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Melbourne vs Geelong
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GOALS
Melbourne: Weideman 3; Harmes, Gawn, Melksham, T. McDonald, Jones, Hannan, Neal-Bullen
Geelong: Hawkins 2; Kelly, Tuohy, Murdoch, Duncan
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Melbourne: Weideman, Harmes, Brayshaw, T. McDonald, Gawn, Viney, Salem
Geelong: Dangerfield, Tuohy, J. Selwood, Ablett
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Melbourne: Weideman, Lewis, T. McDonald, Salem, Weideman, Harmes, Viney, Oliver
Geelong: Duncan, Dangerfield, Tuohy, J. Selwood
INJURIES
Melbourne: Nil
Geelong: Nil
UMPIRES: Chamberlain, Findlay, Mollison
TELEVISION BROADCAST: Seven Network
COMMENTATORS: Bruce McAvaney, Brian Taylor, Wayne Carey, Cameron Ling, Matthew Richardson
Match stats
| Melbourne | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
| 10 | Brayshaw, Angus | 10 | 4 | 16 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22y 241d | 56 | 26 |
| 31 | Fritsch, Bayley | 8 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21y 275d | 22 | 17 |
| 17 | Frost, Sam | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 25y 10d | 67 | 8 |
| 11 | Gawn, Max | 7 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 26y 251d | 97 | 50 |
| 19 | Hannan, Mitch | 10 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24y 182d | 33 | 42 |
| 4 | Harmes, James | 13 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 22y 337d | 67 | 43 |
| 14 | Hibberd, Michael | 11 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28y 247d | 121 | 13 |
| 39 | Jetta, Neville | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 28y 207d | 139 | 24 |
| 2 | Jones, Nathan | 9 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 30y 230d | 262 | 130 |
| 6 | Lewis, Jordan | 14 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 32y 136d | 305 | 155 |
| 28 | McDonald, Oscar | 6 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22y 173d | 60 | 0 |
| 25 | McDonald, Tom | 9 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25y 354d | 144 | 80 |
| 18 | Melksham, Jake | 10 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 27y 9d | 154 | 106 |
| 30 | Neal-Bullen, Alex | 12 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22y 241d | 57 | 49 |
| 13 | Oliver, Clayton | 9 | 1 | 21 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 21y 47d | 58 | 21 |
| 5 | Petracca, Christian | 7 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 22y 246d | 61 | 56 |
| 3 | Salem, Christian | 21 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23y 54d | 68 | 19 |
| 9 | Spargo, Charlie | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18y 286d | 16 | 12 |
| 12 | Tyson, Dom | 7 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 25y 91d | 105 | 44 |
| 22 | vandenBerg, Aaron | 9 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 26y 188d | 33 | 22 |
| 7 | Viney, Jack | 4 | 1 | 16 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 24y 147d | 96 | 27 |
| 26 | Weideman, Sam | 12 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 21y 73d | 18 | 13 |
| Rushed | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 201 | 84 | 181 | 382 | 10 | 15 | 49 | 88 | 23 | 20 | 24y 282d | 2039 | 957 | |
| Geelong | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
| 45 | Abbott, Ryan | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 27y 74d | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Ablett, Gary | 16 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 34y 116d | 321 | 402 |
| 24 | Bews, Jed | 7 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24y 267d | 71 | 6 |
| 46 | Blicavs, Mark | 6 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 27y 163d | 133 | 36 |
| 35 | Dangerfield, Patrick | 11 | 4 | 14 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 28y 155d | 224 | 256 |
| 22 | Duncan, Mitch | 12 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 27y 89d | 180 | 126 |
| 29 | Guthrie, Cameron | 7 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 26y 19d | 141 | 42 |
| 26 | Hawkins, Tom | 7 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 30y 48d | 232 | 498 |
| 25 | Henderson, Lachie | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28y 267d | 165 | 112 |
| 38 | Henry, Jack | 7 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20y 9d | 22 | 8 |
| 11 | Kelly, Tim | 13 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 24y 43d | 23 | 24 |
| 8 | Kolodjashnij, Jake | 6 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23y 29d | 70 | 0 |
| 27 | Menegola, Sam | 9 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26y 184d | 53 | 45 |
| 10 | Menzel, Daniel | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 26y 359d | 73 | 136 |
| 21 | Murdoch, Jordan | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 26y 168d | 108 | 73 |
| 42 | O'Connor, Mark | 6 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21y 233d | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | Parfitt, Brandan | 6 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20y 133d | 34 | 21 |
| 14 | Selwood, Joel | 11 | 2 | 14 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 30y 104d | 272 | 152 |
| 16 | Selwood, Scott | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 28y 164d | 167 | 43 |
| 44 | Stewart, Tom | 13 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25y 176d | 43 | 3 |
| 7 | Taylor, Harry | 9 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 32y 87d | 237 | 71 |
| 2 | Tuohy, Zach | 10 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28y 271d | 168 | 56 |
| Rushed | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 178 | 70 | 160 | 338 | 6 | 10 | 35 | 81 | 20 | 23 | 26y 276d | 2748 | 2113 | |
Match highlights
Clayton Oliver had 21 handballs for Melbourne vs. Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, 1EF)James Harmes had 10 tackles for Melbourne vs. Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, 1EF)
Jack Viney had 11 tackles for Melbourne vs. Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, 1EF)
91,767 attended Melbourne vs. Geelong at M.C.G. (AFL, Premiership Season, 1EF)
Daniel Menzel played his last game for Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, 1EF)
Jordan Murdoch played his last game for Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, 1EF)