AFLW Round 1, 2019
Melbourne vs Fremantle
Sunday 3 February
Venue: Casey Fields
Attendance: 1800
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Final | |
| Melbourne | 2.2 | 3.2 | 8.6 | 8.7.55 |
| Fremantle | 3.1 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 9.5.59 |
Fremantle win by 4 points
Goalkickers: Eden Zanker 2, Tegan Cunningham 1, Maddie Gay 1, Kate Hore 1, Bianca Jakobsson 1, Aleisha Newman 1, Shelley Scott 1
AFLW B&F votes
1 - Lily Mithen
Coaches votes:
9 - Karen Paxman
2 - Lauren Pearce
2 - Elise O'Dea
Milestones:
First game
Chantel Emonson
Tyla Hanks
Shae Sloane
Ashleigh Woodland
First MFC game
Maddie Gay
Last MFC game
Claudia Whitfort
First goal
Eden Zanker (4th game)
Kicking with a strong wind in the first quarter the Demons had the opening 13 points of the game, before allowing Fremantle to kick the last three goals and take a narrow lead. The Dockers pressed on with the advantage in the second and expanded the gap to 20 at the half.
Melbourne turned it on the third term, kicking 5.4 to no score to lead by 14 points at the final change. The visitors then kicked the only three goals of the final term to win by four points.
Best were Lauren Pearce, Paxy Paxman and Lily Mithen.
Links
Demonblog match review