Match Summary

Score Breakdown

	1	2	3	4
	3.3 21	7.4 46	12.7 79	16.8 104
	1.6 12	3.7 25	8.8 56	9.9 63

Best On Ground

Christian SalemC Salem29 disposals

Clayton OliverC Oliver28 disposals

Bayley FritschB Fritsch7 goals

Paul SeedsmanP Seedsman36 disposals
1 goal

Tom LynchT Lynch29 disposals
1 goal

Darcy FogartyD Fogarty3 goals

Team Stats

Melbourne

Adelaide

Disposals

MATCH

352

386

367.3

2023 AVG.

9182

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

363.8

2023 AVG.

8368

2023 TOTAL

Contested Possessions

MATCH

139

139

146.3

2023 AVG.

3658

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

143.6

2023 AVG.

3302

2023 TOTAL

Kicks

MATCH

215

220

214.3

2023 AVG.

5358

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

218.3

2023 AVG.

5020

2023 TOTAL

Handballs

MATCH

137

166

153

2023 AVG.

3824

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

145.6

2023 AVG.

3348

2023 TOTAL

Frees For

MATCH

26

18

18.4

2023 AVG.

460

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

19

2023 AVG.

437

2023 TOTAL

Clearances

MATCH

34

36

37.7

2023 AVG.

943

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

40

2023 AVG.

921

2023 TOTAL

Centre Clearances

MATCH

14

11

12.1

2023 AVG.

303

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

12.4

2023 AVG.

286

2023 TOTAL

Stoppages

MATCH

20

25

25.6

2023 AVG.

640

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

27.6

2023 AVG.

635

2023 TOTAL

Inside50s

MATCH

59

47

58.4

2023 AVG.

1460

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

54.7

2023 AVG.

1257

2023 TOTAL

Marks

MATCH

92

97

83.6

2023 AVG.

2091

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

87.9

2023 AVG.

2022

2023 TOTAL

Marks Inside50s

MATCH

12

12

12.8

2023 AVG.

321

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

13.2

2023 AVG.

303

2023 TOTAL

Contested Marks

MATCH

9

14

10.6

2023 AVG.

265

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

11.7

2023 AVG.

270

2023 TOTAL

Tackles

MATCH

77

63

61.2

2023 AVG.

1530

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

67.2

2023 AVG.

1546

2023 TOTAL

Hit Outs

MATCH

47

28

40.8

2023 AVG.

1021

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

46.8

2023 AVG.

1077

2023 TOTAL

Player Stats

Melbourne

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Aaron Vandenberg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Neal-Bullen	9	7	16	3	0	0	1	2	0	0
Angus Brayshaw	3	3	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Bayley Fritsch	12	4	16	5	0	4	2	3	7	0
Ben Brown	5	1	6	5	2	0	0	4	2	1
Charlie Spargo	12	6	18	7	0	2	0	1	1	1
Christian Petracca	15	8	23	8	0	0	0	5	2	0
Christian Salem	20	9	29	8	0	0	0	3	0	0
Clayton Oliver	15	13	28	2	0	1	2	7	0	2
Ed Langdon	21	6	27	7	0	3	0	7	0	0
Harrison Petty	8	3	11	5	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jake Bowey	9	9	18	6	0	1	0	0	0	0
Jake Lever	10	4	14	6	0	1	2	3	0	0
Jake Melksham	3	4	7	1	0	0	2	2	1	0
James Harmes	5	13	18	1	0	0	0	6	0	2
James Jordon	4	11	15	4	0	1	0	5	0	0
Joel Smith	5	4	9	3	0	1	1	1	0	0
Kysaiah Pickett	10	2	12	4	0	3	2	5	1	2
Luke Jackson	5	11	16	2	19	1	1	3	2	0
Max Gawn	13	6	19	1	26	4	1	4	0	0
Michael Hibberd	8	6	14	1	0	3	1	4	0	0
Tom Sparrow	8	6	14	3	0	0	3	7	0	0
Trent Rivers	15	1	16	10	0	1	0	2	0	0

