2017 AFL Round 17: Melbourne v Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 15 July 2017 between Melbourne and Adelaide during round 17 of the 2017 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Adelaide at TIO Stadium. Taylor Walker captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Don Pyke.

Melbourne
Back: M. Hibberd, O. McDonald, N. Jetta
Half-back: J. Wagner, S. Frost, B. Vince
Centre: A. Neal-Bullen, J. Lewis, J. Harmes
Half-forward: C. Petracca, T. McDonald, J. Hunt
Forward: J. Garlett, J. Hogan, D. Kent
Follower: M. Gawn, C. Oliver, J. Melksham
Int.: M. Hannan, J. Kennedy Harris, C. Pedersen, J. Smith

Adelaide
Back: R. Laird, J. Lever, A. Otten
Half-back: L. Brown, D. Talia, D. MacKay
Centre: R. Sloane, R. Atkins, B. Smith
Half-forward: R. Knight, T. Walker (capt.), C. Cameron
Forward: E. Betts, J. Jenkins, M. McGovern
Follower: S. Jacobs, M. Crouch, B. Crouch
Int.: R. Douglas, H. Greenwood, J. Kelly, T. Lynch

Melbourne (10.10.70) were defeated by Adelaide (17.14.116).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: J. Melksham (3), M. Gawn, J. Hunt, D. Kent, T. McDonald, A. Neal-Bullen, C. Oliver, C. Petracca
Adelaide: T. Walker (4), T. Lynch (3), E. Betts (2), D. MacKay (2), M. McGovern (2), B. Crouch, S. Jacobs, J. Jenkins, R. Knight

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 7th on the ladder (down from 5th) and Adelaide remained 1st on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2017 AFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Melbourne v Adelaide
Date: Saturday 15 July 2017
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: TIO Stadium
Attendance: 12,104

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Adelaide
Score: 10.10.70 - 17.14.116

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 3 5 . 3 9 . 7 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Adelaide 7 . 2 11 . 6 12 . 11 17 . 14 17 . 14 (116)
Margin ADEL by 35 ADEL by 39 ADEL by 22 ADEL by 46 ADEL by 46
Duration 32:12 30:34 30:57 31:52 2:05:35

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Don Pyke (Adelaide)
Captains: unknown (Melbourne), Taylor Walker (Adelaide)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Donlon (#1), B. Rosebury (#8), B. Ryan (#27), E: K. Nund (#38)
Goal Umpire: C. Appleton, M. Dervan, E: D. Wilson
Boundary Umpire: T. Lougoon, T. Morrison, J. Scully, D. Tee

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Tom Lynch ADEL 27 3
Rory Laird ADEL 29 2
Brad Crouch ADEL 2 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Taylor Walker ADEL 13 9 1 1 0 0 0
Tom Lynch ADEL 27 8 1 0 1 0 0
Rory Laird ADEL 29 6 0 1 0 1 0
Brad Crouch ADEL 2 4 0 0 1 0 1
Matt Crouch ADEL 44 2 0 0 0 1 0
David MacKay ADEL 14 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
17 Frost, Sam CHB 93% 0 0 12 5 7 3 0 1 0 7 0 2 1 2
36 Garlett, Jeff FPL 87% 0 4 19 12 7 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 3
11 Gawn, Max RU 85% 1 0 11 7 4 2 31 2 3 3 2 1 0 1
19 Hannan, Mitch INT 72% 0 0 13 5 8 0 0 4 3 6 1 1 0 2
43 Harmes, James WR 72% 0 0 17 5 12 1 0 4 3 2 0 2 0 1
14 Hibberd, Michael BPL 90% 0 0 32 23 9 5 0 0 2 2 3 0 9 6
1 Hogan, Jesse FF 86% 0 1 11 7 4 7 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 4
29 Hunt, Jayden HFFR 87% 1 0 27 19 8 7 0 2 1 4 3 0 8 5
39 Jetta, Neville BPR 87% 0 0 14 3 11 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Kennedy Harris, Jay INT 83% 0 0 28 13 15 4 0 5 2 4 1 0 2 4
16 Kent, Dean FPR 52% 1 1 5 3 2 1 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 1
6 Lewis, Jordan C 86% 0 0 33 13 20 3 0 4 6 3 2 1 0 3
28 McDonald, Oscar FB 91% 0 0 15 8 7 4 0 1 2 2 1 0 3 0
25 McDonald, Tom CHF 85% 1 1 12 7 5 5 1 1 0 4 1 2 0 1
18 Melksham, Jake RO 88% 3 1 13 12 1 4 0 4 0 3 1 1 0 6
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex WL 79% 1 0 23 11 12 2 0 6 3 2 2 0 0 5
13 Oliver, Clayton RR 79% 1 0 27 8 19 2 0 4 8 2 0 0 1 3
21 Pedersen, Cameron INT 82% 0 1 12 7 5 4 10 2 0 3 2 1 0 2
5 Petracca, Christian HFFL 77% 1 0 23 7 16 1 0 1 3 5 0 1 1 3
44 Smith, Joel INT 77% 0 0 12 5 7 1 0 5 0 3 0 2 1 0
23 Vince, Bernie HBFR 85% 0 0 16 10 6 5 0 5 3 3 1 3 1 3
42 Wagner, Josh HBFL 75% 0 0 18 7 11 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 10 10 393 197 196 67 42 59 40 63 24 17 30 55

