Melton Hockey Club
VellaVanKassel, Chris

Last updated : 2:07 am - 18 September 2022

Club Cap : 640
(Games : 196, Goals : 20 )

First XI Men's Cap : 131
(Games : 63, Goals : 2)

Games Umpired : 2
(Senior : 0, Veteran : 0, Junior : 2)

Milestones

2006-Apr-21 :	First Junior game (Hawthorn 2 def. Melton 1. R-01: 2006 U13 Pennant North)
2006-Apr-21 :	First game (Hawthorn 2 def. Melton 1. R-01: 2006 U13 Pennant North)
2007-Jun-01 :	First goal scored (Melton 8 def. MUHC 0. R-07: 2007 U15 North)
2008-Aug-02 :	First Senior game (Powerhouse 8 def. Melton 1. R-14: 2008 Metro 3 West Men)
2008-Dec-11 :	50 Junior games (Southern United 6 def. Melton 1. R-07: 2008/09 SHC-2 Under 15)
2009-Apr-18 :	First Senior goal (Melton 8 def. RMIT 5. R-01: 2009 Metro 3 West Men)
2009-Aug-09 :	First First XI Mens game (PEGS 3 def. Melton 1. R-15: 2009 State League 4 Men)
2010-Sep-17 :	Last Junior game (Melton 5 def. Brunswick 0. GF: 2010 U17 West)
2011-Jul-29 :	First game umpired (Melton 7 def. Werribee 0. R-13: 2011 U15 West)
2012-Apr-27 :	Last game umpired (Melton 2 drew Greensborough 2. R-03: 2012 U15 North/West)
2021-Jul-31 :	Last First XI Mens game played (WestVic 6 def. Melton 3. R-10: 2021 Vic League 3 Men)
2021-Jul-31 :	Last game played (WestVic 6 def. Melton 3. R-10: 2021 Vic League 3 Men)
	Playing career : 5580 days. (15 years and 105 days.)

Honours, Trophies, and Official Roles

Outstanding Junior :	2007/08

Best and Fairest :	2007-U15 North
B&F Runner Up :	2009-Metro 3 West Men
Coach's Award :	2010-U17 West, 2012-State League 4 Men

Team Photographs

2019
Vic League 3 Men

2018
Vic League 3 Men

2017
Vic League 3 Res. Men

2013
Vic League 3 Men

2012
State League 4 Men

2011
Metro 2 West Men

2011
State League 5 Men

2010
U17 West

2008/09
SHC-2 Under 15

2008
U15 Pennant North

2008
Metro 3 West Men

2007
U15 North

2006
U13 Pennant North

Complete Playing History

Teams played with : 23

Premierships won : 1

Wooden Spoons : 1

Games as Player	Games Won	Games Drawn	Games Lost	Total	Goals	Goalscoring Average
Junior Winter	13	2	40	55	4	0.075
Junior Summer	2	1	2	5	0	0.000
Junior Total	15	3	42	60	4	0.069
Senior Winter	46	18	62	126	14	0.111
Senior Summer	1	0	9	10	2	0.200
Senior Total	47	18	71	136	16	0.118
Total	62	21	113	196	20	0.103

