2026 AFL Season Round 4: Carlton v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 29 March 2026 between Carlton and Melbourne during round four of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Carlton "hosted" Melbourne at the MCG. Patrick Cripps captained the hosts. Max Gawn captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Michael Voss and the visitors were coached by Steven King.

Carlton (11.11.77) were defeated by Melbourne (15.10.100).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Carlton v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 29 March 2026
Time: 3:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 67,763

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by Melbourne
Score: 11.11.77 - 15.10.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 6 . 2 7 . 4 9 . 8 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Melbourne 0 . 1 1 . 6 7 . 8 15 . 10 15 . 10 (100)
Margin CARL by 37 CARL by 34 CARL by 12 MELB by 23 MELB by 23
Duration 28:54 28:56 34:49 34:34 2:07:13

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Carlton) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Melbourne) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Patrick Cripps
Coach: Michael Voss

Melbourne

Captain: Max Gawn
Coach: Steven King

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Kysaiah Pickett MELB 36 3
Max Gawn MELB 11 2
Sam Walsh CARL 18 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Ainsworth, Ben FPL 77% 1 1 17 11 6 7 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1
39 Byrne, Talor INT 62% 1 0 8 4 4 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 1
32 Carroll, Matt HBFR 78% 1 0 15 9 6 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 4
31 Chesser, Campbell WR 81% 0 0 14 6 8 4 0 5 1 4 0 0 1 3
2 Cowan, Lachie HBFL 89% 0 0 16 11 5 6 0 0 2 2 0 1 4 2
9 Cripps, Patrick (c) C 84% 1 0 21 7 14 2 0 8 9 6 2 2 1 3
35 Dean, Harry BPR 81% 0 0 10 8 2 6 0 2 1 2 0 0 4 1
44 Evans, Francis HFFL 68% 0 1 11 6 5 2 0 3 1 2 0 2 4 2
14 Florent, Oliver INT 87% 0 0 17 15 2 2 0 5 4 1 1 0 6 2
19 Hayward, Will INT 78% 0 1 15 9 6 5 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 5
29 Hewett, George WL 85% 0 2 18 9 9 5 0 4 5 3 2 1 0 1
20 Hollands, Elijah INT 67% 2 0 25 10 15 3 0 0 2 3 0 1 1 3
4 Hollands, Oliver HFFR 92% 0 0 23 16 7 9 0 2 0 2 0 0 4 2
17 Kemp, Brodie FF 89% 0 0 7 5 2 3 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 1
11 McGovern, Mitch CHB 73% 3 2 13 7 6 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 2
10 McKay, Harry CHF 97% 1 1 16 12 4 9 0 3 0 5 1 2 0 3
40 O'Keeffe, Hudson INT 44% 0 0 3 1 2 1 4 0 1 2 0 1 0 1
27 Pittonet, Marc RU 70% 0 0 8 4 4 2 19 0 0 4 0 2 2 3
7 Smith, Jagga RR 75% 1 0 25 13 12 4 0 1 3 3 0 0 2 4
18 Walsh, Sam RO 77% 0 2 31 13 18 2 0 6 3 4 1 1 2 3
23 Weitering, Jacob FB 93% 0 0 17 11 6 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0
6 Williams, Zac FPR 56% 0 0 19 11 8 1 0 2 4 3 1 0 3 4
33 Young, Lewis BPL 96% 0 0 16 11 5 6 3 0 1 4 0 1 6 0
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 11 11 365 209 156 92 26 54 38 62 11 16 49 51

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
37 Chandler, Kade WR 83% 2 0 16 9 7 3 0 9 2 2 1 1 1 1
41 Cross, Paddy INT 61% 1 0 6 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
13 Culley, Jai C 81% 0 0 18 8 10 3 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 3
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPL 86% 4 1 9 7 2 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 85% 0 0 23 11 12 4 58 3 6 3 2 0 2 5
22 Howes, Blake INT 80% 0 0 13 5 8 3 0 5 0 2 0 1 0 3
14 Jiath, Changkuoth BPR 28% 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 1
15 Langdon, Ed FPR 90% 2 0 13 7 6 5 0 4 1 1 2 0 2 0
4 Langford, Harvey INT 73% 2 0 16 10 6 5 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 3
8 Lever, Jake FB 100% 0 0 21 17 4 10 0 2 0 1 1 0 5 2
5 Lindsay, Xavier HBFL 70% 0 0 18 12 6 5 0 1 2 1 0 0 6 1
25 McDonald, Tom CHB 99% 0 0 18 11 7 5 0 1 0 1 1 1 5 1
28 Mihocek, Brody FF 84% 1 3 11 7 4 4 3 1 1 5 0 1 0 1
35 Petty, Harry BPL 90% 0 0 8 3 5 3 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 0
36 Pickett, Kysaiah HFFL 83% 1 2 33 24 9 7 0 4 6 7 2 1 5 10
33 Pickett, Latrelle HFFR 72% 0 0 9 4 5 4 0 3 0 3 0 1 1 4
3 Salem, Christian HBFR 83% 0 0 20 13 7 3 0 2 1 4 1 1 3 1
30 Sharp, Harry WL 76% 1 0 13 7 6 2 0 7 1 5 1 2 0 7
32 Sparrow, Tom INT 71% 1 1 29 15 14 2 0 7 9 3 0 0 2 3
9 Steele, Jack RO 74% 0 0 23 10 13 5 0 16 4 4 0 0 2 3
12 Tholstrup, Koltyn INT 78% 0 0 15 6 9 6 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 3
2 van Rooyen, Jacob CHF 81% 0 1 5 5 0 3 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 3
6 Windsor, Caleb RR 72% 0 0 24 13 11 5 0 5 1 4 0 0 2 8
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 15 10 372 214 158 95 68 82 40 61 16 11 40 64

