Lewis Melican (born 4 November 1996) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by Sydney with their third selection and fifty-second overall in the 2015 rookie draft.[1] He made his debut in the forty-two point loss against Greater Western Sydney at the Sydney Cricket Ground in round five of the 2017 season.[2]
Melican received the AFL Rising Star nomination for round 18 after restricting St Kilda key forward Nick Riewoldt to ten disposals and one goal in the Swans' forty-two point win at the Sydney Cricket Ground.[3] After not playing at all in the 2022 season, Melican returned to the swans senior side in round 13 2023. He has started consistently in the 2024 season.
Statistics
Updated to the end of the 2022 season.[4]
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| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
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| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | ||||
| 2015 | Sydney | 43 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016 | Sydney | 43 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017 | Sydney | 43 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 112 | 91 | 203 | 62 | 31 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 6.6 | 5.4 | 11.9 | 3.6 | 1.8 |
| 2018 | Sydney | 43 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 14 | 40 | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.7 | 4.7 | 13.3 | 3.0 | 1.7 |
| 2019 | Sydney | 43 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 66 | 175 | 56 | 36 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 3.9 | 10.3 | 3.3 | 2.1 |
| 2020[a] | Sydney | 43 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 37 | 89 | 21 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 4.1 | 9.9 | 2.3 | 1.6 |
| 2021 | Sydney | 43 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 23 | 76 | 30 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.8 | 3.8 | 12.7 | 5.0 | 0.8 |
| 2022 | Sydney | 43 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2023 | Sydney | 43 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 33 | 80 | 19 | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.9 | 4.1 | 10 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| 2024 | Sydney | 43 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 22 | 72 | 27 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 2.8 | 9 | 3.4 | 1.8 |
| Career | 68 | 1 | 1 | 449 | 286 | 735 | 224 | 124 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.6 | 4.2 | 10.8 | 3.3 | 1.8 | ||
- ^ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Honours and achievements
Individual
References
- ^ Paolucci, Tanya (3 December 2014). "Swans finalise 2015 list at Rookie Draft". SydneySwans.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ^ "Melican makes it six". SydneySwans.com.au. Bigpond. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ^ McGowan, Marc (24 July 2017). "Swan's shutdown job rewarded with Rising Star". AFL.com.au. Telstra. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ^ "Lewis Melican". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
External links
- Lewis Melican's profile on the official website of the Sydney Swans
- Lewis Melican's playing statistics from AFL Tables
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