2021 AFL Round 22: Melbourne v Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 15 August 2021 between Melbourne and Adelaide during round 22 of the 2021 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Adelaide at MCG. Max Gawn captained the hosts. Rory Sloane captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Matthew Nicks.

Melbourne
Back: M. Hibberd, J. Smith, J. Lever
Half-back: J. Bowey, H. Petty, C. Salem
Centre: A. Brayshaw, C. Petracca, E. Langdon
Half-forward: K. Pickett, J. Melksham, C. Spargo
Forward: A. Neal-Bullen, B. Brown, B. Fritsch
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), C. Oliver, T. Sparrow
Int.: J. Harmes, L. Jackson, J. Jordon, T. Rivers
Sub.: A. vandenBerg

Adelaide
Back: B. Davis, J. Butts, J. Kelly
Half-back: A. McPherson, T. Doedee, C. Jones
Centre: T. Lynch, B. Keays, P. Seedsman
Half-forward: D. MacKay, E. Himmelberg, L. Murphy
Forward: N. McHenry, R. Thilthorpe, D. Fogarty
Follower: K. Strachan, R. Laird, R. Sloane (capt.)
Int.: B. Cook, S. McAdam, N. Murray, H. Schoenberg
Sub.: L. Sholl

Melbourne (16.8.104) defeated Adelaide (9.9.63).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: B. Fritsch (7), B. Brown (2), L. Jackson (2), C. Petracca (2), J. Melksham, K. Pickett, C. Spargo
Adelaide: D. Fogarty (3), S. McAdam (2), T. Lynch, D. MacKay, L. Murphy, P. Seedsman

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 1st on the ladder and Adelaide remained 17th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Melbourne v Adelaide
Date: Sunday 15 August 2021
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Adelaide
Score: 16.8.104 - 9.9.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 3 7 . 4 12 . 7 16 . 8 16 . 8 (104)
Adelaide 1 . 6 3 . 7 8 . 8 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Margin MELB by 9 MELB by 21 MELB by 23 MELB by 41 MELB by 41
Duration 31:33 29:44 34:52 27:53 2:04:02

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Matthew Nicks (Adelaide)
Captains: Max Gawn (Melbourne), Rory Sloane (Adelaide)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Donlon (#1), R. Findlay (#23), L. Haussen (#5), E: P. Rebeschini (#31)
Goal Umpire: L. Edwards, S. Plumridge
Boundary Umpire: I. Burrows, M. Jenkinson, M. Konetschka, S. Stagg

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Paul Seedsman ADEL 11 3
Ben Keays ADEL 2 2
Bayley Fritsch MELB 31 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Bayley Fritsch MELB 31 10 2 0 0 0 0
Paul Seedsman ADEL 11 8 0 2 0 0 0
Christian Petracca MELB 5 6 0 0 2 0 0
Christian Salem MELB 3 2 0 0 0 1 0
Rory Sloane ADEL 9 2 0 0 0 1 0
Max Gawn MELB 11 1 0 0 0 0 1
Ed Langdon MELB 15 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
17 Bowey, Jake HBFL 77% 0 0 18 9 9 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 1
10 Brayshaw, Angus WL 76% 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2
50 Brown, Ben FF 85% 2 1 6 5 1 5 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPR 86% 7 0 16 12 4 5 0 3 0 3 4 2 0 3
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 78% 0 0 19 13 6 1 26 4 10 4 4 1 1 3
4 Harmes, James INT 75% 0 2 18 5 13 1 0 6 2 1 0 0 0 3
14 Hibberd, Michael BPL 87% 0 0 14 8 6 1 0 4 0 2 3 1 3 3
6 Jackson, Luke INT 69% 2 0 16 5 11 2 19 3 3 4 1 1 0 3
23 Jordon, James INT 73% 0 0 15 4 11 4 0 5 1 1 1 0 1 1
15 Langdon, Ed WR 95% 0 0 27 21 6 7 0 7 2 2 3 0 3 6
8 Lever, Jake BPR 100% 0 0 14 10 4 6 0 3 0 3 1 2 4 0
18 Melksham, Jake CHF 78% 1 0 7 3 4 1 0 2 0 5 0 2 0 2
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPL 74% 0 0 16 9 7 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 4
13 Oliver, Clayton RR 88% 0 2 28 15 13 2 0 7 5 5 1 2 2 3
5 Petracca, Christian C 84% 2 0 23 15 8 8 0 5 6 1 0 0 0 5
35 Petty, Harry CHB 93% 0 0 11 8 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
36 Pickett, Kysaiah HFFL 86% 1 2 12 10 2 4 0 5 0 4 3 2 0 4
24 Rivers, Trent INT 79% 0 0 16 15 1 10 0 2 0 1 1 0 8 4
3 Salem, Christian HBFR 86% 0 0 29 20 9 8 0 3 0 3 0 0 7 3
44 Smith, Joel FB 79% 0 0 9 5 4 3 0 1 0 5 1 1 4 0
9 Spargo, Charlie HFFR 83% 1 1 18 12 6 7 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 4
32 Sparrow, Tom RO 69% 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 7 2 5 0 3 0 4
22 vandenBerg, Aaron SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 16 8 352 215 137 92 47 77 34 52 26 18 38 59

