2023 AFL Season 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 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted Carlton at the MCG. Patrick Cripps captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Michael Voss.

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

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: First Semi Final
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

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 (Carlton) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Simon Goodwin

Carlton

Captain: Patrick Cripps
Coach: Michael Voss

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

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