2021 AFL Round 9: Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 16 May 2021 between Melbourne and Carlton during round 9 of the 2021 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Carlton at MCG. Max Gawn captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by David Teague.

Melbourne
Back: M. Hibberd, S. May, J. Lever
Half-back: C. Salem, H. Petty, J. Hunt
Centre: A. Brayshaw, C. Petracca, E. Langdon
Half-forward: J. Harmes, T. McDonald, C. Spargo
Forward: A. Neal-Bullen, B. Brown, B. Fritsch
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), C. Oliver, K. Pickett
Int.: K. Chandler, J. Jordon, T. Rivers, S. Weideman
Sub.: J. Melksham

Carlton
Back: N. Newman, L. Jones, L. Plowman
Half-back: A. Saad, J. Weitering, Z. Williams
Centre: M. Cottrell, P. Cripps, S. Docherty
Half-forward: D. Cuningham, L. Casboult, L. Fogarty
Forward: E. Betts, H. McKay, M. Owies
Follower: M. Pittonet, S. Walsh, E. Curnow
Int.: M. Murphy, L. Parks, W. Setterfield, L. Stocker
Sub.: M. Gibbons

Melbourne (13.16.94) defeated Carlton (10.8.68).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: B. Fritsch (3), T. McDonald (3), A. Neal-Bullen (2), J. Hunt, E. Langdon, C. Oliver, K. Pickett, C. Spargo
Carlton: H. McKay (3), E. Betts, L. Casboult, M. Gibbons, M. Murphy, M. Owies, M. Pittonet, L. Stocker

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 1st on the ladder and Carlton remained 13th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Sunday 16 May 2021
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 38,581

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Carlton
Score: 13.16.94 - 10.8.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 3 8 . 6 12 . 9 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Carlton 3 . 2 6 . 5 8 . 7 10 . 8 10 . 8 (68)
Margin MELB by 7 MELB by 13 MELB by 26 MELB by 26 MELB by 26
Duration 30:31 31:35 31:53 29:06 2:03:05

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), David Teague (Carlton)
Captains: Max Gawn (Melbourne), unknown (Carlton)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Donlon (#1), C. Dore (#28), S. Meredith (#21), E: M. Pell (#49)
Goal Umpire: M. Craig, D. Wilson, E: S. Plumridge
Boundary Umpire: P. Dineen, J. Furman, C. Gordon, J. Mather

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 3
Tom McDonald MELB 25 2
Sam Walsh CARL 18 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 10 2 0 0 0 0
Tom McDonald MELB 25 8 0 2 0 0 0
Jake Lever MELB 8 6 0 0 2 0 0
Sam Walsh CARL 18 4 0 0 0 2 0
Sam Docherty CARL 15 1 0 0 0 0 1
Christian Salem MELB 3 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 87% 0 0 26 12 14 6 0 1 1 10 0 1 1 3
50 Brown, Ben FF 77% 0 1 11 7 4 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1
37 Chandler, Kade INT 67% 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 0
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPR 79% 3 0 10 6 4 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 93% 0 0 15 9 6 3 44 4 4 6 3 2 1 2
4 Harmes, James HFFL 76% 0 0 19 9 10 3 0 7 3 2 3 1 0 3
14 Hibberd, Michael BPL 76% 0 0 15 10 5 2 0 2 1 4 1 1 9 0
29 Hunt, Jayden HBFR 76% 1 0 14 8 6 1 0 5 1 5 3 0 2 4
23 Jordon, James INT 73% 0 1 20 12 8 2 0 13 2 5 2 1 4 6
15 Langdon, Ed WR 93% 1 0 24 13 11 6 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 3
8 Lever, Jake BPR 100% 0 0 12 7 5 5 0 5 0 3 1 2 3 1
1 May, Steven FB 100% 0 0 16 13 3 4 0 2 0 4 0 2 4 0
25 McDonald, Tom CHF 79% 3 1 18 11 7 5 1 3 0 3 2 2 0 2
18 Melksham, Jake SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPL 73% 2 1 11 10 1 7 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 2
13 Oliver, Clayton RR 87% 1 2 28 15 13 1 0 10 7 11 3 5 3 4
5 Petracca, Christian C 95% 0 0 27 18 9 5 0 0 8 6 0 3 2 8
35 Petty, Harry CHB 74% 0 0 9 8 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 1
36 Pickett, Kysaiah RO 76% 1 2 12 10 2 2 0 3 0 4 2 1 0 1
24 Rivers, Trent INT 81% 0 0 14 8 6 4 0 3 1 2 0 1 4 2
3 Salem, Christian HBFL 93% 0 0 29 15 14 4 0 3 1 3 0 1 3 1
9 Spargo, Charlie HFFR 74% 1 2 13 10 3 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 4
26 Weideman, Sam INT 72% 0 1 13 6 7 5 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 1
Rushed 5
Total (23 players) 13 16 360 218 142 78 47 75 33 82 23 27 43 52

