2021 AFL Round 4: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 11 April 2021 between Melbourne and Geelong during round 4 of the 2021 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Geelong at MCG. Max Gawn captained the hosts with Jack Viney as vice-captain. Joel Selwood captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Chris Scott.

Melbourne
Back: N. Jetta, S. May, J. Lever
Half-back: C. Salem, A. Tomlinson, J. Hunt
Centre: A. Brayshaw, C. Oliver, E. Langdon
Half-forward: J. Viney (vice-capt.), T. McDonald, C. Spargo
Forward: A. Neal-Bullen, L. Jackson, B. Fritsch
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), C. Petracca, K. Pickett
Int.: N. Jones, J. Jordon, J. Melksham, T. Rivers
Sub.: T. Sparrow

Geelong
Back: L. Henderson, M. Blicavs, J. Bews
Half-back: T. Atkins, T. Stewart, J. Kolodjashnij
Centre: I. Smith, M. O'Connor, Z. Tuohy
Half-forward: J. Clark, G. Miers, J. Henry
Forward: S. Menegola, T. Hawkins, B. Close
Follower: R. Stanley, C. Guthrie, J. Selwood (capt.)
Int.: L. Dahlhaus, M. Duncan, Z. Guthrie, Q. Narkle
Sub.: M. Holmes

Melbourne (12.13.85) defeated Geelong (9.6.60).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: B. Fritsch (4), C. Petracca (2), M. Gawn, N. Jones, E. Langdon, J. Melksham, A. Neal-Bullen, K. Pickett
Geelong: T. Hawkins (2), J. Henry (2), I. Smith (2), J. Clark, G. Miers, R. Stanley

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 3rd) and Geelong were then 10th on the ladder (down from 7th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Sunday 11 April 2021
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 33,728

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 12.13.85 - 9.6.60

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 4 6 . 8 9 . 9 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Geelong 1 . 1 3 . 3 8 . 3 9 . 6 9 . 6 (60)
Margin MELB by 9 MELB by 23 MELB by 12 MELB by 25 MELB by 25
Duration 28:02 31:06 33:07 30:05 2:02:20

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Chris Scott (Geelong)
Captains: Max Gawn (Melbourne), Joel Selwood (Geelong)
Vice-Captains: Jack Viney (Melbourne), unknown (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Dalgleish (#7), D. Johanson (#30), J. Power (#4), E: L. Porter (#45)
Goal Umpire: M. Dervan, C. Roffey, E: L. Edwards
Boundary Umpire: D. Cusack, B. MacDonald, M. Marantelli, L. Rayner