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Atkins, Rory C 80% 0 0 18 9 9 1 0 0 1 5 0 1 1 2
18 Betts, Eddie FPL 89% 2 2 16 11 5 5 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 5
16 Brown, Luke HBFL 91% 0 0 17 12 5 4 0 4 1 1 2 1 4 0
23 Cameron, Charlie HFFR 83% 0 0 20 12 8 2 0 2 6 2 2 0 0 8
2 Crouch, Brad RO 82% 1 0 27 9 18 3 0 7 5 2 2 0 3 0
44 Crouch, Matt RR 80% 0 0 31 13 18 4 0 3 5 1 1 0 3 2
26 Douglas, Richard INT 85% 0 0 22 15 7 4 0 2 3 4 2 2 1 6
20 Greenwood, Hugh INT 64% 0 0 16 6 10 3 0 7 7 4 0 1 0 3
24 Jacobs, Sam RU 85% 1 0 9 8 1 3 42 4 1 2 1 1 1 0
4 Jenkins, Josh FF 87% 1 1 13 8 5 6 8 2 2 3 2 1 1 2
8 Kelly, Jake INT 88% 0 0 11 5 6 3 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0
3 Knight, Riley HFFL 78% 1 1 13 7 6 1 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 1
29 Laird, Rory BPL 87% 0 0 34 17 17 5 0 3 3 6 0 1 9 1
6 Lever, Jake FB 62% 0 0 10 8 2 6 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 1
27 Lynch, Tom INT 79% 3 2 27 19 8 11 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 4
14 MacKay, David HBFR 87% 2 0 21 11 10 3 0 3 0 4 0 1 4 3
41 McGovern, Mitch FPR 83% 2 2 11 9 2 7 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4
22 Otten, Andy BPR 85% 0 0 10 4 6 4 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 1
9 Sloane, Rory WL 55% 0 0 8 4 4 0 0 5 2 2 0 2 1 2
33 Smith, Brodie WR 85% 0 1 19 12 7 4 0 4 3 4 0 2 3 4
12 Talia, Daniel CHB 97% 0 0 19 10 9 7 0 1 0 2 1 1 6 0
13 Walker, Taylor (c) CHF 90% 4 4 21 15 6 8 0 3 0 4 1 3 0 3
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 17 14 393 224 169 94 50 67 42 61 17 24 40 52

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
29 R. Laird 6 J. Lever 22 A. Otten 11 M. Gawn 19 M. Hannan
16 D. Kent 1 J. Hogan 36 J. Garlett 13 C. Oliver 24 J. Kennedy Harris
FORWARD 18 J. Melksham 21 C. Pedersen
HALF-BACK

44 J. Smith
16 L. Brown 12 D. Talia 14 D. MacKay



29 J. Hunt 25 T. McDonald 5 C. Petracca



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



9 R. Sloane 21 R. Atkins 33 B. Smith



43 J. Harmes 6 J. Lewis 30 A. Neal-Bullen FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 24 S. Jacobs 26 R. Douglas
HALF-FORWARD 44 M. Crouch 20 H. Greenwood
3 R. Knight 13 T. Walker (c) 23 C. Cameron 2 B. Crouch 8 J. Kelly
23 B. Vince 17 S. Frost 42 J. Wagner

