2024 AFL Round 18: Melbourne v West Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 7 July 2024 between Melbourne and West Coast during round 18 of the 2024 AFL season. Melbourne hosted West Coast at MCG. Max Gawn captained the hosts with Jack Viney as vice-captain. With the presence of multiple West Coast co-captains, namely Oscar Allen and Liam Duggan, playing for the side, it is not yet known who specifically captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Adam Simpson.

Melbourne
Back: J. Lever, S. May, J. McVee
Half-back: A. Moniz-Wakefield, T. McDonald, T. Rivers
Centre: C. Salem, A. Neal-Bullen, C. Windsor
Half-forward: K. Tholstrup, J. van Rooyen, E. Langdon
Forward: K. Pickett, B. Fritsch, J. Melksham
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), J. Viney (vice-capt.), C. Oliver
Int.: J. Bowey, K. Chandler, T. Sparrow, D. Turner
Sub.: T. Woewodin

West Coast
Back: B. Hough, T. Barrass, A. Witherden
Half-back: J. Rotham, J. McGovern, L. Duggan
Centre: J. Hunt, E. Yeo, J. Jones
Half-forward: L. Ryan, J. Waterman, R. Ginbey
Forward: J. Cripps, O. Allen, J. Darling
Follower: B. Williams, H. Reid, T. Kelly
Int.: T. Brockman, C. Chesser, T. Cole, J. Hutchinson
Sub.: J. Williams

Melbourne (17.10.112) defeated West Coast (8.10.58).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: J. van Rooyen (4), B. Fritsch (3), J. Melksham (2), K. Pickett (2), K. Tholstrup (2), M. Gawn, E. Langdon, D. Turner, C. Windsor
West Coast: O. Allen (4), J. Waterman (2), J. Darling, L. Ryan

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 10th on the ladder (up from 12th) and West Coast remained 16th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Melbourne v West Coast
Date: Sunday 7 July 2024
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 32,000

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. West Coast
Score: 17.10.112 - 8.10.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 7 . 3 11 . 5 14 . 9 17 . 10 17 . 10 (112)
West Coast 1 . 2 3 . 4 6 . 8 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Margin MELB by 37 MELB by 49 MELB by 49 MELB by 54 MELB by 54
Duration 31:10 28:46 29:01 28:37 1:57:34

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Adam Simpson (West Coast)
Captains: Max Gawn (Melbourne), unknown (West Coast)
Vice-Captains: Jack Viney (Melbourne), unknown (West Coast)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Trent Rivers MELB 24 3
Ed Langdon MELB 15 2
Jacob van Rooyen MELB 2 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Trent Rivers MELB 24 10 2 0 0 0 0
Jacob van Rooyen MELB 2 7 0 1 1 0 0
Caleb Windsor MELB 6 7 0 1 1 0 0
Ed Langdon MELB 15 2 0 0 0 1 0
Judd McVee MELB 4 2 0 0 0 1 0
Tom McDonald MELB 25 1 0 0 0 0 1
Kysaiah Pickett MELB 36 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 72% 0 0 12 9 3 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 0
37 Chandler, Kade INT 78% 0 0 15 10 5 8 0 4 0 2 1 0 1 2
31 Fritsch, Bayley FF 93% 3 1 11 10 1 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU↓ 64% 1 0 11 6 5 4 21 1 4 3 0 0 1 0
15 Langdon, Ed HFFR 100% 1 0 22 13 9 7 0 2 2 3 0 0 3 1
8 Lever, Jake BPL 91% 0 0 12 7 5 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 May, Steven FB 95% 0 0 15 14 1 8 0 1 0 1 0 1 7 2
25 McDonald, Tom CHB 92% 0 0 22 15 7 7 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1
4 McVee, Judd BPR 84% 0 0 22 13 9 5 0 1 2 1 1 0 3 2
18 Melksham, Jake FPR 75% 2 1 9 9 0 9 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3
45 Moniz-Wakefield, Andy HBFL 76% 0 0 16 9 7 3 0 6 0 5 0 1 1 2
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex C 85% 0 0 20 10 10 5 0 4 1 5 1 3 0 6
13 Oliver, Clayton RO 76% 0 0 14 5 9 1 0 3 5 2 0 1 1 1
36 Pickett, Kysaiah FPL 75% 2 1 13 12 1 4 0 2 0 6 0 1 0 2
24 Rivers, Trent HBFR 77% 0 0 29 20 9 9 0 5 7 3 1 1 5 5
3 Salem, Christian WL 90% 0 0 23 14 9 8 0 2 1 0 2 0 4 2
32 Sparrow, Tom INT 71% 0 1 12 9 3 7 0 3 3 1 0 0 4 3
39 Tholstrup, Koltyn HFFL 74% 2 1 12 9 3 5 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 1
42 Turner, Daniel INT 76% 1 0 8 4 4 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
2 van Rooyen, Jacob CHF 75% 4 4 14 11 3 9 5 2 0 5 2 2 1 1
7 Viney, Jack (vc) RR 79% 0 0 18 11 7 5 0 5 1 6 2 1 0 7
6 Windsor, Caleb WR 82% 1 0 25 16 9 7 0 5 4 2 1 0 4 2
40 Woewodin, Taj SUB↑ 20% 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 17 10 356 237 119 131 28 56 30 54 12 12 41 49

T. Woewodin replaced M. Gawn.

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Allen, Oscar FF 84% 4 3 10 8 2 6 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0
37 Barrass, Tom FB 94% 0 0 9 6 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
10 Brockman, Tyler INT↓ 49% 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3
18 Chesser, Campbell INT 79% 0 1 11 4 7 0 0 3 1 3 0 1 2 2
28 Cole, Tom INT 84% 0 0 12 7 5 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
15 Cripps, Jamie FPL 89% 0 1 16 10 6 6 0 3 2 3 0 0 0 3
27 Darling, Jack FPR 89% 1 1 11 6 5 6 5 2 1 3 0 1 0 3
14 Duggan, Liam HBFR 88% 0 0 20 13 7 6 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 6
7 Ginbey, Reuben HFFR 88% 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
19 Hough, Brady BPL 76% 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 2 2 4 0 1 2 1
5 Hunt, Jayden WL 82% 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 4 2 1 1 0 3 1
44 Hutchinson, Jack INT 68% 0 0 8 3 5 1 0 10 1 1 2 0 0 1
31 Jones, Jamaine WR 78% 0 0 9 5 4 5 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 2
11 Kelly, Tim RO 79% 0 0 23 13 10 3 0 4 7 5 2 2 2 4
20 McGovern, Jeremy CHB 82% 0 0 15 11 4 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 3
9 Reid, Harley RR 86% 0 0 16 9 7 1 0 7 4 4 2 1 2 4
35 Rotham, Josh HBFL 88% 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
1 Ryan, Liam HFFL 77% 1 0 13 10 3 4 0 2 5 3 2 2 1 3
2 Waterman, Jake CHF 94% 2 1 11 7 4 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1
32 Williams, Bailey RU 77% 0 0 10 5 5 1 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
34 Williams, Jack SUB↑ 19% 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
23 Witherden, Alex BPR 81% 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 2 0 5 0 3 4 2
6 Yeo, Elliot C 67% 0 0 21 10 11 3 0 6 4 1 0 0 1 6
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 8 10 280 169 111 82 34 54 35 43 12 12 30 49

J. Williams replaced T. Brockman.

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
19 B. Hough 37 T. Barrass 23 A. Witherden 11 M. Gawn (c) 17 J. Bowey
18 J. Melksham 31 B. Fritsch 36 K. Pickett 7 J. Viney (vc) 37 K. Chandler
FORWARD 13 C. Oliver 32 T. Sparrow
HALF-BACK

