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Melbourne vs St. Kilda

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Round: 17   Venue: M.C.G.   Date: Sun, 26-07-2015 3:20 pm   Crowd: 22,945  
Melbourne 1.2.83.6.245.9.396.10.46 C:  Paul Roos
St. Kilda 4.4.284.7.3110.8.6812.11.83 C:  Alan Richardson
  STK by 20STK by 7STK by 29STK by 37  
Weather
min temp  8.1°C      max temp  11.6°C
rainfall  3.2mm    humidity  56%    air pressure  1016.0mb
wind speed 11km/h      wind direction  NW
Brownlow Medal 3 Nick Riewoldt (STK)2 Sean Dempster (STK)1 Jack Viney (MELB)

Match Report

St Kilda has recorded its sixth win for season 2015, easily accounting for Melbourne at the MCG in Sunday's twilight match. The Saints jumped away to a 20-point lead at quarter-time, withstood a second-quarter fightback from the Demons, and the ran away with the game in the second half to win comfortably by 37 points. With a 6-10 record, St Kilda has exceeded the expectations of most this season, with most pundits predicting a wooden spoon for the club and some even suggesting the Saints wouldn't win a game.

The game had an inauspicious beginning, with the two sides mustering only five behinds between them in the first 10 minutes. Nathan Jones finally broke the drought with a goal to give Melbourne a five-point lead, but that was to be their last goal of the term as St Kilda clicked into gear and scored the next four goals through Luke Dustan, Nick Riewoldt, Shane Savage and Jack Sinclair to lead by 20 points at the first break.

It was déjà vu in the second term as only behinds were registered in the first 17 minutes, four to Melbourne and three to St Kilda. Chris Dawes gave the crowd something to cheer about with a goal at the 17-minute mark and another to Dom Tyson four minutes later meant that the Demons were within seven points at half time.

The Saints cranked things up in the third term, and goals to Riewoldt and Jack Lonie extended the Saints' lead to 18 points. Jesse Hogan gave the Demons brief hope with a goal at the 15-minute mark, but St Kilda then racked up three in a row through Riewoldt, Paddy McCartin and Dustan to leave the Demons 31 points adrift. Jeff Garlett pulled one back for Melbourne but the Saints closed out the term with a goal to Jack Newness and led by 29 points at the last change of ends.

A defensive slog ensued in the last term, neither side scoring a goal until the 18-minute mark. Josh Bruce kicked a major for the Saints after that, with Melbourne's Max Gawn responding soon after. Only one further goal was scored to St Kilda's Maverick Weller and the Saints coasted to victory.

Riewoldt (13 marks, three goals) and Sean Dempster (10 marks, 23 possessions) were among the best for the Saints while Melbourne was well served by Jack Viney (31 possessions) and Jack Grimes (28 touches). 

The Saints will look for win number seven against Port at the Adelaide Oval next Sunday while Melbourne will take on Collingwood at the MCG a day earlier.

GOALS
Melbourne: N Jones, Dawes, Tyson, Hogan, Garlett, Gawn
St Kilda: Riewoldt 3; Dunstan 2; Savage, Sinclair, Lonie, McCartin, Newnes, Bruce, Weller

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Melbourne: Viney, Grimes, Cross, Vince, Watts, Howe
St Kilda: Riewoldt, Roberton, Gilbert, Geary, Dempster, Fisher, Montagna

BEST - THE AGE
Melbourne: Viney, Grimes, Jones, Gawn, Savage
St Kilda: Riewoldt, Dempster, Gilbert, Dunstan, Steven, Schneider, Roberton, Webster

INJURIES 
Melbourne: McDonald (left eye)
St Kilda: Armitage (shin), Webster (ribs)

SUBSTITUTES
Melbourne: Viv Michie replaced Aaron vandenBerg in the third quarter.
St Kilda: Eli Templeton replaced Hugh Goddard at three-quarter time.

UMPIRES: Rosebury, Mollison, Wallace

TELEVISION BROADCAST: Seven Network

COMMENTATORS: Hamish McLachlan, Basil Zempilas, Leigh Matthews, Nick Maxwell

Source

Match Report by Andrew Gigacz

Footnotes

Video sourced from YouTube, courtesy of the AFL.

