2019 AFL Round 8: Gold Coast v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 11 May 2019 between Gold Coast and Melbourne during round 8 of the 2019 AFL season. Gold Coast hosted Melbourne at Metricon Stadium. The hosts were coached by Stuart Dew and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

Gold Coast
Back: J. Harbrow, S. Collins, C. Ballard
Half-back: P. Hanley, J. Hombsch, L. Weller
Centre: T. Miller, N. Holman, W. Powell
Half-forward: A. Sexton, P. Wright, S. Lemmens
Forward: D. MacPherson, J. Corbett, J. Bowes
Follower: J. Witts, J. Martin, D. Swallow
Int.: B. Ainsworth, J. Lukosius, A. Miles, J. Murdoch

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

Gold Coast (9.6.60) were defeated by Melbourne (8.13.61).

Goalkickers
Gold Coast: B. Ainsworth (2), N. Holman (2), J. Corbett, S. Lemmens, D. MacPherson, W. Powell, P. Wright
Melbourne: T. McDonald (3), J. Harmes, M. Hore, J. Hunt, J. Melksham, C. Petracca

As a result of this match, Gold Coast remained 14th on the ladder and Melbourne were then 15th on the ladder (up from 16th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2019 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Gold Coast v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 11 May 2019
Time: 4:35 PM
Venue: Metricon Stadium
Attendance: 9,765

Match Results

Outcome: Gold Coast def. by Melbourne
Score: 9.6.60 - 8.13.61

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Gold Coast 2 . 1 3 . 3 5 . 6 9 . 6 9 . 6 (60)
Melbourne 3 . 2 3 . 5 5 . 9 8 . 13 8 . 13 (61)
Margin MELB by 7 MELB by 2 MELB by 3 MELB by 1 MELB by 1
Duration 30:38 27:13 30:14 32:30 2:00:35

Honour Roll

Coaches: Stuart Dew (Gold Coast), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captains: unknown (Gold Coast), unknown (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Chamberlain (#18), L. Haussen (#5), R. O'Gorman (#10)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 3
David Swallow GCST 24 2
Marty Hore MELB 34 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 9 1 1 0 0 0
David Swallow GCST 24 9 1 1 0 0 0
Nathan Jones MELB 2 5 0 0 1 1 0
Jake Melksham MELB 18 3 0 0 1 0 0
James Harmes MELB 4 2 0 0 0 1 0
Ben Ainsworth GCST 9 1 0 0 0 0 1
Darcy MacPherson GCST 44 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Gold Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
9 Ainsworth, Ben INT 80% 2 1 20 13 7 8 0 0 2 3 1 1 1 4
10 Ballard, Charlie BPR 87% 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0
3 Bowes, Jack FPR 77% 0 0 18 10 8 6 0 2 3 1 0 1 1 3
25 Collins, Sam FB 100% 0 0 17 11 6 6 0 1 0 4 0 2 9 1
19 Corbett, Josh FF 90% 1 0 13 9 4 5 0 1 0 4 3 0 0 2
1 Hanley, Pearce HBFL 75% 0 0 20 15 5 3 0 5 1 1 0 0 8 2
5 Harbrow, Jarrod BPL 83% 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 5 1
39 Holman, Nick C 91% 2 0 19 9 10 1 0 12 1 1 2 1 2 4
20 Hombsch, Jack CHB 96% 0 0 12 9 3 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0
23 Lemmens, Sean HFFR 35% 1 0 9 5 4 3 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0
41 Lukosius, Jack INT 73% 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
44 MacPherson, Darcy FPL 87% 1 0 27 16 11 5 0 8 1 5 0 2 1 4
4 Martin, Jack RR 85% 0 0 19 14 5 6 0 3 3 1 0 0 2 2
2 Miles, Anthony INT 69% 0 1 17 13 4 3 0 2 3 2 3 0 3 2
11 Miller, Touk WL 80% 0 0 20 9 11 7 0 1 3 3 0 2 2 3
31 Murdoch, Jordan INT 79% 0 0 5 4 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0
27 Powell, Wil WR 91% 1 0 14 10 4 6 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 2
6 Sexton, Alex HFFL 88% 0 2 10 6 4 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3
24 Swallow, David RO 82% 0 1 35 18 17 4 0 3 13 9 1 2 4 3
14 Weller, Lachie HBFR 85% 0 0 23 16 7 4 0 7 2 3 3 1 9 1
28 Witts, Jarrod RU 86% 0 0 8 3 5 3 44 2 3 2 1 2 2 1
30 Wright, Peter CHF 79% 1 0 12 9 3 6 11 0 1 3 1 1 0 3
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 9 6 347 220 127 95 55 60 38 52 16 16 58 42

