2019 AFL Round 22: Melbourne v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 16 August 2019 between Melbourne and Sydney during round 22 of the 2019 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Sydney at MCG. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by John Longmire.

Melbourne
Back: C. Spargo, S. Frost, J. Lever
Half-back: N. Jones, M. Hore, C. Salem
Centre: J. Kennedy Harris, J. Viney, B. Stretch
Half-forward: A. Neal-Bullen, B. Fritsch, J. Harmes
Forward: J. Lewis, J. Melksham, C. Petracca
Follower: M. Gawn, A. Brayshaw, C. Oliver
Int.: K. Chandler, K. Dunkley, M. Hibberd, C. Wagner

Sydney
Back: R. Fox, L. Melican, C. Mills
Half-back: J. Bell, D. Rampe, J. Dawson
Centre: J. Lloyd, G. Hewett, O. Florent
Half-forward: I. Heeney, T. McCartin, K. Jack
Forward: B. Ronke, S. Reid, N. Blakey
Follower: A. Aliir, J. Kennedy, T. Papley
Int.: R. Clarke, D. Menzel, L. Parker, J. Rowbottom

Melbourne (5.12.42) were defeated by Sydney (15.5.95).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: J. Melksham (3), B. Fritsch, A. Neal-Bullen
Sydney: S. Reid (3), J. Dawson (2), T. McCartin (2), D. Menzel (2), T. Papley (2), J. Rowbottom (2), J. Bell, N. Blakey

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 17th on the ladder and Sydney remained 15th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2019 AFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Melbourne v Sydney
Date: Friday 16 August 2019
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 23,700

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Sydney
Score: 5.12.42 - 15.5.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 1 3 . 3 3 . 7 5 . 12 5 . 12 (42)
Sydney 4 . 1 7 . 3 10 . 3 15 . 5 15 . 5 (95)
Margin SYDN by 6 SYDN by 24 SYDN by 38 SYDN by 53 SYDN by 53
Duration 30:49 28:21 28:40 31:23 1:59:13

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Findlay (#23), E. Glouftsis (#34), A. Stephens (#12)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Oliver Florent SYDN 13 3
Sam Reid SYDN 20 2
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Oliver Florent SYDN 13 9 1 1 0 0 0
Dane Rampe SYDN 24 8 1 0 1 0 0
Sam Reid SYDN 20 7 0 1 1 0 0
Aliir Aliir SYDN 36 2 0 0 0 1 0
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 2 0 0 0 1 0
Nick Blakey SYDN 22 1 0 0 0 0 1
Jake Melksham MELB 18 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 RR 86% 0 1 24 17 7 4 0 8 3 2 3 0 5 5
37 Chandler, Kade INT 80% 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 9 1 1 0 0 0 0
48 Dunkley, Kyle INT 71% 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 3
31 Fritsch, Bayley CHF 89% 1 1 9 6 3 2 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 2
17 Frost, Sam FB 82% 0 1 15 10 5 4 0 1 0 5 2 3 3 0
11 Gawn, Max RU 77% 0 0 12 11 1 3 52 3 3 1 3 0 3 3
4 Harmes, James HFFR 86% 0 0 20 10 10 6 0 8 4 6 1 3 1 3
14 Hibberd, Michael INT 87% 0 0 23 12 11 7 0 1 0 6 0 0 4 4
34 Hore, Marty CHB 79% 0 0 12 10 2 4 0 0 0 4 1 1 3 2
2 Jones, Nathan HBFL 80% 0 0 16 6 10 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 3
24 Kennedy Harris, Jay WL 78% 0 0 12 6 6 3 0 3 1 1 0 1 1 1
8 Lever, Jake BPR 98% 0 0 14 8 6 7 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 1
6 Lewis, Jordan FPL 88% 0 0 21 14 7 5 0 2 0 2 1 0 3 1
18 Melksham, Jake FF 85% 3 5 15 13 2 3 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 3
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex HFFL 76% 1 2 11 8 3 5 0 7 0 2 0 1 0 3
13 Oliver, Clayton RO 84% 0 1 30 14 16 2 0 3 8 4 3 0 0 4
5 Petracca, Christian FPR 75% 0 0 19 9 10 4 5 5 4 1 0 1 1 5
3 Salem, Christian HBFR 81% 0 0 17 9 8 3 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 1
9 Spargo, Charlie BPL 86% 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 2 2 2 2 0 1 2
15 Stretch, Billy WR 72% 0 0 16 8 8 5 0 5 2 1 0 0 0 1
7 Viney, Jack C 81% 0 0 25 19 6 5 0 9 7 2 3 0 1 6
40 Wagner, Corey INT 79% 0 0 16 6 10 1 0 5 1 3 0 2 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 5 12 356 213 143 82 57 77 37 53 25 17 30 55

