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Melbourne vs Sydney

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Round: 3   Venue: M.C.G.   Date: Sun, 02-04-2023 3:20 pm   Crowd: 42,423  
Melbourne 6.1.379.3.5714.4.8821.8.134 C:  Simon Goodwin
Sydney 1.3.96.6.429.9.6312.12.84 C:  John Longmire
  MELB by 28MELB by 15MELB by 25MELB by 50  
Weather
min temp  8.7°C      max temp  18.3°C
rainfall  0mm    humidity  53%    air pressure  1019.3mb
wind speed 11km/h      wind direction  SSW
Brownlow Medal 3 Clayton Oliver (MELB)2 Christian Petracca (MELB)1 Bayley Fritsch (MELB)

Match Report

GOALS
Melbourne: Fritsch, van Rooyen, Chandler 3; Spargo, Oliver, Hunter 2; Sparrow, Petty, Neal-Bullen, Brown, Jordon, Melksham
Sydney: Papley 3; Hayward, Franklin 2; Rowbottom, McInerney, Gulden, McDonald, Blakey

BEST - AFL.COM.AU (Alison O'Connor)
Melbourne: Oliver, Petracca, Grundy, van Rooyen, Jordon
Sydney: Mills, Papley, Ladhams, Lloyd, Florent

BEST - THE AGE (Andrew Wu)
Melbourne: Petracca, Oliver, Grundy, Fritsch, Hunter, Langdon
Sydney: Papley, Mills, Lloyd, Ladhams

INJURIES
Melbourne: Nil
Sydney: Nil

SUBSTITUTES
Melbourne: Jake Melksham (replaced Ben Brown in the third quarter)
Sydney: Matt Roberts (replaced Dylan Stephens in the third quarter)

TELEVISION BROADCAST: Seven Network

COMMENTATORS: Brian Taylor, Jason Bennett, Cameron Ling, Chris Johnson

Match stats

Melbourne Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
17 Bowey, Jake 10 4 6 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 20y 202d 27 2
10 Brayshaw, Angus 11 9 8 19 0 0 0 1 0 2 27y 83d 146 47
50 Brown, Ben 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 30y 133d 165 351
37 Chandler, Kade 7 5 2 9 3 0 0 2 0 0 23y 79d 13 5
31 Fritsch, Bayley 3 3 8 11 3 0 0 2 0 0 26y 117d 111 179
6 Grundy, Brodie 10 5 11 21 0 0 25 3 2 0 28y 352d 180 61
14 Hibberd, Michael 8 4 3 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 33y 89d 186 14
12 Hunter, Lachie 13 2 10 23 2 0 0 0 2 0 28y 110d 176 76
23 Jordon, James 13 8 8 21 1 1 0 3 2 1 22y 103d 48 14
15 Langdon, Ed 13 4 11 24 0 3 0 2 0 1 27y 60d 135 61
8 Lever, Jake 7 4 7 14 0 0 0 0 1 1 27y 28d 139 4
1 May, Steven 17 6 3 20 0 0 0 1 3 1 31y 82d 194 23
41 McVee, Judd 8 3 10 18 0 0 0 2 0 0 19y 238d 3 0
18 Melksham, Jake 3 2 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 31y 216d 211 162
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex 10 4 5 15 1 1 0 2 0 0 27y 83d 131 91
13 Oliver, Clayton 11 5 14 25 2 0 0 7 1 2 25y 254d 150 48
5 Petracca, Christian 20 2 13 33 0 1 0 3 0 2 27y 88d 154 143
35 Petty, Harrison 7 3 6 13 1 0 1 3 1 1 23y 141d 51 8
24 Rivers, Trent 13 7 6 19 0 1 0 1 1 0 21y 246d 55 5
9 Spargo, Charlie 6 3 0 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 23y 128d 86 56
32 Sparrow, Tom 7 4 3 10 1 0 0 4 1 2 22y 306d 54 19
2 van Rooyen, Jacob 5 3 4 9 3 0 3 6 2 1 19y 351d 1 3
7 Viney, Jack 11 1 8 19 0 0 0 3 2 1 28y 354d 174 48
  Rushed   1  
  Totals 214 92 149 363 21 8 29 47 18 16 25y 357d 2590 1420
Sydney Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
36 Amartey, Joel 8 4 8 16 0 3 5 0 2 0 23y 212d 15 14
22 Blakey, Nick 12 5 7 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 23y 34d 81 33
16 Campbell, Braeden 8 3 4 12 0 0 0 6 1 0 21y 57d 28 3
7 Cunningham, Harry 2 3 7 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 29y 117d 164 50
13 Florent, Oliver 10 4 11 21 0 0 0 3 0 0 24y 254d 121 38
23 Franklin, Lance 'Buddy' 9 6 1 10 2 2 0 1 0 1 36y 62d 343 1051
21 Gulden, Errol 9 2 6 15 1 0 0 5 3 1 20y 258d 46 34
9 Hayward, Will 6 0 3 9 2 0 0 1 2 1 24y 158d 117 138
5 Heeney, Isaac 7 2 3 10 0 1 0 0 0 2 26y 332d 157 200
19 Ladhams, Peter 8 6 8 16 0 0 17 2 0 2 25y 78d 46 23
44 Lloyd, Jake 11 5 10 21 0 0 0 3 1 0 29y 194d 203 34
39 McCartin, Paddy 8 4 3 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 26y 348d 62 35
30 McCartin, Tom 7 7 7 14 0 0 0 1 0 0 23y 93d 98 28
6 McDonald, Logan 8 8 5 13 1 2 0 1 1 0 20y 363d 27 32
27 McInerney, Justin 8 6 6 14 1 0 0 3 0 1 22y 227d 56 19
14 Mills, Callum 10 6 15 25 0 0 0 4 1 0 26y 0d 138 22
11 Papley, Tom 7 3 1 8 3 0 0 2 0 1 26y 263d 144 228
26 Parker, Luke 10 5 7 17 0 0 0 3 1 1 30y 159d 263 191
24 Rampe, Dane 8 4 9 17 0 0 0 1 0 1 32y 304d 218 7
34 Roberts, Matt 2 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 19y 245d 4 0
8 Rowbottom, James 10 1 2 12 1 0 0 4 3 3 22y 195d 72 23
3 Stephens, Dylan 8 4 6 14 0 0 0 3 1 0 22y 84d 33 9
1 Warner, Chad 12 4 7 19 0 0 0 0 0 2 21y 318d 42 28
  Rushed   3  
  Totals 188 94 137 325 12 12 22 45 16 18 25y 94d 2478 2240

Match highlights

Clayton Oliver played his 150th V/AFL game: Melbourne vs. Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, R3)

Footnotes

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