Pos.	PR/WS	Competition	Games	Goals	Avge.	Won	Drawn	Lost	Avge.For	Avge.Aga	Avge.Diff	G.For	G.Aga	GoalDiff
4		2021 Vic League 3 Men	4			2	1	1	3.750	2.000	+1.750	15	8	+007
1		2021 Pennant G Men*	3	1	0.333	3			7.333	1.333	+6.000	22	4	+018
6		2021 Metro B North/West Men*	2	1	0.500	1		1	2.500	2.000	+0.500	5	4	+001
5		2019 Vic League 3 Men*	11			5	1	5	2.727	2.455	+0.273	30	27	+003
4		2019 Pennant G Men*	4			2		2	2.000	2.000	+0.000	8	8	+000
5		2018 Vic League 3 Men*	10			4		6	2.500	2.600	-0.100	25	26	-001
6		2018 Pennant G Men*	8			1	1	6	2.125	4.375	-2.250	17	35	-018
5		2017 Vic League 3 Men*	1					1	0.000	5.000	-5.000	0	5	-005
4		2017 Vic League 3 Res. Men*	10			3	1	6	2.200	2.800	-0.600	22	28	-006
6		2013 Vic League 3 Men*	16	2	0.125	5	4	7	2.063	2.500	-0.438	33	40	-007
7		2013 Vic League 3 Res. Men*	7	2	0.286	4		3	3.143	2.429	+0.714	22	17	+005
?	WS	2012/13 Footscray Summer	10	2	0.200	1		9	1.900	6.300	-4.400	19	63	-044
8		2012 State League 4 Men*	15			3	3	9	1.467	2.867	-1.400	22	43	-021
3		2011 State League 5 Men*	2			1	1		2.500	1.500	+1.000	5	3	+002
3		2011 Metro 2 West Men*	15	3	0.200	9	3	3	3.933	1.800	+2.133	59	27	+032
1	PR	2010 U17 West*	10	3	0.300	7		3	3.100	1.900	+1.200	31	19	+012
8		2009 State League 4 Men*	4				1	3	1.250	3.000	-1.750	5	12	-007
7		2009 Metro 3 West Men*	12	5	0.417	3	2	7	1.917	2.333	-0.417	23	28	-005
6		2008/09 SHC-2 Under 15*	5			2	1	2	1.200	2.000	-0.800	6	10	-004
9		2008 Metro 3 West Men*	2					2	0.500	5.000	-4.500	1	10	-009
9		2008 U15 Pennant North*	16			1	2	13	0.563	4.313	-3.750	9	69	-060
8		2007 U15 North*	15	1	0.067	2		13	1.200	3.733	-2.533	18	56	-038
8		2006 U13 Pennant North*	14			3		11	1.429	2.786	-1.357	20	39	-019
			196	20	0.102	62	21	113	2.149	2.964	-0.837	417	581	-164

Umpiring History

Year    Division                      SEN VET JUN
2011    U15 West                                1
2012    U15 North/West                          1
                                                 
SUBTOTAL                                        2
TOTAL                                           2

Junior Winter Playing History

Games as Player	Games Won	Games Drawn	Games Lost	Total	Goals	Goalscoring Average
Junior Winter	13	2	40	55	4	0.075

First Game :	Hawthorn 2 def. Melton 1. R-01: 2006 U13 Pennant North
Last Game :	Melton 5 def. Brunswick 0. GF: 2010 U17 West
Best Win :	Melton 8 def. MUHC 0. R-07: 2007 U15 North
Worst Loss :	St.Bernards 10 def. Melton 0. R-04: 2008 U15 Pennant North
1 goal games :	1 times. Last : Melton 8 def. MUHC 0. R-07: 2007 U15 North
3 goal games :	1 times. Last : Melton 5 def. Werribee 2. R-13: 2010 U17 West
Finals :	Melton 5 def. Brunswick 0. GF: 2010 U17 West Melton 5 def. PEGS 0. SF: 2010 U17 West
Premierships :	Melton 5 def. Brunswick 0. GF: 2010 U17 West

Junior Summer Playing History

Games as Player	Games Won	Games Drawn	Games Lost	Total	Goals	Goalscoring Average
Junior Summer	2	1	2	5	0	0.000

First Game :	Melton 1 def. Kew 0. R-01: 2008/09 SHC-2 Under 15
Last Game :	Southern United 6 def. Melton 1. R-07: 2008/09 SHC-2 Under 15
Best Win :	Melton 3 def. Southern United 1. R-02: 2008/09 SHC-2 Under 15
Worst Loss :	Southern United 6 def. Melton 1. R-07: 2008/09 SHC-2 Under 15
Finals :	None.
Premierships :	None.

