| Lewis Melican | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Lewis Melican | ||
| Nickname | The Pelican | ||
| Born |
4 November 1996 Birregurra | ||
| Original team | Geelong Falcons (TAC Cup) | ||
| Draft | No. 52, 2015 rookie draft | ||
| Debut | Round 5, 2017, Sydney vs. Greater Western Sydney, at SCG | ||
| Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Weight | 95 kg (209 lb) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Sydney | ||
| Number | 43 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2015– | Sydney | 101 (2) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2025 season. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
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
[edit]Updated to the end of the 2022 season.[4]
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Goals | K
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Kicks | D
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Disposals | T
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Tackles |
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Behinds | H
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Handballs | M
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Marks |
| 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 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 143 | 61 | 204 | 78 | 35 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 2.5 | 8.5 | 3.3 | 1.5 |
| 2025 | Sydney | 43 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 48 | 165 | 75 | 34 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.9 | 2.8 | 9.7 | 4.4 | 2.0 |
| Career | 101 | 2 | 1 | 660 | 373 | 1033 | 350 | 179 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.5 | 3.7 | 10.2 | 3.5 | 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
[edit]Individual
References
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- Lewis Melican's profile on the official website of the Sydney Swans
- Lewis Melican's playing statistics from AFL Tables
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