West Coast Eagles v Melbourne – Round 4 2023 Stats, Scores & Goal Kickers

2023 AFLRound 4Sun, 9 Apr, 5:20 pm AEST

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63126

9.919.12

Melbourne by 63

Away

Scores at each change
Club	QT	HT	3QT	FT
WCE	2.2 14	4.4 28	6.8 44	9.9 63
MEL	5.1 31	8.4 52	14.9 93	19.12 126

Optus Stadium, PerthMostly sunny, 18°Lead changes 0

Recap

Melbourne 19.12 (126) beat West Coast 9.9 (63) at Optus Stadium in Round 4, a 63-point win.

Melbourne led at every change.

Tom McDonald kicked four goals for Melbourne and Bayley Fritsch three; Oscar Allen kicked three for West Coast.

Brodie Grundy led the way with 22 disposals, 7 clearances and 33 hitouts.

A run of four straight goals across the first and second quarters broke the deadlock to lead by 25.

Melbourne won the inside-50 count 58–38 and won the contested ball 153–132.

Best on ground

More from Round 4

West Coast Eagles9.963

Melbourne19.12126

Bold marks each side's best in a column; tap a heading to sort. RTG is the FanCrew rating, AF is AFL Fantasy points.

1:16GoalB. FritschMEL0.0 (0) – 1.0 (6)
5:49BehindE. LangdonMEL0.0 (0) – 1.1 (7)
7:49RushedWest CoastWCE0.1 (1) – 1.1 (7)
11:14GoalT. McDonaldMEL0.1 (1) – 2.1 (13)
13:52GoalN. LongWCE1.1 (7) – 2.1 (13)
17:10GoalO. AllenWCELevel2.1 (13) – 2.1 (13)
19:36GoalT. McDonaldMEL2.1 (13) – 3.1 (19)
27:44BehindJ. WatermanWCE2.2 (14) – 3.1 (19)
28:52GoalC. SpargoMEL2.2 (14) – 4.1 (25)
32:26GoalB. FritschMEL2.2 (14) – 5.1 (31)

6:02GoalB. FritschMEL2.2 (14) – 6.1 (37)
9:06BehindG. ClarkWCE2.3 (15) – 6.1 (37)
10:28BehindK. PickettMEL2.3 (15) – 6.2 (38)
12:42BehindJ. van RooyenMEL2.3 (15) – 6.3 (39)
18:46BehindK. PickettMEL2.3 (15) – 6.4 (40)
20:22GoalT. KellyWCE3.3 (21) – 6.4 (40)
25:39GoalA. Neal-BullenMEL3.3 (21) – 7.4 (46)
28:39GoalC. WestWCE4.3 (27) – 7.4 (46)
30:31GoalC. SpargoMEL4.3 (27) – 8.4 (52)
31:48RushedWest CoastWCE4.4 (28) – 8.4 (52)

2:20BehindC. WestWCE4.5 (29) – 8.4 (52)
4:12BehindO. AllenWCE4.6 (30) – 8.4 (52)
5:26BehindJ. DarlingWCE4.7 (31) – 8.4 (52)
6:33BehindK. PickettMEL4.7 (31) – 8.5 (53)
9:06RushedMelbourneMEL4.7 (31) – 8.6 (54)
9:36GoalC. PetraccaMEL4.7 (31) – 9.6 (60)
12:24GoalJ. VineyMEL4.7 (31) – 10.6 (66)
15:45GoalO. AllenWCE5.7 (37) – 10.6 (66)
18:44GoalT. McDonaldMEL5.7 (37) – 11.6 (72)
20:06GoalK. ChandlerMEL5.7 (37) – 12.6 (78)
21:41GoalT. McDonaldMEL5.7 (37) – 13.6 (84)
22:57BehindK. PickettMEL5.7 (37) – 13.7 (85)
23:54BehindK. PickettMEL5.7 (37) – 13.8 (86)
24:41BehindJ. HuntWCE5.8 (38) – 13.8 (86)
27:33GoalJ. van RooyenMEL5.8 (38) – 14.8 (92)
30:21BehindC. SpargoMEL5.8 (38) – 14.9 (93)
33:55GoalO. AllenWCE6.8 (44) – 14.9 (93)