2017 AFL Season Round 2: Melbourne v Carlton

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

Melbourne (13.8.86) defeated Carlton (9.10.64).

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

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Melbourne) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Carlton) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Simon Goodwin

Carlton

Captain: Marc Murphy
Coach: Brendon Bolton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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

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