2017 AFL Round 4: Melbourne v Fremantle

This is the match report for the match played on 15 April 2017 between Melbourne and Fremantle during round 4 of the 2017 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Fremantle at MCG. Nat Fyfe captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Ross Lyon.

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

Fremantle
Back: E. Hughes, J. Hamling, L. Spurr
Half-back: G. Ibbotson, M. Johnson, C. Blakely
Centre: S. Hill, L. Neale, B. Hill
Half-forward: L. Weller, C. McCarthy, E. Langdon
Forward: M. Walters, S. Kersten, B. Grey
Follower: A. Sandilands, N. Fyfe (capt.), D. Mundy
Int.: H. Balic, H. Crozier, G. Logue, T. Sheridan

Melbourne (15.14.104) were defeated by Fremantle (16.10.106).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: J. Garlett (3), J. Harmes (2), C. Petracca (2), J. Spencer (2), J. Watts (2), D. Kent, A. Neal-Bullen, C. Salem, J. Viney
Fremantle: L. Neale (4), D. Mundy (3), C. McCarthy (2), H. Balic, H. Crozier, N. Fyfe, B. Grey, S. Hill, S. Kersten, M. Walters

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 8th on the ladder and Fremantle were then 12th on the ladder (up from 15th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2017 AFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Melbourne v Fremantle
Date: Saturday 15 April 2017
Time: 1:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 27,829

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Fremantle
Score: 15.14.104 - 16.10.106

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 5 9 . 7 9 . 10 15 . 14 15 . 14 (104)
Fremantle 3 . 2 6 . 4 13 . 8 16 . 10 16 . 10 (106)
Margin FREM by 3 MELB by 21 FREM by 22 FREM by 2 FREM by 2
Duration 28:48 31:18 29:53 32:42 2:02:41

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Ross Lyon (Fremantle)
Captains: unknown (Melbourne), Nat Fyfe (Fremantle)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Harris (#24), A. Mitchell (#31), M. Stevic (#9), E: J. Howorth (#47)
Goal Umpire: L. Walker, D. Wilson, E: C. Lai
Boundary Umpire: G. Bergroth, J. Mather, J. Scully, D. Tee

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Lachie Neale FREM 27 3
Nat Fyfe FREM 7 2
David Mundy FREM 16 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Lachie Neale FREM 27 10 2 0 0 0 0
David Mundy FREM 16 7 0 1 1 0 0
Nat Fyfe FREM 7 4 0 1 0 0 0
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 3 0 0 1 0 0
Connor Blakely FREM 19 2 0 0 0 1 0
Lachie Weller FREM 14 2 0 0 0 1 0
Christian Petracca MELB 5 1 0 0 0 0 1
Christian Salem MELB 3 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
32 Bugg, Tomas RR 82% 0 1 22 6 16 3 0 4 4 1 2 0 1 3
17 Frost, Sam CHB 88% 0 0 16 9 7 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0
36 Garlett, Jeff FPL 86% 3 1 15 9 6 5 0 8 0 1 1 0 2 2
19 Hannan, Mitch HFFR 77% 0 1 12 9 3 5 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 5
43 Harmes, James INT 79% 2 2 19 12 7 8 0 2 1 3 1 1 1 6
29 Hunt, Jayden BPR 86% 0 0 18 10 8 4 0 2 3 4 0 0 3 3
39 Jetta, Neville HBFL 83% 0 0 12 5 7 3 0 4 0 1 3 0 2 0
2 Jones, Nathan HBFR 81% 0 0 18 8 10 1 0 8 3 3 1 1 2 5
16 Kent, Dean INT 73% 1 1 16 10 6 6 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 3
25 McDonald, Tom FB 98% 0 0 21 15 6 6 0 0 0 7 0 2 7 0
18 Melksham, Jake BPL 78% 0 1 10 10 0 3 0 3 0 4 0 1 2 3
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex HFFL 84% 1 0 24 12 12 3 0 5 3 5 0 0 3 4
13 Oliver, Clayton C 72% 0 0 26 9 17 3 0 8 10 3 3 2 1 3
5 Petracca, Christian FPR 77% 2 0 20 9 11 4 0 4 1 4 0 1 1 3
3 Salem, Christian INT 79% 1 0 23 14 9 4 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 1
33 Spencer, Jake RU 85% 2 0 13 6 7 4 15 3 3 4 3 3 2 1
15 Stretch, Billy WR 83% 0 0 16 5 11 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
12 Tyson, Dom INT 73% 0 1 28 18 10 9 0 5 3 6 0 2 1 4
23 Vince, Bernie WL 89% 0 0 25 17 8 6 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 2
7 Viney, Jack RO 74% 1 1 16 6 10 4 0 8 1 2 2 1 2 1
4 Watts, Jack FF 85% 2 2 14 8 6 5 7 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
26 Weideman, Sam CHF 87% 0 1 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 15 14 389 210 179 95 22 72 36 57 21 15 39 50

