2018 AFL Round 18: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 21 July 2018 between Geelong and Melbourne during round 18 of the 2018 AFL season. Geelong hosted Melbourne at GMHBA Stadium. Joel Selwood captained the hosts. Nathan Jones captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Chris Scott and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

Geelong
Back: T. Stewart, J. Kolodjashnij, Z. Tuohy
Half-back: J. Bews, L. Henderson, J. Henry
Centre: M. Blicavs, J. Selwood (capt.), S. Selwood
Half-forward: T. Kelly, G. Ablett, B. Parfitt
Forward: J. Jones, T. Hawkins, D. Menzel
Follower: R. Stanley, P. Dangerfield, M. Duncan
Int.: J. Cunico, C. Guthrie, S. Menegola, Q. Narkle

Melbourne
Back: J. Harmes, S. Frost, N. Jetta
Half-back: C. Salem, O. McDonald, J. Lewis
Centre: J. Smith, C. Oliver, N. Jones (capt.)
Half-forward: J. Melksham, J. Hogan, B. Fritsch
Forward: J. Garlett, T. McDonald, C. Spargo
Follower: M. Gawn, A. Brayshaw, C. Petracca
Int.: J. Kennedy Harris, A. Neal-Bullen, D. Tyson, B. Vince

Geelong (16.4.100) defeated Melbourne (14.14.98).

Goalkickers
Geelong: T. Hawkins (7), P. Dangerfield (2), Z. Tuohy (2), M. Duncan, J. Henry, J. Jones, T. Kelly, J. Selwood
Melbourne: T. McDonald (4), J. Garlett (2), J. Melksham (2), A. Brayshaw, M. Gawn, J. Hogan, N. Jones, C. Petracca, C. Spargo

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 9th on the ladder (down from 8th) and Melbourne were then 7th on the ladder (down from 6th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2018 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 21 July 2018
Time: 7:25 PM
Venue: GMHBA Stadium
Attendance: 30,125

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 16.4.100 - 14.14.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 1 5 . 3 8 . 4 16 . 4 16 . 4 (100)
Melbourne 2 . 3 5 . 8 11 . 9 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Margin MELB by 2 MELB by 5 MELB by 23 GEEL by 2 GEEL by 2
Duration 27:23 31:53 32:22 34:21 2:05:59

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: N. Brown (#13), M. Nicholls (#15), B. Rosebury (#8)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Tom Hawkins GEEL 26 3
Max Gawn MELB 11 2
Nathan Jones MELB 2 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Tom Hawkins GEEL 26 10 2 0 0 0 0
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 8 0 2 0 0 0
Patrick Dangerfield GEEL 35 5 0 0 1 1 0
Tom Stewart GEEL 44 4 0 0 1 0 1
Tom McDonald MELB 25 2 0 0 0 1 0
Christian Petracca MELB 5 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Ablett, Gary CHF 82% 0 1 31 11 20 3 0 6 6 1 3 0 1 8
24 Bews, Jed HBFL 87% 0 0 15 11 4 5 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 2
46 Blicavs, Mark WL 100% 0 0 16 7 9 5 0 3 0 2 0 1 4 0
31 Cunico, Jordan INT 72% 0 0 18 10 8 6 0 1 1 4 1 1 2 1
35 Dangerfield, Patrick RR 85% 2 0 29 10 19 1 0 7 10 2 1 1 2 3
22 Duncan, Mitch RO 85% 1 0 31 15 16 11 0 2 2 5 0 0 5 4
29 Guthrie, Cameron INT 66% 0 0 13 5 8 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 3 0
26 Hawkins, Tom FF 94% 7 0 19 12 7 8 1 1 2 4 0 1 1 3
25 Henderson, Lachie CHB 90% 0 0 9 4 5 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0
38 Henry, Jack HBFR 81% 1 0 11 5 6 1 2 7 0 1 1 0 0 2
41 Jones, Jamaine FPL 68% 1 0 8 6 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1
11 Kelly, Tim HFFL 89% 1 2 32 18 14 6 0 2 5 7 0 1 0 3
8 Kolodjashnij, Jake FB 85% 0 0 17 11 6 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 2
27 Menegola, Sam INT 81% 0 0 30 17 13 5 0 6 3 5 2 1 2 5
10 Menzel, Daniel FPR 71% 0 0 9 6 3 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2
19 Narkle, Quinton INT 66% 0 0 7 3 4 2 0 3 1 1 0 1 1 1
3 Parfitt, Brandan HFFR 79% 0 0 20 9 11 3 0 2 2 4 3 1 1 3
14 Selwood, Joel (c) C 74% 1 0 16 7 9 2 0 6 4 2 1 2 0 1
16 Selwood, Scott WR 76% 0 0 18 5 13 1 0 3 3 0 2 0 2 1
1 Stanley, Rhys RU 89% 0 0 21 11 10 5 31 2 2 8 1 3 2 5
44 Stewart, Tom BPL 83% 0 0 22 14 8 6 0 2 1 3 0 1 8 1
2 Tuohy, Zach BPR 98% 2 0 24 18 6 8 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 2
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 16 4 416 215 201 95 34 65 44 56 18 15 42 50

