2020 AFL Round 4: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 28 June 2020 between Melbourne and Geelong during round 4 of the 2020 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Geelong at MCG. Max Gawn captained the hosts. Joel Selwood captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Chris Scott.

Melbourne
Back: M. Hibberd, S. May, C. Salem
Half-back: J. Smith, J. Lever, J. Harmes
Centre: E. Langdon, C. Oliver, A. Tomlinson
Half-forward: M. Hannan, J. Melksham, J. Lockhart
Forward: K. Pickett, J. Hunt, T. McDonald
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), C. Petracca, J. Viney
Int.: A. Brayshaw, B. Fritsch, T. Rivers, A. vandenBerg

Geelong
Back: J. Kolodjashnij, M. Blicavs, J. Henry
Half-back: Z. Tuohy, T. Stewart, J. Bews
Centre: M. O'Connor, P. Dangerfield, J. Selwood (capt.)
Half-forward: B. Parfitt, G. Rohan, M. Duncan
Forward: E. Ratugolea, T. Hawkins, L. Dahlhaus
Follower: D. Fort, G. Ablett, J. Steven
Int.: T. Atkins, C. Guthrie, S. Menegola, G. Miers

Melbourne (6.8.44) were defeated by Geelong (7.5.47).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: A. Brayshaw (2), B. Fritsch, J. Hunt, T. McDonald, C. Petracca
Geelong: P. Dangerfield, M. Duncan, D. Fort, C. Guthrie, T. Hawkins, B. Parfitt, E. Ratugolea

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 15th on the ladder (down from 14th) and Geelong were then 6th on the ladder (up from 10th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2020 AFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Sunday 28 June 2020
Time: 3:35 PM
Venue: MCG

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 6.8.44 - 7.5.47

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 0 . 1 2 . 3 3 . 5 6 . 8 6 . 8 (44)
Geelong 2 . 1 2 . 2 6 . 4 7 . 5 7 . 5 (47)
Margin GEEL by 12 MELB by 1 GEEL by 17 GEEL by 3 GEEL by 3
Duration 22:06 22:46 25:01 24:16 1:34:09

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Chris Scott (Geelong)
Captains: Max Gawn (Melbourne), Joel Selwood (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: N. Foot (#2), J. Howorth (#17), S. Ryan (#25), E: P. Rebeschini (#31)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Cameron Guthrie GEEL 29 3
Max Gawn MELB 11 2
Sam Menegola GEEL 27 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Cameron Guthrie GEEL 29 10 2 0 0 0 0
Angus Brayshaw MELB 10 7 0 1 1 0 0
Brandan Parfitt GEEL 3 4 0 1 0 0 0
Patrick Dangerfield GEEL 35 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Jack Viney MELB 7 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Joel Selwood GEEL 14 2 0 0 0 1 0
Mark Blicavs GEEL 46 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 INT 67% 2 0 15 7 8 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 3
31 Fritsch, Bayley INT 81% 1 1 5 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 94% 0 0 17 11 6 3 34 2 4 1 4 0 1 4
19 Hannan, Mitch HFFL 64% 0 1 7 4 3 4 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1
4 Harmes, James HBFR 71% 0 0 18 2 16 3 0 0 4 2 0 1 1 2
14 Hibberd, Michael BPL 78% 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1
29 Hunt, Jayden FF 71% 1 0 5 3 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1
15 Langdon, Ed WL 97% 0 0 16 9 7 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 2
8 Lever, Jake CHB 100% 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
41 Lockhart, Jay HFFR 75% 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 3 0 2 0 2 1 2
1 May, Steven FB 95% 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 5 0
25 McDonald, Tom FPR 90% 1 0 8 4 4 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 2
18 Melksham, Jake CHF 82% 0 2 11 10 1 2 0 1 1 4 1 1 1 0
13 Oliver, Clayton C 85% 0 0 23 10 13 2 0 5 7 4 1 3 5 2
5 Petracca, Christian RR 90% 1 1 18 9 9 2 0 4 0 0 2 0 1 3
36 Pickett, Kysaiah FPL 77% 0 1 10 4 6 0 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 3
24 Rivers, Trent INT 75% 0 0 12 7 5 1 0 3 0 5 1 1 0 2
3 Salem, Christian BPR 82% 0 0 11 9 2 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 1
44 Smith, Joel HBFL 95% 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Tomlinson, Adam WR 90% 0 1 19 15 4 5 0 3 2 3 0 2 3 6
22 vandenBerg, Aaron INT 62% 0 0 7 1 6 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 1 1
7 Viney, Jack RO 78% 0 0 20 10 10 2 0 3 5 2 1 1 0 8
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 6 8 267 152 115 52 34 46 32 33 19 16 30 45

