2023 AFL Semi Final 1: Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 15 September 2023 between Melbourne and Carlton in the first semi final of the 2023 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Carlton at MCG. Patrick Cripps captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Michael Voss.

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

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

Melbourne (9.17.71) were defeated by Carlton (11.7.73).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: J. Smith (3), B. Fritsch (2), K. Pickett (2), E. Langdon, C. Petracca
Carlton: B. Acres (2), T. De Koning (2), J. Motlop (2), S. Walsh (2), C. Curnow, M. Kennedy, M. Owies

As a result of this match, Carlton faced Brisbane Lions in the second preliminary final and Melbourne were eliminated (finishing 6th overall).

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Semi Final 1
Teams: Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Friday 15 September 2023
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 96,412

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Carlton
Score: 9.17.71 - 11.7.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 3 4 . 7 7 . 11 9 . 17 9 . 17 (71)
Carlton 2 . 2 5 . 3 7 . 5 11 . 7 11 . 7 (73)
Margin MELB by 7 CARL by 2 MELB by 6 CARL by 2 CARL by 2
Duration 28:44 31:56 29:56 34:50 2:05:26

Honour Roll

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

AFLCA Gary Ayres Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Sam Walsh CARL 18 10 2 0 0 0 0
Steven May MELB 1 8 0 2 0 0 0
Patrick Cripps CARL 9 4 0 0 1 0 1
Jacob Weitering CARL 23 4 0 0 1 0 1
Jake Lever MELB 8 2 0 0 0 1 0
Nic Newman CARL 24 2 0 0 0 1 0

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
17 Bowey, Jake INT 61% 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 1
37 Chandler, Kade INT 70% 0 1 9 6 3 4 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 2
31 Fritsch, Bayley CHF 93% 2 3 13 11 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
11 Gawn, Max RU 87% 0 2 17 6 11 4 36 0 2 3 1 1 0 1
12 Hunter, Lachie WL 91% 0 0 25 12 13 4 0 2 3 1 0 0 2 2
23 Jordon, James INT 60% 0 0 10 5 5 1 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 1
15 Langdon, Ed WR 97% 1 0 20 11 9 4 0 0 3 7 0 2 0 2
8 Lever, Jake BPL 100% 0 0 14 9 5 8 0 0 0 4 1 1 2 1
1 May, Steven CHB 94% 0 0 21 16 5 7 0 0 0 3 0 1 8 1
25 McDonald, Tom FF 64% 0 0 6 4 2 2 1 3 1 3 0 2 0 0
41 McVee, Judd HBFL 86% 0 0 13 12 1 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPR 81% 0 1 18 9 9 4 0 4 2 4 0 2 0 5
13 Oliver, Clayton C 87% 0 1 27 14 13 3 0 9 6 7 3 1 3 4
5 Petracca, Christian HFFR 87% 1 0 24 17 7 5 1 1 6 7 0 2 0 8
36 Pickett, Kysaiah RO 93% 2 3 15 8 7 4 0 2 1 4 1 2 1 2
24 Rivers, Trent BPR 71% 0 0 17 11 6 4 0 0 1 3 1 2 7 1
3 Salem, Christian HBFR 88% 0 0 22 12 10 3 0 6 0 4 1 1 4 1
19 Schache, Josh SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 Smith, Joel HFFL 78% 3 0 6 4 2 4 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0
9 Spargo, Charlie FPL 59% 0 1 14 11 3 6 0 5 0 3 1 1 0 2
32 Sparrow, Tom INT 73% 0 1 21 15 6 6 0 4 3 6 2 2 1 7
20 Tomlinson, Adam FB 100% 0 1 13 11 2 5 0 2 0 2 1 1 4 3
7 Viney, Jack RR 80% 0 1 31 15 16 4 0 4 7 7 1 3 1 4
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 9 17 368 228 140 97 38 49 36 75 19 26 39 53

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
13 Acres, Blake WL 92% 2 0 17 8 9 3 0 3 3 2 1 0 0 1
5 Cerra, Adam RR 76% 0 0 20 12 8 0 0 5 4 3 3 0 1 9
39 Cincotta, Alex BPR 80% 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 2 0 3 1 3 2 1
46 Cottrell, Matt HFFR 89% 0 1 11 6 5 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0
9 Cripps, Patrick (c) C 74% 0 0 27 13 14 1 0 6 9 6 2 1 0 4
28 Cuningham, David CHF↓ 54% 0 0 9 4 5 3 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3
30 Curnow, Charlie FPL 94% 1 2 9 4 5 5 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 2
12 De Koning, Tom FPR 85% 2 0 15 8 7 4 8 2 3 4 1 1 1 4
15 Docherty, Sam WR 87% 0 0 19 13 6 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 3 3
8 Fogarty, Lachie HFFL 77% 0 1 14 6 8 4 0 4 1 4 1 1 1 0
29 Hewett, George INT 69% 0 0 18 8 10 1 0 3 2 3 2 1 1 3
14 Hollands, Oliver SUB↑ 20% 0 0 4 3 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
17 Kemp, Brodie BPL 94% 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 2 0 4 1 0 4 2
7 Kennedy, Matthew INT 76% 1 2 13 6 7 1 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 2
22 Marchbank, Caleb INT 82% 0 0 12 9 3 5 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 0
11 McGovern, Mitch HBFL 77% 0 0 20 18 2 4 0 1 0 3 1 0 7 2
3 Motlop, Jesse INT 72% 2 0 11 5 6 3 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 3
24 Newman, Nic CHB 90% 0 0 30 19 11 11 0 4 3 7 1 2 6 3
44 Owies, Matthew FF 78% 1 0 8 6 2 1 0 3 0 6 2 3 0 2
27 Pittonet, Marc RU 76% 0 0 5 2 3 1 21 0 1 1 2 0 2 0
42 Saad, Adam HBFR 77% 0 0 24 15 9 6 0 1 3 4 0 0 6 2
18 Walsh, Sam RO 81% 2 0 34 17 17 6 0 8 3 5 2 3 3 6
23 Weitering, Jacob FB 100% 0 0 19 15 4 8 0 1 0 2 0 0 6 0
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 11 7 361 214 147 88 29 64 33 71 26 19 44 52