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
36 Aliir, Aliir RU 75% 0 0 13 10 3 4 12 5 4 6 2 1 1 3
32 Bell, James HBFL 77% 1 0 8 5 3 4 0 3 0 3 1 1 1 1
22 Blakey, Nick FPR 72% 1 1 17 12 5 6 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 4
4 Clarke, Ryan INT 81% 0 0 20 11 9 2 0 2 1 6 1 3 2 1
34 Dawson, Jordan HBFR 88% 2 0 15 9 6 4 1 3 1 4 1 1 1 3
13 Florent, Oliver WR 86% 0 1 28 15 13 4 0 4 4 4 1 1 3 4
42 Fox, Robbie BPL 86% 0 0 18 14 4 4 0 4 2 4 0 2 6 2
5 Heeney, Isaac HFFL 80% 0 0 12 9 3 7 0 7 2 3 1 3 1 2
29 Hewett, George C 86% 0 0 21 7 14 2 0 6 4 4 0 2 1 1
15 Jack, Kieren HFFR 83% 0 0 10 5 5 1 0 5 1 1 2 0 2 1
12 Kennedy, Josh RR 77% 0 0 21 8 13 5 0 7 10 7 1 4 0 3
44 Lloyd, Jake WL 87% 0 0 26 18 8 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 11 2
30 McCartin, Tom CHF 79% 2 0 10 6 4 4 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 2
43 Melican, Lewis FB 84% 0 0 14 7 7 5 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 0
2 Menzel, Daniel INT 75% 2 1 9 6 3 4 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 3
14 Mills, Callum BPR 87% 0 0 17 8 9 4 0 3 0 4 0 3 5 0
11 Papley, Tom RO 89% 2 1 7 6 1 3 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 2
26 Parker, Luke INT 79% 0 1 25 8 17 1 0 8 6 2 0 0 1 3
24 Rampe, Dane CHB 92% 0 0 22 14 8 8 0 1 0 2 1 1 8 2
20 Reid, Sam FF 84% 3 0 14 11 3 7 6 3 1 2 1 0 1 1
25 Ronke, Ben FPL 83% 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
8 Rowbottom, James INT 71% 2 0 14 8 6 3 0 6 1 2 1 0 0 3
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 15 5 351 204 147 84 19 83 38 63 17 25 48 45

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
42 R. Fox 43 L. Melican 14 C. Mills 11 M. Gawn 37 K. Chandler
5 C. Petracca 18 J. Melksham 6 J. Lewis 10 A. Brayshaw 48 K. Dunkley
FORWARD 13 C. Oliver 14 M. Hibberd
HALF-BACK

40 C. Wagner
32 J. Bell 24 D. Rampe 34 J. Dawson



4 J. Harmes 31 B. Fritsch 30 A. Neal-Bullen



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



44 J. Lloyd 29 G. Hewett 13 O. Florent



15 B. Stretch 7 J. Viney 24 J. Kennedy Harris FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 36 A. Aliir 4 R. Clarke
HALF-FORWARD 12 J. Kennedy 2 D. Menzel
5 I. Heeney 30 T. McCartin 15 K. Jack 11 T. Papley 26 L. Parker
3 C. Salem 34 M. Hore 2 N. Jones

8 J. Rowbottom
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



25 B. Ronke 20 S. Reid 22 N. Blakey



8 J. Lever 17 S. Frost 9 C. Spargo



BACK



Sydney Coach: John Longmire

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN Sam Reid goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 00:34
MELB Jake Melksham behind 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 04:32
SYDN Tom Papley goal 0.1.1 - 2.0.12 05:15
SYDN Sam Reid goal 0.1.1 - 3.0.18 06:35
MELB Jake Melksham goal 1.1.7 - 3.0.18 09:09
MELB Jake Melksham goal 2.1.13 - 3.0.18 13:01
SYDN James Rowbottom goal 2.1.13 - 4.0.24 16:11
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 3.1.19 - 4.0.24 20:08
SYDN Luke Parker behind 3.1.19 - 4.1.25 28:33
Q2 SYDN Sam Reid goal 3.1.19 - 5.1.31 00:46
SYDN Oliver Florent behind 3.1.19 - 5.2.32 04:54
SYDN Jordan Dawson goal 3.1.19 - 6.2.38 05:59
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen behind 3.2.20 - 6.2.38 08:28
SYDN Tom Papley behind 3.2.20 - 6.3.39 09:45
MELB Jake Melksham behind 3.3.21 - 6.3.39 21:24
SYDN Tom McCartin goal 3.3.21 - 7.3.45 27:02
Q3 MELB Jake Melksham behind 3.4.22 - 7.3.45 05:24
MELB Jake Melksham behind 3.5.23 - 7.3.45 08:15
SYDN Nick Blakey goal 3.5.23 - 8.3.51 08:56
SYDN Daniel Menzel goal 3.5.23 - 9.3.57 11:00
SYDN James Rowbottom goal 3.5.23 - 10.3.63 14:01
MELB Jake Melksham behind 3.6.24 - 10.3.63 26:42
MELB Angus Brayshaw behind 3.7.25 - 10.3.63 28:37
Q4 MELB Rushed behind 3.8.26 - 10.3.63 01:05
SYDN James Bell goal 3.8.26 - 11.3.69 02:11
MELB Sam Frost behind 3.9.27 - 11.3.69 03:57
MELB Jake Melksham goal 4.9.33 - 11.3.69 05:41
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 5.9.39 - 11.3.69 07:33
SYDN Nick Blakey behind 5.9.39 - 11.4.70 08:43
SYDN Jordan Dawson goal 5.9.39 - 12.4.76 09:42
MELB Clayton Oliver behind 5.10.40 - 12.4.76 11:27
SYDN Tom McCartin goal 5.10.40 - 13.4.82 15:15
SYDN Daniel Menzel behind 5.10.40 - 13.5.83 17:00
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 5.11.41 - 13.5.83 22:37
SYDN Daniel Menzel goal 5.11.41 - 14.5.89 23:26
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen behind 5.12.42 - 14.5.89 26:06
SYDN Tom Papley goal 5.12.42 - 15.5.95 28:28