2018 AFL Elimination Final 1: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 7 September 2018 between Melbourne and Geelong in the first elimination final of the 2018 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Geelong at MCG. Joel Selwood captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Chris Scott.

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

Geelong
Back: J. Kolodjashnij, L. Henderson, T. Stewart
Half-back: J. Bews, H. Taylor, Z. Tuohy
Centre: M. Blicavs, J. Selwood (capt.), S. Selwood
Half-forward: S. Menegola, G. Ablett, T. Kelly
Forward: B. Parfitt, T. Hawkins, J. Henry
Follower: R. Abbott, P. Dangerfield, M. Duncan
Int.: C. Guthrie, D. Menzel, J. Murdoch, M. O'Connor

Melbourne (10.15.75) defeated Geelong (6.10.46).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: S. Weideman (3), M. Gawn, M. Hannan, J. Harmes, N. Jones, T. McDonald, J. Melksham, A. Neal-Bullen
Geelong: T. Hawkins (2), M. Duncan, T. Kelly, J. Murdoch, Z. Tuohy

As a result of this match, Melbourne faced Hawthorn in the first semi final and Geelong were eliminated (finishing 8th overall).

Match Details

Season: 2018 AFL Season
Round: Elimination Final 1
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Friday 7 September 2018
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 91,767

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 10.15.75 - 6.10.46

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 3 5 . 9 6 . 13 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Geelong 0 . 2 2 . 4 3 . 8 6 . 10 6 . 10 (46)
Margin MELB by 31 MELB by 23 MELB by 23 MELB by 29 MELB by 29
Duration 28:34 27:00 29:28 31:28 1:56:30

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Chris Scott (Geelong)
Captains: unknown (Melbourne), Joel Selwood (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Chamberlain (#18), R. Findlay (#23), J. Mollison (#32)

AFLCA Gary Ayres Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Sam Weideman MELB 26 9 1 1 0 0 0
James Harmes MELB 4 8 1 0 1 0 0
Max Gawn MELB 11 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Tom McDonald MELB 25 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Angus Brayshaw MELB 10 2 0 0 0 ? ?

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Brayshaw, Angus HFFR 71% 0 0 26 10 16 4 0 5 4 8 0 0 1 5
31 Fritsch, Bayley INT 80% 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 5 0 0 1 0 3 0
17 Frost, Sam CHB 97% 0 0 10 4 6 3 0 1 1 3 1 3 3 0
11 Gawn, Max RU 83% 1 0 11 7 4 3 42 2 3 2 1 1 4 1
19 Hannan, Mitch FPL 71% 1 0 14 10 4 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 4
4 Harmes, James WR 83% 1 1 26 13 13 4 0 10 4 5 0 2 0 7
14 Hibberd, Michael HBFR 84% 0 0 15 11 4 5 0 0 0 1 2 0 6 3
39 Jetta, Neville BPL 78% 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 4 0 0 3 0 3 1
2 Jones, Nathan RR 82% 1 1 15 9 6 2 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 5
6 Lewis, Jordan BPR 89% 0 0 24 14 10 6 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 3
28 McDonald, Oscar FB 96% 0 0 16 6 10 6 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 2
25 McDonald, Tom CHF 93% 1 2 17 9 8 8 6 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
18 Melksham, Jake HFFL 81% 1 0 11 10 1 5 0 3 1 6 1 3 1 1
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPR 78% 1 3 20 12 8 4 0 9 3 0 0 0 2 2
13 Oliver, Clayton C 87% 0 0 30 9 21 1 0 6 5 5 3 0 0 5
5 Petracca, Christian RO 92% 0 1 15 7 8 3 0 6 0 4 1 0 0 4
3 Salem, Christian HBFL 76% 0 2 25 21 4 4 0 4 1 2 1 0 7 0
9 Spargo, Charlie INT 80% 0 0 9 5 4 3 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 2
12 Tyson, Dom INT 70% 0 1 17 7 10 1 0 3 2 3 0 1 0 6
22 vandenBerg, Aaron WL 79% 0 0 18 9 9 5 0 7 3 7 1 3 2 5
7 Viney, Jack INT 66% 0 0 20 4 16 1 0 11 5 3 4 2 1 2
26 Weideman, Sam FF 85% 3 0 24 12 12 7 1 4 2 3 2 0 0 1
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 10 15 382 201 181 84 49 88 38 61 23 20 38 60

