2023 AFL 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 17 of the 2023 AFL season. 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
Back: Z. Cordy, D. Howard, C. Wilkie
Half-back: J. Webster, M. Windhager, N. Wanganeen-Milera
Centre: M. Wood, J. Steele (capt.), S. Ross
Half-forward: D. Butler, M. Phillipou, M. Owens
Forward: A. Caminiti, M. King, J. Gresham
Follower: R. Marshall, B. Crouch, J. Sinclair
Int.: J. Billings, Z. Jones, C. Sharman, L. Stocker
Sub.: R. Byrnes

Melbourne
Back: J. McVee, S. May, H. Petty
Half-back: C. Salem, J. Lever, T. Rivers
Centre: L. Hunter, J. Viney, E. Langdon
Half-forward: K. Pickett, J. Melksham, T. Sparrow
Forward: A. Neal-Bullen, B. Brown, T. Woewodin
Follower: M. Gawn, C. Petracca, A. Brayshaw
Int.: J. Bowey, B. Grundy, J. Jordon, C. Spargo
Sub.: J. Smith

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

Goalkickers
St Kilda: J. Gresham (2), M. Owens (2), J. Billings, C. Sharman, J. Steele, M. Wood
Melbourne: C. Petracca (4), J. Melksham (2), T. Sparrow (2), B. Brown, L. Hunter, E. Langdon, A. Neal-Bullen

As a result of this match, St Kilda were then 6th on the ladder (down from 5th) and Melbourne remained 4th on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ross Lyon (St Kilda), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captains: Jack Steele (St Kilda), unknown (Melbourne)

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