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Melbourne vs Adelaide

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Round: 22   Venue: M.C.G.   Date: Sun, 15-08-2021 2:10 pm    
Melbourne 3.3.217.4.4612.7.7916.8.104 C:  Simon Goodwin
Adelaide 1.6.123.7.258.8.569.9.63 C:  Matthew Nicks
  MELB by 9MELB by 21MELB by 23MELB by 41  
Weather
min temp  10.1°C      max temp  19.0°C
rainfall  0mm    humidity  33%    air pressure  1019.3mb
wind speed 24km/h      wind direction  NW
Brownlow Medal 3 Paul Seedsman (ADEL)2 Ben Keays (ADEL)1 Bayley Fritsch (MELB)

Match Report

GOALS
Melbourne: Fritsch 7, Brown 2, Jackson 2, Petracca 2, Melksham, Pickett, Spargo
Adelaide: Fogarty 3, McAdam 2, Lynch, Mackay, Murphy, Seedsman

BEST - AFL.COM.AU (Jonathan Healy)
Melbourne: Fritsch, Gawn, Petracca, Langdon, Salem, Jackson
Adelaide: Seedsman, Keays, Sloane, Fogarty, Lynch, Sholl

BEST - THE AGE (Daniel Cherny)
Melbourne: Fritsch, Jackson, Salem, Petracca, Langdon, Oliver
Adelaide: Seedsman, Sloane, Keays, Fogarty, Laird

INJURIES
Melbourne: May (general soreness) replaced by Smith
Adelaide: Himmelberg (hamstring)

SUBSTITUTES
Melbourne: vandenBerg (unused)
Adelaide: Sholl (replaced Himmelberg)

TELEVISION BROADCAST: Fox Footy

COMMENTATORS: Eddie McGuire, Dwayne Russell, Gerard Healy, Brad Johnson, Nick Dal Santo

Match stats

Melbourne Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
17 Bowey, Jake 9 6 9 18 0 0 0 0 1 0 18y 337d 3 0
10 Brayshaw, Angus 3 0 3 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 25y 218d 115 44
50 Brown, Ben 5 5 1 6 2 1 2 4 0 0 28y 268d 139 304
31 Fritsch, Bayley 12 5 4 16 7 0 0 3 4 2 24y 252d 81 105
11 Gawn, Max 13 1 6 19 0 0 26 4 4 1 29y 228d 155 69
4 Harmes, James 5 1 13 18 0 2 0 6 0 0 25y 314d 118 64
14 Hibberd, Michael 8 1 6 14 0 0 0 4 3 1 31y 224d 171 14
6 Jackson, Luke 5 2 11 16 2 0 19 3 1 1 19y 320d 26 18
23 Jordon, James 4 4 11 15 0 0 0 5 1 0 20y 238d 21 6
15 Langdon, Ed 21 7 6 27 0 0 0 7 3 0 25y 195d 105 46
8 Lever, Jake 10 6 4 14 0 0 0 3 1 2 25y 163d 113 3
18 Melksham, Jake 3 1 4 7 1 0 0 2 0 2 29y 351d 197 148
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex 9 3 7 16 0 0 0 2 0 1 25y 218d 101 77
13 Oliver, Clayton 15 2 13 28 0 2 0 7 1 2 24y 24d 120 36
5 Petracca, Christian 15 8 8 23 2 0 0 5 0 0 25y 223d 123 118
35 Petty, Harrison 8 5 3 11 0 0 0 1 0 0 21y 276d 26 6
36 Pickett, Kysaiah 10 4 2 12 1 2 0 5 3 2 20y 74d 35 39
24 Rivers, Trent 15 10 1 16 0 0 0 2 1 0 20y 16d 30 3
3 Salem, Christian 20 8 9 29 0 0 0 3 0 0 26y 31d 126 23
44 Smith, Joel 5 3 4 9 0 0 0 1 1 1 25y 171d 19 1
9 Spargo, Charlie 12 7 6 18 1 1 0 1 2 0 21y 263d 55 36
32 Sparrow, Tom 8 3 6 14 0 0 0 7 0 3 21y 76d 24 7
22 vandenBerg, Aaron 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29y 165d 51 23
  Totals 215 92 137 352 16 8 47 77 26 18 24y 249d 1954 1190
Adelaide Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
41 Butts, Jordon 9 7 5 14 0 0 0 1 0 1 21y 227d 23 0
15 Cook, Brayden 4 1 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 19y 28d 2 0
40 Davis, Ben 11 5 3 14 0 0 0 0 2 0 24y 88d 5 1
39 Doedee, Tom 7 5 7 14 0 0 0 4 1 1 24y 167d 50 3
32 Fogarty, Darcy 9 7 3 12 3 1 0 4 0 2 21y 324d 40 50
34 Himmelberg, Elliott 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 23y 72d 27 26
1 Jones, Chayce 10 6 4 14 0 0 0 0 0 2 21y 213d 37 9
2 Keays, Ben 14 3 15 29 0 0 0 11 1 4 24y 173d 67 24
8 Kelly, Jake 14 7 7 21 0 0 0 1 2 2 26y 206d 110 1
29 Laird, Rory 12 1 16 28 0 1 0 7 1 0 27y 229d 181 18
27 Lynch, Tom 16 7 13 29 1 0 0 0 1 1 30y 334d 163 202
14 Mackay, David 7 3 6 13 1 1 0 3 1 0 33y 21d 247 67
23 McAdam, Shane 5 4 5 10 2 0 0 1 1 2 26y 79d 27 34
25 McHenry, Ned 8 8 14 22 0 0 0 1 1 2 21y 33d 28 10
36 McPherson, Andrew 9 2 8 17 0 0 0 4 1 0 22y 56d 26 0
4 Murphy, Lachlan 7 0 4 11 1 0 0 2 1 2 22y 254d 58 47
28 Murray, Nick 10 2 3 13 0 0 0 1 2 3 20y 240d 13 1
26 Schoenberg, Harry 6 3 10 16 0 0 0 2 0 0 20y 175d 29 12
11 Seedsman, Paul 20 3 16 36 1 1 0 1 0 0 29y 205d 131 65
38 Sholl, Lachlan 11 6 8 19 0 1 0 1 0 0 21y 161d 27 5
9 Sloane, Rory 16 7 9 25 0 0 0 9 3 2 31y 151d 228 130
45 Strachan, Kieran 8 5 3 11 0 1 25 2 0 2 25y 314d 2 0
7 Thilthorpe, Riley 6 3 5 11 0 0 3 6 0 0 19y 39d 13 17
  Rushed   2  
  Totals 220 96 166 386 9 9 28 63 18 26 24y 117d 1534 722

Match highlights

Bayley Fritsch kicked 7 goals for Melbourne against Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
Bayley Fritsch kicked his 100th career V/AFL goal: Melbourne vs. Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
Aaron vandenBerg played his last game for Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
Jake Kelly played his last game for Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
Ben Keays had 11 tackles for Adelaide vs. Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)

Footnotes

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