Adelaide

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Andrew McPherson	9	8	17	2	0	1	0	4	0	0
Ben Davis	11	3	14	5	0	2	0	0	0	0
Ben Keays	14	15	29	3	0	1	4	11	0	0
Brayden Cook	4	2	6	1	0	0	0	2	0	0
Chayce Jones	10	4	14	6	0	0	2	0	0	0
Darcy Fogarty	9	3	12	7	0	0	2	4	3	1
David Mackay	7	6	13	4	0	1	0	3	1	1
Elliott Himmelberg	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Harry Schoenberg	6	10	16	3	0	0	0	2	0	0
Jake Kelly	14	7	21	7	0	2	2	1	0	0
Jordon Butts	9	5	14	7	0	0	1	1	0	0
Kieran Strachan	8	3	11	5	25	0	2	2	0	1
Lachlan Murphy	7	4	11	0	0	1	2	2	1	0
Lachlan Sholl	11	8	19	6	0	0	0	1	0	1
Ned McHenry	8	14	22	8	0	1	2	1	0	0
Nick Murray	10	3	13	2	0	2	3	1	0	0
Paul Seedsman	20	16	36	3	0	0	0	1	1	1
Riley Thilthorpe	6	5	11	3	3	0	0	6	0	0
Rory Laird	12	16	28	1	0	1	0	7	0	1
Rory Sloane	16	9	25	7	0	3	2	9	0	0
Shane McAdam	5	5	10	4	0	1	2	1	2	0
Tom Doedee	7	7	14	5	0	1	1	4	0	0
Tom Lynch	16	13	29	7	0	1	1	0	1	0

Team Line-Ups

Melbourne

Adelaide

IN Joel Smith, Michael Hibberd OUT Jayden Hunt (Injured), Steven May (Injured)

IN Kieran Strachan, Lachlan Sholl, Shane McAdam OUT Brodie Smith, Reilly O'Brien, William Hamill

FB 14 Michael Hibberd 29 Joel Smith 8 Jake Lever FF 25 Ned McHenry 7 Riley Thilthorpe 32 Darcy Fogarty HB 17 Jake Bowey 35 Harrison Petty 3 Christian Salem HF 14 David Mackay 34 Elliott Himmelberg 4 Lachlan Murphy C 10 Angus Brayshaw 5 Christian Petracca 15 Ed Langdon C 42 Tom Lynch 2 Ben Keays 11 Paul Seedsman HF 36 Kysaiah Pickett 18 Jake Melksham 9 Charlie Spargo HB 36 Andrew McPherson 39 Tom Doedee 1 Chayce Jones FF 30 Alex Neal-Bullen 50 Ben Brown 31 Bayley Fritsch FB 40 Ben Davis 41 Jordon Butts 29 Jake Kelly

FOLLOWERS
11	Max Gawn
13	Clayton Oliver
32	Tom Sparrow

INTERCHANGE
4	James Harmes
9	Luke Jackson
23	James Jordon
24	Trent Rivers

EMERGENCIES
22	Aaron Vandenberg

FOLLOWERS
45	Kieran Strachan
29	Rory Laird
9	Rory Sloane

INTERCHANGE
15	Brayden Cook
23	Shane McAdam
26	Harry Schoenberg
28	Nick Murray

EMERGENCIES
38	Lachlan Sholl

Melbourne
IN	J. Smith, M. Hibberd
OUT	J. Hunt, S. May
B M. Hibberd, J. Smith, J. Lever HB J. Bowey, H. Petty, C. Salem C A. Brayshaw, C. Petracca, E. Langdon HF K. Pickett, J. Melksham, C. Spargo F A. Neal-Bullen, B. Brown, B. Fritsch FOL M. Gawn, C. Oliver, T. Sparrow I/C J. Harmes, L. Jackson, J. Jordon, T. Rivers EMG A. Vandenberg
Adelaide
IN	K. Strachan, L. Sholl, S. McAdam
OUT	B. Smith (Injured), R. O'Brien (Injured), W. Hamill (Injured)
B B. Davis, J. Butts, J. Kelly HB A. McPherson, T. Doedee, C. Jones C T. Lynch, B. Keays, P. Seedsman HF D. Mackay, E. Himmelberg, L. Murphy F N. McHenry, R. Thilthorpe, D. Fogarty FOL K. Strachan, R. Laird, R. Sloane I/C B. Cook, S. McAdam, H. Schoenberg, N. Murray EMG L. Sholl

Preview

Ladder Position

Previous 5 Games

Melbourne

DATE	OPP	RESULT
9/8/21	West Coast	W 63 - 72
1/8/21	Gold Coast	W 30 - 128
24/7/21	Bulldogs	L 65 - 85
17/7/21	Hawthorn	D 79 - 79
8/7/21	Port Adelaide	W 55 - 86

Adelaide

DATE	OPP	RESULT
7/8/21	Port Adelaide	L 51 - 55
31/7/21	Bulldogs	L 105 - 56
24/7/21	Hawthorn	W 102 - 83
18/7/21	West Coast	L 56 - 98
9/7/21	Essendon	L 84 - 21