Melbourne has won back to back AFL Women’s exhibition games, defeating Western Bulldogs by 46 points today at Etihad Stadium.
The match featured 27 players from the VWFL, with a number of those key to the Demons’ victory.
Melbourne University’s Ellie Blackburn was a key play maker for the winners, amassing 27 disposals (20 kicks, 7 handballs, 6 inside 50s) to be among the best for Melbourne.
She was pipped for best on ground honours by a dominant display up forward by West Australian Chelsea Randall, who for the second year running was difficult to contain up forward for the Demons, with 23 disposals, 14 marks and two goals four.
Melbourne captain, Darebin Falcon Daisy Pearce was also a key player in the middle for Melbourne with 23 disposals, making first use of the delivery from ruck Lou Wotton (Eastern Devils).
Wotton enjoyed an entertaining battle with Western Bulldogs’ best on ground Asta O’Connor (Darebin Falcons) throughout the game. While the two rucks finished close to even in the hitouts department (36 – 32 in favour of O’Connor), it was the Bulldogs work around the ground that gave her the points in the middle, with O’Connor leading the disposal count for her side with 24 (19 kicks, 5 handballs) and 11 marks.
In a physical first term, three unanswered goals to finish the first quarter by Melbourne gave them an 18-point lead at the first break. The highlight of the opening quarter was a soccer goal off the heel of Randall to end the first term.
Randall quickly had her second early in the second term, but Western Bulldogs answered through Elise O’Dea (Darebin Falcons), who made the most of quick hands from Moana Hope (St Kilda) to close the margin back to 19 points. Hope made the most of her limited opportunities up forward, finishing the term with a great snap, but it only put a slight dent in the damage two Tayla Harris goals for Melbourne caused midway through the quarter to see the Demons enter the second half with a 29 point lead.
Hope kicked her third from another great snap to record the only major of the third term, and it gave the Bulldogs hope entering the final stanza 26 points down. However a scoreless final term showed the dominance of the Melbourne defence, with the likes of Meg Hutchins and Kaitlyn Ashmore working hard to ensure the Bulldogs opportunities was limited.
Kirby Bentley kicked two final term goals, but the highlight went to Harris with a big mark and goal midway through the quarter. The goal was the Queenslanders third goal, and helped the Demons - featuring 10 VWFL players - run out 46-point winners.
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MELBOURNE 4.2 7.7 7.10 10.12 (72)
WESTERN BULLDOGS 1.2 3.2 4.2 4.2 (26)
GOALS
Melbourne: Harris 3, Randall 2, Bentley 2, Gibson 2, Dunn
Western Bulldogs: Hope 3 (St Kilda), O'Dea 1 (Darebin Falcons)
BEST
Melbourne: Randall, Blackburn (Melbourne Uni), Forth, Pearce (Darebin Falcons), Bowers, Harris
Western Bulldogs: O'Connor (Darebin Falcons), Kearney (Melb Uni), Brennan (Darebin Falcons), Hope (St Kilda), Paxman (Darebin Falcons), Spark (Melb Uni)
Official crowd: 5500
Western Bulldogs Stats
# |
Name |
K |
H |
Di |
M |
Tk |
FF |
FA |
Ho |
Cl |
I50 |
R50 |
G |
B |
1 |
S.Simpson |
2 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
E.O'Dea |
7 |
2 |
9 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
A.O'Connor |
19 |
5 |
24 |
11 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
36 |
5 |
3 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
K.Paxman |
10 |
3 |
13 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
E.Kearney |
9 |
5 |
14 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
M.Keryk |
3 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
B.Whyte |
4 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
R.Privitelli |
4 |
3 |
7 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
M.Caulfield |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
L.Spark |
5 |
2 |
7 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
L.Stephenson |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
L.Arnell |
6 |
5 |
11 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
E.Bates |
6 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
D.Hooker |
3 |
4 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
K.Brennan |
8 |
5 |
13 |
3 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
17 |
S.Chiocci |
3 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
M.Hope |
4 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
21 |
C.Edwards |
2 |
3 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
22 |
N.Wood |
4 |
3 |
7 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
23 |
L.Morecroft |
3 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
25 |
D.Vescio |
3 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
26 |
K.Phillips |
6 |
2 |
8 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
32 |
S.Walding |
7 |
5 |
12 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
45 |
R.Lugg |
1 |
6 |
7 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
- |
Team/Rushed |
3 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
- |
Bulldogs |
125 |
63 |
188 |
41 |
51 |
12 |
14 |
44 |
28 |
23 |
36 |
4 |
2 |
- |
Melbourne |
176 |
122 |
298 |
68 |
56 |
14 |
12 |
42 |
35 |
48 |
19 |
10 |
12 |
|
Melbourne FC Stats
# |
Name |
K |
H |
Di |
M |
Tk |
FF |
FA |
Ho |
Cl |
I50 |
R50 |
G |
B |
9 |
E.Blackburn |
20 |
7 |
27 |
3 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
26 |
C.Randall |
20 |
3 |
23 |
14 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
2 |
K.Bowers |
11 |
12 |
23 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
31 |
D.Pearce |
15 |
8 |
23 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
27 |
R.Forth |
12 |
8 |
20 |
7 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
23 |
K.Bentley |
9 |
8 |
17 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
E.Zielke |
13 |
2 |
15 |
4 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
E.Swanson |
7 |
8 |
15 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
T.Harris |
7 |
6 |
13 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
18 |
A.Eva |
10 |
2 |
12 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
M.Hickey |
5 |
7 |
12 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
25 |
M.Hutchins |
5 |
6 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
33 |
B.White |
6 |
5 |
11 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
22 |
K.Gibson |
7 |
4 |
11 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
14 |
K.Donnellan |
3 |
7 |
10 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
37 |
P.McWilliamsA |
4 |
4 |
8 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
19 |
H.Miller |
5 |
2 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
C.Gum |
3 |
4 |
7 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
N.Dunn |
5 |
2 |
7 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
11 |
L.Wotton |
2 |
5 |
7 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
32 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
L.Kaslar |
2 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
K.Ashmore |
3 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
L.Stammers |
0 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
30 |
D.Haines |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
28 |
C.Cramey |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
Team/Rushed |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
- |
Melbourne |
176 |
122 |
298 |
68 |
56 |
14 |
12 |
42 |
35 |
48 |
19 |
10 |
12 |
- |
Bulldogs |
125 |
63 |
188 |
41 |
51 |
12 |
14 |
44 |
28 |
23 |
36 |
4 |
2 |
|
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