2019 AFL Round 4: Sydney v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 11 April 2019 between Sydney and Melbourne during round 4 of the 2019 AFL season. Sydney hosted Melbourne at SCG. The hosts were coached by John Longmire and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

Sydney
Back: C. Mills, D. Rampe, T. McCartin
Half-back: J. Lloyd, A. Aliir, Z. Jones
Centre: G. Hewett, L. Parker, O. Florent
Half-forward: H. Cunningham, S. Reid, I. Heeney
Forward: J. Dawson, L. Franklin, B. Ronke
Follower: C. Sinclair, J. Kennedy, T. Papley
Int.: N. Blakey, K. Jack, J. McInerney, J. Thurlow

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

Sydney (11.12.78) were defeated by Melbourne (15.10.100).

Goalkickers
Sydney: J. Dawson (2), O. Florent (2), K. Jack (2), L. Franklin, I. Heeney, Z. Jones, B. Ronke, C. Sinclair
Melbourne: N. Jones (3), J. Hunt (2), C. Petracca (2), B. Preuss (2), A. Brayshaw, J. Harmes, T. McDonald, J. Melksham, J. Viney, S. Weideman

As a result of this match, Sydney were then 15th on the ladder (down from 12th) and Melbourne were then 16th on the ladder (up from 18th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2019 AFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Sydney v Melbourne
Date: Thursday 11 April 2019
Time: 7:20 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 26,669

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by Melbourne
Score: 11.12.78 - 15.10.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 5 . 4 8 . 10 9 . 11 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Melbourne 3 . 2 8 . 4 12 . 7 15 . 10 15 . 10 (100)
Margin SYDN by 14 SYDN by 6 MELB by 14 MELB by 22 MELB by 22
Duration 32:12 32:58 30:16 30:46 2:06:12

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Longmire (Sydney), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captains: unknown (Sydney), unknown (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Rosebury (#8), A. Stephens (#12), B. Wallace (#33)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 3
Max Gawn MELB 11 2
Oliver Florent SYDN 13 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Max Gawn MELB 11 9 1 1 0 0 0
Nathan Jones MELB 2 9 1 1 0 0 0
Oliver Florent SYDN 13 4 0 0 1 0 1
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 4 0 0 1 0 1
Jayden Hunt MELB 29 2 0 0 0 1 0
Christian Salem MELB 3 2 0 0 0 1 0

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
36 Aliir, Aliir CHB 91% 0 0 18 9 9 7 0 2 0 1 0 1 4 0
22 Blakey, Nick INT 68% 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1
7 Cunningham, Harry HFFL 88% 0 0 25 19 6 8 0 10 2 4 1 2 8 4
34 Dawson, Jordan FPL 86% 2 0 18 14 4 7 0 2 1 2 1 0 2 4
13 Florent, Oliver WR 84% 2 1 25 15 10 4 0 3 4 2 0 1 3 4
23 Franklin, Lance FF 93% 1 3 16 16 0 9 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 6
5 Heeney, Isaac HFFR 80% 1 0 23 10 13 5 0 8 3 4 2 2 1 3
29 Hewett, George WL 74% 0 0 10 2 8 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 1
15 Jack, Kieren INT 66% 2 1 14 12 2 3 0 2 2 0 1 0 3 2
10 Jones, Zak HBFR 91% 1 0 24 13 11 6 0 4 4 6 1 2 3 6
12 Kennedy, Josh RR 88% 0 0 24 8 16 2 0 6 6 2 1 1 0 2
44 Lloyd, Jake HBFL 86% 0 0 34 26 8 9 0 0 1 5 1 0 7 3
30 McCartin, Tom BPR 87% 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1
27 McInerney, Justin INT 56% 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 1
14 Mills, Callum BPL 87% 0 0 15 7 8 7 0 3 0 3 0 0 2 0
11 Papley, Tom RO 88% 0 3 15 11 4 4 0 3 1 0 3 0 1 1
26 Parker, Luke C 89% 0 0 22 13 9 4 0 4 6 2 0 1 1 5
24 Rampe, Dane FB 93% 0 0 25 18 7 8 0 1 0 6 1 1 4 3
20 Reid, Sam CHF 87% 0 1 11 8 3 6 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 0
25 Ronke, Ben FPR 67% 1 1 11 6 5 2 0 3 0 5 0 2 0 4
18 Sinclair, Callum RU 77% 1 0 6 4 2 1 9 2 2 4 1 2 0 0
6 Thurlow, Jackson INT 74% 0 0 18 10 8 5 0 1 0 6 0 2 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 11 12 369 234 135 102 13 65 37 56 17 18 44 53

