, Brad Ebert, M. Thomas
Int.: A. Moore, J. Pittard, C. Wingard
Sub.: A. Young

Melbourne (8.8.56) were defeated by Port Adelaide (12.12.84).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: B. Green (2), J. Rivers (2), S. Blease, N. Jones, S. Martin, C. Sylvia
Port Adelaide: P. Stewart (5), T. Boak, M. Broadbent, B. Ebert, M. Lobbe, D. Stewart, C. Wingard, A. Young

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 16th on the ladder and Port Adelaide were then 14th on the ladder (up from 15th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2012 AFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Melbourne v Port Adelaide
Date: Saturday 21 July 2012
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: TIO Stadium
Attendance: 6,714

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Port Adelaide
Score: 8.8.56 - 12.12.84

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 0 5 . 1 7 . 5 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Port Adelaide 2 . 5 5 . 10 8 . 10 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Margin MELB by 13 PADL by 9 PADL by 11 PADL by 28 PADL by 28
Duration 31:27 29:27 30:28 28:31 1:59:53

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mark Neeld (Melbourne), Matthew Primus (Port Adelaide)
Captains: unknown (Melbourne), Dom Cassisi (Port Adelaide)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Travis Boak PADL 10 3
Paul Stewart PADL 14 2
Jack Grimes MELB 16 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Travis Boak PADL 10 9 1 1 0 0 0
Paul Stewart PADL 14 9 1 1 0 0 0
Alipate Carlile PADL 27 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Dom Cassisi PADL 1 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Brad Ebert PADL 7 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Daniel Nicholson MELB 26 2 0 0 0 1 0
Jack Grimes MELB 16 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
44 Bail, Rohan WL 84% 0 1 18 7 11 4 0 0 2 4 0 2 0 1
17 Blease, Sam INT 77% 1 1 17 12 5 4 0 4 0 3 1 0 0 4
47 Couch, Tom INT 72% 0 0 12 6 6 0 0 5 3 5 3 2 2 1
14 Dunn, Lynden HFFR 94% 0 0 19 13 6 6 0 3 0 2 4 1 5 3
8 Frawley, James FB 99% 0 0 12 10 2 3 1 3 0 4 0 1 2 2
20 Garland, Colin BPR 96% 0 0 20 14 6 6 0 3 0 5 0 1 3 1
18 Green, Brad FPR 92% 2 3 16 13 3 7 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 4
16 Grimes, Jack HBFR 86% 0 0 32 20 12 11 0 4 3 1 2 0 1 6
38 Howe, Jeremy INT 80% 0 1 9 6 3 3 1 2 2 3 2 1 0 2
39 Jetta, Neville WR 75% 0 0 19 12 7 4 0 3 3 4 3 1 1 6
2 Jones, Nathan RO 82% 1 0 26 13 13 2 0 5 6 2 5 2 1 1
28 MacDonald, Joel HBFL 94% 0 0 17 9 8 3 0 2 2 4 0 3 2 1
49 Magner, James FPL↓ 54% 0 0 12 5 7 4 0 5 3 3 3 3 0 3
34 Martin, Stefan CHF 80% 1 0 12 7 5 3 11 1 1 1 0 1 1 1
25 McDonald, Tom CHB 96% 0 0 23 15 8 5 0 2 1 1 1 0 6 1
26 Nicholson, Daniel BPL 90% 0 0 22 17 5 6 0 3 2 3 1 0 6 3
15 Petterd, Ricky HFFL 88% 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 4 0 3 2 1 0 4
27 Rivers, Jared FF 90% 2 1 9 7 2 5 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 3
42 Spencer, Jake RU 75% 0 0 8 3 5 3 18 6 1 4 1 3 0 1
19 Strauss, James SUB↑ 33% 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Sylvia, Colin C 79% 1 0 21 15 6 2 1 6 5 2 1 1 0 4
9 Trengove, Jack RR 83% 0 0 19 7 12 4 0 3 0 4 1 1 1 3
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 8 8 360 223 137 88 34 73 34 61 31 25 31 55