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
24 Balic, Harley INT 66% 1 0 15 8 7 4 0 5 2 3 0 1 1 3
19 Blakely, Connor HBFR 85% 0 0 23 9 14 3 0 2 5 4 3 0 0 3
17 Crozier, Hayden INT 78% 1 0 9 7 2 2 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 4
7 Fyfe, Nat (c) RR 91% 1 1 25 11 14 6 0 4 7 6 2 3 2 3
28 Grey, Brady FPR 73% 1 0 6 5 1 1 0 7 0 3 0 2 0 2
21 Hamling, Joel FB 95% 0 0 8 2 6 3 0 1 0 3 0 1 3 0
9 Hill, Bradley WR 84% 0 2 19 12 7 7 0 3 3 5 1 1 3 3
32 Hill, Stephen WL 67% 1 0 18 10 8 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 1
15 Hughes, Ethan BPL 82% 0 0 17 14 3 5 0 3 0 3 1 0 4 4
5 Ibbotson, Garrick HBFL 90% 0 0 8 2 6 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0
37 Johnson, Michael CHB 87% 0 0 18 9 9 5 5 3 3 3 1 1 4 0
22 Kersten, Shane FF 84% 1 0 14 8 6 5 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 5
26 Langdon, Ed HFFR 80% 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
2 Logue, Griffin INT 60% 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
23 McCarthy, Cam CHF 90% 2 3 20 15 5 6 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 8
16 Mundy, David RO 81% 3 0 23 9 14 3 0 7 1 1 1 0 4 5
27 Neale, Lachie C 84% 4 1 22 11 11 4 0 6 4 0 3 0 1 2
31 Sandilands, Aaron RU 80% 0 0 14 2 12 5 53 2 3 6 1 4 0 0
11 Sheridan, Tom INT 81% 0 0 11 6 5 5 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 1
34 Spurr, Lee BPR 96% 0 0 18 12 6 2 0 3 0 3 0 2 2 1
10 Walters, Michael FPL 80% 1 0 20 13 7 5 0 3 2 5 1 3 0 6
14 Weller, Lachie HFFL 87% 0 1 27 14 13 4 0 2 1 4 0 2 3 5
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 16 10 355 193 162 85 58 73 38 57 15 21 33 58

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
15 E. Hughes 21 J. Hamling 34 L. Spurr 33 J. Spencer 43 J. Harmes
5 C. Petracca 4 J. Watts 36 J. Garlett 32 T. Bugg 16 D. Kent
FORWARD 7 J. Viney 3 C. Salem
HALF-BACK

12 D. Tyson
5 G. Ibbotson 37 M. Johnson 19 C. Blakely



19 M. Hannan 26 S. Weideman 30 A. Neal-Bullen



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



32 S. Hill 27 L. Neale 9 B. Hill



15 B. Stretch 13 C. Oliver 23 B. Vince FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 31 A. Sandilands 24 H. Balic
HALF-FORWARD 7 N. Fyfe (c) 17 H. Crozier
14 L. Weller 23 C. McCarthy 26 E. Langdon 16 D. Mundy 2 G. Logue
2 N. Jones 17 S. Frost 39 N. Jetta

