2023 AFL Season Round 12: Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 2 June 2023 between Melbourne and Carlton during round twelve of the 2023 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted Carlton at the MCG. Patrick Cripps captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Michael Voss.

Melbourne (8.13.61) defeated Carlton (6.8.44).

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Friday 2 June 2023
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 49,872

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Carlton
Score: 8.13.61 - 6.8.44

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Melbourne	3	.	3	5	.	6	7	.	11	8	.	13	8	.	13	(61)
Carlton	1	.	2	2	.	5	5	.	6	6	.	8	6	.	8	(44)
Margin	MELB by 13			MELB by 19			MELB by 17			MELB by 17			MELB by 17
Duration	29:45			28:19			31:51			25:17			1:55:12

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Melbourne) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Carlton) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Simon Goodwin

Carlton

Captain: Patrick Cripps
Coach: Michael Voss

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Christian Petracca	MELB	5	3
Patrick Cripps	CARL	9	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
Steven May	MELB	1	8	0	2	0	0	0
Jake Lever	MELB	8	5	0	0	1	1	0
Ed Langdon	MELB	15	4	0	0	1	0	1
Harry McKay	CARL	10	2	0	0	0	1	0
Jacob Weitering	CARL	23	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	INT↓	54%	0	1	17	12	5	4	0	1	0	4	1	2	1	4
10	Brayshaw, Angus	INT	74%	0	0	24	13	11	5	0	4	3	4	0	1	0	5
37	Chandler, Kade	HFFL	77%	0	3	14	9	5	6	0	5	1	1	2	0	1	4
31	Fritsch, Bayley	CHF	87%	2	3	18	12	6	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5
11	Gawn, Max	RU	85%	1	2	16	10	6	6	20	1	1	5	1	2	1	2
6	Grundy, Brodie	INT	67%	0	0	11	3	8	2	11	1	1	1	1	0	0	1
4	Harmes, James	SUB↑	26%	0	0	5	2	3	0	0	1	2	2	0	1	0	1
12	Hunter, Lachie	RO	94%	0	0	22	14	8	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
15	Langdon, Ed	WR	91%	0	1	25	15	10	5	0	2	3	3	2	2	3	7
8	Lever, Jake	CHB	100%	0	0	17	8	9	7	0	2	0	3	0	1	4	1
1	May, Steven	FB	92%	0	0	18	16	2	5	0	2	1	1	0	0	4	2
41	McVee, Judd	BPR	77%	0	0	17	12	5	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	2
30	Neal-Bullen, Alex	FPL	77%	1	0	11	4	7	2	0	7	1	1	0	0	0	3
5	Petracca, Christian	RR	83%	1	0	32	17	15	6	0	4	7	6	0	1	3	4
36	Pickett, Kysaiah	HFFR	86%	1	1	6	3	3	0	0	3	0	3	0	2	0	0
24	Rivers, Trent	HBFL	76%	0	1	24	12	12	6	0	2	2	4	1	1	6	2
3	Salem, Christian	HBFR	81%	0	0	20	13	7	3	0	3	3	1	1	0	4	4
29	Smith, Joel	FPR	79%	0	0	5	3	2	4	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0
9	Spargo, Charlie	INT	70%	1	1	13	8	5	2	0	1	0	3	1	2	0	2
32	Sparrow, Tom	WL	72%	0	0	15	6	9	1	0	3	4	4	1	2	0	1
20	Tomlinson, Adam	BPL	100%	0	0	12	7	5	3	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	0
2	van Rooyen, Jacob	FF	76%	1	0	16	8	8	7	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	3
7	Viney, Jack	C	79%	0	0	20	8	12	2	0	6	7	3	1	2	1	5
Rushed					0
Total (23 players)				8	13	378	215	163	92	33	54	38	56	13	22	33	59

J. Harmes replaced J. Bowey.

Carlton

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
13	Acres, Blake	WR	82%	1	0	18	13	5	5	0	3	3	6	1	1	1	4
37	Boyd, Jordan	INT	80%	0	0	9	8	1	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	4	1
5	Cerra, Adam	RO	76%	0	0	30	13	17	6	0	4	4	3	4	0	2	4
39	Cincotta, Alex	HBFR	78%	0	0	10	6	4	1	0	2	0	2	2	0	4	0
46	Cottrell, Matt	WL	79%	0	1	12	7	5	4	0	1	0	3	2	0	3	0
9	Cripps, Patrick (c)	C	84%	0	0	23	7	16	2	0	2	5	4	1	0	0	2
30	Curnow, Charlie	FPL	90%	1	0	11	8	3	6	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	4
12	De Koning, Tom	RU	83%	0	0	8	6	2	2	26	2	3	4	2	1	1	2
15	Docherty, Sam	RR	87%	0	1	26	13	13	4	0	2	4	2	1	0	4	2
2	Dow, Paddy	SUB↑	34%	0	0	9	4	5	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	2
25	Fisher, Zac	INT	77%	1	0	14	4	10	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	1
17	Kemp, Brodie	HBFL	86%	0	0	14	11	3	10	0	1	0	2	0	0	5	1
7	Kennedy, Matthew	INT	75%	0	0	20	8	12	2	0	2	2	2	2	0	1	4
11	McGovern, Mitch	BPR	80%	0	0	20	15	5	8	0	2	0	4	0	0	5	2
10	McKay, Harry	FPR	95%	3	2	12	11	1	9	0	2	0	2	2	2	1	3
3	Motlop, Jesse	HFFL	68%	0	1	11	8	3	3	0	2	0	6	0	1	1	2
4	O'Brien, Lochie	INT	73%	0	0	9	7	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1
44	Owies, Matthew	HFFR	74%	0	0	5	3	2	1	0	3	1	3	0	1	0	1
42	Saad, Adam	CHB	79%	0	0	14	10	4	3	0	3	1	2	0	1	3	1
1	Silvagni, Jack	FF↓	37%	0	1	4	3	1	2	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0
18	Walsh, Sam	CHF	88%	0	0	22	8	14	1	0	2	4	5	1	3	1	2
23	Weitering, Jacob	BPL	100%	0	0	16	12	4	8	0	0	0	3	1	0	6	0
33	Young, Lewis	FB	92%	0	0	11	5	6	4	2	2	1	3	0	1	5	0
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				6	8	328	190	138	88	28	43	29	67	22	13	51	39

