MELTON South was a one-point winner against Melton after a controversial post-game decision by a goal umpire changed the result of the Ballarat Football League match.
A set shot in the dying seconds by Panther Rex Hickman was initially signalled a behind by the goal umpire, but it was overturned and a goal paid after the siren.
When the final siren went at Melton Recreation Reserve it was the Bloods in front.
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Hickman had marked about 30 metres out and kicked for goal in the dying seconds. The umpire paid a behind to make the scores Melton South 15.9 (99) to Melton 14.19 (103).
The siren sounded as the ball was being retrieved for the Melton kick-in, and Bloods players were celebrating.
But Melton South players protested to the field umpire. He briefly consulted the goal umpire, who then paid a goal, changing the final score to 16.8 (104) to 14.19 (103) in the Panthers’ favour.
Operations manager Aaron Nunn said the league was concerned with the process used by the umpires to reach the final decision.
‘‘We’re confident that the correct result has followed [the decision] and we’re satisfied that the right result occurred,’’ Nunn said.
‘‘We have taken [the concerns] up with the umpires department.
‘‘We have a process with umpires co-ordinator Michael Hynes and he’ll be conducting an internal investigation into the matter.’’
Nunn said the league had spoken to Melton and there would be no protest lodged by the club. ‘‘They’re satisfied the right result was reached, but they, too, have concerns with the process.’’
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THE controversial finish to Melton South’s one-point win against Melton took the focus off what was a vital win for the Panthers in the lead-up to Ballarat Football League finals.
Panthers coach Shane Geddes described the win as hollow, as his side was nearly upset by the two-win, 10th-placed Bloods.
Melton South led by four goals in the third quarter and 16 points in the third only to be reeled in both times by Melton.
The win guaranteed finals for fifth-placed Melton South, who play North Ballarat City and then have the bye in the final two weeks of home and away.
The Bloods kicked inaccurately, too, scoring 4.6 to Melton South’s 5.3 in the final term.
‘‘The guys sang the song, then got read a few home truths,’’ Geddes said.
‘‘Our stats said Melton won the clearances, and one thing that I was really critical of our guys was tackles and missed tackles. It was a poor effort on our behalf.’’
Mathew Sutton kicked six goals for Melton South, while Matt Sullivan was the Panthers’ best and kicked four goals.
‘‘We knew Melton would come out and treat it like their mini-grand final, but we knew potentially if we lost it could cost us a finals place,’’ Geddes said.
‘‘It should mean just as much to us as it did to them.’’
Melton coach Mark Raak said his players felt robbed at the end to the match, but had also wasted opportunities after having nine more scoring shots.
‘‘I can think of four (set shots) that were 20m out that we should have nailed,’’ he said.
‘‘We played one man short (Billy Dixon sent off) for 15minutes in the first quarter but there was still only 10 or 11 points in it. We seemed to have a bit more run and carry.
‘‘It felt like the game was ours, but our senior footballers realise it shouldn’t have come down to the last play of the day.’’
Melton’s leading goalkickers were Ash Webber with five and Andrew Heyde with four, while other better players were Saul Grenfell, Andrew Hunter, Allan Hill and Andrew Bartlett.
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MELTON South won bragging rights as Ballarat Netball League’s best-of-the-rest after a six-goal win against Agrade rival Melton at the weekend.
The Panthers can’t make the finals this season but jumped Melton to claim seventh on the ladder with the 44-38 win.
Ballarat sits sixth with 38 points with only two rounds remaining, 10 ahead of Melton South and Melton.
Lisa Summers shot 24 goals for Melton South in the victory, while Kate Williams shot 22 for Melton.
Bacchus Marsh moved into prime position to challenge Redan for third place on the ladder as it showed little mercy to North Ballarat City, winning 70-6.
In other results, East Point 48 defeated Redan 31, Lake Wendouree 64 beat Ballarat 31, and Sebastopol 32 defeated Sunbury 31.
Finals-bound Darley had the bye to move to 46 points, in fifth behind Bacchus Marsh and Redan on percentage.