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
19 Betts, Eddie FPL 86% 1 3 12 10 2 2 0 4 1 4 0 1 0 1
41 Casboult, Levi CHF 73% 1 0 7 5 2 4 3 3 1 3 1 0 0 2
46 Cottrell, Matt WL 79% 0 0 15 9 6 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 4
9 Cripps, Patrick C 88% 0 0 27 9 18 2 0 10 7 8 3 3 0 6
28 Cuningham, David HFFL↓ 2% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 Curnow, Ed RO 74% 0 0 27 18 9 4 0 4 6 4 0 1 1 6
15 Docherty, Sam WR 81% 0 0 27 12 15 4 0 6 4 2 4 0 1 1
8 Fogarty, Lachie HFFR 79% 0 0 23 14 9 4 0 6 6 6 3 1 2 6
40 Gibbons, Michael SUB↑ 71% 1 0 9 5 4 4 0 4 2 3 0 1 0 1
14 Jones, Liam FB 98% 0 0 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 1
10 McKay, Harry FF 87% 3 0 8 7 1 4 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 1
3 Murphy, Marc INT 74% 1 0 19 11 8 3 0 2 4 1 0 1 1 2
24 Newman, Nic BPL 83% 0 0 20 14 6 4 0 5 0 2 2 1 9 1
44 Owies, Matthew FPR 86% 1 2 6 4 2 0 0 7 1 2 1 0 0 0
26 Parks, Luke INT 77% 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0
27 Pittonet, Marc RU 85% 1 0 9 2 7 2 23 3 2 2 1 2 0 3
20 Plowman, Lachie BPR 87% 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 0 0 4 0 2 3 0
42 Saad, Adam HBFL 84% 0 0 21 19 2 2 0 4 2 5 2 1 6 5
43 Setterfield, Will INT 70% 0 1 19 13 6 4 0 4 5 6 3 3 2 3
13 Stocker, Liam INT 70% 1 0 15 9 6 2 0 3 2 5 1 1 0 2
18 Walsh, Sam RR 90% 0 0 30 14 16 9 0 5 3 2 3 1 1 5
23 Weitering, Jacob CHB 100% 0 0 8 6 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 1
6 Williams, Zac HBFR 76% 0 1 19 15 4 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 5 2
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 10 8 340 210 130 69 26 77 48 70 27 23 37 53

M. Gibbons replaced D. Cuningham during the first quarter.

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
24 N. Newman 14 L. Jones 20 L. Plowman 11 M. Gawn (c) 37 K. Chandler
31 B. Fritsch 50 B. Brown 30 A. Neal-Bullen 13 C. Oliver 23 J. Jordon
FORWARD 36 K. Pickett 24 T. Rivers
HALF-BACK

