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Round: 22 Venue: Football Park Date: Sat, 24-08-2013 1:15 pm Crowd: 35,643 | |||||
Adelaide | 1.2.8 | 7.4.46 | 11.8.74 | 18.12.120 | C: Brenton Sanderson |
Melbourne | 2.3.15 | 4.5.29 | 5.9.39 | 7.10.52 | C: Neil Craig |
MELB by 7 | ADEL by 17 | ADEL by 35 | ADEL by 68 |
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Brownlow Medal | 3 Scott Thompson (ADEL) | 2 Lewis Johnston (ADEL) | 1 Brad Crouch (ADEL) |
Adelaide remains a theoretical chance of participating in this years finals after it easily accounted for Melbourne at its last ever match at Football Park on Saturday afternoon. The Crows would need an unlikely combination of results to their way in round 23, but its win, combined with Carlton's stunning loss to Essendon on Saturday night, means the dream remains alive if the AFL deems that the Bombers cannot partake of September action.
The Crows said goodbye to their home of 23 seasons in style, overcoming a slow start to kick 17 goals to five over the last three quarters, to register a 68-point thrashing of the Demons. The foundations of the win were laid by veteran Scott Thompson, who returned to his best with 33 possessions and a goal, Brad Crouch (31 disposals) and Lewis Johnston, who kicked 6.2 in just his seventh AFL match,
Predictably, Melbourne's best player was Nathan Jones. Jones, who picked up 23 touches on Saturday, has been one of the few shining lights in what has been a very dark Demon season. First year players Jimmy Toumpas (22 disposals) and Dean Terlich (20 disposals) were also positives on Saturday.
Adelaide's unlikely dream scenario will require the Crows to beat West Coast at Subiaco next Saturday night, a result that is not out of the question, given the Eagles' relatively poor home record this season.
Melbourne will sign off from a miserable season with a final round match against the improving Western Bulldogs. The Demons will give themselves some hope of finishing the season on a high note, given that they defeated the Dogs by three points in round 13.
GOALS
Adelaide: Johnston 6; Callinan, Douglas 2; Jacobs, Kerridge, Thompson, Talia, Dangerfield, Van Berlo, Otten, Grigg
Melbourne: Howe, Watts, Sylvia 2; Tapscott
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Adelaide: Thompson, Laird, Johnston, Kerridge, Sloane, Crouch
Melbourne: N Jones, Toumpas, Dunn, Terlich, Trengove
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Adelaide: Thompson, Crouch, Johnston, Jacobs, Douglas, Sloane, Dangerfield, Brown, Tambling
Melbourne: N Jones, Dunn, Terlich, Toumpas
INJURIES
Adelaide: Daniel Talia (back)
Melbourne: David Rodan (leg), Jeremy Howe (cut face)
SUBSTITUTES
Adelaide: David Mackay replaced Jared Petrenko in the third quarter
Melbourne: Aaron Davey replaced David Rodan at quarter time
UMPIRES: Fleer, Hay, Armstrong
TELEVISION BROADCAST: Seven Network
COMMENTATORS: Hamish McLachlan, Basil Zempilas, Tom Harley
Adelaide | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
16 | Brown, Luke | 12 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20y 336d | 23 | 1 |
37 | Callinan, Ian | 7 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 30y 247d | 31 | 48 |
2 | Crouch, Brad | 15 | 5 | 16 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19y 222d | 13 | 2 |
32 | Dangerfield, Patrick | 11 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 23y 141d | 108 | 122 |
26 | Douglas, Richard | 11 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 26y 199d | 135 | 96 |
38 | Grigg, Mitchell | 16 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20y 234d | 4 | 3 |
41 | Hartigan, Kyle | 10 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21y 290d | 2 | 0 |
24 | Jacobs, Sam | 9 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 25y 136d | 81 | 17 |
8 | Johnston, Lewis | 12 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 22y 174d | 7 | 12 |
29 | Kerridge, Sam | 11 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20y 120d | 11 | 13 |
46 | Laird, Rory | 16 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19y 238d | 17 | 1 |
14 | Mackay, David | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25y 30d | 104 | 30 |
22 | Otten, Andy | 8 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 24y 101d | 68 | 15 |
23 | Petrenko, Jared | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23y 245d | 71 | 45 |
25 | Rutten, Ben | 5 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30y 88d | 214 | 8 |
9 | Sloane, Rory | 11 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 23y 160d | 77 | 47 |
33 | Smith, Brodie | 8 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21y 222d | 53 | 9 |
12 | Talia, Daniel | 7 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21y 326d | 53 | 4 |
1 | Tambling, Richard | 7 | 5 | 18 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 26y 346d | 123 | 61 |
5 | Thompson, Scott | 17 | 7 | 16 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 30y 163d | 244 | 145 |
7 | Van Berlo, Nathan | 11 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 27y 79d | 181 | 63 |
17 | Vince, Bernie | 10 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 27y 326d | 128 | 80 |
Rushed | 4 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 218 | 104 | 186 | 404 | 18 | 12 | 59 | 64 | 25 | 11 | 24y 101d | 1748 | 822 |
Melbourne | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
36 | Davey, Aaron | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 30y 75d | 177 | 174 |
6 | Dawes, Chris | 10 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 25y 100d | 83 | 95 |
14 | Dunn, Lynden | 14 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 26y 102d | 116 | 90 |
8 | Frawley, James | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24y 338d | 117 | 3 |
20 | Garland, Colin | 11 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25y 118d | 100 | 13 |
31 | Grimes, Jack | 10 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 24y 105d | 67 | 5 |
38 | Howe, Jeremy | 7 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 23y 56d | 55 | 64 |
45 | Jones, Matt | 7 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 25y 310d | 21 | 2 |
2 | Jones, Nathan | 11 | 1 | 12 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 25y 216d | 156 | 75 |
34 | Kent, Dean | 10 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19y 181d | 14 | 8 |
25 | McDonald, Tom | 8 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20y 340d | 38 | 0 |
13 | McKenzie, Jordie | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 23y 64d | 68 | 10 |
21 | Pedersen, Cameron | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 26y 160d | 26 | 25 |
15 | Rodan, David | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29y 320d | 185 | 131 |
42 | Spencer, Jake | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23y 319d | 23 | 3 |
12 | Sylvia, Colin | 6 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 27y 289d | 156 | 129 |
35 | Tapscott, Luke | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22y 57d | 44 | 11 |
46 | Terlich, Dean | 15 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23y 254d | 19 | 0 |
5 | Toumpas, Jimmy | 8 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 19y 234d | 13 | 0 |
9 | Trengove, Jack | 14 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21y 356d | 78 | 38 |
7 | Viney, Jack | 6 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 19y 133d | 12 | 2 |
4 | Watts, Jack | 11 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22y 151d | 72 | 56 |
Rushed | 2 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 173 | 87 | 152 | 325 | 7 | 10 | 37 | 70 | 11 | 24 | 24y 61d | 1640 | 934 |