2023 AFL Round 22: Carlton v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 12 August 2023 between Carlton and Melbourne during round 22 of the 2023 AFL season. Carlton "hosted" Melbourne at MCG. Patrick Cripps captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Michael Voss and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

Carlton
Back: J. Weitering, B. Kemp, N. Newman
Half-back: A. Cincotta, Z. Fisher, A. Saad
Centre: O. Hollands, P. Cripps (capt.), B. Acres
Half-forward: M. Cottrell, L. Fogarty, J. Motlop
Forward: J. Martin, C. Curnow, T. De Koning
Follower: M. Pittonet, S. Docherty, G. Hewett
Int.: D. Cuningham, P. Dow, C. Marchbank, M. Owies
Sub.: E. Curnow

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

Carlton (9.6.60) defeated Melbourne (8.8.56).

Goalkickers
Carlton: C. Curnow (2), M. Owies (2), B. Acres, P. Cripps, T. De Koning, S. Docherty, J. Martin
Melbourne: C. Petracca (2), K. Chandler, E. Langdon, A. Neal-Bullen, K. Pickett, J. Smith, T. Sparrow

As a result of this match, Carlton remained 5th on the ladder and Melbourne were then 4th on the ladder (down from 2nd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Carlton v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 12 August 2023
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 68,577

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Melbourne
Score: 9.6.60 - 8.8.56

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 1 . 3 3 . 5 6 . 6 9 . 6 9 . 6 (60)
Melbourne 1 . 0 3 . 3 6 . 6 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Margin CARL by 3 CARL by 2 level CARL by 4 CARL by 4
Duration 27:58 29:11 32:41 32:17 2:02:07

Honour Roll

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

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Patrick Cripps CARL 9 3
Blake Acres CARL 13 2
Jack Viney MELB 7 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
George Hewett CARL 29 9 1 1 0 0 0
Patrick Cripps CARL 9 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Nic Newman CARL 24 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Jack Viney MELB 7 3 0 0 1 0 0
Angus Brayshaw MELB 10 2 0 0 0 1 0
Christian Petracca MELB 5 1 0 0 0 0 1
Jacob Weitering CARL 23 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
13 Acres, Blake WR 81% 1 0 25 14 11 6 0 4 3 7 0 3 5 4
39 Cincotta, Alex HBFL 87% 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 4 0 1 1 0 3 2
46 Cottrell, Matt HFFL 94% 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 4
9 Cripps, Patrick (c) C 79% 1 0 29 13 16 3 0 9 5 3 1 1 1 3
28 Cuningham, David INT 67% 0 1 13 6 7 1 0 7 0 5 1 1 0 3
30 Curnow, Charlie FF 100% 2 0 10 10 0 7 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 3
35 Curnow, Ed SUB↑ 17% 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
12 De Koning, Tom FPR 84% 1 0 17 7 10 2 15 1 4 8 2 3 1 2
15 Docherty, Sam RR↓ 59% 1 1 22 13 9 4 0 4 5 2 0 0 3 2
2 Dow, Paddy INT 65% 0 0 20 12 8 2 0 7 4 1 1 0 0 5
25 Fisher, Zac CHB 81% 0 0 24 14 10 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 1
8 Fogarty, Lachie CHF 85% 0 0 18 11 7 3 0 7 2 2 1 0 0 3
29 Hewett, George RO 81% 0 1 33 16 17 1 0 6 8 2 1 0 2 4
14 Hollands, Oliver WL 76% 0 0 10 4 6 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 1 2
17 Kemp, Brodie FB 88% 0 0 19 12 7 8 0 3 1 1 1 1 4 1
22 Marchbank, Caleb INT 77% 0 0 10 6 4 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 3 1
21 Martin, Jack FPL 84% 1 0 15 6 9 3 0 4 2 1 2 0 0 1
3 Motlop, Jesse HFFR 77% 0 0 6 3 3 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 3
24 Newman, Nic BPR 84% 0 0 33 27 6 9 0 4 3 4 2 0 3 1
44 Owies, Matthew INT 83% 2 1 8 6 2 2 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1
27 Pittonet, Marc RU 66% 0 0 6 2 4 0 14 4 2 2 0 1 0 0
42 Saad, Adam HBFR 87% 0 0 25 19 6 5 0 5 0 1 0 0 6 3
23 Weitering, Jacob BPL 100% 0 0 17 17 0 8 0 1 1 5 1 2 4 4
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 9 6 386 236 150 79 29 87 43 59 17 17 40 53

