2019 AFL Round 1: Melbourne v Port Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 23 March 2019 between Melbourne and Port Adelaide during round 1 of the 2019 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Port Adelaide at MCG. Tom Jonas captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Ken Hinkley.

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

Port Adelaide
Back: R. Bonner, T. Clurey, D. Houston
Half-back: R. Burton, T. Jonas (capt.), D. Byrne-Jones
Centre: X. Duursma, T. Rockliff, J. Westhoff
Half-forward: T. Boak, R. Gray, B. Ebert
Forward: K. Amon, P. Ryder, C. Rozee
Follower: S. Lycett, S. Powell-Pepper, S. Motlop
Int.: Z. Butters, W. Drew, T. Marshall, J. Watts

Melbourne (9.7.61) were defeated by Port Adelaide (12.15.87).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: J. Melksham (2), A. Brayshaw, B. Fritsch, N. Jones, T. McDonald, C. Petracca, T. Sparrow, S. Weideman
Port Adelaide: J. Westhoff (5), Z. Butters (2), T. Boak, X. Duursma, B. Ebert, R. Gray, T. Marshall

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 13th on the ladder and Port Adelaide were then 6th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2019 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Port Adelaide
Date: Saturday 23 March 2019
Time: 1:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 38,866

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Port Adelaide
Score: 9.7.61 - 12.15.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 3 6 . 5 9 . 7 9 . 7 9 . 7 (61)
Port Adelaide 2 . 4 6 . 8 10 . 9 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Margin MELB by 11 PADL by 3 PADL by 8 PADL by 26 PADL by 26
Duration 29:05 31:01 30:47 28:20 1:59:13

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Ken Hinkley (Port Adelaide)
Captains: unknown (Melbourne), Tom Jonas (Port Adelaide)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Hosking (#16), B. Rosebury (#8), A. Stephens (#12)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Justin Westhoff PADL 39 3
Travis Boak PADL 10 2
Tom Rockliff PADL 11 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Justin Westhoff PADL 39 10 2 0 0 0 0
Travis Boak PADL 10 7 0 1 1 0 0
Tom Rockliff PADL 11 7 0 1 1 0 0
Scott Lycett PADL 29 2 0 0 0 1 0
Jack Watts PADL 23 2 0 0 0 1 0
Dan Houston PADL 43 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
10 Brayshaw, Angus RO 78% 1 1 26 17 9 4 0 3 8 4 3 1 2 3
31 Fritsch, Bayley INT 83% 1 0 14 7 7 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 1
17 Frost, Sam CHB 86% 0 0 9 4 5 3 0 2 0 6 2 5 3 1
11 Gawn, Max RU 86% 0 0 13 7 6 3 21 2 2 2 3 2 1 3
4 Harmes, James RR 75% 0 1 23 12 11 5 0 4 6 2 1 0 1 3
14 Hibberd, Michael HBFL 82% 0 0 15 14 1 5 0 1 0 3 2 1 5 4
34 Hore, Marty INT 82% 0 0 14 7 7 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 0
29 Hunt, Jayden WL 92% 0 0 14 5 9 0 0 4 1 3 2 0 2 1
39 Jetta, Neville BPR 78% 0 0 10 4 6 3 0 2 0 3 1 2 2 2
2 Jones, Nathan HBFR 74% 1 0 19 12 7 6 0 1 1 4 0 0 4 2
28 McDonald, Oscar FB 92% 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 0
25 McDonald, Tom CHF 80% 1 0 8 4 4 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
18 Melksham, Jake FPL 84% 2 0 16 15 1 8 0 1 0 5 0 2 0 4
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex HFFL 89% 0 2 15 9 6 2 0 5 2 2 1 0 0 1
13 Oliver, Clayton C 78% 0 0 23 13 10 1 0 3 5 5 2 1 5 5
5 Petracca, Christian INT 84% 1 1 15 5 10 3 0 3 2 4 0 3 0 2
3 Salem, Christian WR 87% 0 0 32 30 2 5 0 4 1 1 3 0 12 2
9 Spargo, Charlie HFFR 84% 0 0 11 6 5 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
32 Sparrow, Tom BPL 70% 1 0 14 12 2 1 0 3 3 2 3 0 1 2
7 Viney, Jack FPR 67% 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 3
40 Wagner, Corey INT 75% 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 4 0 2 2 1 1 1
26 Weideman, Sam FF 93% 1 1 13 6 7 4 5 2 0 2 1 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 9 7 333 210 123 76 29 53 33 62 28 20 46 45