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
35 H. Petty 8 J. Lever 14 C. Jiath 27 M. Pittonet 39 T. Byrne
6 Z. Williams 17 B. Kemp 12 B. Ainsworth 7 J. Smith 14 O. Florent
FORWARD 18 S. Walsh 19 W. Hayward
HALF-BACK

20 E. Hollands
5 X. Lindsay 25 T. McDonald 3 C. Salem

40 H. O'Keeffe
4 O. Hollands 10 H. McKay 44 F. Evans



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



30 H. Sharp 13 J. Culley 37 K. Chandler



31 C. Chesser 9 P. Cripps (c) 29 G. Hewett FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn (c) 41 P. Cross
HALF-FORWARD 6 C. Windsor 22 B. Howes
36 K. Pickett 2 J. van Rooyen 33 L. Pickett 9 J. Steele 4 H. Langford
32 M. Carroll 11 M. McGovern 2 L. Cowan

32 T. Sparrow
HALF-BACK

12 K. Tholstrup
FORWARD



31 B. Fritsch 28 B. Mihocek 15 E. Langdon



35 H. Dean 23 J. Weitering 33 L. Young



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Steven King

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Brody Mihocek behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 04:53
CARL Jagga Smith goal 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 08:21
CARL Patrick Cripps goal 2.0.12 - 0.1.1 09:55
CARL Mitch McGovern behind 2.1.13 - 0.1.1 14:02
CARL Talor Byrne goal 3.1.19 - 0.1.1 15:25
CARL Harry McKay goal 4.1.25 - 0.1.1 20:12
CARL Rushed behind 4.2.26 - 0.1.1 23:30
CARL Mitch McGovern goal 5.2.32 - 0.1.1 26:27
CARL Mitch McGovern goal 6.2.38 - 0.1.1 28:48
Q2 CARL Elijah Hollands goal 7.2.44 - 0.1.1 00:39
MELB Rushed behind 7.2.44 - 0.2.2 03:03
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 7.2.44 - 0.3.3 11:19
CARL George Hewett behind 7.3.45 - 0.3.3 16:05
MELB Jacob van Rooyen behind 7.3.45 - 0.4.4 18:13
MELB Brody Mihocek behind 7.3.45 - 0.5.5 20:06
MELB Tom Sparrow behind 7.3.45 - 0.6.6 23:04
MELB Harvey Langford goal 7.3.45 - 1.6.12 25:55
CARL Mitch McGovern behind 7.4.46 - 1.6.12 27:50
Q3 CARL Sam Walsh behind 7.5.47 - 1.6.12 04:55
MELB Ed Langdon goal 7.5.47 - 2.6.18 06:41
CARL Ben Ainsworth behind 7.6.48 - 2.6.18 08:15
CARL Ben Ainsworth goal 8.6.54 - 2.6.18 08:59
MELB Kade Chandler goal 8.6.54 - 3.6.24 10:31
MELB Brody Mihocek goal 8.6.54 - 4.6.30 12:03
CARL Mitch McGovern goal 9.6.60 - 4.6.30 14:28
CARL Francis Evans behind 9.7.61 - 4.6.30 15:41
CARL George Hewett behind 9.8.62 - 4.6.30 17:19
MELB Tom Sparrow goal 9.8.62 - 5.6.36 20:27
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 9.8.62 - 6.6.42 24:09
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 9.8.62 - 7.6.48 27:19
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 9.8.62 - 7.7.49 28:54
MELB Rushed behind 9.8.62 - 7.8.50 30:17
Q4 MELB Paddy Cross goal 9.8.62 - 8.8.56 00:51
CARL Will Hayward behind 9.9.63 - 8.8.56 01:57
CARL Sam Walsh behind 9.10.64 - 8.8.56 03:33
CARL Elijah Hollands goal 10.10.70 - 8.8.56 05:45
CARL Matt Carroll goal 11.10.76 - 8.8.56 09:44
MELB Harry Sharp goal 11.10.76 - 9.8.62 13:01
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 11.10.76 - 10.8.68 15:44
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 11.10.76 - 10.9.69 16:51
MELB Kade Chandler goal 11.10.76 - 11.9.75 22:00
MELB Harvey Langford goal 11.10.76 - 12.9.81 23:54
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 11.10.76 - 13.9.87 27:11
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 11.10.76 - 14.9.93 28:45
CARL Harry McKay behind 11.11.77 - 14.9.93 30:06
MELB Ed Langdon goal 11.11.77 - 15.9.99 32:03
MELB Brody Mihocek behind 11.11.77 - 15.10.100 33:28