2023 AFL Round 19: Melbourne v Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 23 July 2023 between Melbourne and Adelaide during round 19 of the 2023 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Adelaide at MCG. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Matthew Nicks.

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

Adelaide
Back: B. Smith, N. Murray, J. Butts
Half-back: M. Hinge, J. Worrell, W. Milera
Centre: C. Jones, J. Dawson, B. Cook
Half-forward: B. Keays, D. Fogarty, S. McAdam
Forward: L. Pedlar, T. Walker, I. Rankine
Follower: R. O'Brien, H. Schoenberg, M. Crouch
Int.: L. Murphy, L. Nankervis, R. Sloane, R. Thilthorpe
Sub.: J. Hately

Melbourne (14.13.97) defeated Adelaide (13.15.93).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: K. Chandler (3), M. Gawn (2), J. Melksham (2), K. Pickett (2), A. Neal-Bullen, J. Smith, J. van Rooyen, J. Viney, T. Woewodin
Adelaide: T. Walker (4), I. Rankine (3), B. Keays (2), D. Fogarty, S. McAdam, L. Murphy, B. Smith

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 4th on the ladder and Adelaide were then 13th on the ladder (down from 12th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Melbourne v Adelaide
Date: Sunday 23 July 2023
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 33,122

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Adelaide
Score: 14.13.97 - 13.15.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 2 6 . 4 11 . 7 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Adelaide 1 . 4 3 . 9 6 . 13 13 . 15 13 . 15 (93)
Margin MELB by 4 MELB by 13 MELB by 24 MELB by 4 MELB by 4
Duration 28:55 30:52 32:08 34:05 2:06:00

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Matthew Nicks (Adelaide)
Captains: unknown (Melbourne), unknown (Adelaide)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jack Viney MELB 7 3
Izak Rankine ADEL 22 2
Lachie Hunter MELB 12 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Max Gawn MELB 11 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Kysaiah Pickett MELB 36 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Izak Rankine ADEL 22 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Angus Brayshaw MELB 10 5 ? ? ? ? ?
Jack Viney MELB 7 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Taylor Walker ADEL 13 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 66% 0 0 15 14 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 8 0
10 Brayshaw, Angus RR 79% 0 1 26 18 8 2 0 7 8 2 3 0 2 5
50 Brown, Ben INT↓ 61% 0 0 5 5 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
37 Chandler, Kade INT 78% 3 0 16 11 5 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2
11 Gawn, Max RU 89% 2 2 13 8 5 8 38 1 3 1 1 0 0 0
12 Hunter, Lachie WL 88% 0 0 20 9 11 2 0 0 1 5 1 1 1 2
23 Jordon, James INT 76% 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 3
15 Langdon, Ed WR 95% 0 1 23 11 12 4 0 5 4 1 2 0 2 5
8 Lever, Jake BPR 95% 0 0 8 7 1 5 0 2 0 4 0 3 4 0
1 May, Steven FB 94% 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 1 0 3 1 1 9 0
41 McVee, Judd HBFR 86% 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0
18 Melksham, Jake CHF 81% 2 0 7 7 0 5 0 0 0 5 1 1 0 2
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPL 72% 1 0 13 8 5 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 5
5 Petracca, Christian RO 89% 0 2 26 12 14 5 0 5 5 2 1 0 0 7
36 Pickett, Kysaiah HFFL 82% 2 3 20 16 4 3 0 4 3 3 0 1 0 3
24 Rivers, Trent HBFL 77% 0 0 21 11 10 3 0 2 3 2 1 0 5 2
3 Salem, Christian BPL 82% 0 0 19 13 6 6 0 4 2 5 1 0 0 2
29 Smith, Joel SUB↑ 21% 1 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Sparrow, Tom HFFR 80% 0 0 18 6 12 1 0 1 4 2 1 0 0 3
20 Tomlinson, Adam CHB 100% 0 0 13 7 6 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 5 0
2 van Rooyen, Jacob FF 60% 1 1 10 3 7 5 5 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
7 Viney, Jack C 87% 1 0 27 18 9 2 0 1 5 3 3 0 1 7
40 Woewodin, Taj FPR 63% 1 0 7 4 3 3 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 3
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 14 13 343 215 128 78 43 47 39 50 21 12 41 52