Port Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
15 Amon, Karl FPL 82% 0 0 21 7 14 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1
10 Boak, Travis HFFL 78% 1 2 34 17 17 9 0 8 5 7 1 3 2 7
26 Bonner, Riley BPL 84% 0 0 18 11 7 4 0 3 0 0 1 0 4 5
3 Burton, Ryan HBFL 80% 0 2 26 19 7 3 0 5 1 4 0 3 4 5
18 Butters, Zak INT 84% 2 0 13 7 6 2 0 3 1 3 1 0 1 0
33 Byrne-Jones, Darcy HBFR 79% 0 0 19 11 8 5 0 2 0 4 0 1 1 1
17 Clurey, Tom FB 90% 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 0
28 Drew, Willem INT 81% 0 0 21 10 11 5 0 5 4 2 2 1 1 3
21 Duursma, Xavier WL 77% 1 1 16 9 7 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
7 Ebert, Brad HFFR 81% 1 0 23 12 11 9 0 6 1 3 0 2 0 4
9 Gray, Robbie CHF 90% 1 3 23 10 13 4 0 2 3 4 3 3 0 5
43 Houston, Dan BPR 80% 0 0 16 10 6 3 0 4 1 0 0 0 4 2
42 Jonas, Tom (c) CHB 98% 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1
29 Lycett, Scott RU 77% 0 0 10 3 7 0 16 1 4 1 1 0 2 2
13 Marshall, Todd INT 72% 1 1 10 8 2 4 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 1
6 Motlop, Steven RO 77% 0 0 19 10 9 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 5
2 Powell-Pepper, Sam RR 79% 0 3 20 12 8 3 0 2 2 7 1 4 1 3
11 Rockliff, Tom C 81% 0 0 44 24 20 10 0 8 4 6 1 3 3 2
20 Rozee, Connor FPR 75% 0 0 18 6 12 5 0 5 1 3 1 3 0 3
4 Ryder, Paddy FF 81% 0 1 8 4 4 2 16 1 2 2 2 1 0 4
23 Watts, Jack INT 89% 0 0 22 12 10 9 0 3 1 4 0 1 4 1
39 Westhoff, Justin WR 85% 5 0 18 12 6 9 0 5 0 4 1 2 0 3
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 12 15 426 231 195 102 32 71 30 60 20 28 35 59

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
26 R. Bonner 17 T. Clurey 43 D. Houston 11 M. Gawn 31 B. Fritsch
7 J. Viney 26 S. Weideman 18 J. Melksham 4 J. Harmes 34 M. Hore
FORWARD 10 A. Brayshaw 5 C. Petracca
HALF-BACK

40 C. Wagner
3 R. Burton 42 T. Jonas (c) 33 D. Byrne-Jones



9 C. Spargo 25 T. McDonald 30 A. Neal-Bullen



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



21 X. Duursma 11 T. Rockliff 39 J. Westhoff



3 C. Salem 13 C. Oliver 29 J. Hunt FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 29 S. Lycett 18 Z. Butters
HALF-FORWARD 2 S. Powell-Pepper 28 W. Drew
10 T. Boak 9 R. Gray 7 B. Ebert 6 S. Motlop 13 T. Marshall
2 N. Jones 17 S. Frost 14 M. Hibberd

23 J. Watts
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



15 K. Amon 4 P. Ryder 20 C. Rozee



39 N. Jetta 28 O. McDonald 32 T. Sparrow



BACK



Port Adelaide Coach: Ken Hinkley

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Tom McDonald goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 06:05
MELB Tom Sparrow goal 2.0.12 - 0.0.0 07:46
PADL Todd Marshall behind 2.0.12 - 0.1.1 09:26
MELB Angus Brayshaw goal 3.0.18 - 0.1.1 11:29
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen behind 3.1.19 - 0.1.1 13:44
PADL Travis Boak goal 3.1.19 - 1.1.7 14:47
MELB Rushed behind 3.2.20 - 1.1.7 16:52
MELB Jake Melksham goal 4.2.26 - 1.1.7 17:32
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen behind 4.3.27 - 1.1.7 19:24
PADL Travis Boak behind 4.3.27 - 1.2.8 20:49
PADL Robbie Gray behind 4.3.27 - 1.3.9 21:32
PADL Todd Marshall goal 4.3.27 - 2.3.15 25:49
PADL Paddy Ryder behind 4.3.27 - 2.4.16 27:31
Q2 PADL Justin Westhoff goal 4.3.27 - 3.4.22 03:35
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 5.3.33 - 3.4.22 08:08
PADL Zak Butters goal 5.3.33 - 4.4.28 10:20
PADL Sam Powell-Pepper behind 5.3.33 - 4.5.29 13:48
PADL Sam Powell-Pepper behind 5.3.33 - 4.6.30 15:43
PADL Zak Butters goal 5.3.33 - 5.6.36 17:27
PADL Xavier Duursma behind 5.3.33 - 5.7.37 19:08
PADL Rushed behind 5.3.33 - 5.8.38 21:48
PADL Xavier Duursma goal 5.3.33 - 6.8.44 22:39
MELB Christian Petracca goal 6.3.39 - 6.8.44 24:41
MELB James Harmes behind 6.4.40 - 6.8.44 26:18
MELB Sam Weideman behind 6.5.41 - 6.8.44 26:45
Q3 PADL Justin Westhoff goal 6.5.41 - 7.8.50 02:36
MELB Nathan Jones goal 7.5.47 - 7.8.50 04:32
MELB Jake Melksham goal 8.5.53 - 7.8.50 06:05
MELB Sam Weideman goal 9.5.59 - 7.8.50 07:46
PADL Justin Westhoff goal 9.5.59 - 8.8.56 10:23
PADL Brad Ebert goal 9.5.59 - 9.8.62 14:05
MELB Angus Brayshaw behind 9.6.60 - 9.8.62 19:32
PADL Robbie Gray behind 9.6.60 - 9.9.63 20:38
MELB Christian Petracca behind 9.7.61 - 9.9.63 26:24
PADL Robbie Gray goal 9.7.61 - 10.9.69 28:21
Q4 PADL Travis Boak behind 9.7.61 - 10.10.70 01:31
PADL Justin Westhoff goal 9.7.61 - 11.10.76 04:36
PADL Justin Westhoff goal 9.7.61 - 12.10.82 06:39
PADL Rushed behind 9.7.61 - 12.11.83 09:08
PADL Ryan Burton behind 9.7.61 - 12.12.84 16:29
PADL Sam Powell-Pepper behind 9.7.61 - 12.13.85 18:18
PADL Robbie Gray behind 9.7.61 - 12.14.86 20:13
PADL Ryan Burton behind 9.7.61 - 12.15.87 24:38