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Brayshaw, Angus RR 73% 1 0 23 13 10 4 0 4 3 4 1 2 1 8
31 Fritsch, Bayley HFFR 75% 0 0 21 15 6 7 0 1 3 4 3 2 3 2
17 Frost, Sam FB 85% 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 4 0 4 0 1 3 1
36 Garlett, Jeff FPL 75% 2 0 13 8 5 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 1
11 Gawn, Max RU 85% 1 0 12 7 5 4 38 2 2 2 2 2 0 1
4 Harmes, James BPL 78% 0 0 12 4 8 2 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 2
1 Hogan, Jesse CHF 92% 1 1 14 7 7 4 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 1
39 Jetta, Neville BPR 74% 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 2 1 0 2 0 3 2
2 Jones, Nathan (c) WR 86% 1 0 27 9 18 2 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 2
24 Kennedy Harris, Jay INT 67% 0 2 14 5 9 3 0 4 0 3 0 2 0 2
6 Lewis, Jordan HBFR 93% 0 0 30 14 16 5 0 4 2 2 0 1 1 3
28 McDonald, Oscar CHB 98% 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 4 1
25 McDonald, Tom FF 89% 4 2 16 8 8 5 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 1
18 Melksham, Jake HFFL 88% 2 0 12 10 2 4 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 6
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex INT 79% 0 1 18 16 2 3 0 5 1 4 2 0 2 5
13 Oliver, Clayton C 86% 0 0 40 14 26 7 0 6 5 4 0 1 2 8
5 Petracca, Christian RO 91% 1 1 22 12 10 6 0 8 5 2 0 1 0 6
3 Salem, Christian HBFL 87% 0 0 19 12 7 4 0 6 0 3 1 0 3 3
44 Smith, Joel WL 78% 0 0 16 4 12 5 0 4 0 4 0 2 2 2
9 Spargo, Charlie FPR 72% 1 1 11 8 3 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 2
12 Tyson, Dom INT 63% 0 0 21 6 15 2 0 3 7 4 0 1 0 2
23 Vince, Bernie INT 84% 0 0 21 13 8 5 0 1 0 3 1 1 6 3
Rushed 6
Total (22 players) 14 14 400 212 188 83 44 78 35 54 15 18 32 64

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

Geelong Coach: Chris Scott
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
4 J. Harmes 17 S. Frost 39 N. Jetta 1 R. Stanley 31 J. Cunico
10 D. Menzel 26 T. Hawkins 41 J. Jones 35 P. Dangerfield 29 C. Guthrie
FORWARD 22 M. Duncan 27 S. Menegola
HALF-BACK