J. Smith replaced B. Brown.

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
41 Butts, Jordon BPR↓ 61% 0 0 8 6 2 4 0 1 0 3 0 1 4 0
15 Cook, Brayden WR 84% 0 1 16 10 6 5 0 2 2 1 0 1 4 2
5 Crouch, Matt RO 76% 0 0 22 7 15 0 0 9 7 4 1 2 0 3
12 Dawson, Jordan C 86% 0 0 22 12 10 2 0 11 5 3 0 3 4 2
32 Fogarty, Darcy CHF 94% 1 2 9 4 5 3 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 2
6 Hately, Jackson SUB↑ 26% 0 0 4 0 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
20 Hinge, Mitch HBFL 92% 0 0 22 19 3 9 0 2 0 3 1 0 8 3
1 Jones, Chayce WL 89% 0 1 15 10 5 1 0 4 1 3 0 0 3 2
2 Keays, Ben HFFL 84% 2 0 19 7 12 4 0 4 3 2 0 1 0 1
23 McAdam, Shane HFFR 82% 1 1 11 8 3 8 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
30 Milera, Wayne HBFR 85% 0 0 19 9 10 4 0 2 0 2 1 0 4 2
4 Murphy, Lachlan INT 68% 1 1 13 7 6 3 0 2 1 3 1 1 0 2
28 Murray, Nick FB 64% 0 1 12 8 4 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
27 Nankervis, Luke INT 79% 0 0 16 13 3 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 3
43 O'Brien, Reilly RU 79% 0 1 9 2 7 5 20 4 0 1 0 1 0 0
10 Pedlar, Luke FPL 84% 0 2 7 6 1 2 0 5 0 4 0 3 0 2
22 Rankine, Izak FPR 90% 3 3 20 14 6 3 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 4
26 Schoenberg, Harry RR 78% 0 1 23 11 12 4 0 3 5 0 2 0 0 4
9 Sloane, Rory INT 68% 0 0 20 14 6 4 0 7 3 7 0 4 2 4
33 Smith, Brodie BPL 90% 1 0 20 14 6 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 4
7 Thilthorpe, Riley INT 65% 0 0 11 4 7 3 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
13 Walker, Taylor FF 86% 4 0 9 7 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
24 Worrell, Josh CHB 91% 0 0 12 10 2 6 0 1 0 3 1 1 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 13 15 339 202 137 89 28 69 32 45 12 21 37 54

J. Hately replaced J. Butts.

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
33 B. Smith 28 N. Murray 41 J. Butts 11 M. Gawn 17 J. Bowey
40 T. Woewodin 2 J. van Rooyen 30 A. Neal-Bullen 10 A. Brayshaw 50 B. Brown
FORWARD 5 C. Petracca 37 K. Chandler
HALF-BACK

23 J. Jordon
20 M. Hinge 24 J. Worrell 30 W. Milera

29 J. Smith
32 T. Sparrow 18 J. Melksham 36 K. Pickett



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



1 C. Jones 12 J. Dawson 15 B. Cook



15 E. Langdon 7 J. Viney 12 L. Hunter FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 43 R. O'Brien 4 L. Murphy
HALF-FORWARD 26 H. Schoenberg 27 L. Nankervis
2 B. Keays 32 D. Fogarty 23 S. McAdam 5 M. Crouch 9 R. Sloane
41 J. McVee 20 A. Tomlinson 24 T. Rivers

