2018 AFL Round 9: Carlton v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 20 May 2018 between Carlton and Melbourne during round 9 of the 2018 AFL season. Carlton "hosted" Melbourne at MCG. Marc Murphy captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Brendon Bolton and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

Carlton
Back: A. Mullett, S. Rowe, D. Thomas
Half-back: L. Plowman, L. Jones, K. Simpson
Centre: L. O'Brien, M. Murphy (capt.), S. Kerridge
Half-forward: J. Lamb, P. Kerr, D. Lang
Forward: S. Petrevski-Seton, H. McKay, M. Wright
Follower: M. Kreuzer, P. Cripps, Z. Fisher
Int.: P. Dow, J. Garlett, N. Graham, C. O'Shea

Melbourne
Back: M. Hibberd, O. McDonald, N. Jetta
Half-back: A. Brayshaw, J. Lever, M. Hannan
Centre: J. Lewis, N. Jones, C. Salem
Half-forward: B. Fritsch, J. Hogan, J. Melksham
Forward: T. Smith, T. McDonald, C. Petracca
Follower: M. Gawn, C. Oliver, A. Neal-Bullen
Int.: J. Harmes, C. Spargo, B. Vince, J. Viney

Carlton (7.8.50) were defeated by Melbourne (25.9.159).

Goalkickers
Carlton: J. Lamb (2), H. McKay (2), P. Cripps, Z. Fisher, M. Murphy
Melbourne: J. Melksham (5), T. McDonald (4), A. Neal-Bullen (4), B. Fritsch (2), M. Gawn (2), M. Hannan (2), J. Harmes, J. Hogan, N. Jones, C. Oliver, C. Petracca, J. Viney

As a result of this match, Carlton were then 18th on the ladder (down from 17th) and Melbourne were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 6th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2018 AFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Carlton v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 20 May 2018
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 44,142

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by Melbourne
Score: 7.8.50 - 25.9.159

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 3 . 1 5 . 3 7 . 6 7 . 8 7 . 8 (50)
Melbourne 3 . 4 10 . 4 18 . 6 25 . 9 25 . 9 (159)
Margin MELB by 3 MELB by 31 MELB by 66 MELB by 109 MELB by 109
Duration 31:12 29:39 33:55 29:28 2:04:14

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: H. Gavine (#14), B. Hosking (#16), S. Ryan (#25)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jake Melksham MELB 18 3
Nathan Jones MELB 2 2
Jake Lever MELB 8 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Jake Melksham MELB 18 10 2 0 0 0 0
Tom McDonald MELB 25 8 0 2 0 0 0
Nathan Jones MELB 2 6 0 0 2 0 0
Max Gawn MELB 11 2 0 0 0 1 0
Jake Lever MELB 8 2 0 0 0 1 0
Patrick Cripps CARL 9 1 0 0 0 0 1
Alex Neal-Bullen MELB 30 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
9 Cripps, Patrick RR 92% 1 1 31 12 19 8 0 9 10 3 5 2 3 2
2 Dow, Paddy INT 68% 0 0 14 7 7 3 0 4 1 3 2 0 0 2
25 Fisher, Zac RO 74% 1 1 20 10 10 3 0 6 3 5 0 0 3 1
21 Garlett, Jarrod INT 78% 0 0 13 7 6 1 0 4 1 3 0 0 1 3
32 Graham, Nick INT 74% 0 0 28 15 13 4 0 3 5 4 3 0 1 5
14 Jones, Liam CHB 100% 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 0
36 Kerr, Pat CHF 76% 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 1 0 4 1 2 0 1
11 Kerridge, Sam WR 88% 0 0 22 14 8 6 0 2 1 3 2 1 3 3
8 Kreuzer, Matthew RU 85% 0 2 12 7 5 1 22 4 2 1 4 0 1 1
13 Lamb, Jed HFFL 86% 2 0 11 10 1 3 0 4 0 6 2 2 0 1
16 Lang, Darcy HFFR 80% 0 0 16 11 5 3 0 6 3 3 2 0 1 3
10 McKay, Harry FF 78% 2 1 7 6 1 5 3 4 0 3 1 2 0 1
18 Mullett, Aaron BPL 79% 0 0 16 8 8 5 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 2
3 Murphy, Marc (c) C 74% 1 0 19 10 9 3 0 11 4 2 2 1 2 2
4 O'Brien, Lochie WL 76% 0 1 11 7 4 2 0 2 1 3 0 2 3 0
24 O'Shea, Cam INT 82% 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 3 1 4 0 4 1 2
5 Petrevski-Seton, Sam FPL 72% 0 0 22 11 11 4 0 6 2 2 1 0 0 1
20 Plowman, Lachie HBFL 82% 0 0 15 9 6 4 0 3 0 2 0 1 2 1
17 Rowe, Sam FB 94% 0 0 7 5 2 4 0 2 0 4 0 2 2 0
6 Simpson, Kade HBFR 92% 0 0 19 8 11 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 0
39 Thomas, Dale BPR 90% 0 0 23 14 9 6 0 2 1 2 0 0 3 1
46 Wright, Matthew FPR 82% 0 0 15 8 7 3 0 6 2 3 0 0 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 7 8 346 196 150 75 25 89 38 64 26 20 33 33