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Brayshaw, Angus HFFR 73% 1 0 19 10 9 2 0 4 6 1 3 0 0 3
31 Fritsch, Bayley HFFL 89% 0 0 16 10 6 5 0 4 0 4 0 2 2 1
17 Frost, Sam CHB 87% 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 0
11 Gawn, Max RU 91% 0 0 19 16 3 5 55 1 6 4 3 2 3 4
4 Harmes, James INT 78% 1 1 19 13 6 4 0 2 6 5 1 1 0 6
14 Hibberd, Michael BPL 89% 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 3 0 4 0 2 3 3
34 Hore, Marty BPR 91% 0 0 20 14 6 9 0 3 0 4 0 0 8 2
29 Hunt, Jayden WL 87% 2 1 13 8 5 3 0 7 1 3 1 1 0 3
2 Jones, Nathan HBFR 82% 3 0 21 16 5 4 0 3 4 7 1 2 0 3
28 McDonald, Oscar FB 63% 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 3 0
25 McDonald, Tom FF 83% 1 2 16 9 7 6 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 2
18 Melksham, Jake FPR 85% 1 1 14 10 4 3 0 2 1 4 0 1 1 4
13 Oliver, Clayton C 86% 0 0 33 15 18 7 0 2 7 8 1 1 3 7
5 Petracca, Christian RR 93% 2 0 17 9 8 3 0 6 3 3 0 1 0 4
21 Preuss, Braydon CHF 70% 2 0 11 10 1 1 13 0 3 2 1 0 0 2
3 Salem, Christian WR 83% 0 0 27 20 7 5 0 2 3 4 1 0 7 2
9 Spargo, Charlie FPL 71% 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1
15 Stretch, Billy HBFL 74% 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 2
7 Viney, Jack RO 77% 1 0 15 7 8 0 0 9 0 4 1 1 1 3
40 Wagner, Corey INT 81% 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 4 1 1 1 0 1 3
42 Wagner, Josh INT 88% 0 0 16 6 10 4 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 3
26 Weideman, Sam INT 78% 1 0 9 5 4 3 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1
Rushed 5
Total (22 players) 15 10 343 222 121 80 73 63 44 70 18 17 38 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

Sydney Coach: John Longmire
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
14 M. Hibberd 28 O. McDonald 34 M. Hore 18 C. Sinclair 22 N. Blakey
25 B. Ronke 23 L. Franklin 34 J. Dawson 12 J. Kennedy 15 K. Jack
FORWARD 11 T. Papley 27 J. McInerney
HALF-BACK

6 J. Thurlow
15 B. Stretch 17 S. Frost 2 N. Jones



5 I. Heeney 20 S. Reid 7 H. Cunningham



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



29 J. Hunt 13 C. Oliver 3 C. Salem



13 O. Florent 26 L. Parker 29 G. Hewett FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn 4 J. Harmes
HALF-FORWARD 5 C. Petracca 40 C. Wagner
31 B. Fritsch 21 B. Preuss 10 A. Brayshaw 7 J. Viney 42 J. Wagner
10 Z. Jones 36 A. Aliir 44 J. Lloyd

26 S. Weideman
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



9 C. Spargo 25 T. McDonald 18 J. Melksham



30 T. McCartin 24 D. Rampe 14 C. Mills



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 03:15
MELB Christian Petracca goal 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 05:32
MELB Braydon Preuss goal 0.1.1 - 2.0.12 07:19
MELB Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 2.1.13 08:34
SYDN Callum Sinclair goal 1.1.7 - 2.1.13 09:56
SYDN Zak Jones goal 2.1.13 - 2.1.13 14:36
MELB Tom McDonald behind 2.1.13 - 2.2.14 16:22
SYDN Kieren Jack behind 2.2.14 - 2.2.14 18:38
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 2.3.15 - 2.2.14 19:43
SYDN Oliver Florent behind 2.4.16 - 2.2.14 22:03
MELB Braydon Preuss goal 2.4.16 - 3.2.20 23:45
SYDN Kieren Jack goal 3.4.22 - 3.2.20 26:41
SYDN Oliver Florent goal 4.4.28 - 3.2.20 28:15
SYDN Jordan Dawson goal 5.4.34 - 3.2.20 30:47
Q2 SYDN Lance Franklin behind 5.5.35 - 3.2.20 00:22
MELB James Harmes goal 5.5.35 - 4.2.26 01:36
SYDN Ben Ronke behind 5.6.36 - 4.2.26 04:24
SYDN Jordan Dawson goal 6.6.42 - 4.2.26 05:45
MELB Rushed behind 6.6.42 - 4.3.27 07:26
SYDN Sam Reid behind 6.7.43 - 4.3.27 08:52
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 7.7.49 - 4.3.27 12:16
MELB Nathan Jones goal 7.7.49 - 5.3.33 14:42
MELB Nathan Jones goal 7.7.49 - 6.3.39 16:14
SYDN Tom Papley behind 7.8.50 - 6.3.39 18:35
MELB Jake Melksham goal 7.8.50 - 7.3.45 19:44
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 8.8.56 - 7.3.45 21:39
MELB Jake Melksham behind 8.8.56 - 7.4.46 23:10
MELB Jack Viney goal 8.8.56 - 8.4.52 28:43
SYDN Tom Papley behind 8.9.57 - 8.4.52 31:42
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 8.10.58 - 8.4.52 32:44
Q3 MELB Tom McDonald goal 8.10.58 - 9.4.58 02:18
SYDN Oliver Florent goal 9.10.64 - 9.4.58 04:05
MELB Christian Petracca goal 9.10.64 - 10.4.64 07:06
MELB Jayden Hunt behind 9.10.64 - 10.5.65 09:25
MELB Jayden Hunt goal 9.10.64 - 11.5.71 12:20
MELB Rushed behind 9.10.64 - 11.6.72 19:32
MELB Jayden Hunt goal 9.10.64 - 12.6.78 21:06
MELB Rushed behind 9.10.64 - 12.7.79 28:02
SYDN Rushed behind 9.11.65 - 12.7.79 28:48
Q4 SYDN Ben Ronke goal 10.11.71 - 12.7.79 05:55
MELB Rushed behind 10.11.71 - 12.8.80 07:13
MELB Sam Weideman goal 10.11.71 - 13.8.86 10:27
SYDN Kieren Jack goal 11.11.77 - 13.8.86 12:26
MELB Tom McDonald behind 11.11.77 - 13.9.87 14:31
MELB Nathan Jones goal 11.11.77 - 14.9.93 20:11
MELB James Harmes behind 11.11.77 - 14.10.94 22:27
MELB Angus Brayshaw goal 11.11.77 - 15.10.100 26:28
SYDN Tom Papley behind 11.12.78 - 15.10.100 28:07