The ladder after 16 rounds is: East Point 62, Lake Wendouree 58, Redan 46 (177%), Bacchus Marsh 46 (153%), Darley 46 (138%), Ballarat 38, Melton South 28 (69%), Melton 28 (55%), Sebastopol 20, North Ballarat City 16, Sunbury 4
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2011 MECU Seniors
NORTH BALLARAT CITY v. BACCHUS MARSH
Round 16 - 06/08/2011
North Ballarat City 4.5, 8.7, 11.11, 15.17 (107)
Bacchus Marsh 3.0, 4.0, 4.1, 5.2 (32)
GOALS, North Ballarat City :
Ryan Hobbs 4, Aaron Clark 3, Tyler George 2, Brendan Howard 2, Clinton Benjamin 1, Daniel Jones 1,
Michael Williams 1, Keenan George 1
Bacchus Marsh :
Mark Hanson 2, Matt Denham 1, Benjamin Jenkins 1, Danny Abbott 1
BEST, North Ballarat City :
Josh McDermott, Matthew Doyle, Shaun Lyle, Jake Hicks, Brendan Howard
Bacchus Marsh :
Tyson Shea, Ashley Sweet, Ashley Whittle, Benjamin Jenkins, Rhys Mc Nay, Matt Denham
SUNBURY v. SEBASTOPOL
Round 16 - 06/08/2011
Sunbury 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 30.25 (205)
Sebastopol 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 2.2 (14)
GOALS, Sunbury :
Sebastopol :
BEST, Sunbury :
Sebastopol :
EAST POINT v. REDAN
Round 16 - 06/08/2011
Redan 2.8, 5.11, 12.14, 17.17 (119)
East Point 1.2, 3.4, 5.9, 5.12 (42)
GOALS, Redan :
Dean Chester 7, Mitchell Phelps 2, Leigh Ryall 1, Nick Bye 1, Damien Horbury 1, Jake Bridges 1,
Stuart Taylor 1, Callum Currie 1, Thomas Gleeson 1, Matthew Hyden 1
East Point :
Bradley Whittaker 2, Sam Kitchin 1, Daniel Tung 1, Luke Faull 1
BEST, Redan :
Nick Bye, Matthew Hyden, Dean Chester, Jarrod Edwards, Ryan Waight, Nathan Horbury
East Point :
Sam Cooper, Bradley Whittaker, Sam Kitchin, Matthew Bilton, Martin Anderson, Jason Delaney
LAKE WENDOUREE v. BALLARAT
Round 16 - 06/08/2011
Lake Wendouree 3.2, 6.6, 9.11, 13.19 (97)
Ballarat 4.4, 7.9, 11.11, 11.11 (77)
GOALS, Lake Wendouree :
Luke Murnane 3, Nathan Pring 3, Peter Davenport 3, Ben Taylor 1, Mathew Battistello 1, Billy Anderson 1, Nickolas Aringo 1
Ballarat :
Nicholas Garner 2, Adam Sewell 2, Zane Thompson 2, Mark Nunn 1, Ashley Baker 1, Luke Brennan 1,
Daniel Thompson 1, Jarryd Hill 1
BEST, Lake Wendouree :
Luke Murnane, Tim Malone, Matthew Tuminello, Joshua Beardsell, Andrew Tyler, Ben Taylor
Ballarat :
Thomas Stapleton, Daniel Thompson, Luke Brennan, Christopher Prockter, Mark Cunningham, Jason Payne
MELTON SOUTH v. MELTON
Round 16 - 06/08/2011
Melton South 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 16.8 (104)
Melton 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 14.19 (103)
GOALS, Melton South :
Melton :
BEST, Melton South :
Melton :
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EAST POINT v. REDAN
Round 16 - 06/08/2011
Redan 4.4, 4.6, 4.9, 7.10 (52)
East Point 3.4, 4.6, 5.10, 6.12 (48)
GOALS, Redan :
Austin Murphy 3, Justin Rumble 1, Thomas Inverarity 1, Matthew James 1, Matthew Caris 1
East Point :
Scott Neilly 2, John Robinson 2, Devon Lock 1, Nick O'Keefe 1
BEST, Redan :
Julian Field, Matthew James, Thomas Inverarity, Sam Giblett, Chris Matthews, Kane Quinlan
East Point :
Simon Mitchelhill, Andrew Stevenson, Sam Van Meel, Drew Murphy, Nick O'Keefe
LAKE WENDOUREE v. BALLARAT
Round 16 - 06/08/2011
Lake Wendouree 2.1, 6.5, 7.7, 12.10 (82)
Ballarat 3.1, 6.3, 11.4, 12.6 (78)
GOALS, Lake Wendouree :
Dean Henderson 3, Sam Clifton 2, Jesse Mc Lean 2, Joel Montgomery 2, Angus Brown 1, Sam Garland 1,
Nick Netherway 1
Ballarat :
Aaron Braeckmans 4, Rhys Otto 3, Bradley Martland 1, David O'Neill 1, James Quayle 1, Garrett Liston 1,
Jeremy Murphy 1
BEST, Lake Wendouree :
James Hughes, Jesse Mc Lean, Michael Emerson-Jones, Sam Garland, Dean Henderson, Michael Page