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Brayshaw, Angus RR 83% 0 0 23 9 14 3 0 3 1 4 0 0 2 3
31 Fritsch, Bayley WL 80% 0 0 17 9 8 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 3
17 Frost, Sam FB 100% 0 1 22 13 9 7 0 0 0 3 1 1 4 3
36 Garlett, Jeff FPL 86% 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 5 2 4 0 1 1 2
11 Gawn, Max RU 80% 0 0 10 8 2 2 46 4 4 3 1 2 1 4
4 Harmes, James INT 86% 1 1 22 13 9 1 0 13 6 4 2 3 3 3
14 Hibberd, Michael BPR 38% 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
34 Hore, Marty BPL 91% 1 0 19 15 4 4 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 2
29 Hunt, Jayden WR 79% 1 1 14 6 8 3 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 1
2 Jones, Nathan HBFL 87% 0 0 28 14 14 4 0 8 7 1 0 0 0 5
45 Keilty, Declan FF 77% 0 0 9 3 6 1 4 6 0 6 0 2 0 4
6 Lewis, Jordan INT 68% 0 0 18 10 8 6 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1
41 Lockhart, Jay INT 75% 0 1 19 9 10 9 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 3
28 McDonald, Oscar CHB 99% 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 3 0
25 McDonald, Tom CHF 91% 3 1 11 7 4 3 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 3
18 Melksham, Jake FPR 77% 1 2 22 14 8 11 0 3 5 2 0 0 0 6
13 Oliver, Clayton RO 84% 0 0 38 14 24 5 0 15 8 6 2 2 2 8
5 Petracca, Christian HFFR 93% 1 2 22 12 10 3 0 2 4 2 2 0 0 5
3 Salem, Christian HBFR 85% 0 0 23 13 10 6 0 7 4 1 1 1 2 2
15 Stretch, Billy INT 78% 0 0 19 12 7 2 0 5 2 2 0 0 2 4
7 Viney, Jack C 76% 0 1 20 7 13 2 0 6 5 4 1 2 1 2
42 Wagner, Josh HFFL 87% 0 0 13 6 7 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 2 1
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 8 13 397 214 183 84 52 99 50 53 16 16 31 66

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 Jake Melksham behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:00
MELB Christian Petracca behind 0.0.0 - 0.2.2 02:25
GCST Peter Wright goal 1.0.6 - 0.2.2 03:58
MELB Jake Melksham goal 1.0.6 - 1.2.8 15:09
MELB James Harmes goal 1.0.6 - 2.2.14 20:20
GCST Anthony Miles behind 1.1.7 - 2.2.14 22:35
MELB Tom McDonald goal 1.1.7 - 3.2.20 22:57
GCST Sean Lemmens goal 2.1.13 - 3.2.20 24:36
Q2 GCST Alex Sexton behind 2.2.14 - 3.2.20 02:16
GCST Ben Ainsworth goal 3.2.20 - 3.2.20 03:24
GCST Ben Ainsworth behind 3.3.21 - 3.2.20 06:43
MELB Jay Lockhart behind 3.3.21 - 3.3.21 10:20
MELB Rushed behind 3.3.21 - 3.4.22 11:06
MELB Jake Melksham behind 3.3.21 - 3.5.23 22:02
Q3 MELB Tom McDonald goal 3.3.21 - 4.5.29 02:20
MELB Christian Petracca behind 3.3.21 - 4.6.30 03:34
MELB Rushed behind 3.3.21 - 4.7.31 05:33
GCST Darcy MacPherson goal 4.3.27 - 4.7.31 08:26
GCST Ben Ainsworth goal 5.3.33 - 4.7.31 09:57
MELB Jack Viney behind 5.3.33 - 4.8.32 14:08
MELB Jayden Hunt goal 5.3.33 - 5.8.38 19:42
GCST David Swallow behind 5.4.34 - 5.8.38 22:27
MELB Rushed behind 5.4.34 - 5.9.39 24:24
GCST Rushed behind 5.5.35 - 5.9.39 29:02
GCST Alex Sexton behind 5.6.36 - 5.9.39 29:25
Q4 MELB Christian Petracca goal 5.6.36 - 6.9.45 00:50
MELB Jayden Hunt behind 5.6.36 - 6.10.46 05:58
MELB Sam Frost behind 5.6.36 - 6.11.47 08:21
GCST Nick Holman goal 6.6.42 - 6.11.47 08:57
MELB Tom McDonald goal 6.6.42 - 7.11.53 10:54
GCST Wil Powell goal 7.6.48 - 7.11.53 13:01
GCST Josh Corbett goal 8.6.54 - 7.11.53 21:56
MELB James Harmes behind 8.6.54 - 7.12.54 24:50
GCST Nick Holman goal 9.6.60 - 7.12.54 29:40
MELB Marty Hore goal 9.6.60 - 8.12.60 31:03
MELB Tom McDonald behind 9.6.60 - 8.13.61 32:20