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Christian Petracca MELB 5 3
Jack Viney MELB 7 2
Max Gawn MELB 11 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Christian Petracca MELB 5 10 2 0 0 0 0
Max Gawn MELB 11 7 0 1 1 0 0
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 4 0 1 0 0 0
Ed Langdon MELB 15 3 0 0 1 0 0
Jake Lever MELB 8 2 0 0 0 1 0
Christian Salem MELB 3 2 0 0 0 1 0
Tom McDonald MELB 25 1 0 0 0 0 1
Kysaiah Pickett MELB 36 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 WL 81% 0 0 19 11 8 5 0 2 0 3 1 1 3 4
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPR 94% 4 1 14 12 2 8 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 3
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 93% 1 0 23 16 7 6 41 4 6 7 1 4 4 4
29 Hunt, Jayden HBFR 84% 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 5 1 0 2 0 4 3
6 Jackson, Luke FF 93% 0 0 10 4 6 2 12 1 4 1 1 1 0 1
39 Jetta, Neville BPL 75% 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 2 1 4 2 2 1 0
2 Jones, Nathan INT 72% 1 0 10 9 1 5 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 2
23 Jordon, James INT 56% 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Langdon, Ed WR 91% 1 0 26 16 10 3 0 3 1 4 2 2 2 2
8 Lever, Jake BPR 100% 0 0 15 11 4 4 0 5 0 1 0 0 5 0
1 May, Steven FB↓ 26% 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 0
25 McDonald, Tom CHF 89% 0 0 21 11 10 9 1 3 0 4 0 1 0 6
18 Melksham, Jake INT 75% 1 1 11 7 4 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 3
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPL 68% 1 0 13 10 3 3 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 5
13 Oliver, Clayton C 88% 0 0 34 19 15 7 0 6 6 4 2 2 3 9
5 Petracca, Christian RR 84% 2 1 36 24 12 7 0 2 9 5 1 1 0 8
36 Pickett, Kysaiah RO 73% 1 2 17 9 8 0 0 7 2 3 1 0 1 3
24 Rivers, Trent INT 67% 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 1
3 Salem, Christian HBFL 87% 0 0 23 19 4 5 0 3 0 5 0 3 8 2
9 Spargo, Charlie HFFR 82% 0 3 15 10 5 2 0 6 0 1 3 0 0 0
32 Sparrow, Tom SUB↑ 39% 0 0 9 4 5 1 0 5 3 1 1 1 2 1
20 Tomlinson, Adam CHB 100% 0 0 8 4 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 0
7 Viney, Jack (vc) HFFL 82% 0 2 24 13 11 3 0 12 8 2 3 0 1 5
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 12 13 367 237 130 78 54 82 45 59 23 21 41 62

T. Sparrow replaced S. May.

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
30 Atkins, Tom HBFL 82% 0 0 25 13 12 5 0 4 3 4 0 2 2 2
24 Bews, Jed BPR 84% 0 0 11 5 6 3 0 4 0 3 1 0 3 0
46 Blicavs, Mark FB 87% 0 0 9 4 5 1 14 6 1 1 1 0 1 1
6 Clark, Jordan HFFL 83% 1 0 10 6 4 5 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 2
45 Close, Brad FPR 82% 0 1 19 7 12 3 0 4 3 4 1 3 0 2
40 Dahlhaus, Luke INT 66% 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 5 0 3 1 1 0 2
22 Duncan, Mitch INT 78% 0 0 21 16 5 4 0 6 3 1 2 0 6 5
29 Guthrie, Cameron RR 71% 0 0 27 16 11 6 0 4 3 2 0 1 4 5
39 Guthrie, Zach INT 75% 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 4 0 4 0 2 3 1
26 Hawkins, Tom FF 100% 2 2 12 9 3 5 0 3 2 4 1 1 0 2
25 Henderson, Lachie BPL 98% 0 0 14 11 3 5 0 1 1 1 2 0 8 1
38 Henry, Jack HFFR 100% 2 0 8 4 4 1 0 3 0 4 0 1 0 3
9 Holmes, Max SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Kolodjashnij, Jake HBFR 89% 0 0 16 10 6 6 0 3 1 4 1 0 3 2
27 Menegola, Sam FPL 80% 0 0 26 11 15 2 0 0 4 4 2 1 4 2
32 Miers, Gryan CHF 85% 1 1 17 10 7 5 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 2
19 Narkle, Quinton INT 56% 0 0 16 5 11 4 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 1
42 O'Connor, Mark C 80% 0 0 10 3 7 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 1
14 Selwood, Joel (c) RO 79% 0 1 30 16 14 5 0 8 3 10 4 4 0 4
7 Smith, Isaac WL 84% 2 0 21 16 5 2 0 2 2 3 0 2 4 5
1 Stanley, Rhys RU 78% 1 1 10 6 4 3 10 2 3 2 3 1 0 4
44 Stewart, Tom CHB 84% 0 0 25 20 5 9 0 1 1 3 1 1 7 1
2 Tuohy, Zach WR 75% 0 0 13 7 6 2 0 3 1 1 0 1 3 2
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 9 6 362 209 153 81 24 74 35 65 21 23 50 50

