Lewis Melican

Lewis Melican
Personal information
Full name Lewis Melican
Nickname(s) The Pelican
Date of birth (1996-11-04) 4 November 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Birregurra
Original team(s) 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(s) Defender
Club information
Current club Sydney
Number 43
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2015– Sydney 68 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2022 season.
Career highlights
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

Updated to the end of the 2022 season.[4]

Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
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
  1. ^ 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

  1. ^ Paolucci, Tanya (3 December 2014). "Swans finalise 2015 list at Rookie Draft". SydneySwans.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Melican makes it six". SydneySwans.com.au. Bigpond. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  3. ^ McGowan, Marc (24 July 2017). "Swan's shutdown job rewarded with Rising Star". AFL.com.au. Telstra. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Lewis Melican". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 August 2022.


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