7 R. Thilthorpe
HALF-BACK

6 J. Hately
FORWARD



10 L. Pedlar 13 T. Walker 22 I. Rankine



8 J. Lever 1 S. May 3 C. Salem



BACK



Adelaide Coach: Matthew Nicks

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Max Gawn goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 03:02
MELB Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 05:34
ADEL Shane McAdam behind 1.1.7 - 0.1.1 09:55
ADEL Izak Rankine behind 1.1.7 - 0.2.2 16:18
ADEL Izak Rankine goal 1.1.7 - 1.2.8 17:19
MELB Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 1.2.8 20:02
ADEL Luke Pedlar behind 1.2.8 - 1.3.9 21:45
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 2.2.14 - 1.3.9 24:27
ADEL Reilly O'Brien behind 2.2.14 - 1.4.10 26:24
Q2 MELB Kade Chandler goal 3.2.20 - 1.4.10 01:07
ADEL Izak Rankine behind 3.2.20 - 1.5.11 02:29
MELB Max Gawn behind 3.3.21 - 1.5.11 06:36
MELB Jacob van Rooyen behind 3.4.22 - 1.5.11 08:10
MELB Kade Chandler goal 4.4.28 - 1.5.11 09:48
MELB Jake Melksham goal 5.4.34 - 1.5.11 11:22
MELB Jake Melksham goal 6.4.40 - 1.5.11 12:55
ADEL Nick Murray behind 6.4.40 - 1.6.12 15:00
ADEL Lachlan Murphy behind 6.4.40 - 1.7.13 17:09
ADEL Brayden Cook behind 6.4.40 - 1.8.14 18:27
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 6.4.40 - 2.8.20 19:45
ADEL Luke Pedlar behind 6.4.40 - 2.9.21 21:36
ADEL Izak Rankine goal 6.4.40 - 3.9.27 27:53
Q3 MELB Jack Viney goal 7.4.46 - 3.9.27 01:22
ADEL Harry Schoenberg behind 7.4.46 - 3.10.28 05:40
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 8.4.52 - 3.10.28 06:49
MELB Christian Petracca behind 8.5.53 - 3.10.28 10:50
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 8.6.54 - 3.10.28 12:34
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 9.6.60 - 3.10.28 14:01
ADEL Izak Rankine goal 9.6.60 - 4.10.34 16:47
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 10.6.66 - 4.10.34 18:44
ADEL Chayce Jones behind 10.6.66 - 4.11.35 21:12
ADEL Lachlan Murphy goal 10.6.66 - 5.11.41 21:37
ADEL Darcy Fogarty goal 10.6.66 - 6.11.47 23:31
ADEL Darcy Fogarty behind 10.6.66 - 6.12.48 25:29
MELB Max Gawn goal 11.6.72 - 6.12.48 27:13
ADEL Izak Rankine behind 11.6.72 - 6.13.49 29:24
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 11.7.73 - 6.13.49 32:03
Q4 ADEL Shane McAdam goal 11.7.73 - 7.13.55 01:43
ADEL Ben Keays goal 11.7.73 - 8.13.61 02:55
ADEL Ben Keays goal 11.7.73 - 9.13.67 04:43
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 11.7.73 - 10.13.73 07:41
MELB Joel Smith goal 12.7.79 - 10.13.73 09:15
MELB Joel Smith behind 12.8.80 - 10.13.73 13:37
MELB Angus Brayshaw behind 12.9.81 - 10.13.73 14:24
MELB Taj Woewodin goal 13.9.87 - 10.13.73 15:31
MELB Kade Chandler goal 14.9.93 - 10.13.73 17:28
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 14.9.93 - 11.13.79 19:38
MELB Ed Langdon behind 14.10.94 - 11.13.79 21:39
MELB Christian Petracca behind 14.11.95 - 11.13.79 23:06
ADEL Brodie Smith goal 14.11.95 - 12.13.85 26:25
MELB Max Gawn behind 14.12.96 - 12.13.85 28:25
ADEL Darcy Fogarty behind 14.12.96 - 12.14.86 29:43
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 14.12.96 - 13.14.92 31:16
ADEL Rushed behind 14.12.96 - 13.15.93 32:22
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 14.13.97 - 13.15.93 33:50