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Round: 10 Venue: Traeger Park Date: Sat, 28-05-2016 1:40 pm Crowd: 5,146 | |||||
Melbourne | 2.7.19 | 4.9.33 | 9.12.66 | 10.16.76 | C: Paul Roos |
Port Adelaide | 2.4.16 | 8.6.54 | 12.11.83 | 18.13.121 | C: Ken Hinkley |
MELB by 3 | PORT by 21 | PORT by 17 | PORT by 45 |
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Brownlow Medal | 3 Chad Wingard (PORT) | 2 Charlie Dixon (PORT) | 1 Robbie Gray (PORT) |
Melbourne's top-eight chances were dealt a blow on Saturday when the Demons suffered a disappointing defeat at the hand of Port Adelaide at Traeger Park in Alice Springs. A positive start saw Melbourne ahead by three points at quarter time but a big second term from the Power saw Port set up a half-time 21-point lead. The Demons recovered to cut the margin to 17 points at the last change but Port again drew away in the final term, kicking six goals to one to win by a convincing 45 points.
Jack Watts got the Demons off to a good start with a strong mark and goal at the four-minute mark but Port responded with a running goal to Jarman Impey to give the Power a one-point lead a minute later. Both sides struggled to find the big sticks after that and over the next 13 minutes, the Demons added five behinds to one to take a three-point lead before Charlie Dixon broke the drought with a mark and his first goal to restore the lead for Port. A mark on a lead and a subsequent goal to Jesse Hogan saw Melbourne grab back the lead just before quarter time, and the Demons went into the first break ahead, 2.7 to 2.4.
Hogan had a chance to extend that lead early in the second term, but his set shot from well within range sailed disappointingly wide. Port seized the initiative after that, and majors to Chad Wingard and Dixon had the Power ahead by eight points at the seven-minute mark. A big mark and goal from Max Gawn cut the difference back to two points, but Dixon's third and Hamish Hartlett's first had Port out to a 15-point lead midway through the term. Travis Boak extended that to 21 with his first early in time on before Hogan got a badly needed goal for the Demons at the 27-minute mark. However, Charlie Dixon made his presence felt again with another mark and his fourth goal and Port took a 21-point buffer into the long break.
The game appeared to be slipping away from Melbourne when Dougal Howard goaled within two minutes of the start of the third term to put the Power 27 points clear, and when Robbie Gray kicked his first three minutes later, the margin was 34 and the Demons looked gone. But they managed to stem Port's scoring after that and majors to Watts and Alex Neal-Bullen had them back within 22 just before time-on. Each side added a further two goals after that before Max Gawn closed out the third term with another mark and goal to cut the difference to 17 and put Melbourne in with a chance.
That chance became a slim one two minutes into the final term when Aaron Young goaled to put Port 23 points clear. The Demons had several opportunities to narrow that margin but Nathan Jones, Bernie Vince and Hogan all missed shots over the next 10 minutes. A goal to Wingard at the 13-minute mark effectively ended Melbourne's chances and Port powered away after that, adding four more goals to one to win convincingly.
Wingard (26 touches, two goals) and Dixon (five goals, five marks) were standouts for the Power, while Gawn (48 hitouts, eight marks, two goals) continued his magnificent form for the Demons.
Port are now 5-5 and remain only a game out of the top eight and will take on Collingwood (12th, 4-6) at the MCG on Sunday. Melbourne will face a very stern test at the same ground a day earlier, when they take on the might of reigning premier Hawthorn.