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
41 Butts, Jordon FB 90% 0 0 14 9 5 7 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 0
15 Cook, Brayden INT 66% 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 Davis, Ben BPL 75% 0 0 14 11 3 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
39 Doedee, Tom CHB 86% 0 0 14 7 7 5 0 4 0 4 1 1 1 1
32 Fogarty, Darcy FPR 89% 3 1 12 9 3 7 0 4 0 3 0 2 0 2
34 Himmelberg, Elliott CHF↓ 12% 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1 Jones, Chayce HBFR 87% 0 0 14 10 4 6 0 0 0 3 0 2 6 0
2 Keays, Ben C 81% 0 0 29 14 15 3 0 11 8 6 1 4 5 3
8 Kelly, Jake BPR 92% 0 0 21 14 7 7 0 1 0 4 2 2 5 2
29 Laird, Rory RR 76% 0 1 28 12 16 1 0 7 3 1 1 0 5 4
27 Lynch, Tom WL 84% 1 0 29 16 13 7 0 0 2 5 1 1 1 2
14 MacKay, David HFFL 87% 1 1 13 7 6 3 0 3 0 3 1 0 1 1
23 McAdam, Shane INT 72% 2 0 10 5 5 4 0 1 0 4 1 2 0 0
25 McHenry, Ned FPL 89% 0 0 22 8 14 8 0 1 2 4 1 2 0 2
36 McPherson, Andrew HBFL 85% 0 0 17 9 8 2 0 4 1 1 1 0 6 1
4 Murphy, Lachlan HFFR 74% 1 0 11 7 4 0 0 2 2 2 1 2 0 3
28 Murray, Nick INT 89% 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 1 0 3 2 3 5 2
26 Schoenberg, Harry INT 62% 0 0 16 6 10 3 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 2
11 Seedsman, Paul WR 86% 1 1 36 20 16 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 10
38 Sholl, Lachlan SUB↑ 64% 0 1 19 11 8 6 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 2
9 Sloane, Rory (c) RO 85% 0 0 25 16 9 7 0 9 9 4 3 2 2 4
45 Strachan, Kieran RU 88% 0 1 11 8 3 5 25 2 2 3 0 2 1 2
7 Thilthorpe, Riley FF 81% 0 0 11 6 5 3 3 6 1 3 0 0 0 3
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 9 9 386 220 166 96 28 63 36 63 18 26 43 47

L. Sholl replaced E. Himmelberg.

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
40 B. Davis 41 J. Butts 8 J. Kelly 11 M. Gawn (c) 4 J. Harmes
31 B. Fritsch 50 B. Brown 30 A. Neal-Bullen 13 C. Oliver 6 L. Jackson
FORWARD 32 T. Sparrow 23 J. Jordon
HALF-BACK