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Ablett, Gary RR 90% 0 0 11 3 8 1 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 0
30 Atkins, Tom INT 50% 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
24 Bews, Jed HBFR 95% 0 0 15 14 1 6 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 2
46 Blicavs, Mark FB 100% 0 0 15 10 5 5 0 2 1 1 1 0 3 1
40 Dahlhaus, Luke FPR 81% 0 0 14 7 7 3 0 5 0 0 1 0 1 2
35 Dangerfield, Patrick C 83% 1 0 23 14 9 6 0 3 2 2 2 1 2 5
22 Duncan, Mitch HFFR 86% 1 0 19 14 5 9 0 4 1 4 1 2 4 2
28 Fort, Darcy RU 78% 1 0 7 3 4 2 18 1 3 4 0 3 0 0
29 Guthrie, Cameron INT 83% 1 0 24 19 5 10 0 2 3 2 1 2 1 4
26 Hawkins, Tom FF 98% 1 3 13 10 3 7 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 1
38 Henry, Jack BPR 100% 0 0 8 8 0 3 0 5 0 1 1 1 4 1
8 Kolodjashnij, Jake BPL 90% 0 0 14 10 4 6 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 2
27 Menegola, Sam INT 91% 0 0 25 13 12 10 0 4 3 5 0 1 2 6
32 Miers, Gryan INT 84% 0 0 21 11 10 9 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 3
42 O'Connor, Mark WL 87% 0 0 20 17 3 14 0 2 0 3 1 2 3 1
3 Parfitt, Brandan HFFL 75% 1 0 14 10 4 3 0 9 2 2 2 1 0 1
17 Ratugolea, Esava FPL 80% 1 1 5 4 1 4 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
23 Rohan, Gary CHF 78% 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 0
14 Selwood, Joel (c) WR 86% 0 0 23 13 10 4 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 3
9 Steven, Jack RO 70% 0 0 16 8 8 5 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1
44 Stewart, Tom CHB 18% 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2 Tuohy, Zach HBFL 97% 0 0 17 14 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 6 2
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 7 5 315 209 106 112 26 52 23 41 16 19 38 38

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
8 J. Kolodjashnij 46 M. Blicavs 38 J. Henry 11 M. Gawn (c) 10 A. Brayshaw
25 T. McDonald 29 J. Hunt 36 K. Pickett 5 C. Petracca 31 B. Fritsch
FORWARD 7 J. Viney 24 T. Rivers
HALF-BACK

22 A. vandenBerg
2 Z. Tuohy 44 T. Stewart 24 J. Bews



41 J. Lockhart 18 J. Melksham 19 M. Hannan



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



42 M. O'Connor 35 P. Dangerfield 14 J. Selwood (c)



20 A. Tomlinson 13 C. Oliver 15 E. Langdon FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 28 D. Fort 30 T. Atkins
HALF-FORWARD 4 G. Ablett 29 C. Guthrie
3 B. Parfitt 23 G. Rohan 22 M. Duncan 9 J. Steven 27 S. Menegola
4 J. Harmes 8 J. Lever 44 J. Smith

32 G. Miers
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



17 E. Ratugolea 26 T. Hawkins 40 L. Dahlhaus



3 C. Salem 1 S. May 14 M. Hibberd



BACK



Geelong Coach: Chris Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GEEL Darcy Fort goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 03:50
GEEL Esava Ratugolea behind 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 07:12
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 18:23
GEEL Mitch Duncan goal 0.1.1 - 2.1.13 20:42
Q2 GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 0.1.1 - 2.2.14 01:48
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 1.1.7 - 2.2.14 03:10
MELB Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 2.2.14 15:02
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 1.3.9 - 2.2.14 18:08
MELB Angus Brayshaw goal 2.3.15 - 2.2.14 18:44
Q3 GEEL Esava Ratugolea goal 2.3.15 - 3.2.20 03:07
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield goal 2.3.15 - 4.2.26 06:00
GEEL Rushed behind 2.3.15 - 4.3.27 11:18
MELB Mitch Hannan behind 2.4.16 - 4.3.27 12:28
GEEL Brandan Parfitt goal 2.4.16 - 5.3.33 13:52
MELB Christian Petracca goal 3.4.22 - 5.3.33 15:40
MELB Christian Petracca behind 3.5.23 - 5.3.33 18:49
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 3.5.23 - 5.4.34 21:07
GEEL Cameron Guthrie goal 3.5.23 - 6.4.40 22:23
Q4 MELB Jake Melksham behind 3.6.24 - 6.4.40 01:23
MELB Jake Melksham behind 3.7.25 - 6.4.40 02:47
MELB Jayden Hunt goal 4.7.31 - 6.4.40 04:03
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 4.7.31 - 6.5.41 06:53
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 4.7.31 - 7.5.47 11:42
MELB Tom McDonald goal 5.7.37 - 7.5.47 15:12
MELB Angus Brayshaw goal 6.7.43 - 7.5.47 20:31
MELB Adam Tomlinson behind 6.8.44 - 7.5.47 23:24