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
25 L. Henderson 46 M. Blicavs 24 J. Bews 11 M. Gawn (c) 2 N. Jones
31 B. Fritsch 6 L. Jackson 30 A. Neal-Bullen 5 C. Petracca 23 J. Jordon
FORWARD 36 K. Pickett 18 J. Melksham
HALF-BACK

24 T. Rivers
30 T. Atkins 44 T. Stewart 8 J. Kolodjashnij

32 T. Sparrow
9 C. Spargo 25 T. McDonald 7 J. Viney (vc)



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



7 I. Smith 42 M. O'Connor 2 Z. Tuohy



15 E. Langdon 13 C. Oliver 10 A. Brayshaw FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 1 R. Stanley 40 L. Dahlhaus
HALF-FORWARD 29 C. Guthrie 22 M. Duncan
6 J. Clark 32 G. Miers 38 J. Henry 14 J. Selwood (c) 39 Z. Guthrie
29 J. Hunt 20 A. Tomlinson 3 C. Salem

19 Q. Narkle
HALF-BACK

9 M. Holmes
FORWARD



27 S. Menegola 26 T. Hawkins 45 B. Close



8 J. Lever 1 S. May 39 N. Jetta



BACK



Geelong Coach: Chris Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 03:11
MELB Christian Petracca goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 03:45
MELB Jack Viney behind 1.2.8 - 0.0.0 07:33
MELB Rushed behind 1.3.9 - 0.0.0 09:18
GEEL Gryan Miers goal 1.3.9 - 1.0.6 10:25
MELB Nathan Jones goal 2.3.15 - 1.0.6 13:58
MELB Jack Viney behind 2.4.16 - 1.0.6 21:52
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 2.4.16 - 1.1.7 24:06
Q2 MELB Charlie Spargo behind 2.5.17 - 1.1.7 01:24
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 3.5.23 - 1.1.7 02:44
MELB Charlie Spargo behind 3.6.24 - 1.1.7 06:06
MELB Christian Petracca behind 3.7.25 - 1.1.7 12:11
GEEL Brad Close behind 3.7.25 - 1.2.8 14:51
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 3.7.25 - 1.3.9 16:08
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 3.8.26 - 1.3.9 17:37
GEEL Jordan Clark goal 3.8.26 - 2.3.15 19:13
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 4.8.32 - 2.3.15 22:24
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 5.8.38 - 2.3.15 23:39
GEEL Jack Henry goal 5.8.38 - 3.3.21 27:17
MELB Christian Petracca goal 6.8.44 - 3.3.21 31:00
Q3 MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 7.8.50 - 3.3.21 02:33
GEEL Rhys Stanley goal 7.8.50 - 4.3.27 04:23
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 8.8.56 - 4.3.27 07:01
MELB Rushed behind 8.9.57 - 4.3.27 08:58
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 8.9.57 - 5.3.33 16:05
GEEL Jack Henry goal 8.9.57 - 6.3.39 19:15
GEEL Isaac Smith goal 8.9.57 - 7.3.45 27:00
MELB Max Gawn goal 9.9.63 - 7.3.45 28:18
GEEL Isaac Smith goal 9.9.63 - 8.3.51 31:22
Q4 MELB Ed Langdon goal 10.9.69 - 8.3.51 01:46
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 11.9.75 - 8.3.51 04:57
MELB Charlie Spargo behind 11.10.76 - 8.3.51 09:13
MELB Jake Melksham behind 11.11.77 - 8.3.51 09:52
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 11.11.77 - 9.3.57 16:42
GEEL Rhys Stanley behind 11.11.77 - 9.4.58 19:19
MELB Jake Melksham goal 12.11.83 - 9.4.58 20:14
GEEL Joel Selwood behind 12.11.83 - 9.5.59 22:56
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 12.12.84 - 9.5.59 25:10
GEEL Gryan Miers behind 12.12.84 - 9.6.60 25:45
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 12.13.85 - 9.6.60 28:31