J. Strauss replaced J. Magner during the third quarter.

Port Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Boak, Travis C 80% 1 2 30 19 11 1 0 0 9 4 3 2 1 8
5 Broadbent, Matthew WR 85% 1 0 21 12 9 1 0 2 4 2 0 1 2 1
27 Carlile, Alipate FB 89% 0 0 16 9 7 4 1 0 0 2 1 0 4 1
1 Cassisi, Dom (c) HBFL 74% 0 0 30 13 17 4 0 5 4 6 4 4 2 1
30 Chaplin, Troy CHB 94% 0 0 19 11 8 6 0 2 1 3 1 1 4 4
18 Cornes, Kane WL 91% 0 0 23 10 13 3 0 2 3 5 2 5 3 1
7 Ebert, Brad RR 84% 0 1 26 16 10 7 0 4 6 9 0 5 2 6
33 Ebert, Brett FPL 90% 1 1 13 9 4 8 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 5
42 Jonas, Tom HFFR 91% 0 0 12 6 6 3 0 3 0 2 0 1 4 0
23 Lobbe, Matthew RU 87% 1 0 13 6 7 2 18 1 3 2 2 1 1 1
44 Logan, Tom HBFR 89% 0 0 22 10 12 5 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 1
35 McCarthy, John FPR 84% 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 2 0 5 0 3 5 0
26 Moore, Andrew INT 74% 0 0 11 5 6 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 2
6 Pearce, Danyle HFFL 91% 0 0 26 17 9 3 0 1 0 2 1 1 5 4
29 Pittard, Jasper INT↓ 15% 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
43 Stewart, Daniel FF 91% 1 1 9 6 3 2 8 0 1 2 2 0 2 0
14 Stewart, Paul BPL 87% 5 0 15 11 4 5 0 2 0 3 2 2 0 4
21 Thomas, Matt RO 84% 0 1 14 5 9 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 1 1
12 Trengove, Jackson BPR 93% 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 2 0 3 1 2 4 0
39 Westhoff, Justin CHF 90% 0 1 22 13 9 7 6 2 2 5 2 1 2 4
20 Wingard, Chad INT 81% 1 0 16 4 12 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 1
40 Young, Aaron SUB↑ 58% 1 0 7 3 4 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0
Rushed 5
Total (22 players) 12 12 366 197 169 67 33 41 35 66 25 31 46 45

A. Young replaced J. Pittard.

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 MELB Brad Green goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 04:15
PADL Daniel Stewart behind 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 09:40
PADL Rushed behind 1.0.6 - 0.2.2 10:27
PADL Paul Stewart goal 1.0.6 - 1.2.8 11:08
MELB Brad Green goal 2.0.12 - 1.2.8 13:04
PADL Paul Stewart goal 2.0.12 - 2.2.14 15:00
MELB Jared Rivers goal 3.0.18 - 2.2.14 19:05
MELB Stefan Martin goal 4.0.24 - 2.2.14 20:31
PADL Matt Thomas behind 4.0.24 - 2.3.15 22:29
PADL Rushed behind 4.0.24 - 2.4.16 28:37
MELB Colin Sylvia goal 5.0.30 - 2.4.16 29:13
PADL Brad Ebert behind 5.0.30 - 2.5.17 31:05
Q2 PADL Daniel Stewart goal 5.0.30 - 3.5.23 00:26
PADL Travis Boak goal 5.0.30 - 4.5.29 03:33
PADL Rushed behind 5.0.30 - 4.6.30 09:22
PADL Rushed behind 5.0.30 - 4.7.31 12:15
PADL Justin Westhoff behind 5.0.30 - 4.8.32 14:11
PADL Travis Boak behind 5.0.30 - 4.9.33 17:07
PADL Brett Ebert goal 5.0.30 - 5.9.39 21:36
PADL Rushed behind 5.0.30 - 5.10.40 26:12
MELB Brad Green behind 5.1.31 - 5.10.40 29:19
Q3 PADL Matthew Broadbent goal 5.1.31 - 6.10.46 01:43
MELB Rushed behind 5.2.32 - 6.10.46 03:37
MELB Jared Rivers goal 6.2.38 - 6.10.46 06:42
MELB Sam Blease behind 6.3.39 - 6.10.46 16:17
PADL Paul Stewart goal 6.3.39 - 7.10.52 18:36
MELB Jeremy Howe behind 6.4.40 - 7.10.52 21:26
MELB Sam Blease goal 7.4.46 - 7.10.52 23:48
MELB Rohan Bail behind 7.5.47 - 7.10.52 25:44
PADL Paul Stewart goal 7.5.47 - 8.10.58 28:26
Q4 PADL Aaron Young goal 7.5.47 - 9.10.64 03:36
PADL Matthew Lobbe goal 7.5.47 - 10.10.70 06:27
MELB Jared Rivers behind 7.6.48 - 10.10.70 08:39
MELB Brad Green behind 7.7.49 - 10.10.70 12:35
PADL Chad Wingard goal 7.7.49 - 11.10.76 15:06
PADL Paul Stewart goal 7.7.49 - 12.10.82 17:48
PADL Brett Ebert behind 7.7.49 - 12.11.83 21:42
PADL Travis Boak behind 7.7.49 - 12.12.84 23:11
MELB Brad Green behind 7.8.50 - 12.12.84 24:51
MELB Nathan Jones goal 8.8.56 - 12.12.84 26:11