DOB: 29 August 1991
MFC Debut: Round 1, 2017 vs St Kilda at Docklands
From: Oak Park/Calder Cannons/Penleigh/Essendon, trade for 2015 National Draft selection #25
Number: 18 (2017-)
Games: 83* (197* total to end 2021)
Goals: 91* (148 total)
Career statistics
Wins | Draws | Losses | Winning % |
49 | 0 | 34 | 59.03 |
Statistical categories led:
Equal most goal assists in a game: 4 - Round 1, 2019 and Round 4, 2019
Selected at #10 in the 2009 National Draft, Melksham spent six years with the Bombers before being traded to Melbourne. He missed the 2016 season while serving a ban as part of the penalties for Essendon's supplements regime. When he finally got to play for the Demons it was in defence, but after a rocky start where he was dropped for three weeks he returned as a forward and kicked goals in the last 12 games of the season.
Melksham played exclusively as a forward in 2018, contributing 32 goals in 23 games. Signed a contract extension before the 2019 season tying him to the club until the end of 2022. Had an interrupted 2019 campaign when a broken foot suffered in Round 8 kept him out until Round 20. His 2021 season was delayed by a pre-season hamstring injury, and couldn't cement a spot in the side when he returned. Melksham played nine games between Round 3 and Round 12, then only twice more before missing the finals campaign.
Year | Games | Goals | Brownlow |
2017 | 19 | 21 | 0 |
2018 | 23 | 32 | 4 |
2019 | 12 | 15 | 0 |
2020 | 17 | 15 | 0 |
2021 | 12 | 08 | 0 |
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