E. Curnow replaced S. Docherty.

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
17 Bowey, Jake INT 71% 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 4 0 3 1 1 2 0
10 Brayshaw, Angus RO 84% 0 0 31 12 19 4 0 9 6 3 0 0 4 3
37 Chandler, Kade INT 66% 1 1 8 2 6 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
11 Gawn, Max RU 82% 0 0 11 7 4 2 47 1 1 5 4 2 2 2
6 Grundy, Brodie CHF 60% 0 0 9 4 5 1 11 2 0 4 1 3 0 3
14 Hibberd, Michael SUB↑ 36% 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Hunter, Lachie WL 93% 0 0 27 12 15 4 0 5 5 7 1 0 2 3
23 Jordon, James FPR↓ 46% 0 0 11 4 7 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 2
15 Langdon, Ed WR 97% 1 0 22 16 6 3 0 3 2 4 0 0 2 6
8 Lever, Jake HBFR 100% 0 0 16 7 9 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 7 1
1 May, Steven FB 100% 0 0 15 13 2 3 0 1 0 4 2 1 7 2
41 McVee, Judd HBFL 78% 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 2 0 3 0 1 4 2
18 Melksham, Jake INT 80% 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex HFFR 71% 1 1 13 10 3 3 0 4 1 2 0 1 0 0
13 Oliver, Clayton RR 81% 0 0 27 14 13 3 0 13 10 5 0 1 1 4
5 Petracca, Christian HFFL 92% 2 2 24 10 14 4 0 3 4 1 0 0 0 5
36 Pickett, Kysaiah FPL 78% 1 0 11 7 4 3 0 7 0 2 1 0 0 1
24 Rivers, Trent BPR 71% 0 0 20 13 7 6 0 2 4 1 1 1 4 4
3 Salem, Christian BPL 89% 0 0 24 16 8 1 0 6 4 5 0 1 5 2
29 Smith, Joel CHB 85% 1 0 5 3 2 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 0
32 Sparrow, Tom INT 79% 1 1 12 9 3 4 0 4 1 5 1 2 1 3
2 van Rooyen, Jacob FF 80% 0 2 7 4 3 3 1 3 0 1 1 1 0 2
7 Viney, Jack C 82% 0 0 31 18 13 5 0 11 5 12 3 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 8 8 355 203 152 60 59 88 45 74 17 17 44 48

M. Hibberd replaced J. Jordon.

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

Carlton Coach: Michael Voss
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
3 C. Salem 1 S. May 24 T. Rivers 27 M. Pittonet 28 D. Cuningham
12 T. De Koning 30 C. Curnow 21 J. Martin 15 S. Docherty 2 P. Dow
FORWARD 29 G. Hewett 22 C. Marchbank
HALF-BACK

44 M. Owies
41 J. McVee 29 J. Smith 8 J. Lever

35 E. Curnow
3 J. Motlop 8 L. Fogarty 46 M. Cottrell



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



12 L. Hunter 7 J. Viney 15 E. Langdon



13 B. Acres 9 P. Cripps (c) 14 O. Hollands FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn 17 J. Bowey
HALF-FORWARD 13 C. Oliver 37 K. Chandler
5 C. Petracca 6 B. Grundy 30 A. Neal-Bullen 10 A. Brayshaw 18 J. Melksham
42 A. Saad 25 Z. Fisher 39 A. Cincotta

32 T. Sparrow
HALF-BACK

14 M. Hibberd
FORWARD



36 K. Pickett 2 J. van Rooyen 23 J. Jordon



24 N. Newman 17 B. Kemp 23 J. Weitering



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 CARL Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 12:54
CARL Charlie Curnow goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 16:00
CARL George Hewett behind 1.2.8 - 0.0.0 23:56
CARL Matthew Owies behind 1.3.9 - 0.0.0 24:49
MELB Ed Langdon goal 1.3.9 - 1.0.6 25:58
Q2 MELB Kade Chandler goal 1.3.9 - 2.0.12 03:02
CARL Sam Docherty behind 1.4.10 - 2.0.12 04:13
MELB Jacob van Rooyen behind 1.4.10 - 2.1.13 09:23
CARL David Cuningham behind 1.5.11 - 2.1.13 14:02
MELB Christian Petracca goal 1.5.11 - 3.1.19 16:15
MELB Jacob van Rooyen behind 1.5.11 - 3.2.20 18:05
CARL Jack Martin goal 2.5.17 - 3.2.20 19:22
CARL Blake Acres goal 3.5.23 - 3.2.20 25:17
MELB Rushed behind 3.5.23 - 3.3.21 28:43
Q3 CARL Rushed behind 3.6.24 - 3.3.21 00:58
CARL Patrick Cripps goal 4.6.30 - 3.3.21 03:14
MELB Kade Chandler behind 4.6.30 - 3.4.22 06:55
CARL Matthew Owies goal 5.6.36 - 3.4.22 08:14
MELB Tom Sparrow goal 5.6.36 - 4.4.28 09:22
CARL Sam Docherty goal 6.6.42 - 4.4.28 10:54
MELB Christian Petracca goal 6.6.42 - 5.4.34 14:59
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 6.6.42 - 6.4.40 20:38
MELB Tom Sparrow behind 6.6.42 - 6.5.41 23:50
MELB Christian Petracca behind 6.6.42 - 6.6.42 28:51
Q4 CARL Matthew Owies goal 7.6.48 - 6.6.42 00:28
CARL Tom De Koning goal 8.6.54 - 6.6.42 01:56
CARL Charlie Curnow goal 9.6.60 - 6.6.42 06:53
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 9.6.60 - 7.6.48 10:05
MELB Joel Smith goal 9.6.60 - 8.6.54 14:23
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen behind 9.6.60 - 8.7.55 17:34
MELB Christian Petracca behind 9.6.60 - 8.8.56 31:14