19 Q. Narkle
3 C. Salem 28 O. McDonald 6 J. Lewis



3 B. Parfitt 4 G. Ablett 11 T. Kelly



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



44 J. Smith 13 C. Oliver 2 N. Jones (c)



16 S. Selwood 14 J. Selwood (c) 46 M. Blicavs FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn 24 J. Kennedy Harris
HALF-FORWARD 10 A. Brayshaw 30 A. Neal-Bullen
18 J. Melksham 1 J. Hogan 31 B. Fritsch 5 C. Petracca 12 D. Tyson
38 J. Henry 25 L. Henderson 24 J. Bews

23 B. Vince
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



36 J. Garlett 25 T. McDonald 9 C. Spargo



2 Z. Tuohy 8 J. Kolodjashnij 44 T. Stewart



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Tom McDonald behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 05:49
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 06:22
MELB Tom McDonald behind 0.0.0 - 1.2.8 08:15
GEEL Gary Ablett behind 0.1.1 - 1.2.8 13:16
MELB Jesse Hogan behind 0.1.1 - 1.3.9 14:24
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 1.1.7 - 1.3.9 17:11
MELB Tom McDonald goal 1.1.7 - 2.3.15 20:02
GEEL Jamaine Jones goal 2.1.13 - 2.3.15 22:42
Q2 GEEL Patrick Dangerfield goal 3.1.19 - 2.3.15 01:08
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen behind 3.1.19 - 2.4.16 04:49
MELB Charlie Spargo behind 3.1.19 - 2.5.17 08:32
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 4.1.25 - 2.5.17 12:01
MELB Angus Brayshaw goal 4.1.25 - 3.5.23 14:52
MELB Jay Kennedy Harris behind 4.1.25 - 3.6.24 16:02
GEEL Rushed behind 4.2.26 - 3.6.24 18:06
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield goal 5.2.32 - 3.6.24 19:39
MELB Charlie Spargo goal 5.2.32 - 4.6.30 22:04
MELB Rushed behind 5.2.32 - 4.7.31 24:18
MELB Rushed behind 5.2.32 - 4.8.32 24:54
MELB Tom McDonald goal 5.2.32 - 5.8.38 27:30
GEEL Tim Kelly behind 5.3.33 - 5.8.38 29:53
Q3 GEEL Mitch Duncan goal 6.3.39 - 5.8.38 01:24
MELB Christian Petracca goal 6.3.39 - 6.8.44 03:03
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 7.3.45 - 6.8.44 05:02
MELB Nathan Jones goal 7.3.45 - 7.8.50 06:57
GEEL Jack Henry goal 8.3.51 - 7.8.50 08:54
MELB Rushed behind 8.3.51 - 7.9.51 14:44
MELB Jake Melksham goal 8.3.51 - 8.9.57 16:41
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 8.3.51 - 9.9.63 19:26
MELB Max Gawn goal 8.3.51 - 10.9.69 21:22
GEEL Tim Kelly behind 8.4.52 - 10.9.69 25:41
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 8.4.52 - 11.9.75 30:23
Q4 MELB Tom McDonald goal 8.4.52 - 12.9.81 02:00
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 9.4.58 - 12.9.81 04:08
MELB Christian Petracca behind 9.4.58 - 12.10.82 05:42
MELB Rushed behind 9.4.58 - 12.11.83 06:48
MELB Rushed behind 9.4.58 - 12.12.84 07:37
GEEL Joel Selwood goal 10.4.64 - 12.12.84 08:32
GEEL Zach Tuohy goal 11.4.70 - 12.12.84 09:55
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 12.4.76 - 12.12.84 11:32
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 13.4.82 - 12.12.84 13:29
MELB Jake Melksham goal 13.4.82 - 13.12.90 17:00
GEEL Tim Kelly goal 14.4.88 - 13.12.90 20:10
MELB Tom McDonald goal 14.4.88 - 14.12.96 24:04
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 15.4.94 - 14.12.96 26:24
MELB Jay Kennedy Harris behind 15.4.94 - 14.13.97 29:53
MELB Rushed behind 15.4.94 - 14.14.98 32:43
GEEL Zach Tuohy goal 16.4.100 - 14.14.98 34:11