Match

Carlton vs Melbourne

Commentary / 23 Aug 2015

Pre Game

00:00
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Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:03
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Andrew Walker)
02:58
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Andrew Walker)
04:45
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Jack Grimes)
07:27
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Matthew Watson)
10:12
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Matthew Kreuzer)
12:37
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Jack Watts)
16:47
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Andrew Walker)
22:07
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Jesse Hogan)
23:57
Blues Interchange - Troy Menzel off due to an injury.
24:21
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Patrick Cripps)
26:57
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Andrejs Everitt)
28:00
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Matthew Watson)
28:17
The siren has sounded to end Q1.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
08:23
Demons Interchange - Colin Garland off due to an injury.
08:54
Demons Interchange - Heritier Lumumba off due to an injury.
11:37
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Andrejs Everitt)
14:28
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Matthew Kreuzer)
22:06
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Andrew Walker)
23:20
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Benjamin Newton)
26:10
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Matthew Kreuzer)
27:45
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Chris Dawes)
29:08
The siren has sounded to end Q2.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
02:45
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Andrew Walker)
06:03
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Jesse Hogan)
11:53
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Sam Docherty)
12:47
Blues Interchange - Marc Murphy and is possibly out for the game.
13:24
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Nathan Jones)
15:20
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Chris Dawes)
16:36
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Rushed)
18:18
BEHIND - Demons (Rushed)
20:37
GOAL - Demons (Jack Watts)
22:06
GOAL - Demons (Ben Newton)
25:56
GOAL - Demons (Jeff Garlett)
27:04
BEHIND - Demons (Rushed)
29:19
BEHIND - Demons (Christian Salem)
29:31
This game is well and truly alive! Melbourne kicked 4.6 (30) to 1.1 (7) that quarter, and the margin is just 24 points at the last change. Melbourne dominated play, but were a little wasteful early in the quarter, and could be even closer!
29:39
The siren has sounded to end Q3.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:55
GOAL - Demons (Max Gawn)
01:19
Game on! Melbourne get the first goal in the first minute of the last quarter. Melbourne have now kicked the last 10 scores, and the last five goals. What can Carlton do to stop this run?
02:44
BEHIND - Demons (Jeff Garlett)
06:26
Carlton need to be more disciplined in the contest. Since half time, they have given away 11 free kicks and earned just three.
09:07
BEHIND - Blues (Mark Whiley)
13:17
GOAL - Blues (Patrick Cripps)
13:55
Carlton have ended a run of five goals from the Demons. The margin is now an even four goals.
15:59
Carlton Interchange - Matthew Kreuzer off due to an injury.
16:50
Carlton are looking more settled here. They have had 26 effective kicks to Melbourne's 10 in the last 10 minutes, and have had 66 per cent of possession during that period.
18:55
BEHIND - Blues (Matthew Dick)
21:38
BEHIND - Blues (Andrejs Everitt)
22:34
BEHIND - Demons (Max Gawn)
25:15
BEHIND - Demons (Jack Grimes)
25:58
BEHIND - Demons (Jeremy Howe)
26:42
The siren has sounded to end Q4.