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| Round: 9 Venue: M.C.G Date: Sun, 27-05-2012 3:15 pm Attendance: 28,371 | |||||
| Carlton | 3.3.21 | 7.8.50 | 8.14.62 | 15.17.107 | C: |
| Melbourne | 3.4.22 | 5.7.37 | 6.10.46 | 6.13.49 | C: |
| ME by 1 | CA by 13 | CA by 16 | CA by 58 | ||
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| Brownlow Medal | 3 Mitch Robinson (CA) | 2 David Ellard (CA) | 1 Andrew Walker (CA) |
Match Report
After shooting into premiership favoritism early in the season, Carlton’s campaign had stuttered going into this match. Consecutive losses to Adelaide and St Kilda and the loss of star midfielder Marc Murphy had many in the football world questioning whether this Blues side was up to the task of breaking their 17-year premiership drought. A shaky win against bottom-placed Melbourne didn’t change too many people’s opinions, but it was a start. Small forward Eddie Betts was back in form with five goals, while tough midfielder Mitch Robinson (three goals) proved to be important. The Demons remained winless, but their first-half was a marked improvement on previous performance. Melbourne took a one-point lead into quarter time and was in striking distance of an upset win at half time. But they faded badly in the second half, kicking just the one-goal as they went down by 58 points. Demons co-captain Jack Grimes was terrific all day, while former Lion Mitch Clark battled hard up forward, kicking three goals.
GOALS
Carlton: Betts 5, Robinson 3, Hampson 2, Walker 2, Armfield, Kreuzer, Tuohy
Melbourne: Clark 3, Blease, Howe, Jones
BEST - AFL.COM.AU
Carlton: Robinson, Simpson, Gibbs, Jamison, Walker, McLean
Melbourne: Grimes, Rivers, Watts, McKenzie, McDonald
BEST - THE AGE
Carlton: Robinson, McLean, Betts, Jamison, Simpson, Ellard, Walker
Melbourne: Jones, Frawley, Grimes, McKenzie, Bail, Watts
COACHES COMMENTS
Brett Ratten (Carl): I thought the four players (Mitch Robinson, Brock McLean, David Ellard and Chris Judd) that played around the ball were outstanding all day. I thought their contested ball and their clearance work was really good. We concentrated on areas that we needed to improve on, and they were a physical part of the game. So we weren't shying away from it.
Mark Neeld (Melb): I wasn't disappointed with our work rate," Neeld said. "I thought as a group we worked pretty hard and we were quite happy with the style of footy we played for the most part. We got in an arm-wrestle for three quarters and we could not go with Carlton in the last quarter.
Umpires: Fleer, Nicholls, Ryan
Match report by Oliver Caffrey
Player Stats
| Carlton | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | Armfield, Dennis | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25y 157d | 68 | 12 |
| 19 | Betts, Eddie | 8 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 25y 183d | 153 | 236 |
| 21 | Bootsma, Josh | 8 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19y 95d | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Bower, Paul | 10 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24y 139d | 68 | 4 |
| 16 | Collins, Andrew | 10 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 23y 192d | 28 | 23 |
| 35 | Curnow, Ed | 7 | 2 | 15 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22y 202d | 20 | 3 |
| 46 | Ellard, David | 17 | 3 | 12 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23y 75d | 31 | 21 |
| 38 | Garlett, Jeff | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 22y 298d | 63 | 112 |
| 4 | Gibbs, Bryce | 17 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 23y 73d | 121 | 63 |
| 22 | Hampson, Shaun | 9 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 24y 67d | 53 | 27 |
| 40 | Jamison, Michael | 15 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 25y 351d | 78 | 1 |
| 45 | Joseph, Aaron | 9 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22y 328d | 60 | 9 |
| 5 | Judd, Chris | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 28y 262d | 230 | 199 |
| 8 | Kreuzer, Matthew | 9 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23y 14d | 77 | 43 |
| 9 | Lucas, Kane | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20y 336d | 17 | 5 |
| 14 | McLean, Brock | 12 | 3 | 21 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 26y 77d | 106 | 43 |
| 12 | Robinson, Mitch | 18 | 8 | 15 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22y 355d | 58 | 38 |
| 29 | Scotland, Heath | 10 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 31y 311d | 232 | 74 |
| 6 | Simpson, Kade | 14 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28y 22d | 166 | 105 |
| 42 | Tuohy, Zach | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 22y 169d | 20 | 6 |
| 1 | Walker, Andrew | 17 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 26y 9d | 132 | 101 |
| 11 | Warnock, Robert | 6 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 25y 129d | 54 | 12 |
| Rushed | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 215 | 82 | 195 | 410 | 15 | 17 | 52 | 89 | 12 | 13 | 24y 174d | 1837 | 1137 | |
| Melbourne | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | Bail, Rohan | 14 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 23y 336d | 26 | 8 |
| 7 | Bennell, Jamie | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21y 355d | 55 | 21 |
| 17 | Blease, Sam | 15 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21y 98d | 8 | 1 |
| 11 | Clark, Mitch | 8 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24y 221d | 90 | 81 |
| 14 | Dunn, Lynden | 13 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 25y 13d | 87 | 84 |
| 8 | Frawley, James | 20 | 10 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 23y 250d | 90 | 3 |
| 20 | Garland, Colin | 9 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 24y 29d | 67 | 4 |
| 18 | Green, Brad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31y 75d | 245 | 333 |
| 16 | Grimes, Jack | 15 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 23y 16d | 40 | 3 |
| 38 | Howe, Jeremy | 5 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21y 333d | 22 | 25 |
| 40 | Jamar, Mark | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 28y 292d | 119 | 44 |
| 2 | Jones, Nathan | 12 | 5 | 15 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 24y 128d | 123 | 62 |
| 49 | Magner, James | 9 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 24y 289d | 9 | 3 |
| 25 | McDonald, Tom | 7 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19y 252d | 10 | 0 |
| 13 | McKenzie, Jordie | 7 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 21y 341d | 46 | 5 |
| 22 | Moloney, Brent | 4 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28y 120d | 137 | 36 |
| 26 | Nicholson, Daniel | 13 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21y 207d | 10 | 2 |
| 27 | Rivers, Jared | 13 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27y 222d | 137 | 5 |
| 30 | Sellar, James | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23y 64d | 27 | 4 |
| 35 | Tapscott, Luke | 7 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20y 334d | 20 | 2 |
| 9 | Trengove, Jack | 7 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 20y 268d | 46 | 24 |
| 4 | Watts, Jack | 12 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21y 62d | 47 | 37 |
| Rushed | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 200 | 91 | 140 | 340 | 6 | 13 | 46 | 74 | 13 | 12 | 23y 295d | 1461 | 787 | |