2023 AFL Season Round 17: St Kilda v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 8 July 2023 between St Kilda and Melbourne during round seventeen of the 2023 season of the Australian Football League. St Kilda hosted Melbourne at Marvel Stadium. Jack Steele captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Ross Lyon and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

St Kilda (8.10.58) were defeated by Melbourne (12.7.79).

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: St Kilda v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 8 July 2023
Time: 7:25 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 30,749

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Melbourne
Score: 8.10.58 - 12.7.79

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
St Kilda	3	.	5	4	.	7	6	.	8	8	.	10	8	.	10	(58)
Melbourne	5	.	0	7	.	2	9	.	5	12	.	7	12	.	7	(79)
Margin	MELB by 7			MELB by 13			MELB by 15			MELB by 21			MELB by 21
Duration	33:30			26:18			28:07			28:01			1:55:56

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Jack Steele
Coach: Ross Lyon

Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Simon Goodwin

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Steven May	MELB	1	3
Jack Sinclair	STKL	35	2
Christian Petracca	MELB	5	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Steven May	MELB	1	10	2	0	0	0	0
Rowan Marshall	STKL	19	7	0	1	1	0	0
Christian Petracca	MELB	5	7	0	1	1	0	0
Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera	STKL	7	4	0	0	0	2	0
Angus Brayshaw	MELB	10	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jack Steele	STKL	9	1	0	0	0	0	1

Player Statistics

St Kilda

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
15	Billings, Jack	INT	89%	1	1	18	9	9	6	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	2
16	Butler, Dan	HFFL	83%	0	0	8	4	4	0	0	7	2	2	2	0	1	0
13	Byrnes, Ryan	SUB↑	81%	0	0	18	6	12	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	4
47	Caminiti, Anthony	FPL	96%	0	0	11	4	7	5	1	8	0	3	0	1	0	2
21	Cordy, Zaine	BPL	29%	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	Crouch, Brad	RR	88%	0	1	27	18	9	2	0	4	7	3	1	0	2	2
4	Gresham, Jade	FPR	89%	2	0	24	14	10	7	0	2	1	6	1	3	1	4
20	Howard, Dougal	FB	100%	0	0	17	11	6	9	0	1	0	4	1	0	3	0
3	Jones, Zak	INT	72%	0	0	20	3	17	0	0	4	5	0	1	0	0	4
12	King, Max	FF↓	1%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Marshall, Rowan	RU	95%	0	0	30	20	10	10	15	7	8	7	4	3	1	7
10	Owens, Mitch	HFFR	89%	2	0	13	8	5	4	2	0	0	6	2	1	1	2
25	Phillipou, Mattaes	CHF	86%	0	2	15	5	10	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	2
6	Ross, Sebastian	WR	6%	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	Sharman, Cooper	INT	80%	1	1	8	5	3	2	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	2
35	Sinclair, Jack	RO	88%	0	1	33	21	12	6	0	1	5	4	0	0	1	4
9	Steele, Jack (c)	C	85%	1	0	31	13	18	6	0	12	4	4	2	1	1	6
14	Stocker, Liam	INT	80%	0	1	19	12	7	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0
7	Wanganeen-Milera, Nasiah	HBFR	88%	0	0	33	24	9	7	0	5	0	5	2	1	3	6
29	Webster, Jimmy	HBFL	88%	0	0	20	12	8	8	0	3	0	2	0	1	5	1
44	Wilkie, Callum	BPR	100%	0	0	23	16	7	10	0	1	0	3	0	2	3	2
17	Windhager, Marcus	CHB	90%	0	0	19	10	9	6	0	2	0	1	0	0	5	0
32	Wood, Mason	WL	96%	1	2	21	8	13	6	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	2
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				8	10	412	225	187	108	18	65	32	60	19	15	32	52

R. Byrnes replaced M. King.

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
17	Bowey, Jake	INT	80%	0	0	19	11	8	5	0	3	0	2	0	0	3	3
10	Brayshaw, Angus	RO	71%	0	0	25	11	14	5	0	7	3	1	1	0	2	6
50	Brown, Ben	FF	84%	1	2	11	6	5	4	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0
11	Gawn, Max	RU	75%	0	0	16	11	5	6	21	2	4	3	0	1	1	5
6	Grundy, Brodie	INT	67%	0	0	13	6	7	3	17	4	7	5	2	4	2	1
12	Hunter, Lachie	WL	91%	1	0	21	11	10	6	0	0	3	0	1	0	2	3
23	Jordon, James	INT	76%	0	0	23	10	13	4	0	4	2	4	1	2	0	6
15	Langdon, Ed	WR	89%	1	0	21	12	9	4	0	2	1	3	0	0	3	1
8	Lever, Jake	CHB	100%	0	0	19	12	7	9	0	2	0	1	0	1	6	0
1	May, Steven	FB	94%	0	0	29	23	6	12	0	2	0	3	1	1	5	1
41	McVee, Judd	BPL	74%	0	0	15	9	6	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	1
18	Melksham, Jake	CHF	93%	2	2	10	10	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
30	Neal-Bullen, Alex	FPL	79%	1	0	13	9	4	4	1	2	0	3	1	1	1	5
5	Petracca, Christian	RR	86%	4	0	20	8	12	5	0	5	2	3	0	1	0	1
35	Petty, Harry	BPR↓	77%	0	0	13	7	6	8	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0
36	Pickett, Kysaiah	HFFL	87%	0	0	4	2	2	1	0	3	1	2	1	0	0	0
24	Rivers, Trent	HBFR	75%	0	0	21	11	10	6	0	2	0	3	0	0	6	0
3	Salem, Christian	HBFL	83%	0	0	24	17	7	8	0	3	1	3	1	1	6	2
29	Smith, Joel	SUB↑	17%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Spargo, Charlie	INT	74%	0	0	11	7	4	6	0	2	0	3	0	1	3	1
32	Sparrow, Tom	HFFR	81%	2	0	22	7	15	3	0	3	6	4	0	2	1	2
7	Viney, Jack	C	83%	0	0	25	11	14	3	0	6	2	5	2	1	0	3
40	Woewodin, Taj	FPR	64%	0	1	12	5	7	0	0	2	0	2	2	1	0	3
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				12	7	387	216	171	111	39	57	32	56	15	19	44	46