Ballarat :
Shane Pongho, Joshua Boon, Travis Hoyle, Garrett Liston, Jeremy Murphy, David Upton
MELTON SOUTH v. MELTON
Round 16 - 06/08/2011
Melton South 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 12.8 (80)
Melton 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 12.6 (78)
GOALS, Melton South :
Melton :
BEST, Melton South :
Melton :
NORTH BALLARAT CITY v. BACCHUS MARSH
Round 16 - 06/08/2011
North Ballarat City 4.6, 9.10, 11.12, 13.15 (93)
Bacchus Marsh 2.2, 3.3, 3.4, 5.8 (38)
GOALS, North Ballarat City :
Michael McGlashan 3, Zachary Turner 3, Michael Todd 2, Daniel Ross-Smith 1, Christopher Metcalfe 1, Alexander Petrie 1,
Jamie Lowe 1, Julian Hero 1
Bacchus Marsh :
Jayme Law 3, Dennis O'Loughlin 1, Matthew Azzopardi 1
BEST, North Ballarat City :
Jarrod Sing, Jackson Thomas, Jamie Lowe, Jack Connor, Alexander Petrie, Cameron Marchbank
Bacchus Marsh :
Matthew Wheelahan, Aaron Borg, Christopher Suban, David Trotman, Ethan Tibbles, Shaun Taylor
SUNBURY v. SEBASTOPOL
Round 16 - 06/08/2011
Sunbury 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 21.20 (146)
Sebastopol 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 2.7 (19)
GOALS, Sunbury :
Sebastopol :
BEST, Sunbury :
Sebastopol :
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2011 Ballarat Toyota U/18.5's
EAST POINT v. REDAN
Round 16 - 06/08/2011
Redan 2.3, 4.4, 7.5, 10.6 (66)
East Point 0.3, 0.7, 2.9, 6.10 (46)
GOALS, Redan :
Ashley Ballinger 4, Nathan Edwards 1, Matthew Cullinan 1, Blair Whelan 1, Dane McLennan 1, Hayden SINGE 1,
Hayden DALITZ 1
East Point :
Jarryd Walters 4, Dominic Barry 1, Nathan Hickey 1
BEST, Redan :
Matthew Colbert, Ashley Ballinger, Blair Whelan, Darcy Cameron, Jacob Short, Dane McLennan
East Point :
Samuel Morrissey, Benjamin Quinlan, James Lewis, Dominic Barry, Jarryd Walters, Broden Williamson
LAKE WENDOUREE v. BALLARAT
Round 16 - 06/08/2011
Ballarat 3.3, 5.10, 11.13, 15.17 (107)
Lake Wendouree 4.2, 8.5, 11.7, 13.10 (88)
GOALS, Ballarat :
Ben Clay 4, Ashley Constable 4, James Lukich 3, Nicholas O'Farrell 2, James Blackburn 1, James McMaster 1
Lake Wendouree :
Andrew Clifton 2, Tanner Robertson 2, Mitchell Etherton 2, Frederick Stephan 2, Lincoln BARNES 1, Norton Darrigan 1,
Reece Isbister 1, James Nichols 1, Thomas Hunt 1
BEST, Ballarat :
James Lukich, William Corbett, Ben Clay, Thomas Watson, Alexander Stepnell, Ashley Constable
Lake Wendouree :
Lincoln BARNES, Isaac Kirby, Jarrod Fryar, Mitchell Etherton, Matthew Beaumont, Thomas Hunt
MELTON SOUTH v. MELTON
Round 16 - 06/08/2011
Melton South 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 10.7 (67)
Melton 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 10.7 (67)
GOALS, Melton South :
Melton :
BEST, Melton South :
Melton :
NORTH BALLARAT CITY v. BACCHUS MARSH
Round 16 - 06/08/2011
North Ballarat City 4.0, 7.2, 11.5, 13.6 (84)
Bacchus Marsh 3.0, 5.0, 5.3, 5.5 (35)
GOALS, North Ballarat City :
Patrick Doyle 3, Joshua Bromley-Lynch 2, Zachary Hopper 2, Mick NOLAN 1, Zachary Kennedy 1, Jayden Orr 1,
Rupert Sangster 1, William Peart 1, Luke Kemp 1
Bacchus Marsh :
Abraham Kur 3, Alex Sweet 1, Scott Howson 1
BEST, North Ballarat City :
Sam Bromley-Lynch, Zachary Hopper, Kane Gleeson, Patrick Doyle, Thomas Mc Gregor, Rupert Sangster
Bacchus Marsh :
Tristan Simons, Trent Angwin, Mitchell Suban, Abraham Kur, Nicholas Mazzeni, Dale Peacock
SUNBURY v. SEBASTOPOL
Round 16 - 06/08/2011
Sunbury 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 14.9 (93)
Sebastopol 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 9.4 (58)
GOALS, Sunbury :
Sebastopol :
BEST, Sunbury :
Sebastopol :
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