2017 AFL Round 2: Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 2 April 2017 between Melbourne and Carlton during round 2 of the 2017 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Carlton at MCG. Marc Murphy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Brendon Bolton.

Melbourne
Back: J. Hunt, O. McDonald, J. Melksham
Half-back: N. Jetta, T. McDonald, N. Jones
Centre: C. Salem, J. Lewis, M. Hannan
Half-forward: C. Oliver, S. Weideman, J. Watts
Forward: C. Petracca, J. Hogan, J. Garlett
Follower: M. Gawn, A. Neal-Bullen, J. Viney
Int.: A. Brayshaw, J. Harmes, B. Stretch, D. Tyson

Carlton
Back: J. Pickett, C. Marchbank, L. Plowman
Half-back: B. Smedts, S. Rowe, S. Docherty
Centre: M. Wright, B. Gibbs, K. Simpson
Half-forward: J. Silvagni, L. Casboult, E. Curnow
Forward: S. White, J. Weitering, D. Thomas
Follower: M. Kreuzer, P. Cripps, M. Murphy (capt.)
Int.: D. Armfield, C. Curnow, H. Macreadie, S. Petrevski-Seton

Melbourne (13.8.86) defeated Carlton (9.10.64).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: J. Garlett (3), N. Jones (2), J. Watts (2), S. Weideman (2), M. Gawn, C. Petracca, C. Salem, D. Tyson
Carlton: M. Wright (3), D. Armfield, L. Casboult, E. Curnow, M. Murphy, S. Petrevski-Seton, J. Pickett

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 4th on the ladder (up from 6th) and Carlton remained 16th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2017 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Sunday 2 April 2017
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 46,727

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Carlton
Score: 13.8.86 - 9.10.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 2 6 . 4 7 . 5 13 . 8 13 . 8 (86)
Carlton 2 . 2 4 . 6 7 . 8 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Margin MELB by 6 MELB by 10 CARL by 3 MELB by 22 MELB by 22
Duration 27:36 28:23 27:00 30:34 1:53:33

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Brendon Bolton (Carlton)
Captains: unknown (Melbourne), Marc Murphy (Carlton)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Dalgleish (#7), S. Meredith (#21), N. Williamson (#22)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Christian Salem MELB 3 3
Dom Tyson MELB 12 2
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Christian Salem MELB 3 10 2 0 0 0 0
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 8 0 2 0 0 0
Patrick Cripps CARL 9 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Marc Murphy CARL 3 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Matthew Wright CARL 46 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Neville Jetta MELB 39 2 0 0 0 1 0
Nathan Jones MELB 2 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
10 Brayshaw, Angus INT 65% 0 1 11 9 2 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 2
36 Garlett, Jeff FPR 86% 3 0 14 12 2 5 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 5
11 Gawn, Max RU 83% 1 0 15 6 9 4 28 4 2 3 3 2 1 1
19 Hannan, Mitch WR 77% 0 1 10 5 5 2 0 2 0 5 1 3 0 1
43 Harmes, James INT 80% 0 1 23 8 15 5 0 5 1 1 1 0 4 0
1 Hogan, Jesse FF 91% 0 3 21 15 6 10 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 5
29 Hunt, Jayden BPL 88% 0 0 17 14 3 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 3
39 Jetta, Neville HBFL 79% 0 0 17 10 7 11 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 0
2 Jones, Nathan HBFR 81% 2 0 26 19 7 5 0 1 4 2 1 1 3 8
6 Lewis, Jordan C 84% 0 0 17 10 7 3 0 3 2 1 3 0 3 0
28 McDonald, Oscar FB 92% 0 0 12 5 7 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
25 McDonald, Tom CHB 92% 0 0 17 14 3 9 0 2 0 2 0 2 8 1
18 Melksham, Jake BPR 80% 0 0 22 15 7 7 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 2
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex RR 85% 0 0 12 6 6 3 0 5 0 1 1 0 1 0
13 Oliver, Clayton HFFL 83% 0 0 35 11 24 7 1 9 5 4 2 2 5 2
5 Petracca, Christian FPL 84% 1 1 18 13 5 9 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 7
3 Salem, Christian WL 81% 1 0 31 24 7 7 0 3 0 4 2 0 7 2
15 Stretch, Billy INT 80% 0 0 22 8 14 4 0 4 2 0 1 0 1 2
12 Tyson, Dom INT 77% 1 0 32 17 15 12 0 7 5 7 1 2 2 4
7 Viney, Jack RO 79% 0 0 22 12 10 4 0 4 4 4 2 2 0 4
4 Watts, Jack HFFR 73% 2 0 19 12 7 8 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 4
26 Weideman, Sam CHF 82% 2 0 9 6 3 5 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 13 8 422 251 171 133 30 62 30 54 25 18 47 54