Match stats

Melbourne
Match Stats
Career
#
Player
K
M
H
D
G
B
HO
T
FF
FA
Age
Games
G
10 Brayshaw, Angus 7 2 5 12 0 0 0 2 2 0 19y 198d 16 4
18 Cross, Daniel 9 4 15 24 0 0 0 6 3 1 32y 118d 243 34
6 Dawes, Chris 9 4 8 17 1 1 4 2 1 0 27y 71d 111 121
14 Dunn, Lynden 10 4 4 14 0 0 0 5 1 2 28y 73d 155 95
20 Garland, Colin 8 3 2 10 0 0 0 1 0 1 27y 89d 129 16
36 Garlett, Jeff 5 1 2 7 1 1 0 2 0 0 25y 357d 123 213
11 Gawn, Max 5 6 8 13 1 0 32 1 3 4 23y 208d 33 14
31 Grimes, Jack 14 3 14 28 0 1 0 2 2 3 26y 76d 92 8
43 Harmes, James 4 2 9 13 0 0 0 1 0 2 19y 294d 3 0
1 Hogan, Jesse 4 4 3 7 1 2 0 1 1 0 20y 164d 14 29
38 Howe, Jeremy 16 11 6 22 0 1 0 2 0 0 25y 27d 94 78
39 Jetta, Neville 6 3 14 20 0 0 0 4 0 4 25y 164d 69 21
2 Jones, Nathan 13 2 13 26 1 0 0 4 2 0 27y 187d 195 91
8 Lumumba, Heritier 9 5 8 17 0 0 1 2 0 0 28y 253d 214 30
25 McDonald, Tom 7 9 8 15 0 0 0 0 1 2 22y 311d 76 7
22 Michie, Viv 6 1 3 9 0 1 0 2 2 0 23y 153d 12 0
15 Stretch, Billy 3 1 5 8 0 0 0 3 0 1 18y 321d 8 2
12 Tyson, Dom 8 3 16 24 1 2 0 4 0 1 22y 48d 48 26
37 vandenBerg, Aaron 3 1 2 5 0 0 0 4 1 2 23y 145d 13 4
23 Vince, Bernie 11 2 15 26 0 0 1 4 0 3 29y 297d 166 100
7 Viney, Jack 11 3 20 31 0 1 0 3 3 2 21y 104d 43 10
4 Watts, Jack 10 4 15 25 0 0 2 3 0 4 24y 122d 110 78
  Totals 178 78 195 373 6 10 40 58 22 32 24y 254d 1967 981
St. Kilda
Match Stats
Career
#
Player
K
M
H
D
G
B
HO
T
FF
FA
Age
Games
G
20 Armitage, David 14 1 6 20 0 1 0 4 2 1 27y 40d 123 77
27 Bruce, Josh 7 5 3 10 1 0 2 2 1 2 23y 48d 40 48
24 Dempster, Sean 14 10 9 23 0 0 0 3 0 0 31y 187d 198 20
7 Dunstan, Luke 9 2 7 16 2 1 0 2 0 1 20y 178d 31 20
25 Fisher, Sam 13 10 4 17 0 0 1 0 0 0 33y 16d 210 22
14 Geary, Jarryn 11 5 6 17 0 0 0 2 0 1 27y 33d 114 20
19 Gilbert, Sam 11 3 9 20 0 0 3 6 3 0 28y 341d 152 29
33 Goddard, Hugh 6 5 8 14 0 0 0 0 0 2 18y 336d 2 0
18 Longer, Billy 3 3 7 10 0 0 17 2 5 3 22y 75d 41 2
37 Lonie, Jack 9 0 3 12 1 1 0 5 3 1 18y 347d 15 11
32 McCartin, Paddy 12 9 2 14 1 0 0 2 0 0 19y 98d 4 2
11 Montagna, Leigh 14 3 8 22 0 0 0 7 0 2 31y 266d 243 143
16 Newnes, Jack 9 3 8 17 1 0 0 4 3 1 22y 152d 63 8
12 Riewoldt, Nick 13 13 2 15 3 1 2 3 0 1 32y 282d 293 643
17 Roberton, Dylan 15 8 8 23 0 0 0 2 2 0 24y 35d 79 11
5 Savage, Shane 14 8 4 18 1 0 0 3 1 0 24y 202d 85 49
13 Schneider, Adam 11 1 4 15 0 1 0 7 3 1 31y 75d 226 257
40 Sinclair, Jack 8 1 2 10 1 1 0 7 4 0 20y 164d 14 15
3 Steven, Jack 9 2 7 16 0 0 0 12 1 3 25y 120d 106 72
4 Templeton, Eli 2 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 19y 341d 11 5
29 Webster, Jimmy 7 2 4 11 0 0 0 4 1 1 22y 28d 34 2
44 Weller, Maverick 11 8 6 17 1 2 0 6 3 1 23y 163d 62 18
  Rushed   3  
  Totals 222 104 118 340 12 11 25 83 32 22 24y 342d 2146 1474

Footnotes

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