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Melbourne vs Adelaide @ MCG Round 10




2 Teams nearing the bottom of the ladder took battle at the MCG in the round 9 between Adelaide and Melbourne.
It was the Crows in the 1st 30 seconds of the match, kicking the 1st goal of the game, thanks to midfielder, Robert Shirley. A coupe of minutes later, defender Nathan Bassett had a run down the ground, and slooted home a goal from the 50 arch.
The Demons hit back, with 4 un answered goals, to lead by 8 points at Quarter time.
The Crows opened the 2nd quarter with 3 goals early. Just a minute into the play, Nathan Bock went forward and kicked a goal, and with Hentschel and Edwards kicking the other 2 goals for the Crows, they got out to a lead. 6 goals to finish out the quarter by the Demons, was a brilliant effort. The Demons led by 3 goals at Half time. It has beeen a goal for goal game at the moment, one team kicks consectuive goals and gets out to a handy lead, but then the other team fight back and get the lead back. But from Half time, it was all the Demons. 9 goals to 6 2nd half, saw Melbourne run out 42 point winners infront of a small crowd of 28 thousand at the MCG.

Aaron Davey was the leading goal kicker on the ground kicking 5. Brad Miller with 4 and Brad Green kicked 3 were the major goal kickers for the Demons. For the Crows, Johncock managed 3 majors, while leading goal kicker, Trent Hentschel only managed 2 for the game. Bock and Bassett 2 defenders getting amonst the goals for the Crows.
The next generation of midfielders, Chris Knights and Nathan VanBerlo were good for the Crows. Knights having 32 possesions, equal leader for the Crows, while VanBerlo played across half back and had 25 possesions and took 10 marks.
Adelaide will be starring down at the wooden spoon if they keep loosing games like this...




Melbourne: 4.3 ~ 9.8 ~ 13.11 ~ 18.13 (121)
Adelaide: 3.0 ~ 6.4 ~ 8.5 ~ 12.7 (79)


Goals: Johncock 3, Hentschel 2, Bock, Bassett, Edwards, Thompson, Shirley, Stevens, Bode

Best: Knights, Johncock, Bode, VanBerlo, McGregor, Stevens

Disposals: Knights 32, Bode 32, Johncock 28, Reilly 26


Injuries: Ben Rutten ~ Right Knee Cartlidge - Season

Reports: Simon Goodwin striking Brad Miller (2 weeks) ~ Brent Reilly striking Brent Moloney (3 weeks)


Malcolm Blight Medal

8. Chris Knights ~(32 possesions, 13 marks)
7. Matthew Bode ~(32 possesions)
6. Graham Johncock ~(28 possesions, 3 goals)
5. Scott Stevens~ (23 possesions)
4. Nathan VanBerlo~ (25 possesions, 10 marks)
3. Ken McGregor ~(12 marks)
2. Brent Reilly~ (26 possesions)
1. Scott Thompson ~(6 inside 50's)