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
45 Abbott, Ryan RU 81% 0 1 5 3 2 2 27 5 0 3 0 2 0 0
4 Ablett, Gary CHF 87% 0 1 27 16 11 6 0 6 4 6 0 1 8 2
24 Bews, Jed HBFL 91% 0 0 15 7 8 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 3 0
46 Blicavs, Mark WL 93% 0 0 13 6 7 2 4 6 0 1 2 0 1 0
35 Dangerfield, Patrick RR 84% 0 1 25 11 14 4 0 7 4 12 1 6 0 3
22 Duncan, Mitch RO 80% 1 0 21 12 9 4 0 3 1 5 1 1 3 4
29 Guthrie, Cameron INT 66% 0 0 14 7 7 1 0 4 4 2 1 1 3 2
26 Hawkins, Tom FF 100% 2 0 11 7 4 7 1 2 0 2 2 2 0 1
25 Henderson, Lachie FB 87% 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1
38 Henry, Jack FPR 77% 0 0 11 7 4 1 2 4 0 3 0 0 2 2
11 Kelly, Tim HFFR 87% 1 2 18 13 5 4 0 3 2 4 2 1 1 6
8 Kolodjashnij, Jake BPL 77% 0 0 14 6 8 4 0 4 0 1 0 0 3 1
27 Menegola, Sam HFFL 83% 0 1 20 9 11 5 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 4
10 Menzel, Daniel INT 82% 0 1 8 4 4 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 1
21 Murdoch, Jordan INT 66% 1 0 7 5 2 2 0 5 0 3 0 1 1 3
42 O'Connor, Mark INT 80% 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 1
3 Parfitt, Brandan FPL 74% 0 0 13 6 7 2 0 5 1 3 1 1 0 0
14 Selwood, Joel (c) C 79% 0 0 25 11 14 2 0 7 8 4 6 4 2 1
16 Selwood, Scott WR 89% 0 0 17 5 12 5 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 5
44 Stewart, Tom BPR 77% 0 0 16 13 3 2 0 2 0 4 0 1 4 3
7 Taylor, Harry CHB 74% 0 0 17 9 8 3 1 6 0 2 2 0 3 3
2 Tuohy, Zach HBFR 86% 1 0 19 10 9 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 1
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 6 10 338 178 160 70 35 81 27 64 20 23 43 44

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
8 J. Kolodjashnij 25 L. Henderson 44 T. Stewart 11 M. Gawn 31 B. Fritsch
30 A. Neal-Bullen 26 S. Weideman 19 M. Hannan 2 N. Jones 9 C. Spargo
FORWARD 5 C. Petracca 12 D. Tyson
HALF-BACK

7 J. Viney
24 J. Bews 7 H. Taylor 2 Z. Tuohy



10 A. Brayshaw 25 T. McDonald 18 J. Melksham



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



46 M. Blicavs 14 J. Selwood (c) 16 S. Selwood



4 J. Harmes 13 C. Oliver 22 A. vandenBerg FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 45 R. Abbott 29 C. Guthrie
HALF-FORWARD 35 P. Dangerfield 10 D. Menzel
27 S. Menegola 4 G. Ablett 11 T. Kelly 22 M. Duncan 21 J. Murdoch
14 M. Hibberd 17 S. Frost 3 C. Salem

42 M. O'Connor
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



3 B. Parfitt 26 T. Hawkins 38 J. Henry



6 J. Lewis 28 O. McDonald 39 N. Jetta



BACK



Geelong Coach: Chris Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GEEL Gary Ablett behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 03:17
MELB Tom McDonald goal 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 06:38
MELB Tom McDonald behind 1.1.7 - 0.1.1 08:58
MELB Max Gawn goal 2.1.13 - 0.1.1 10:02
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen behind 2.2.14 - 0.1.1 12:52
MELB James Harmes goal 3.2.20 - 0.1.1 14:38
GEEL Rushed behind 3.2.20 - 0.2.2 20:00
MELB Sam Weideman goal 4.2.26 - 0.2.2 22:58
MELB Rushed behind 4.3.27 - 0.2.2 26:07
MELB Sam Weideman goal 5.3.33 - 0.2.2 28:30
Q2 MELB Tom McDonald behind 5.4.34 - 0.2.2 03:27
MELB Rushed behind 5.5.35 - 0.2.2 05:05
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen behind 5.6.36 - 0.2.2 06:27
GEEL Tim Kelly goal 5.6.36 - 1.2.8 08:53
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 5.6.36 - 2.2.14 15:20
MELB Christian Salem behind 5.7.37 - 2.2.14 19:35
MELB Rushed behind 5.8.38 - 2.2.14 20:52
GEEL Ryan Abbott behind 5.8.38 - 2.3.15 22:16
GEEL Sam Menegola behind 5.8.38 - 2.4.16 23:10
MELB Nathan Jones behind 5.9.39 - 2.4.16 26:39
Q3 GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 5.9.39 - 3.4.22 03:11
MELB Jake Melksham goal 6.9.45 - 3.4.22 04:29
GEEL Tim Kelly behind 6.9.45 - 3.5.23 06:42
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield behind 6.9.45 - 3.6.24 07:13
GEEL Daniel Menzel behind 6.9.45 - 3.7.25 12:18
MELB Christian Salem behind 6.10.46 - 3.7.25 15:43
MELB Dom Tyson behind 6.11.47 - 3.7.25 20:28
MELB Christian Petracca behind 6.12.48 - 3.7.25 22:48
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen behind 6.13.49 - 3.7.25 23:24
GEEL Rushed behind 6.13.49 - 3.8.26 25:05
Q4 MELB Nathan Jones goal 7.13.55 - 3.8.26 00:50
GEEL Rushed behind 7.13.55 - 3.9.27 03:49
GEEL Zach Tuohy goal 7.13.55 - 4.9.33 04:46
MELB Mitch Hannan goal 8.13.61 - 4.9.33 14:18
GEEL Tim Kelly behind 8.13.61 - 4.10.34 16:04
MELB James Harmes behind 8.14.62 - 4.10.34 18:33
MELB Sam Weideman goal 9.14.68 - 4.10.34 20:52
MELB Rushed behind 9.15.69 - 4.10.34 22:32
GEEL Jordan Murdoch goal 9.15.69 - 5.10.40 23:54
GEEL Mitch Duncan goal 9.15.69 - 6.10.46 25:30
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 10.15.75 - 6.10.46 28:58