J. Smith replaced H. Petty.

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

St Kilda							Coach: Ross Lyon
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	41	J. McVee	1	S. May	35	H. Petty	19	R. Marshall	15	J. Billings
	4	J. Gresham	12	M. King	47	A. Caminiti	5	B. Crouch	3	Z. Jones
FORWARD							35	J. Sinclair	43	C. Sharman
HALF-BACK									14	L. Stocker
	3	C. Salem	8	J. Lever	24	T. Rivers			13	R. Byrnes
	10	M. Owens	25	M. Phillipou	16	D. Butler
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	12	L. Hunter	7	J. Viney	15	E. Langdon
	6	S. Ross	9	J. Steele (c)	32	M. Wood	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							11	M. Gawn	17	J. Bowey
HALF-FORWARD							5	C. Petracca	6	B. Grundy
	36	K. Pickett	18	J. Melksham	32	T. Sparrow	10	A. Brayshaw	23	J. Jordon
	7	N. Wanganeen-Milera	17	M. Windhager	29	J. Webster			9	C. Spargo
HALF-BACK									29	J. Smith
FORWARD
	30	A. Neal-Bullen	50	B. Brown	40	T. Woewodin
	44	C. Wilkie	20	D. Howard	21	Z. Cordy
BACK
Melbourne							Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	MELB	Alex Neal-Bullen goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	02:21
	STKL	Jack Steele goal	1.0.6	-	1.0.6	05:48
	STKL	Mattaes Phillipou behind	1.1.7	-	1.0.6	08:50
	STKL	Liam Stocker behind	1.2.8	-	1.0.6	10:08
	STKL	Cooper Sharman behind	1.3.9	-	1.0.6	11:36
	STKL	Jade Gresham goal	2.3.15	-	1.0.6	13:16
	STKL	Mason Wood goal	3.3.21	-	1.0.6	16:15
	MELB	Lachie Hunter goal	3.3.21	-	2.0.12	18:04
	MELB	Ben Brown goal	3.3.21	-	3.0.18	19:49
	MELB	Ed Langdon goal	3.3.21	-	4.0.24	22:44
	MELB	Christian Petracca goal	3.3.21	-	5.0.30	28:29
	STKL	Rushed behind	3.4.22	-	5.0.30	31:14
	STKL	Mattaes Phillipou behind	3.5.23	-	5.0.30	31:47
Q2	MELB	Ben Brown behind	3.5.23	-	5.1.31	02:50
	STKL	Brad Crouch behind	3.6.24	-	5.1.31	05:12
	STKL	Jack Sinclair behind	3.7.25	-	5.1.31	07:50
	MELB	Jake Melksham goal	3.7.25	-	6.1.37	11:03
	STKL	Mitch Owens goal	4.7.31	-	6.1.37	15:36
	MELB	Tom Sparrow goal	4.7.31	-	7.1.43	17:51
	MELB	Jake Melksham behind	4.7.31	-	7.2.44	21:22
Q3	MELB	Jake Melksham behind	4.7.31	-	7.3.45	04:11
	MELB	Rushed behind	4.7.31	-	7.4.46	07:59
	MELB	Christian Petracca goal	4.7.31	-	8.4.52	09:56
	STKL	Jack Billings goal	5.7.37	-	8.4.52	13:03
	STKL	Cooper Sharman goal	6.7.43	-	8.4.52	14:49
	MELB	Christian Petracca goal	6.7.43	-	9.4.58	20:35
	STKL	Jack Billings behind	6.8.44	-	9.4.58	23:20
	MELB	Rushed behind	6.8.44	-	9.5.59	27:07
Q4	STKL	Mason Wood behind	6.9.45	-	9.5.59	03:46
	STKL	Mason Wood behind	6.10.46	-	9.5.59	07:33
	MELB	Jake Melksham goal	6.10.46	-	10.5.65	09:46
	STKL	Mitch Owens goal	7.10.52	-	10.5.65	11:01
	MELB	Taj Woewodin behind	7.10.52	-	10.6.66	12:08
	MELB	Tom Sparrow goal	7.10.52	-	11.6.72	14:13
	MELB	Ben Brown behind	7.10.52	-	11.7.73	17:26
	STKL	Jade Gresham goal	8.10.58	-	11.7.73	19:37
	MELB	Christian Petracca goal	8.10.58	-	12.7.79	26:31

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