2024 AFL Season Round 9: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 4 May 2024 between Melbourne and Geelong during round nine of the 2024 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Max Gawn captained the hosts with Jack Viney as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Chris Scott.

Melbourne (10.14.74) defeated Geelong (9.12.66).

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 4 May 2024
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 51,795

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 10.14.74 - 9.12.66

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Melbourne	3	.	2	3	.	7	5	.	14	10	.	14	10	.	14	(74)
Geelong	2	.	4	2	.	8	6	.	10	9	.	12	9	.	12	(66)
Margin	MELB by 4			MELB by 5			GEEL by 2			MELB by 8			MELB by 8
Duration	29:20			25:22			30:49			31:28			1:56:59

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 (Geelong) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Max Gawn
Vice-Captain: Jack Viney
Coach: Simon Goodwin

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Chris Scott

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Harry Petty	MELB	35	3
Max Gawn	MELB	11	2
Max Holmes	GEEL	9	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Max Holmes	GEEL	9	8	?	?	?	0	0
Zach Guthrie	GEEL	39	6	?	?	?	?	?
Jake Lever	MELB	8	5	?	?	?	?	?
Kysaiah Pickett	MELB	36	4	0	?	?	?	?
Max Gawn	MELB	11	3	0	0	?	?	?
Steven May	MELB	1	3	0	0	?	?	?
Harry Petty	MELB	35	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
14	Billings, Jack	INT↓	57%	0	0	12	11	1	4	0	3	0	3	0	1	1	3
37	Chandler, Kade	HFFR	79%	1	0	6	6	0	4	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0
31	Fritsch, Bayley	CHF	91%	3	1	12	8	4	6	0	0	0	5	0	1	1	2
11	Gawn, Max (c)	RU	83%	1	1	16	11	5	7	20	1	5	4	0	1	1	2
22	Howes, Blake	BPL	81%	0	0	9	7	2	4	0	3	0	0	1	0	3	0
15	Langdon, Ed	WL	93%	1	1	21	15	6	7	0	1	0	3	0	1	1	2
16	Laurie, Bailey	SUB↑	15%	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Lever, Jake	BPR	98%	0	0	24	18	6	8	0	2	0	1	1	1	6	2
1	May, Steven	FB	93%	0	0	25	22	3	13	0	0	0	2	0	0	9	0
25	McDonald, Tom	CHB	90%	0	0	12	9	3	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1
4	McVee, Judd	HBFL	84%	0	0	21	13	8	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
30	Neal-Bullen, Alex	HFFL	82%	0	1	16	8	8	1	0	6	2	5	2	1	1	2
13	Oliver, Clayton	RO	77%	0	0	31	15	16	7	0	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
5	Petracca, Christian	C	79%	0	2	21	11	10	3	0	4	3	3	0	1	0	8
35	Petty, Harry	FPR	83%	1	1	13	9	4	9	2	2	0	2	1	1	0	3
36	Pickett, Kysaiah	FPL	87%	2	2	14	11	3	4	0	3	1	4	0	0	0	2
24	Rivers, Trent	HBFR	84%	0	0	14	12	2	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	4
32	Sparrow, Tom	INT	76%	0	0	16	14	2	5	0	5	2	3	1	0	1	3
42	Turner, Daniel	INT	70%	0	0	5	2	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2
2	van Rooyen, Jacob	FF	73%	0	2	7	4	3	3	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	1
7	Viney, Jack (vc)	RR	77%	0	0	19	15	4	3	0	6	7	8	3	1	1	4
6	Windsor, Caleb	WR	78%	1	2	18	11	7	6	0	6	1	2	2	0	1	3
40	Woewodin, Taj	INT	71%	0	0	12	9	3	4	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	2
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				10	14	345	241	104	117	24	55	27	55	17	14	40	51

B. Laurie replaced J. Billings.

Geelong

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
30	Atkins, Tom	INT	68%	0	0	22	8	14	1	0	11	5	4	5	1	2	2
46	Blicavs, Mark	WR	78%	0	0	12	6	6	1	4	5	4	5	0	0	1	1
12	Bowes, Jack	C	69%	0	1	20	11	9	5	0	4	2	2	0	2	1	2
4	Bruhn, Tanner	RO↓	40%	0	1	9	5	4	0	0	4	4	1	2	1	1	2
5	Cameron, Jeremy	CHF	100%	0	3	15	11	4	7	0	0	1	5	0	2	0	6
13	Clark, Jhye	INT	67%	1	0	14	8	6	2	0	3	4	3	2	0	1	4
45	Close, Brad	INT	82%	1	0	18	9	9	3	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	1
16	De Koning, Sam	FB	83%	0	0	17	5	12	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1
28	Dempsey, Oliver	HFFL	91%	1	1	14	6	8	6	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1
22	Duncan, Mitch	HBFR	78%	0	1	16	13	3	8	0	1	1	5	0	1	3	3
29	Guthrie, Cameron	INT	61%	0	0	15	10	5	3	0	1	1	5	0	2	1	3
39	Guthrie, Zach	HBFL	82%	1	0	24	16	8	9	0	4	0	3	0	0	7	1
26	Hawkins, Tom	FF	92%	0	1	11	6	5	2	1	2	1	3	0	1	0	3
38	Henry, Jack	BPL	100%	0	0	12	9	3	6	0	0	0	3	0	1	3	0
36	Henry, Ollie	FPR	83%	3	0	10	6	4	3	0	2	0	5	0	1	0	1
9	Holmes, Max	RR	88%	0	1	31	25	6	9	0	2	0	5	0	1	6	2
8	Kolodjashnij, Jake	BPR	88%	0	0	14	9	5	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0
32	Miers, Gryan	HFFR	82%	0	0	22	14	8	5	0	2	1	3	0	1	1	5
23	Rohan, Gary	SUB↑	41%	0	0	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
1	Stanley, Rhys	RU	80%	0	0	6	3	3	2	21	3	1	3	0	1	1	0
18	Stengle, Tyson	FPL	80%	2	0	13	10	3	4	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	6
44	Stewart, Tom	CHB	88%	0	0	21	13	8	6	0	3	0	3	1	1	6	1
2	Tuohy, Zach	WL	78%	0	2	14	13	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	6	4
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				9	12	354	219	135	96	27	51	26	71	14	17	42	50

