2023 AFL Round 23: Melbourne v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 20 August 2023 between Melbourne and Hawthorn during round 23 of the 2023 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Hawthorn at MCG. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Sam Mitchell.

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

Hawthorn
Back: B. Hardwick, J. Blanck, J. Weddle
Half-back: J. Sicily, J. Scrimshaw, K. Amon
Centre: N. Long, J. Worpel, C. MacDonald
Half-forward: W. Day, L. Breust, J. Ward
Forward: D. Moore, J. Koschitzke, D. Grainger-Barras
Follower: N. Reeves, C. Nash, F. Maginness
Int.: H. Hustwaite, J. Impey, H. Morrison, M. Ramsden
Sub.: J. Serong

Melbourne (13.9.87) defeated Hawthorn (9.6.60).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: J. Melksham (3), J. van Rooyen (3), J. Smith (2), A. Brayshaw, K. Chandler, C. Oliver, C. Petracca, T. Sparrow
Hawthorn: L. Breust (2), H. Hustwaite (2), C. MacDonald (2), W. Day, D. Grainger-Barras, D. Moore

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 4th on the ladder and Hawthorn remained 16th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 23
Teams: Melbourne v Hawthorn
Date: Sunday 20 August 2023
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 50,142

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Hawthorn
Score: 13.9.87 - 9.6.60

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 2 6 . 5 10 . 6 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
Hawthorn 4 . 2 6 . 3 8 . 5 9 . 6 9 . 6 (60)
Margin HWTH by 6 MELB by 2 MELB by 13 MELB by 27 MELB by 27
Duration 30:02 27:25 30:18 28:35 1:56:20

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn)
Captains: unknown (Melbourne), unknown (Hawthorn)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jack Viney MELB 7 3
Jake Melksham MELB 18 2
James Worpel HWTH 5 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Jake Lever MELB 8 10 2 0 0 0 0
Jake Melksham MELB 18 8 0 2 0 0 0
Trent Rivers MELB 24 6 0 0 2 0 0
Jack Viney MELB 7 2 0 0 0 1 0
James Worpel HWTH 5 2 0 0 0 1 0
Karl Amon HWTH 10 1 0 0 0 0 1
Finn Maginness HWTH 32 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 74% 0 0 15 11 4 5 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 3
10 Brayshaw, Angus FPR 69% 1 0 20 10 10 3 0 5 4 2 1 0 0 4
37 Chandler, Kade INT 87% 1 0 6 5 1 3 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 1
11 Gawn, Max RU 86% 0 1 20 14 6 7 22 1 5 1 1 1 3 3
12 Hunter, Lachie WL 91% 0 0 18 12 6 6 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 2
15 Langdon, Ed WR 87% 0 0 18 13 5 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 6
16 Laurie, Bailey HFFL 64% 0 0 14 7 7 1 0 1 1 4 0 1 0 2
8 Lever, Jake HBFR 96% 0 0 19 12 7 13 0 3 0 3 0 2 2 2
1 May, Steven FB 88% 0 0 14 13 1 9 0 1 0 4 1 2 2 2
41 McVee, Judd HBFL 80% 0 0 14 11 3 8 0 3 1 0 0 0 4 1
18 Melksham, Jake CHF 84% 3 4 15 14 1 6 0 3 0 2 3 0 0 5
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex HFFR 82% 0 0 15 9 6 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 2
13 Oliver, Clayton RR 78% 1 0 14 5 9 1 0 6 4 2 0 0 1 2
5 Petracca, Christian RO 87% 1 1 22 7 15 3 0 2 7 1 0 0 0 4
36 Pickett, Kysaiah FPL 84% 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 0
24 Rivers, Trent BPR 82% 0 0 27 21 6 10 0 1 1 3 2 1 4 6
3 Salem, Christian BPL 82% 0 0 20 14 6 8 0 2 0 3 2 1 3 5
19 Schache, Josh SUB↑ 17% 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 Smith, Joel INT 76% 2 0 7 5 2 2 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 1
32 Sparrow, Tom INT 75% 1 1 17 11 6 6 0 4 1 4 0 2 0 2
20 Tomlinson, Adam CHB↓ 81% 0 0 12 11 1 6 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 2
2 van Rooyen, Jacob FF 66% 3 0 7 5 2 4 3 1 0 2 1 0 0 1
7 Viney, Jack C 84% 0 0 25 9 16 8 0 7 2 3 0 2 0 5
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 13 9 345 225 120 122 26 55 26 50 16 17 29 61