26 S. Weideman
42 A. Saad 23 J. Weitering 6 Z. Williams

18 J. Melksham
9 C. Spargo 25 T. McDonald 4 J. Harmes



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



46 M. Cottrell 9 P. Cripps 15 S. Docherty



15 E. Langdon 5 C. Petracca 10 A. Brayshaw FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 27 M. Pittonet 3 M. Murphy
HALF-FORWARD 18 S. Walsh 26 L. Parks
28 D. Cuningham 41 L. Casboult 8 L. Fogarty 35 E. Curnow 43 W. Setterfield
29 J. Hunt 35 H. Petty 3 C. Salem

13 L. Stocker
HALF-BACK

40 M. Gibbons
FORWARD



19 E. Betts 10 H. McKay 44 M. Owies



8 J. Lever 1 S. May 14 M. Hibberd



BACK



Carlton Coach: David Teague

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 02:24
CARL Matthew Owies goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 04:02
CARL Eddie Betts goal 1.0.6 - 2.0.12 05:50
CARL Eddie Betts behind 1.0.6 - 2.1.13 09:13
MELB Charlie Spargo behind 1.1.7 - 2.1.13 10:17
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 1.2.8 - 2.1.13 12:54
MELB Rushed behind 1.3.9 - 2.1.13 19:08
CARL Marc Pittonet goal 1.3.9 - 3.1.19 21:45
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 2.3.15 - 3.1.19 23:59
MELB Clayton Oliver goal 3.3.21 - 3.1.19 26:02
CARL Zac Williams behind 3.3.21 - 3.2.20 27:38
MELB Tom McDonald goal 4.3.27 - 3.2.20 30:29
Q2 CARL Matthew Owies behind 4.3.27 - 3.3.21 01:13
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 5.3.33 - 3.3.21 04:34
CARL Eddie Betts behind 5.3.33 - 3.4.22 08:03
CARL Levi Casboult goal 5.3.33 - 4.4.28 09:09
MELB Tom McDonald goal 6.3.39 - 4.4.28 13:30
MELB Tom McDonald goal 7.3.45 - 4.4.28 16:00
MELB Rushed behind 7.4.46 - 4.4.28 20:44
MELB James Jordon behind 7.5.47 - 4.4.28 21:17
CARL Liam Stocker goal 7.5.47 - 5.4.34 22:50
MELB Clayton Oliver behind 7.6.48 - 5.4.34 24:25
CARL Eddie Betts behind 7.6.48 - 5.5.35 25:44
CARL Harry McKay goal 7.6.48 - 6.5.41 26:38
MELB Jayden Hunt goal 8.6.54 - 6.5.41 29:19
Q3 MELB Ed Langdon goal 9.6.60 - 6.5.41 04:43
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 10.6.66 - 6.5.41 09:27
CARL Matthew Owies behind 10.6.66 - 6.6.42 14:56
MELB Charlie Spargo behind 10.7.67 - 6.6.42 16:05
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 11.7.73 - 6.6.42 18:38
CARL Harry McKay goal 11.7.73 - 7.6.48 22:39
CARL Harry McKay goal 11.7.73 - 8.6.54 24:34
MELB Rushed behind 11.8.74 - 8.6.54 25:43
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 12.8.80 - 8.6.54 27:46
CARL Rushed behind 12.8.80 - 8.7.55 29:15
MELB Sam Weideman behind 12.9.81 - 8.7.55 31:51
Q4 CARL Will Setterfield behind 12.9.81 - 8.8.56 01:01
MELB Charlie Spargo goal 13.9.87 - 8.8.56 03:34
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen behind 13.10.88 - 8.8.56 05:14
MELB Rushed behind 13.11.89 - 8.8.56 06:10
MELB Rushed behind 13.12.90 - 8.8.56 07:13
MELB Clayton Oliver behind 13.13.91 - 8.8.56 10:18
CARL Michael Gibbons goal 13.13.91 - 9.8.62 13:33
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 13.14.92 - 9.8.62 15:40
CARL Marc Murphy goal 13.14.92 - 10.8.68 18:59
MELB Ben Brown behind 13.15.93 - 10.8.68 20:37
MELB Tom McDonald behind 13.16.94 - 10.8.68 21:23