MELBOURNE’S 11th loss in a row to the Hawks, its winning clearance count and Neville Jetta’s game-best tackles were among the stats to emerge from round 20’s ‘By the numbers’ …
- Melbourne has now lost its past 11 matches against Hawthorn. Its most recent victory came against the Hawks in round eight, 2006. Lynden Dunn and Mark Jamar are the only remaining 2014-listed Demons to have played in that match.
- Melbourne went down to Hawthorn by 50 points – the same average losing margin from their past 11 games. The Demons have also lost their past four matches to the Hawks by 50 points or more.
- The Demons have now lost their past seven matches, after winning four of their opening 12 games for the season
- Hawthorn had 30 scoring shots to Melbourne’s 20. The Hawks booted 17.13 to 9.11.
- The Demons trailed at half-time by 39 points, after losing the second quarter by 24 points. But Melbourne only lost the second half by 11 points, including the final term by two points.
- Melbourne won more clearances than Hawthorn: 44 to 41.
- The Demons also had more tackles than the Hawks with 71 to 56. Defender Neville Jetta was the only player to gain double-figure tackles for the match with 10.
- Dom Tyson won 30 disposals – the only Demon to achieve this against the Hawks. Jordan Lewis and Sam Mitchell claimed 34 and 30 touches respectively against the Demons.
- Nathan Jones had 13 contested possessions – a team best. Lewis had a game-high 14.
- Max Gawn had five scoring shots and one scoring assist upon his return to the side. But he kicked 2.3.