O. Hollands replaced D. Cuningham.

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
17 B. Kemp 23 J. Weitering 39 A. Cincotta 11 M. Gawn 17 J. Bowey
30 A. Neal-Bullen 25 T. McDonald 9 C. Spargo 7 J. Viney 37 K. Chandler
FORWARD 36 K. Pickett 23 J. Jordon
HALF-BACK

32 T. Sparrow
11 M. McGovern 24 N. Newman 42 A. Saad

19 J. Schache
5 C. Petracca 31 B. Fritsch 29 J. Smith



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



13 B. Acres 9 P. Cripps (c) 15 S. Docherty



15 E. Langdon 13 C. Oliver 12 L. Hunter FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 27 M. Pittonet 29 G. Hewett
HALF-FORWARD 5 A. Cerra 7 M. Kennedy
8 L. Fogarty 28 D. Cuningham 46 M. Cottrell 18 S. Walsh 22 C. Marchbank
3 C. Salem 1 S. May 41 J. McVee

3 J. Motlop
HALF-BACK

14 O. Hollands
FORWARD



30 C. Curnow 44 M. Owies 12 T. De Koning



24 T. Rivers 20 A. Tomlinson 8 J. Lever



BACK



Carlton Coach: Michael Voss

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 CARL Charlie Curnow behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:24
MELB Charlie Spargo behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 02:29
MELB Adam Tomlinson behind 0.2.2 - 0.1.1 02:55
MELB Ed Langdon goal 1.2.8 - 0.1.1 03:38
CARL Lachie Fogarty behind 1.2.8 - 0.2.2 10:05
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 1.3.9 - 0.2.2 11:59
MELB Joel Smith goal 2.3.15 - 0.2.2 13:30
MELB Christian Petracca goal 3.3.21 - 0.2.2 17:53
CARL Tom De Koning goal 3.3.21 - 1.2.8 21:19
CARL Tom De Koning goal 3.3.21 - 2.2.14 22:57
Q2 MELB Kade Chandler behind 3.4.22 - 2.2.14 02:08
CARL Jesse Motlop goal 3.4.22 - 3.2.20 07:35
CARL Sam Walsh goal 3.4.22 - 4.2.26 13:25
CARL Charlie Curnow goal 3.4.22 - 5.2.32 15:25
MELB Joel Smith goal 4.4.28 - 5.2.32 17:19
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen behind 4.5.29 - 5.2.32 20:46
CARL Matt Cottrell behind 4.5.29 - 5.3.33 22:04
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 4.6.30 - 5.3.33 27:01
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 4.7.31 - 5.3.33 30:36
Q3 CARL Matthew Kennedy goal 4.7.31 - 6.3.39 01:11
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 4.8.32 - 6.3.39 03:22
MELB Joel Smith goal 5.8.38 - 6.3.39 04:56
CARL Blake Acres goal 5.8.38 - 7.3.45 06:57
MELB Rushed behind 5.9.39 - 7.3.45 08:40
CARL Rushed behind 5.9.39 - 7.4.46 13:17
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 6.9.45 - 7.4.46 19:14
MELB Tom Sparrow behind 6.10.46 - 7.4.46 20:37
CARL Matthew Kennedy behind 6.10.46 - 7.5.47 21:49
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 7.10.52 - 7.5.47 22:40
MELB Max Gawn behind 7.11.53 - 7.5.47 26:49
Q4 CARL Sam Walsh goal 7.11.53 - 8.5.53 01:06
CARL Matthew Owies goal 7.11.53 - 9.5.59 03:17
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 8.11.59 - 9.5.59 06:18
MELB Rushed behind 8.12.60 - 9.5.59 08:58
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 9.12.66 - 9.5.59 09:46
CARL Charlie Curnow behind 9.12.66 - 9.6.60 12:09
MELB Jack Viney behind 9.13.67 - 9.6.60 15:44
MELB Max Gawn behind 9.14.68 - 9.6.60 18:19
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 9.15.69 - 9.6.60 19:34
CARL Jesse Motlop goal 9.15.69 - 10.6.66 23:15
MELB Clayton Oliver behind 9.16.70 - 10.6.66 29:54
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 9.17.71 - 10.6.66 30:46
CARL Blake Acres goal 9.17.71 - 11.6.72 32:29
CARL Matthew Kennedy behind 9.17.71 - 11.7.73 34:36