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Brayshaw, Angus HBFL 82% 0 0 24 11 13 3 0 11 2 6 1 4 2 7
31 Fritsch, Bayley HFFL 70% 2 0 17 13 4 6 0 4 1 2 3 0 1 3
11 Gawn, Max RU 81% 2 0 12 9 3 4 44 3 4 4 1 3 0 1
19 Hannan, Mitch HBFR 82% 2 1 14 9 5 2 0 5 0 2 1 0 0 3
4 Harmes, James INT 74% 1 0 25 10 15 6 0 4 2 5 0 3 2 3
14 Hibberd, Michael BPL 79% 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 0 0 6 1 3 3 0
1 Hogan, Jesse CHF 91% 1 1 15 8 7 6 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2
39 Jetta, Neville BPR 80% 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 8 0 1 1 0 0 1
2 Jones, Nathan C 85% 1 0 31 15 16 4 0 2 7 3 0 1 0 8
8 Lever, Jake CHB 95% 0 0 27 19 8 8 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 4
6 Lewis, Jordan WL 88% 0 0 22 9 13 3 0 2 3 2 1 1 2 1
28 McDonald, Oscar FB 97% 0 0 10 8 2 7 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 0
25 McDonald, Tom FF 78% 4 1 20 14 6 5 0 6 2 4 1 2 0 5
18 Melksham, Jake HFFR 86% 5 0 21 14 7 2 0 4 1 1 3 0 0 4
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex RO 80% 4 0 17 7 10 2 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 2
13 Oliver, Clayton RR 76% 1 0 26 8 18 0 0 4 4 3 0 2 2 2
5 Petracca, Christian FPR 77% 1 0 20 10 10 5 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 4
3 Salem, Christian WR 84% 0 1 21 14 7 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 2
38 Smith, Tim FPL 84% 0 2 18 7 11 5 9 6 3 2 0 1 0 2
9 Spargo, Charlie INT 78% 0 2 12 7 5 2 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 4
23 Vince, Bernie INT 83% 0 0 16 9 7 6 0 5 0 3 0 1 2 0
7 Viney, Jack INT 71% 1 0 12 8 4 3 0 6 2 3 2 3 1 5
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 25 9 401 222 179 89 53 83 39 56 20 26 25 63

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

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Tim Smith behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 02:19
CARL Matthew Kreuzer behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 03:42
MELB Jesse Hogan behind 0.1.1 - 0.2.2 06:39
MELB Jake Melksham goal 0.1.1 - 1.2.8 10:12
CARL Jed Lamb goal 1.1.7 - 1.2.8 13:02
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 1.1.7 - 2.2.14 14:42
MELB Charlie Spargo behind 1.1.7 - 2.3.15 16:47
CARL Harry McKay goal 2.1.13 - 2.3.15 25:03
MELB Tom McDonald goal 2.1.13 - 3.3.21 26:31
MELB Christian Salem behind 2.1.13 - 3.4.22 29:02
CARL Harry McKay goal 3.1.19 - 3.4.22 31:01
Q2 MELB Jack Viney goal 3.1.19 - 4.4.28 03:11
MELB Christian Petracca goal 3.1.19 - 5.4.34 06:19
CARL Patrick Cripps behind 3.2.20 - 5.4.34 09:48
MELB Tom McDonald goal 3.2.20 - 6.4.40 11:11
MELB Tom McDonald goal 3.2.20 - 7.4.46 17:20
CARL Zac Fisher goal 4.2.26 - 7.4.46 19:24
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 4.2.26 - 8.4.52 20:57
MELB Jake Melksham goal 4.2.26 - 9.4.58 22:03
CARL Rushed behind 4.3.27 - 9.4.58 23:17
CARL Patrick Cripps goal 5.3.33 - 9.4.58 24:03
MELB Tom McDonald goal 5.3.33 - 10.4.64 26:18
Q3 MELB Jake Melksham goal 5.3.33 - 11.4.70 00:34
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 5.3.33 - 12.4.76 02:14
MELB Jake Melksham goal 5.3.33 - 13.4.82 05:38
MELB Tim Smith behind 5.3.33 - 13.5.83 08:24
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 5.3.33 - 14.5.89 09:05
MELB Max Gawn goal 5.3.33 - 15.5.95 11:21
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 5.3.33 - 16.5.101 12:17
CARL Jed Lamb goal 6.3.39 - 16.5.101 16:28
MELB James Harmes goal 6.3.39 - 17.5.107 18:14
MELB Mitch Hannan behind 6.3.39 - 17.6.108 19:25
CARL Matthew Kreuzer behind 6.4.40 - 17.6.108 27:42
CARL Zac Fisher behind 6.5.41 - 17.6.108 29:00
MELB Nathan Jones goal 6.5.41 - 18.6.114 29:28
CARL Rushed behind 6.6.42 - 18.6.114 30:53
CARL Marc Murphy goal 7.6.48 - 18.6.114 31:57
Q4 MELB Rushed behind 7.6.48 - 18.7.115 02:29
MELB Mitch Hannan goal 7.6.48 - 19.7.121 04:15
MELB Jake Melksham goal 7.6.48 - 20.7.127 06:18
MELB Max Gawn goal 7.6.48 - 21.7.133 08:47
MELB Mitch Hannan goal 7.6.48 - 22.7.139 11:14
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 7.6.48 - 23.7.145 15:10
MELB Charlie Spargo behind 7.6.48 - 23.8.146 17:42
MELB Clayton Oliver goal 7.6.48 - 24.8.152 18:53
CARL Lochie O'Brien behind 7.7.49 - 24.8.152 23:43
CARL Harry McKay behind 7.8.50 - 24.8.152 25:01
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 7.8.50 - 25.8.158 27:44
MELB Tom McDonald behind 7.8.50 - 25.9.159 29:23