P. Dow replaced J. Silvagni.

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
	23	J. Weitering	33	L. Young	11	M. McGovern	11	M. Gawn	17	J. Bowey
	29	J. Smith	2	J. van Rooyen	30	A. Neal-Bullen	5	C. Petracca	10	A. Brayshaw
FORWARD							12	L. Hunter	6	B. Grundy
HALF-BACK									9	C. Spargo
	17	B. Kemp	42	A. Saad	39	A. Cincotta			4	J. Harmes
	36	K. Pickett	31	B. Fritsch	37	K. Chandler
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	46	M. Cottrell	9	P. Cripps (c)	13	B. Acres
	15	E. Langdon	7	J. Viney	32	T. Sparrow	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							12	T. De Koning	37	J. Boyd
HALF-FORWARD							15	S. Docherty	25	Z. Fisher
	3	J. Motlop	18	S. Walsh	44	M. Owies	5	A. Cerra	7	M. Kennedy
	3	C. Salem	8	J. Lever	24	T. Rivers			4	L. O'Brien
HALF-BACK									2	P. Dow
FORWARD
	30	C. Curnow	1	J. Silvagni	10	H. McKay
	41	J. McVee	1	S. May	20	A. Tomlinson
BACK
Carlton							Coach: Michael Voss

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	MELB	Bayley Fritsch behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	01:22
	MELB	Christian Petracca goal	1.1.7	-	0.0.0	04:24
	CARL	Harry McKay goal	1.1.7	-	1.0.6	08:38
	CARL	Rushed behind	1.1.7	-	1.1.7	12:38
	MELB	Alex Neal-Bullen goal	2.1.13	-	1.1.7	16:01
	CARL	Sam Docherty behind	2.1.13	-	1.2.8	19:57
	MELB	Kade Chandler behind	2.2.14	-	1.2.8	22:40
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett goal	3.2.20	-	1.2.8	26:50
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett behind	3.3.21	-	1.2.8	28:18
Q2	MELB	Trent Rivers behind	3.4.22	-	1.2.8	03:07
	MELB	Kade Chandler behind	3.5.23	-	1.2.8	04:33
	CARL	Jack Silvagni behind	3.5.23	-	1.3.9	06:39
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch behind	3.6.24	-	1.3.9	07:49
	MELB	Charlie Spargo goal	4.6.30	-	1.3.9	09:07
	CARL	Jesse Motlop behind	4.6.30	-	1.4.10	12:49
	CARL	Harry McKay goal	4.6.30	-	2.4.16	13:54
	MELB	Jacob van Rooyen goal	5.6.36	-	2.4.16	23:20
	CARL	Harry McKay behind	5.6.36	-	2.5.17	26:56
Q3	CARL	Harry McKay goal	5.6.36	-	3.5.23	01:22
	MELB	Max Gawn behind	5.7.37	-	3.5.23	04:07
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch behind	5.8.38	-	3.5.23	07:09
	MELB	Ed Langdon behind	5.9.39	-	3.5.23	08:14
	CARL	Harry McKay behind	5.9.39	-	3.6.24	10:27
	MELB	Jake Bowey behind	5.10.40	-	3.6.24	14:42
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch goal	6.10.46	-	3.6.24	16:30
	MELB	Charlie Spargo behind	6.11.47	-	3.6.24	17:55
	CARL	Blake Acres goal	6.11.47	-	4.6.30	23:10
	CARL	Charlie Curnow goal	6.11.47	-	5.6.36	24:55
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch goal	7.11.53	-	5.6.36	26:27
Q4	CARL	Zac Fisher goal	7.11.53	-	6.6.42	04:49
	MELB	Max Gawn goal	8.11.59	-	6.6.42	12:25
	CARL	Rushed behind	8.11.59	-	6.7.43	13:56
	CARL	Matt Cottrell behind	8.11.59	-	6.8.44	15:18
	MELB	Kade Chandler behind	8.12.60	-	6.8.44	17:53
	MELB	Max Gawn behind	8.13.61	-	6.8.44	19:36

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