J. Schache replaced A. Tomlinson.

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Amon, Karl HBFR 82% 0 0 27 24 3 14 0 1 2 3 0 1 7 1
36 Blanck, James FB 91% 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0
22 Breust, Luke CHF 86% 2 2 11 11 0 4 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 2
12 Day, Will HFFL 75% 1 0 20 11 9 9 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 2
24 Grainger-Barras, Denver FPR 70% 1 0 8 5 3 7 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3
15 Hardwick, Blake BPL 87% 0 0 22 15 7 8 0 4 1 4 0 1 5 2
44 Hustwaite, Henry INT 74% 2 0 15 5 10 2 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 0
4 Impey, Jarman INT 80% 0 0 23 13 10 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1
23 Koschitzke, Jacob FF 79% 0 0 12 8 4 4 3 4 0 4 1 1 1 2
27 Long, Ned WL 69% 0 0 12 5 7 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1
31 MacDonald, Connor WR 82% 2 0 19 14 5 8 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 2
32 Maginness, Finn RO 91% 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1
13 Moore, Dylan FPL 92% 1 2 18 12 6 5 0 2 1 1 3 0 1 3
1 Morrison, Harry INT 81% 0 0 19 15 4 9 0 4 0 3 1 1 2 1
11 Nash, Conor RR 79% 0 0 25 11 14 4 0 4 8 2 2 0 2 4
38 Ramsden, Max INT↓ 56% 0 1 8 4 4 3 5 0 0 3 1 1 1 2
7 Reeves, Ned RU 85% 0 0 13 5 8 4 26 0 3 2 0 1 3 2
14 Scrimshaw, Jack CHB 87% 0 0 20 10 10 5 0 2 0 7 0 2 4 1
29 Serong, Jai SUB↑ 25% 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0
6 Sicily, James HBFL 97% 0 0 23 12 11 7 0 1 1 7 1 2 4 2
25 Ward, Josh HFFR 75% 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 2 1 1 1 1 3 1
37 Weddle, Josh BPR 80% 0 0 16 10 6 10 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 1
5 Worpel, James C 78% 0 0 30 13 17 1 0 1 11 8 0 3 2 4
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 9 6 373 224 149 117 34 42 35 60 17 16 46 38

J. Serong replaced M. Ramsden.

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
15 B. Hardwick 36 J. Blanck 37 J. Weddle 11 M. Gawn 17 J. Bowey
10 A. Brayshaw 2 J. van Rooyen 36 K. Pickett 13 C. Oliver 37 K. Chandler
FORWARD 5 C. Petracca 29 J. Smith
HALF-BACK

32 T. Sparrow
6 J. Sicily 14 J. Scrimshaw 10 K. Amon

19 J. Schache
30 A. Neal-Bullen 18 J. Melksham 16 B. Laurie



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



27 N. Long 5 J. Worpel 31 C. MacDonald



15 E. Langdon 7 J. Viney 12 L. Hunter FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 7 N. Reeves 44 H. Hustwaite
HALF-FORWARD 11 C. Nash 4 J. Impey
12 W. Day 22 L. Breust 25 J. Ward 32 F. Maginness 1 H. Morrison
8 J. Lever 20 A. Tomlinson 41 J. McVee

38 M. Ramsden
HALF-BACK

29 J. Serong
FORWARD



13 D. Moore 23 J. Koschitzke 24 D. Grainger-Barras



24 T. Rivers 1 S. May 3 C. Salem



BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Sam Mitchell

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Jake Melksham behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:43
HWTH Will Day goal 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 03:37
HWTH Luke Breust behind 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 05:11
MELB Jake Melksham behind 0.2.2 - 1.1.7 08:16
HWTH Luke Breust goal 0.2.2 - 2.1.13 09:14
MELB Joel Smith goal 1.2.8 - 2.1.13 15:47
HWTH Connor MacDonald goal 1.2.8 - 3.1.19 21:01
HWTH Max Ramsden behind 1.2.8 - 3.2.20 24:13
MELB Angus Brayshaw goal 2.2.14 - 3.2.20 25:25
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 3.2.20 - 3.2.20 26:57
HWTH Henry Hustwaite goal 3.2.20 - 4.2.26 28:59
Q2 MELB Jake Melksham behind 3.3.21 - 4.2.26 05:49
MELB Kade Chandler goal 4.3.27 - 4.2.26 06:37
MELB Christian Petracca behind 4.4.28 - 4.2.26 08:17
MELB Jake Melksham behind 4.5.29 - 4.2.26 09:46
MELB Jake Melksham goal 5.5.35 - 4.2.26 10:47
HWTH Henry Hustwaite goal 5.5.35 - 5.2.32 13:42
HWTH Denver Grainger-Barras goal 5.5.35 - 6.2.38 15:27
HWTH Dylan Moore behind 5.5.35 - 6.3.39 24:01
MELB Jake Melksham goal 6.5.41 - 6.3.39 25:17
Q3 MELB Tom Sparrow goal 7.5.47 - 6.3.39 03:12
HWTH Luke Breust goal 7.5.47 - 7.3.45 04:21
MELB Joel Smith goal 8.5.53 - 7.3.45 07:51
MELB Tom Sparrow behind 8.6.54 - 7.3.45 10:16
HWTH Luke Breust behind 8.6.54 - 7.4.46 13:41
HWTH Connor MacDonald goal 8.6.54 - 8.4.52 14:37
MELB Jake Melksham goal 9.6.60 - 8.4.52 16:11
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 10.6.66 - 8.4.52 24:03
HWTH Dylan Moore behind 10.6.66 - 8.5.53 25:31
Q4 HWTH Dylan Moore goal 10.6.66 - 9.5.59 00:17
HWTH Rushed behind 10.6.66 - 9.6.60 05:37
MELB Max Gawn behind 10.7.67 - 9.6.60 06:49
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 11.7.73 - 9.6.60 08:22
MELB Rushed behind 11.8.74 - 9.6.60 11:05
MELB Josh Schache behind 11.9.75 - 9.6.60 13:09
MELB Clayton Oliver goal 12.9.81 - 9.6.60 14:09
MELB Christian Petracca goal 13.9.87 - 9.6.60 15:53