2023 AFL Round 12: Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 2 June 2023 between Melbourne and Carlton during round 12 of the 2023 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Carlton at MCG. Patrick Cripps captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Michael Voss.

Melbourne
Back: A. Tomlinson, S. May, J. McVee
Half-back: T. Rivers, J. Lever, C. Salem
Centre: T. Sparrow, J. Viney, E. Langdon
Half-forward: K. Chandler, B. Fritsch, K. Pickett
Forward: A. Neal-Bullen, J. van Rooyen, J. Smith
Follower: M. Gawn, C. Petracca, L. Hunter
Int.: J. Bowey, A. Brayshaw, B. Grundy, C. Spargo
Sub.: J. Harmes

Carlton
Back: J. Weitering, L. Young, M. McGovern
Half-back: B. Kemp, A. Saad, A. Cincotta
Centre: M. Cottrell, P. Cripps (capt.), B. Acres
Half-forward: J. Motlop, S. Walsh, M. Owies
Forward: C. Curnow, J. Silvagni, H. McKay
Follower: T. De Koning, S. Docherty, A. Cerra
Int.: J. Boyd, Z. Fisher, M. Kennedy, L. O'Brien
Sub.: P. Dow

Melbourne (8.13.61) defeated Carlton (6.8.44).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: B. Fritsch (2), M. Gawn, A. Neal-Bullen, C. Petracca, K. Pickett, C. Spargo, J. van Rooyen
Carlton: H. McKay (3), B. Acres, C. Curnow, Z. Fisher

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 4th) and Carlton were then 14th on the ladder (down from 13th) by the end of the round.

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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Michael Voss (Carlton)
Captains: unknown (Melbourne), Patrick Cripps (Carlton)

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