Senior Winter Playing History

Games as Player	Games Won	Games Drawn	Games Lost	Total	Goals	Goalscoring Average
Senior Winter	46	18	62	126	14	0.111

First Game :	Powerhouse 8 def. Melton 1. R-14: 2008 Metro 3 West Men
Last Game :	WestVic 6 def. Melton 3. R-10: 2021 Vic League 3 Men
Best Win :	Melton 12 def. Craigieburn 0. R-06: 2021 Pennant G Men
Worst Loss :	RMIT 9 def. Melton 0. R-04: 2018 Pennant G Men
1 goal games :	9 times. Last : Melton 5 def. Footscray 1. R-03: 2021 Metro B North/West Men
2 goal games :	1 times. Last : Melton 9 def. Kew 1. R-09: 2011 Metro 2 West Men
3 goal games :	1 times. Last : Melton 8 def. RMIT 5. R-01: 2009 Metro 3 West Men
Finals :	Essendon 2 def. Melton 1. PF: 2011 Metro 2 West Men MCC 4 def. Melton 0. QF: 2011 Metro 2 West Men Swinburne 3 def. Melton 1. EF: 2017 Vic League 3 Res. Men
Premierships :	None.

Senior Summer Playing History

Games as Player	Games Won	Games Drawn	Games Lost	Total	Goals	Goalscoring Average
Senior Summer	1	0	9	10	2	0.200

First Game :	Footscray (R) 5 def. Melton 1. R-01: 2012/13 Footscray Summer
Last Game :	AHCOC 8 def. Melton 6. R-10: 2012/13 Footscray Summer
Best Win :	Melton 4 def. Altona 3. R-09: 2012/13 Footscray Summer
Worst Loss :	Footscray (R) 9 def. Melton 1. R-06: 2012/13 Footscray Summer
2 goal games :	1 times. Last : AHCOC 8 def. Melton 6. R-10: 2012/13 Footscray Summer
Finals :	None.
Premierships :	None.

Teammates

Number of teammates :128 (Top 50 shown)

Player	Games	Win%	Draw%	Loss%	Avge.For	Avge.Aga	Avge.Diff	G.For	G.Aga	GoalDiff
Kelly, Bo*	102	32%	13%	55%	2.049	2.775	-0.725	209	283	-074
Salvatore, Aaron*	78	29%	8%	63%	1.872	3.064	-1.192	146	239	-093
Self, Ryan*	76	32%	12%	57%	2.329	3.171	-0.842	177	241	-064
Strebs-Stelps, Ben*	68	28%	15%	57%	2.294	3.265	-0.971	156	222	-066
McMurrie, Tom*	65	26%	5%	69%	1.646	3.338	-1.692	107	217	-110
Arnold, Andrew*	63	24%	16%	60%	1.841	3.079	-1.238	116	194	-078
Scalzo, Mark*	61	31%	8%	61%	2.049	3.131	-1.082	125	191	-066
Vallance, Liam*	57	30%	9%	61%	1.526	2.842	-1.316	87	162	-075
Hanley-Wood, Ben*	55	22%	20%	58%	1.945	3.018	-1.073	107	166	-059
Hooley, Aidan*	49	27%	4%	69%	1.429	3.327	-1.898	70	163	-093
Jackson, Taylor*	49	20%	4%	76%	1.367	3.327	-1.959	67	163	-096
Knipe, Jessica*	46	26%	7%	67%	1.391	3.348	-1.957	64	154	-090
Noonan, Kristian*	45	29%	22%	49%	1.933	2.400	-0.467	87	108	-021
Slocombe, Morgan*	43	23%	19%	58%	1.837	3.442	-1.605	79	148	-069
Lawrence, Hayden*	43	44%	7%	49%	2.907	2.442	+0.465	125	105	+020
Goss, Matthew*	41	10%	5%	85%	0.976	3.707	-2.732	40	152	-112
Mumford, Matthew*	41	29%	20%	51%	1.976	2.780	-0.805	81	114	-033
Lawrence, Stephen*	40	48%	10%	43%	3.025	2.500	+0.525	121	100	+021
Lawrence, Riley*	40	40%	10%	50%	2.925	2.700	+0.225	117	108	+009
McLaren, