2025 AFL Round 20: Carlton v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 19 July 2025 between Carlton and Melbourne during round 20 of the 2025 AFL season. Carlton "hosted" Melbourne at MCG. Patrick Cripps captained the hosts. Max Gawn captained the visitors with Jack Viney as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Michael Voss and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

Carlton
Back: N. Haynes, J. Weitering, A. Saad
Half-back: L. Cowan, H. O'Farrell, M. Carroll
Centre: A. Moir, P. Cripps (capt.), A. Cerra
Half-forward: F. Evans, C. Curnow, L. Fogarty
Forward: J. Motlop, T. De Koning, Z. Williams
Follower: M. Pittonet, C. Lord, O. Hollands
Int.: S. Docherty, G. Hewett, W. White, F. Young
Sub.: C. Durdin

Melbourne
Back: J. Bowey, S. May, J. McVee
Half-back: C. Windsor, T. McDonald, D. Turner
Centre: K. Chandler, C. Petracca, H. Langford
Half-forward: J. Viney (vice-capt.), B. Fritsch, H. Sharp
Forward: J. Melksham, J. van Rooyen, K. Pickett
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), C. Oliver, T. Rivers
Int.: M. Jefferson, E. Langdon, C. Salem, K. Tholstrup
Sub.: X. Lindsay

Carlton (12.6.78) defeated Melbourne (10.10.70).

Goalkickers
Carlton: A. Moir (4), C. Curnow (3), M. Carroll, A. Cerra, S. Docherty, F. Evans, F. Young
Melbourne: K. Pickett (5), B. Fritsch (2), M. Jefferson, J. Melksham, J. van Rooyen

As a result of this match, Carlton remained 12th on the ladder and Melbourne remained 13th on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Carlton v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 19 July 2025
Time: 7:35 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 40,869

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Melbourne
Score: 12.6.78 - 10.10.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 4 . 2 6 . 4 9 . 5 12 . 6 12 . 6 (78)
Melbourne 3 . 0 3 . 3 7 . 7 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Margin CARL by 8 CARL by 19 CARL by 10 CARL by 8 CARL by 8
Duration 32:06 27:44 32:27 33:55 2:06:12

Honour Roll

Coaches: Michael Voss (Carlton), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captains: Patrick Cripps (Carlton), Max Gawn (Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Carlton), Jack Viney (Melbourne)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Kysaiah Pickett MELB 36 3
Patrick Cripps CARL 9 2
Max Gawn MELB 11 1

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
32 Carroll, Matt HBFR 75% 1 0 15 15 0 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 3
5 Cerra, Adam WR 78% 1 0 20 11 9 3 0 2 8 3 2 1 0 4
2 Cowan, Lachie HBFL 80% 0 0 16 12 4 6 0 2 1 3 1 0 1 2
9 Cripps, Patrick (c) C 80% 0 0 29 17 12 2 0 5 8 3 3 0 2 5
30 Curnow, Charlie CHF 94% 3 0 15 15 0 8 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 2
12 De Koning, Tom FF 75% 0 0 12 6 6 4 5 0 0 2 3 2 1 3
15 Docherty, Sam INT 83% 1 0 18 8 10 4 0 3 3 1 3 0 3 2
19 Durdin, Corey SUB↑ 33% 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1
44 Evans, Francis HFFL↓ 46% 1 0 8 5 3 2 0 4 0 3 2 1 0 3
8 Fogarty, Lachie HFFR 79% 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 3 0 3 1 1 1 3
26 Haynes, Nick BPL 90% 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 2 0 6 1 2 4 0
29 Hewett, George INT 85% 0 0 19 9 10 2 0 0 4 2 3 1 0 3
4 Hollands, Oliver RO 89% 0 0 14 9 5 5 0 3 0 2 0 1 3 4
36 Lord, Cooper RR 85% 0 0 16 12 4 6 0 4 4 1 0 0 2 4
43 Moir, Ashton WL 82% 4 0 11 9 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
3 Motlop, Jesse FPL 79% 0 1 10 5 5 3 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 2
22 O'Farrell, Harry CHB 87% 0 0 10 9 1 4 0 1 0 4 1 3 6 1
27 Pittonet, Marc RU 68% 0 0 8 2 6 0 21 4 2 3 3 1 0 1
42 Saad, Adam BPR 91% 0 0 17 11 6 1 0 1 2 3 0 1 4 2
23 Weitering, Jacob FB 100% 0 0 11 10 1 8 0 2 0 2 2 1 10 0
38 White, Will INT 72% 0 1 5 4 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1
6 Williams, Zac FPR 74% 0 0 16 9 7 1 0 3 2 3 1 2 3 2
45 Young, Flynn INT 73% 1 2 8 8 0 3 0 4 0 4 1 1 2 0
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 12 6 305 204 101 77 26 48 37 59 29 21 47 50