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Armfield, Dennis INT 74% 1 1 11 11 0 8 0 2 1 5 0 2 1 4
41 Casboult, Levi CHF 82% 1 0 12 8 4 8 5 0 0 3 0 2 2 3
9 Cripps, Patrick RR 84% 0 1 29 16 13 4 0 4 10 5 2 2 2 7
30 Curnow, Charlie INT 72% 0 0 7 3 4 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
35 Curnow, Ed HFFR 86% 1 0 23 11 12 5 0 3 0 2 2 2 0 4
15 Docherty, Sam HBFR 90% 0 0 29 22 7 10 0 0 0 6 0 3 6 1
4 Gibbs, Bryce C 81% 0 0 25 18 7 9 0 1 2 5 0 2 4 5
8 Kreuzer, Matthew RU 86% 0 0 11 4 7 3 21 3 1 0 2 0 0 5
26 Macreadie, Harrison INT 69% 0 0 10 6 4 4 0 3 0 1 1 0 3 0
22 Marchbank, Caleb FB 90% 0 0 16 11 5 6 0 4 0 1 3 0 2 1
3 Murphy, Marc (c) RO 87% 1 1 31 18 13 7 0 4 6 2 1 0 5 3
5 Petrevski-Seton, Sam INT 69% 1 1 13 11 2 4 0 2 1 4 0 0 2 2
33 Pickett, Jarrod BPL 66% 1 0 9 6 3 2 0 4 1 5 0 1 1 0
20 Plowman, Lachie BPR 95% 0 0 18 12 6 5 0 1 1 4 3 4 3 1
17 Rowe, Sam CHB 100% 0 0 6 1 5 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0
1 Silvagni, Jack HFFL 74% 0 2 13 6 7 6 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 2
6 Simpson, Kade WR 91% 0 0 14 8 6 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2
16 Smedts, Billie HBFL 82% 0 1 16 9 7 1 0 3 1 3 0 1 0 2
39 Thomas, Dale FPR 71% 0 1 19 11 8 8 0 1 1 3 1 2 1 5
23 Weitering, Jacob FF 83% 0 1 14 10 4 6 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2
43 White, Simon FPL 83% 0 0 11 9 2 6 0 3 0 2 0 1 3 1
46 Wright, Matthew WL 85% 3 0 21 12 9 7 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 5
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 9 10 358 223 135 117 26 45 27 60 18 25 38 56

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: Simon Goodwin
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
33 J. Pickett 22 C. Marchbank 20 L. Plowman 11 M. Gawn 10 A. Brayshaw
36 J. Garlett 1 J. Hogan 5 C. Petracca 30 A. Neal-Bullen 43 J. Harmes
FORWARD 7 J. Viney 15 B. Stretch
HALF-BACK

12 D. Tyson
16 B. Smedts 17 S. Rowe 15 S. Docherty



4 J. Watts 26 S. Weideman 13 C. Oliver



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



46 M. Wright 4 B. Gibbs 6 K. Simpson



19 M. Hannan 6 J. Lewis 3 C. Salem FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 8 M. Kreuzer 27 D. Armfield
HALF-FORWARD 9 P. Cripps 30 C. Curnow
1 J. Silvagni 41 L. Casboult 35 E. Curnow 3 M. Murphy (c) 26 H. Macreadie
2 N. Jones 25 T. McDonald 39 N. Jetta

5 S. Petrevski-Seton
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



43 S. White 23 J. Weitering 39 D. Thomas



18 J. Melksham 28 O. McDonald 29 J. Hunt



BACK



Carlton Coach: Brendon Bolton

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Jack Watts goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 01:05
CARL Patrick Cripps behind 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 03:38
MELB James Harmes behind 1.1.7 - 0.1.1 07:45
MELB Nathan Jones goal 2.1.13 - 0.1.1 08:25
MELB Jesse Hogan behind 2.2.14 - 0.1.1 09:30
CARL Matthew Wright goal 2.2.14 - 1.1.7 10:13
MELB Sam Weideman goal 3.2.20 - 1.1.7 12:31
CARL Ed Curnow goal 3.2.20 - 2.1.13 16:16
CARL Jack Silvagni behind 3.2.20 - 2.2.14 26:13
Q2 MELB Jeff Garlett goal 4.2.26 - 2.2.14 04:57
MELB Christian Salem goal 5.2.32 - 2.2.14 07:00
CARL Marc Murphy behind 5.2.32 - 2.3.15 08:33
MELB Christian Petracca behind 5.3.33 - 2.3.15 09:43
MELB Max Gawn goal 6.3.39 - 2.3.15 12:23
CARL Sam Petrevski-Seton behind 6.3.39 - 2.4.16 13:26
CARL Billie Smedts behind 6.3.39 - 2.5.17 13:50
CARL Marc Murphy goal 6.3.39 - 3.5.23 19:43
MELB Mitch Hannan behind 6.4.40 - 3.5.23 24:33
CARL Dale Thomas behind 6.4.40 - 3.6.24 26:37
CARL Dennis Armfield goal 6.4.40 - 4.6.30 28:20
Q3 CARL Rushed behind 6.4.40 - 4.7.31 01:41
MELB Jesse Hogan behind 6.5.41 - 4.7.31 02:55
CARL Matthew Wright goal 6.5.41 - 5.7.37 08:33
CARL Matthew Wright goal 6.5.41 - 6.7.43 14:49
CARL Sam Petrevski-Seton goal 6.5.41 - 7.7.49 17:32
CARL Dennis Armfield behind 6.5.41 - 7.8.50 18:40
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 7.5.47 - 7.8.50 21:33
Q4 CARL Jack Silvagni behind 7.5.47 - 7.9.51 05:30
MELB Angus Brayshaw behind 7.6.48 - 7.9.51 06:20
MELB Christian Petracca goal 8.6.54 - 7.9.51 06:44
MELB Jack Watts goal 9.6.60 - 7.9.51 09:07
CARL Jarrod Pickett goal 9.6.60 - 8.9.57 13:29
CARL Jacob Weitering behind 9.6.60 - 8.10.58 14:54
MELB Dom Tyson goal 10.6.66 - 8.10.58 16:29
MELB Sam Weideman goal 11.6.72 - 8.10.58 18:04
CARL Levi Casboult goal 11.6.72 - 9.10.64 20:06
MELB Jesse Hogan behind 11.7.73 - 9.10.64 22:59
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 12.7.79 - 9.10.64 23:48
MELB Rushed behind 12.8.80 - 9.10.64 26:42
MELB Nathan Jones goal 13.8.86 - 9.10.64 29:34