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Melbourne vs Geelong

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Round: 1   Venue: M.C.G.   Date: Sun, 25-03-2018 3:20 pm   Crowd: 54,112  
Melbourne 6.1.378.5.5312.9.8113.16.94 C:  Simon Goodwin
Geelong 5.3.3312.8.8013.10.8814.13.97 C:  Chris Scott
  MELB by 4GEEL by 27GEEL by 7GEEL by 3  
Weather
min temp  18.7°C      max temp  25.4°C
rainfall  13.0mm    humidity  41%    air pressure  998.6mb
wind speed 15km/h      wind direction  WNW
Brownlow Medal 3 Gary Ablett (GEEL)2 Joel Selwood (GEEL)1 Christian Petracca (MELB)

Match Report

GOALS
Geelong: Menzel 4; Parfitt 2; Ablett, Smith, Kelly, Ratugolea, Murdoch, C.Guthrie, Parsons, Fogarty
Melbourne: Hogan 3; Pedersen, Neal-Bullen 2; Petracca, Garlett, Gawn, Oliver, Hannan, Fritsch

BEST - AFL.COM.AU
Melbourne: Petracca, Gawn, Oliver, Jones, Hogan, Lewis
Geelong: Selwood, Ablett, Menzel, Duncan, Parfitt, Kelly

BEST - THE AGE
Melbourne: Petracca, Jones, Gawn, Oliver, Pedersen, Hunt
Geelong: Ablett, Selwood, Menzel, Kelly, J. Kolodjashnij, Parfitt

INJURIES
Melbourne: Nil
Geelong: Taylor (foot), Stewart (ankle), C.Guthrie (groin)Umpires: Stevic, Deboy, Gavine 

TELEVISION BROADCAST: Seven Network

COMMENTATORS: Brian Taylor, James Brayshaw, Tim Watson, Jimmy Bartel 

Match stats

Melbourne Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
31 Fritsch, Bayley 7 6 4 11 1 1 0 5 0 0 21y 109d 1 1
36 Garlett, Jeff 5 2 3 8 1 2 0 2 1 0 28y 234d 168 295
11 Gawn, Max 8 4 12 20 1 2 47 5 3 0 26y 85d 75 39
19 Hannan, Mitch 6 2 3 9 1 1 0 1 0 1 24y 16d 21 23
4 Harmes, James 13 3 5 18 0 2 0 4 4 1 22y 171d 45 29
14 Hibberd, Michael 12 2 8 20 0 0 0 0 1 1 28y 81d 103 12
1 Hogan, Jesse 8 3 8 16 3 0 0 1 0 1 23y 41d 52 108
29 Hunt, Jayden 11 4 7 18 0 1 0 3 1 1 22y 356d 42 10
39 Jetta, Neville 5 2 6 11 0 0 0 5 1 2 28y 41d 117 24
2 Jones, Nathan 10 1 19 29 0 0 0 3 0 0 30y 64d 240 115
8 Lever, Jake 8 3 2 10 0 0 0 2 1 0 22y 20d 57 3
6 Lewis, Jordan 6 4 18 24 0 0 0 3 1 1 31y 335d 284 150
20 Maynard, Corey 5 0 10 15 0 0 0 7 2 1 26y 169d 2 1
28 McDonald, Oscar 8 1 4 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 22y 7d 38 0
18 Melksham, Jake 9 3 6 15 0 1 0 0 0 1 26y 208d 134 78
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex 11 1 2 13 2 0 0 2 2 3 22y 75d 35 25
13 Oliver, Clayton 9 3 19 28 1 0 0 10 0 2 20y 246d 36 11
21 Pedersen, Cameron 6 1 7 13 2 1 4 4 1 0 31y 8d 77 69
5 Petracca, Christian 14 3 10 24 1 3 0 4 2 0 22y 80d 40 39
3 Salem, Christian 5 0 7 12 0 0 0 4 1 1 22y 253d 47 13
23 Vince, Bernie 13 2 4 17 0 0 0 3 2 0 32y 174d 213 112
42 Wagner, Josh 6 2 9 15 0 0 0 4 3 0 23y 274d 24 2
  Rushed   2  
  Totals 185 52 173 358 13 16 51 72 26 17 25y 155d 1851 1159
Geelong Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
4 Ablett, Gary 22 5 17 39 1 1 0 1 0 3 33y 315d 303 387
24 Bews, Jed 6 4 4 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 24y 101d 51 4
46 Blicavs, Mark 2 1 7 9 0 0 1 4 1 1 26y 362d 111 35
22 Duncan, Mitch 15 10 11 26 0 0 0 4 0 1 26y 288d 160 119
13 Fogarty, Lachie 8 4 12 20 1 0 0 2 1 1 18y 358d 1 1
28 Gregson, Cory 5 2 6 11 0 0 0 3 0 1 21y 202d 30 17
29 Guthrie, Cameron 11 3 9 20 1 0 0 0 0 2 25y 218d 129 40
39 Guthrie, Zach 14 6 8 22 0 0 0 2 0 0 19y 268d 10 0
26 Hawkins, Tom 8 6 6 14 0 1 1 1 2 1 29y 247d 212 438
11 Kelly, Tim 10 3 17 27 1 0 0 2 0 2 23y 242d 1 1
8 Kolodjashnij, Jake 10 5 10 20 0 1 0 1 0 0 22y 228d 48 0
27 Menegola, Sam 8 4 10 18 0 0 0 6 1 4 26y 18d 31 23
10 Menzel, Daniel 11 6 4 15 4 2 0 0 0 0 26y 193d 61 113
21 Murdoch, Jordan 13 5 11 24 1 1 0 5 3 0 26y 2d 93 65
3 Parfitt, Brandan 13 3 9 22 2 2 0 4 5 0 19y 332d 16 8
34 Parsons, James 8 8 9 17 1 1 0 2 0 1 20y 347d 21 15
17 Ratugolea, Esava 5 5 3 8 1 1 5 0 0 3 19y 244d 1 1
14 Selwood, Joel 17 4 22 39 0 2 0 5 2 3 29y 303d 250 145
9 Smith, Zac 3 3 8 11 1 0 23 2 1 3 28y 31d 110 51
44 Stewart, Tom 11 7 6 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 25y 10d 22 2
7 Taylor, Harry 2 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 31y 286d 230 67
2 Tuohy, Zach 18 7 7 25 0 0 0 0 1 0 28y 105d 146 46
  Rushed   1  
  Totals 220 103 198 418 14 13 30 45 17 26 25y 97d 2037 1578

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.