C. Durdin replaced F. Evans.

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
17 Bowey, Jake BPL 84% 0 0 26 17 9 5 0 1 0 3 0 1 5 1
37 Chandler, Kade WL 84% 0 0 14 3 11 4 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 2
31 Fritsch, Bayley CHF 90% 2 1 20 14 6 8 0 1 1 5 3 3 0 6
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 88% 0 1 19 10 9 6 38 1 4 6 2 3 3 2
21 Jefferson, Matthew INT 60% 1 0 9 3 6 2 0 1 0 6 2 0 0 1
15 Langdon, Ed INT 69% 0 0 21 9 12 6 0 4 3 2 2 1 1 5
19 Langford, Harvey WR 82% 0 0 20 10 10 6 0 0 1 6 0 1 1 1
20 Lindsay, Xavier SUB↑ 31% 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4
1 May, Steven FB 88% 0 0 18 15 3 7 0 1 0 3 0 1 4 1
25 McDonald, Tom CHB 90% 0 0 12 10 2 5 0 2 1 2 2 1 3 0
4 McVee, Judd BPR 76% 0 0 15 8 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
18 Melksham, Jake FPL 79% 1 0 7 7 0 2 0 2 1 5 1 2 0 2
13 Oliver, Clayton RR 84% 0 0 26 15 11 4 0 5 7 6 2 4 3 4
5 Petracca, Christian C 82% 0 0 23 11 12 5 0 1 3 2 0 2 1 4
36 Pickett, Kysaiah FPR 88% 5 2 23 19 4 3 0 2 2 8 1 3 2 3
24 Rivers, Trent RO 80% 0 0 27 18 9 5 0 3 1 2 2 0 5 3
3 Salem, Christian INT 90% 0 0 25 21 4 10 0 2 0 3 0 2 4 4
30 Sharp, Harry HFFR 74% 0 0 10 6 4 6 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 3
12 Tholstrup, Koltyn INT↓ 47% 0 0 6 2 4 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 1
10 Turner, Daniel HBFR 97% 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
2 van Rooyen, Jacob FF 72% 1 1 10 5 5 5 0 1 0 5 0 2 0 1
7 Viney, Jack (vc) HFFL 82% 0 0 21 11 10 4 0 5 5 3 2 2 1 4
6 Windsor, Caleb HBFL 83% 0 1 16 9 7 3 0 2 0 4 0 0 2 5
Rushed 4
Total (23 players) 10 10 385 235 150 104 38 44 34 78 21 29 38 58

X. Lindsay replaced K. Tholstrup.

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

Carlton Coach: Michael Voss
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
17 J. Bowey 1 S. May 4 J. McVee 27 M. Pittonet 15 S. Docherty
6 Z. Williams 12 T. De Koning 3 J. Motlop 36 C. Lord 29 G. Hewett
FORWARD 4 O. Hollands 38 W. White
HALF-BACK

45 F. Young
6 C. Windsor 25 T. McDonald 10 D. Turner

19 C. Durdin
8 L. Fogarty 30 C. Curnow 44 F. Evans



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



37 K. Chandler 5 C. Petracca 19 H. Langford



5 A. Cerra 9 P. Cripps (c) 43 A. Moir FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn (c) 21 M. Jefferson
HALF-FORWARD 13 C. Oliver 15 E. Langdon
7 J. Viney (vc) 31 B. Fritsch 30 H. Sharp 24 T. Rivers 3 C. Salem
32 M. Carroll 22 H. O'Farrell 2 L. Cowan

12 K. Tholstrup
HALF-BACK

20 X. Lindsay
FORWARD



18 J. Melksham 2 J. van Rooyen 36 K. Pickett



42 A. Saad 23 J. Weitering 26 N. Haynes



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 CARL Charlie Curnow goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 00:36
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 05:02
CARL Charlie Curnow goal 2.0.12 - 1.0.6 06:52
CARL Ashton Moir goal 3.0.18 - 1.0.6 08:54
MELB Jake Melksham goal 3.0.18 - 2.0.12 10:56
CARL Rushed behind 3.1.19 - 2.0.12 12:38
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 3.1.19 - 3.0.18 17:04
CARL Will White behind 3.2.20 - 3.0.18 23:05
CARL Adam Cerra goal 4.2.26 - 3.0.18 29:37
Q2 CARL Ashton Moir goal 5.2.32 - 3.0.18 02:54
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 5.2.32 - 3.1.19 13:46
CARL Jesse Motlop behind 5.3.33 - 3.1.19 19:57
CARL Flynn Young behind 5.4.34 - 3.1.19 20:49
MELB Max Gawn behind 5.4.34 - 3.2.20 22:53
MELB Caleb Windsor behind 5.4.34 - 3.3.21 23:57
CARL Ashton Moir goal 6.4.40 - 3.3.21 26:11
Q3 MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 6.4.40 - 4.3.27 01:29
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 6.4.40 - 5.3.33 05:30
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 6.4.40 - 6.3.39 07:32
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 6.4.40 - 7.3.45 12:02
CARL Francis Evans goal 7.4.46 - 7.3.45 14:04
MELB Rushed behind 7.4.46 - 7.4.46 16:42
CARL Ashton Moir goal 8.4.52 - 7.4.46 20:26
MELB Rushed behind 8.4.52 - 7.5.47 22:47
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 8.4.52 - 7.6.48 24:25
CARL Flynn Young goal 9.4.58 - 7.6.48 26:14
CARL Rushed behind 9.5.59 - 7.6.48 29:48
MELB Rushed behind 9.5.59 - 7.7.49 31:26
Q4 MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 9.5.59 - 8.7.55 00:51
CARL Flynn Young behind 9.6.60 - 8.7.55 02:21
CARL Sam Docherty goal 10.6.66 - 8.7.55 08:15
CARL Matt Carroll goal 11.6.72 - 8.7.55 09:39
MELB Rushed behind 11.6.72 - 8.8.56 11:16
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 11.6.72 - 8.9.57 16:50
MELB Jacob van Rooyen behind 11.6.72 - 8.10.58 18:05
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 11.6.72 - 9.10.64 20:43
MELB Matthew Jefferson goal 11.6.72 - 10.10.70 22:38
CARL Charlie Curnow goal 12.6.78 - 10.10.70 27:35