Butts is pinged for holding the arms of Petty 30m out on a slight angle, first goal to Melbourne. (Q1 3:53)
Walker lifts the arm and does not get a high contact free on Oliver at a stoppage 25m out, he snaps wide and the home crowd hoots like Tex is Jack Ginnivan. (Q1 6:37)
Rankine snaps very high and wide to the right from a ball up in the pocket 25m out. (Q1 7:36)
Rankine roves and snaps off his left for his first goal from 20m. (Q1 14:50)
Crouch to Dawson to Laird to exit the next bounce out the front, quick pass to Walker at true CHF who rather shanks it left for a point. (Q1 16:08)
Melbourne rebounds with precision disposal around members wing, ending with a Chandler pass over Crouch to the pocket for Pickett to mark 25m out and checkside a lovely finish. (Q1 17:03)
Rankine roves a stoppage deep in the pocket but his snap from 25m curls across the face. (Q1 20:16)
Both sides running with outnumbers behind the ball, plenty of stats but not many quality looks at goal so far. (Q1 25:07)
Howes roves at half back but gets caught HTB by Soligo 45m out in the corridor. Soligo tugs it wide right and OOTF. (Q1 27:38)
Rivers kicks diagonally from half back to the centre but Hinge picks him off, quick counter ends with Fogarty marking a long Keays kick near the square for the goal. (Q1 30:08)
Billings is all on his own in the pocket for a long Petracca ball to 25m, he decides to play on inside but misses a relatively easy snap off the left. (Q2 3:50)
Gawn sets up Chandler for a snap from the boundary 25m out, he tries a drop punt off the left that rams into the near left goalpost. (Q2 4:51)
Windsor taps a loose ball to Howes who baulks and shoots from 50m on a slight angle… Keane punches it through for a point from the square. (Q2 6:36)
Sparrow leaps to smother Crouch in the back pocket, crumb falls for Petracca who snaps on the spin off the left for a fabulous goal from 25m! (Q2 9:32)
Rachele misses on the run from 30m on a slight angle. (Q2 12:20)
Rankine weaves away from a pack on the HFF and finds Laird in space 40m out near the boundary, who had sagged off Oliver following a stoppage. Laird kicks truly. (Q2 14:47)
After Rachele is very unlucky not to get a HTB free on Rivers at the hotspot, Crouch snaps wide from the resultant ball up. (Q2 18:10)
Petty blazes OOTF after marking 40m out near the boundary. (Q2 19:31)
Chandler marks in front of Soligo 45m out on the boundary after the Demons work it around the arc, his set shot is a pearler of a drop punt, find that on Google! (Q2 22:53)
Soligo gets dropped twice after disposal following the next bounce, second time by Chandler giving Keays a downfield free 50m out, he hits the square… Burgess soccers it wide. (Q2 24:47)
Michalanney prevents Fritsch marking a van Rooyen pass to the hotspot but fumbles the crumb to allow Pickett to pounce and bounce through his second goal. (Q2 26:48)
Billings roves a pack near the hotspot but wobbles a snap well wide right off his right boot. (Q2 27:51)
Keane is pinged for dissent for gobbing off at the umpire after a van Rooyen mark at the hotspot, another red time goal for Melbourne. (Q2 29:48)
Fritsch was well beaten in the first half but he’s over the back to mark unopposed 30m out after Oliver intercepts a Hinge rebound kick up the guts. Fritta kicks truly. (Q3 2:37)
Petracca hits the lead of Brown in front of Butts 45m out in front, Sideshow kicks ugly and wide right for a rushed behind. (Q3 4:31)
Walker marks a Keays pass over Oliver 30m out in front, with the help of a McHenry block on May well off the drop. Tex pops through the goal with consummate professionalism. (Q3 6:46)
Keane is pinged for an early hold on Petty after intercepting 40m out on a slight angle, crowd boos but Keane keeps his mouth shut this time, Petty misses. (Q3 8:51)
Fritsch marks an Oliver pass just outside CHF, immediately turns and shoots to an empty square… skids through for his second of the quarter. (Q3 10:50)
Parnell is punished for tapping the ball out of the hands of Fritsch after a mark on outer wing, Fritsch is brought to 45m on a slight angle for his third goal of Q3! (Q3 14:06)
Petracca releases VIney to scoot to CHF after the next bounce and shoot… Michalanney touches it into the post. (Q3 16:03)
Dawson switches on a rebound from members wing to corridor to open things up, Walker marks a long Smith ball over May at the hotspot and gives a Joe the Goose special to Keays. (Q3 18:06)
Howes is rather lucky to get a holding free on Nankervis 40m out on the flank after fumbling a loose footy. His kick is to the opposite pocket, van Rooyen marks and goals! (Q3 21:51)
Fogarty marks on the lead over Oliver near the point of 50m and boundary. His set shot is a trademark howitzer, quality from Fogarty! (Q3 23:53)
Sparrow roves a van Rooyen contest at half forward, spins out of a tackle and passes to Gawn 30m out in the pocket, who misses. (Q3 25:22)
Crouch gives behind a pack at the hotspot to Dawson for a left-foot snap across the body that curls too far. (Q3 26:58)
Billings catches Worrell HTB 25m out in the pocket but hits the post. (Q3 29:12)
Rankine breaks a tackle on outer wing and passes to Walker 45m out on a slight angle, who misses to the near side left. (Q4 1:52)
Rankine strips Neal-Bullen of the footy in the centre, butters up and runs to 55m to launch to an empty square… but May gets back in time to rush it. (Q4 2:59)
Fritsch passes to the lead of Petty 35m out on the flank, Pickett bumps Keane very late but no reversal, Petty misses anyway. (Q4 3:58)
Neal-Bullen blazes wide from a stoppage near CHF. (Q4 5:58)
Adelaide break a run of dumb long bombs to packs inside 50 with Hinge receiving from Crouch to go to Dawson one out in the square, he beats Rivers to mark and goal. (Q4 13:42)
The Crows surge forward after the next bounce but Cook’s awkward snap flies wide left from 5om on a slight angle. (Q4 14:25)
Lever hops in seething anger after he gives away a holding free to Rachele in the pocket 20m out, it was there. Rachele goals, Crows back in touch! (Q4 16:59)
Rachele ruins a nice pass by Rankine set up for Walker, butters up but his kick off balance to the square from 30m to the square is rushed by Howes. Big wasted opportunity. (Q4 18:56)
Rachele marks 55m out on a slight angle, plays on and blazes wide over the head of Walker with two on him on the behind line. (Q4 19:57)
Oliver roves a pack near the hotspot but snaps wide off the left. (Q4 21:28)
Neal-Bullen roves Gawn in the pocket 20m out and tries a checkside off a step… narrow. (Q4 22:44)
4:10 to go and still three kicks in it, would have to be a post-Easter miracle from here for the Crom, who haven’t deserved it to be honest. (Q4 22:57)
Adelaide rebounds up the corridor as they have to, Rankine bounces a snap wide from 40m in front, rushed by Lever in the end. (Q4 23:59)
Keane intercepts the rebound kick over van Rooyen but kicks OOTF trying to hit Rankine. Clock under 3:00 now, Crows out of chances. (Q4 24:25)
Pickett roves and misses from 30m on the flank. Sting out of it now. (Q4 26:43)