42 D. Turner
35 J. Rotham 20 J. McGovern 14 L. Duggan

40 T. Woewodin
15 E. Langdon 2 J. van Rooyen 39 K. Tholstrup



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



5 J. Hunt 6 E. Yeo 31 J. Jones



6 C. Windsor 30 A. Neal-Bullen 3 C. Salem FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 32 B. Williams 10 T. Brockman
HALF-FORWARD 9 H. Reid 18 C. Chesser
1 L. Ryan 2 J. Waterman 7 R. Ginbey 11 T. Kelly 28 T. Cole
24 T. Rivers 25 T. McDonald 45 A. Moniz-Wakefield

44 J. Hutchinson
HALF-BACK

34 J. Williams
FORWARD



15 J. Cripps 12 O. Allen 27 J. Darling



4 J. McVee 1 S. May 8 J. Lever



BACK



West Coast Coach: Adam Simpson

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Koltyn Tholstrup goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 04:50
MELB Koltyn Tholstrup goal 2.0.12 - 0.0.0 06:18
MELB Tom Sparrow behind 2.1.13 - 0.0.0 08:16
WCST Rushed behind 2.1.13 - 0.1.1 12:05
WCST Jake Waterman goal 2.1.13 - 1.1.7 13:34
MELB Jake Melksham behind 2.2.14 - 1.1.7 16:03
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 3.2.20 - 1.1.7 16:53
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 4.2.26 - 1.1.7 19:42
MELB Caleb Windsor goal 5.2.32 - 1.1.7 21:32
MELB Jacob van Rooyen behind 5.3.33 - 1.1.7 23:58
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 6.3.39 - 1.1.7 24:56
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 7.3.45 - 1.1.7 28:13
WCST Jamie Cripps behind 7.3.45 - 1.2.8 30:05
Q2 MELB Jacob van Rooyen behind 7.4.46 - 1.2.8 02:31
WCST Oscar Allen behind 7.4.46 - 1.3.9 03:55
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 8.4.52 - 1.3.9 07:25
WCST Oscar Allen goal 8.4.52 - 2.3.15 09:32
WCST Jake Waterman behind 8.4.52 - 2.4.16 11:17
WCST Oscar Allen goal 8.4.52 - 3.4.22 18:22
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 9.4.58 - 3.4.22 21:06
MELB Daniel Turner goal 10.4.64 - 3.4.22 23:54
MELB Rushed behind 10.5.65 - 3.4.22 25:14
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 11.5.71 - 3.4.22 26:36
Q3 WCST Oscar Allen goal 11.5.71 - 4.4.28 00:33
WCST Oscar Allen behind 11.5.71 - 4.5.29 03:59
WCST Jake Waterman goal 11.5.71 - 5.5.35 05:40
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 12.5.77 - 5.5.35 08:37
WCST Campbell Chesser behind 12.5.77 - 5.6.36 09:52
MELB Jacob van Rooyen behind 12.6.78 - 5.6.36 11:29
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 12.7.79 - 5.6.36 13:19
MELB Jake Melksham goal 13.7.85 - 5.6.36 14:19
MELB Max Gawn goal 14.7.91 - 5.6.36 17:57
WCST Rushed behind 14.7.91 - 5.7.37 20:29
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 14.8.92 - 5.7.37 22:20
MELB Jacob van Rooyen behind 14.9.93 - 5.7.37 23:34
WCST Jack Darling behind 14.9.93 - 5.8.38 25:03
WCST Jack Darling goal 14.9.93 - 6.8.44 26:26
Q4 MELB Jake Melksham goal 15.9.99 - 6.8.44 02:57
MELB Ed Langdon goal 16.9.105 - 6.8.44 06:16
WCST Oscar Allen goal 16.9.105 - 7.8.50 07:59
WCST Liam Ryan goal 16.9.105 - 8.8.56 12:02
WCST Jack Williams behind 16.9.105 - 8.9.57 17:45
MELB Koltyn Tholstrup behind 16.10.106 - 8.9.57 20:22
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 17.10.112 - 8.9.57 22:25
WCST Oscar Allen behind 17.10.112 - 8.10.58 25:14