2024 AFL Round 9: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 4 May 2024 between Melbourne and Geelong during round 9 of the 2024 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Geelong at 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
Back: B. Howes, S. May, J. Lever
Half-back: J. McVee, T. McDonald, T. Rivers
Centre: E. Langdon, C. Petracca, C. Windsor
Half-forward: A. Neal-Bullen, B. Fritsch, K. Chandler
Forward: K. Pickett, J. van Rooyen, H. Petty
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), J. Viney (vice-capt.), C. Oliver
Int.: J. Billings, T. Sparrow, D. Turner, T. Woewodin
Sub.: B. Laurie

Geelong
Back: J. Henry, S. De Koning, J. Kolodjashnij
Half-back: Z. Guthrie, T. Stewart, M. Duncan
Centre: Z. Tuohy, J. Bowes, M. Blicavs
Half-forward: O. Dempsey, J. Cameron, G. Miers
Forward: T. Stengle, T. Hawkins, O. Henry
Follower: R. Stanley, M. Holmes, T. Bruhn
Int.: T. Atkins, J. Clark, B. Close, C. Guthrie
Sub.: G. Rohan

Melbourne (10.14.74) defeated Geelong (9.12.66).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: B. Fritsch (3), K. Pickett (2), K. Chandler, M. Gawn, E. Langdon, H. Petty, C. Windsor
Geelong: O. Henry (3), T. Stengle (2), J. Clark, B. Close, O. Dempsey, Z. Guthrie

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 4th on the ladder and Geelong were then 2nd on the ladder (down from 1st) by the end of the round.

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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Chris Scott (Geelong)
Captains: Max Gawn (Melbourne), unknown (Geelong)
Vice-Captains: Jack Viney (Melbourne), unknown (Geelong)

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