GOALS
Melbourne: Hogan 3; Watts, Gawn 2; Neal-Bullen, Garlett, Kent
Port Adelaide: Dixon 5; Young, Wingard, Impey 2; Hartlett, Boak, Howard, R.Gray, Byrne-Jones, Krakouer, Neade
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Melbourne: Gawn, Jones, Watts, Hogan, Wagner, McDonald
Port Adelaide: Wingard, R.Gray, Ebert, Dixon, Westhoff, Boak, Byrne-Jones
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Port Adelaide: Dixon, Westhoff, Wingard, Byrne-Jones, Ebert, Pittard, Boak, R. Gray
Melbourne: Gawn, Jones, Hogan, Vince, Watts
INJURIES
Melbourne: Nil
Port Adelaide: Broadbent (gastro) replaced in selected side by S. Gray
UMPIRES: Hay, Findlay, Mollison
TELEVISION BROADCAST: Fox Footy
COMMENTATORS: Adam Papalia, Brad Johnson, Alastair Lynch, Cameron Mooney
Melbourne | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
32 | Bugg, Tomas | 12 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23y 53d | 75 | 18 |
20 | Garland, Colin | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28y 30d | 141 | 16 |
36 | Garlett, Jeff | 6 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 26y 299d | 137 | 239 |
11 | Gawn, Max | 5 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 24y 150d | 49 | 27 |
43 | Harmes, James | 7 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 20y 236d | 18 | 14 |
1 | Hogan, Jesse | 13 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21y 106d | 30 | 70 |
29 | Hunt, Jayden | 8 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21y 55d | 7 | 0 |
39 | Jetta, Neville | 8 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 26y 106d | 82 | 21 |
2 | Jones, Nathan | 19 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 28y 129d | 211 | 100 |
35 | Kennedy, Ben | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22y 86d | 35 | 25 |
16 | Kent, Dean | 12 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 22y 94d | 41 | 35 |
28 | McDonald, Oscar | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 20y 71d | 5 | 0 |
25 | McDonald, Tom | 16 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23y 253d | 92 | 8 |
30 | Neal-Bullen, Alex | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20y 140d | 13 | 7 |
19 | Newton, Ben | 6 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23y 294d | 17 | 12 |
5 | Petracca, Christian | 6 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20y 145d | 5 | 3 |
15 | Stretch, Billy | 10 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19y 263d | 16 | 4 |
12 | Tyson, Dom | 7 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22y 355d | 59 | 33 |
23 | Vince, Bernie | 12 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 30y 239d | 181 | 109 |
7 | Viney, Jack | 8 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22y 45d | 59 | 17 |
42 | Wagner, Josh | 13 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 21y 339d | 8 | 0 |
4 | Watts, Jack | 10 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25y 63d | 125 | 103 |
Rushed | 4 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 196 | 97 | 163 | 359 | 10 | 16 | 55 | 46 | 22 | 21 | 23y 162d | 1406 | 861 |
Port Adelaide | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
15 | Amon, Karl | 10 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20y 283d | 13 | 9 |
1 | Boak, Travis | 10 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 27y 301d | 187 | 113 |
33 | Byrne-Jones, Darcy | 18 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 20y 251d | 8 | 3 |
22 | Dixon, Charlie | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 25y 248d | 75 | 120 |
7 | Ebert, Brad | 10 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 26y 56d | 179 | 94 |
9 | Gray, Robbie | 11 | 6 | 17 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 28y 59d | 143 | 194 |
46 | Gray, Sam | 11 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 24y 117d | 24 | 10 |
8 | Hartlett, Hamish | 10 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 25y 288d | 120 | 68 |
36 | Hombsch, Jack | 9 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23y 82d | 71 | 0 |
32 | Howard, Dougal | 7 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20y 64d | 3 | 2 |
24 | Impey, Jarman | 7 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20y 324d | 43 | 10 |
48 | Krakouer, Nathan | 10 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 28y 23d | 72 | 22 |
3 | Neade, Jake | 7 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21y 365d | 44 | 36 |
13 | O'Shea, Cam | 7 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24y 76d | 74 | 7 |
29 | Pittard, Jasper | 15 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25y 57d | 86 | 11 |
21 | Polec, Jared | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23y 229d | 54 | 31 |
14 | Stewart, Paul | 1 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 28y 323d | 94 | 33 |
12 | Trengove, Jackson | 7 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25y 208d | 122 | 9 |
39 | Westhoff, Justin | 11 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 29y 240d | 191 | 241 |
16 | Wines, Ollie | 5 | 4 | 17 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21y 234d | 72 | 33 |
20 | Wingard, Chad | 17 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22y 304d | 97 | 164 |
40 | Young, Aaron | 11 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23y 174d | 51 | 35 |
Rushed | 3 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 204 | 92 | 173 | 377 | 18 | 13 | 20 | 61 | 21 | 23 | 24y 179d | 1823 | 1245 |
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