27 T. Lynch
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



18 E. Betts 4 J. Jenkins 41 M. McGovern



39 N. Jetta 28 O. McDonald 14 M. Hibberd



BACK



Adelaide Coach: Don Pyke

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ADEL Josh Jenkins behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 02:57
ADEL David MacKay goal 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 04:29
ADEL Riley Knight behind 0.0.0 - 1.2.8 05:28
MELB Jeff Garlett behind 0.1.1 - 1.2.8 06:24
MELB Jake Melksham goal 1.1.7 - 1.2.8 09:14
ADEL Mitch McGovern goal 1.1.7 - 2.2.14 10:45
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 1.1.7 - 3.2.20 11:45
MELB Dean Kent behind 1.2.8 - 3.2.20 17:38
ADEL David MacKay goal 1.2.8 - 4.2.26 20:47
ADEL Riley Knight goal 1.2.8 - 5.2.32 25:12
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 1.2.8 - 6.2.38 29:04
ADEL Brad Crouch goal 1.2.8 - 7.2.44 31:05
MELB Tom McDonald behind 1.3.9 - 7.2.44 32:07
Q2 MELB Dean Kent goal 2.3.15 - 7.2.44 02:31
MELB Christian Petracca goal 3.3.21 - 7.2.44 04:25
ADEL Brodie Smith behind 3.3.21 - 7.3.45 06:43
ADEL Tom Lynch goal 3.3.21 - 8.3.51 11:47
ADEL Mitch McGovern behind 3.3.21 - 8.4.52 15:30
MELB Jake Melksham goal 4.3.27 - 8.4.52 16:13
ADEL Mitch McGovern goal 4.3.27 - 9.4.58 17:40
MELB Jake Melksham goal 5.3.33 - 9.4.58 18:41
ADEL Sam Jacobs goal 5.3.33 - 10.4.64 23:39
ADEL Eddie Betts goal 5.3.33 - 11.4.70 25:18
ADEL Rushed behind 5.3.33 - 11.5.71 27:10
ADEL Mitch McGovern behind 5.3.33 - 11.6.72 28:47
Q3 ADEL Josh Jenkins goal 5.3.33 - 12.6.78 00:37
ADEL Eddie Betts behind 5.3.33 - 12.7.79 03:45
ADEL Eddie Betts behind 5.3.33 - 12.8.80 07:23
MELB Clayton Oliver goal 6.3.39 - 12.8.80 09:16
MELB Jeff Garlett behind 6.4.40 - 12.8.80 11:02
ADEL Tom Lynch behind 6.4.40 - 12.9.81 13:10
ADEL Taylor Walker behind 6.4.40 - 12.10.82 14:02
ADEL Tom Lynch behind 6.4.40 - 12.11.83 17:02
MELB Jeff Garlett behind 6.5.41 - 12.11.83 18:03
MELB Jesse Hogan behind 6.6.42 - 12.11.83 22:29
MELB Max Gawn goal 7.6.48 - 12.11.83 24:34
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 8.6.54 - 12.11.83 25:40
MELB Jake Melksham behind 8.7.55 - 12.11.83 30:04
MELB Jayden Hunt goal 9.7.61 - 12.11.83 30:48
Q4 ADEL Tom Lynch goal 9.7.61 - 13.11.89 01:15
MELB Jeff Garlett behind 9.8.62 - 13.11.89 03:43
MELB Tom McDonald goal 10.8.68 - 13.11.89 07:03
MELB Rushed behind 10.9.69 - 13.11.89 08:04
ADEL Taylor Walker behind 10.9.69 - 13.12.90 09:35
ADEL Eddie Betts goal 10.9.69 - 14.12.96 12:00
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 10.9.69 - 15.12.102 17:01
ADEL Tom Lynch goal 10.9.69 - 16.12.108 18:47
MELB Cameron Pedersen behind 10.10.70 - 16.12.108 22:06
ADEL Taylor Walker behind 10.10.70 - 16.13.109 23:44
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 10.10.70 - 17.13.115 24:56
ADEL Taylor Walker behind 10.10.70 - 17.14.116 31:45