G. Rohan replaced T. Bruhn.

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
	38	J. Henry	16	S. De Koning	8	J. Kolodjashnij	11	M. Gawn (c)	14	J. Billings
	35	H. Petty	2	J. van Rooyen	36	K. Pickett	7	J. Viney (vc)	32	T. Sparrow
FORWARD							13	C. Oliver	42	D. Turner
HALF-BACK									40	T. Woewodin
	39	Z. Guthrie	44	T. Stewart	22	M. Duncan			16	B. Laurie
	37	K. Chandler	31	B. Fritsch	30	A. Neal-Bullen
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	2	Z. Tuohy	12	J. Bowes	46	M. Blicavs
	6	C. Windsor	5	C. Petracca	15	E. Langdon	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							1	R. Stanley	30	T. Atkins
HALF-FORWARD							9	M. Holmes	13	J. Clark
	28	O. Dempsey	5	J. Cameron	32	G. Miers	4	T. Bruhn	45	B. Close
	24	T. Rivers	25	T. McDonald	4	J. McVee			29	C. Guthrie
HALF-BACK									23	G. Rohan
FORWARD
	18	T. Stengle	26	T. Hawkins	36	O. Henry
	8	J. Lever	1	S. May	22	B. Howes
BACK
Geelong							Coach: Chris Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	MELB	Bayley Fritsch goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	01:14
	GEEL	Tyson Stengle goal	1.0.6	-	1.0.6	03:47
	MELB	Jacob van Rooyen behind	1.1.7	-	1.0.6	06:41
	GEEL	Zach Tuohy behind	1.1.7	-	1.1.7	08:03
	GEEL	Jeremy Cameron behind	1.1.7	-	1.2.8	09:27
	GEEL	Oliver Dempsey goal	1.1.7	-	2.2.14	11:44
	MELB	Harry Petty goal	2.1.13	-	2.2.14	14:18
	GEEL	Oliver Dempsey behind	2.1.13	-	2.3.15	18:14
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett goal	3.1.19	-	2.3.15	21:10
	MELB	Caleb Windsor behind	3.2.20	-	2.3.15	26:39
	GEEL	Rushed behind	3.2.20	-	2.4.16	28:34
Q2	MELB	Ed Langdon behind	3.3.21	-	2.4.16	00:33
	MELB	Max Gawn behind	3.4.22	-	2.4.16	04:35
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch behind	3.5.23	-	2.4.16	09:39
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett behind	3.6.24	-	2.4.16	11:22
	GEEL	Zach Tuohy behind	3.6.24	-	2.5.17	12:59
	GEEL	Mitch Duncan behind	3.6.24	-	2.6.18	16:36
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins behind	3.6.24	-	2.7.19	18:11
	MELB	Jacob van Rooyen behind	3.7.25	-	2.7.19	19:33
	GEEL	Tanner Bruhn behind	3.7.25	-	2.8.20	22:07
Q3	MELB	Harry Petty behind	3.8.26	-	2.8.20	00:42
	MELB	Christian Petracca behind	3.9.27	-	2.8.20	01:53
	MELB	Christian Petracca behind	3.10.28	-	2.8.20	02:27
	MELB	Kade Chandler goal	4.10.34	-	2.8.20	05:52
	GEEL	Tyson Stengle goal	4.10.34	-	3.8.26	07:46
	MELB	Ed Langdon goal	5.10.40	-	3.8.26	11:14
	GEEL	Ollie Henry goal	5.10.40	-	4.8.32	13:59
	GEEL	Max Holmes behind	5.10.40	-	4.9.33	17:24
	MELB	Caleb Windsor behind	5.11.41	-	4.9.33	18:57
	MELB	Rushed behind	5.12.42	-	4.9.33	19:23
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett behind	5.13.43	-	4.9.33	20:33
	GEEL	Ollie Henry goal	5.13.43	-	5.9.39	21:56
	MELB	Alex Neal-Bullen behind	5.14.44	-	5.9.39	23:05
	GEEL	Jhye Clark goal	5.14.44	-	6.9.45	28:04
	GEEL	Jack Bowes behind	5.14.44	-	6.10.46	30:16
Q4	MELB	Max Gawn goal	6.14.50	-	6.10.46	02:36
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch goal	7.14.56	-	6.10.46	04:52
	GEEL	Ollie Henry goal	7.14.56	-	7.10.52	09:25
	GEEL	Brad Close goal	7.14.56	-	8.10.58	11:40
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett goal	8.14.62	-	8.10.58	13:44
	MELB	Caleb Windsor goal	9.14.68	-	8.10.58	19:03
	GEEL	Jeremy Cameron behind	9.14.68	-	8.11.59	21:19
	GEEL	Zach Guthrie goal	9.14.68	-	9.11.65	23:32
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch goal	10.14.74	-	9.11.65	26:22
	GEEL	Jeremy Cameron behind	10.14.74	-	9.12.66	28:47

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