24 T. Rivers
36 A. McPherson 39 T. Doedee 1 C. Jones

22 A. vandenBerg
9 C. Spargo 18 J. Melksham 36 K. Pickett



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



27 T. Lynch 2 B. Keays 11 P. Seedsman



15 E. Langdon 5 C. Petracca 10 A. Brayshaw FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 45 K. Strachan 15 B. Cook
HALF-FORWARD 29 R. Laird 23 S. McAdam
14 D. MacKay 34 E. Himmelberg 4 L. Murphy 9 R. Sloane (c) 28 N. Murray
3 C. Salem 35 H. Petty 17 J. Bowey

26 H. Schoenberg
HALF-BACK

38 L. Sholl
FORWARD



25 N. McHenry 7 R. Thilthorpe 32 D. Fogarty



8 J. Lever 44 J. Smith 14 M. Hibberd



BACK



Adelaide Coach: Matthew Nicks

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ADEL Paul Seedsman behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 02:01
ADEL Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 0.2.2 03:01
MELB Jake Melksham goal 1.0.6 - 0.2.2 04:19
ADEL Darcy Fogarty behind 1.0.6 - 0.3.3 06:25
ADEL Shane McAdam goal 1.0.6 - 1.3.9 09:19
ADEL Elliott Himmelberg behind 1.0.6 - 1.4.10 11:12
ADEL Kieran Strachan behind 1.0.6 - 1.5.11 13:09
ADEL David MacKay behind 1.0.6 - 1.6.12 14:01
MELB James Harmes behind 1.1.7 - 1.6.12 16:23
MELB Ben Brown goal 2.1.13 - 1.6.12 17:33
MELB Charlie Spargo behind 2.2.14 - 1.6.12 23:17
MELB Ben Brown behind 2.3.15 - 1.6.12 27:28
MELB Ben Brown goal 3.3.21 - 1.6.12 29:38
Q2 MELB Clayton Oliver behind 3.4.22 - 1.6.12 01:35
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 4.4.28 - 1.6.12 03:44
MELB Charlie Spargo goal 5.4.34 - 1.6.12 06:09
MELB Luke Jackson goal 6.4.40 - 1.6.12 08:18
ADEL Paul Seedsman goal 6.4.40 - 2.6.18 15:46
ADEL David MacKay goal 6.4.40 - 3.6.24 19:47
MELB Christian Petracca goal 7.4.46 - 3.6.24 26:21
ADEL Rory Laird behind 7.4.46 - 3.7.25 28:41
Q3 ADEL Darcy Fogarty goal 7.4.46 - 4.7.31 03:34
ADEL Lachlan Murphy goal 7.4.46 - 5.7.37 05:13
ADEL Shane McAdam goal 7.4.46 - 6.7.43 07:09
MELB Christian Petracca goal 8.4.52 - 6.7.43 08:37
ADEL Darcy Fogarty goal 8.4.52 - 7.7.49 12:32
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 9.4.58 - 7.7.49 14:08
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 9.5.59 - 7.7.49 17:27
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 10.5.65 - 7.7.49 19:28
ADEL Tom Lynch goal 10.5.65 - 8.7.55 20:46
ADEL Lachlan Sholl behind 10.5.65 - 8.8.56 22:51
MELB Luke Jackson goal 11.5.71 - 8.8.56 25:54
MELB James Harmes behind 11.6.72 - 8.8.56 27:10
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 12.6.78 - 8.8.56 28:51
MELB Clayton Oliver behind 12.7.79 - 8.8.56 31:56
Q4 MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 12.8.80 - 8.8.56 08:48
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 13.8.86 - 8.8.56 12:18
ADEL Rushed behind 13.8.86 - 8.9.57 16:00
ADEL Darcy Fogarty goal 13.8.86 - 9.9.63 22:49
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 14.8.92 - 9.9.63 24:35
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 15.8.98 - 9.9.63 26:10
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 16.8.104 - 9.9.63 27:50