2023 AFL Season Round 19: Melbourne v Adelaide

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

Melbourne (14.13.97) defeated Adelaide (13.15.93).

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

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 (Adelaide) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Simon Goodwin

Adelaide

Captain: unknown
Coach: Matthew Nicks

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

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