11 T. Sheridan
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



10 M. Walters 22 S. Kersten 28 B. Grey



29 J. Hunt 25 T. McDonald 18 J. Melksham



BACK



Fremantle Coach: Ross Lyon

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Tomas Bugg behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:29
MELB Mitch Hannan behind 0.2.2 - 0.0.0 01:59
FREM Shane Kersten goal 0.2.2 - 1.0.6 03:06
MELB Jake Spencer goal 1.2.8 - 1.0.6 05:27
MELB Dean Kent behind 1.3.9 - 1.0.6 12:15
MELB Rushed behind 1.4.10 - 1.0.6 14:32
FREM Cam McCarthy goal 1.4.10 - 2.0.12 15:06
FREM Nat Fyfe behind 1.4.10 - 2.1.13 18:02
FREM David Mundy goal 1.4.10 - 3.1.19 19:39
MELB Jack Watts goal 2.4.16 - 3.1.19 21:08
MELB Jack Watts behind 2.5.17 - 3.1.19 22:13
FREM Cam McCarthy behind 2.5.17 - 3.2.20 24:47
Q2 MELB Jeff Garlett behind 2.6.18 - 3.2.20 02:21
MELB James Harmes goal 3.6.24 - 3.2.20 03:46
FREM Lachie Neale goal 3.6.24 - 4.2.26 05:43
MELB Dean Kent goal 4.6.30 - 4.2.26 08:47
FREM David Mundy goal 4.6.30 - 5.2.32 12:29
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 5.6.36 - 5.2.32 14:02
MELB Christian Petracca goal 6.6.42 - 5.2.32 16:49
MELB Jack Viney behind 6.7.43 - 5.2.32 20:09
FREM Bradley Hill behind 6.7.43 - 5.3.33 22:04
FREM Cam McCarthy behind 6.7.43 - 5.4.34 23:26
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 7.7.49 - 5.4.34 24:30
MELB James Harmes goal 8.7.55 - 5.4.34 26:17
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 9.7.61 - 5.4.34 28:12
FREM Lachie Neale goal 9.7.61 - 6.4.40 31:13
Q3 MELB James Harmes behind 9.8.62 - 6.4.40 02:33
FREM Nat Fyfe goal 9.8.62 - 7.4.46 04:46
FREM David Mundy goal 9.8.62 - 8.4.52 05:49
MELB Rushed behind 9.9.63 - 8.4.52 09:35
FREM Lachie Neale goal 9.9.63 - 9.4.58 12:40
FREM Harley Balic goal 9.9.63 - 10.4.64 16:11
FREM Michael Walters goal 9.9.63 - 11.4.70 18:27
FREM Rushed behind 9.9.63 - 11.5.71 19:38
FREM Bradley Hill behind 9.9.63 - 11.6.72 20:59
FREM Rushed behind 9.9.63 - 11.7.73 21:41
FREM Lachie Neale goal 9.9.63 - 12.7.79 24:23
FREM Hayden Crozier goal 9.9.63 - 13.7.85 25:52
MELB Jack Watts behind 9.10.64 - 13.7.85 27:37
FREM Lachie Neale behind 9.10.64 - 13.8.86 29:06
Q4 MELB Jack Watts goal 10.10.70 - 13.8.86 01:04
MELB Jake Spencer goal 11.10.76 - 13.8.86 02:46
FREM Stephen Hill goal 11.10.76 - 14.8.92 10:18
MELB Christian Petracca goal 12.10.82 - 14.8.92 11:28
FREM Cam McCarthy behind 12.10.82 - 14.9.93 14:17
MELB Dom Tyson behind 12.11.83 - 14.9.93 15:25
MELB Jake Melksham behind 12.12.84 - 14.9.93 16:26
MELB Sam Weideman behind 12.13.85 - 14.9.93 19:39
FREM Lachie Weller behind 12.13.85 - 14.10.94 20:53
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 13.13.91 - 14.10.94 21:46
FREM Brady Grey goal 13.13.91 - 15.10.100 22:50
MELB Christian Salem goal 14.13.97 - 15.10.100 24:46
MELB Jack Viney goal 15.13.103 - 15.10.100 27:19
FREM Cam McCarthy goal 15.13.103 - 16.10.106 29:27
MELB James Harmes behind 15.14.104 - 16.10.106 31:51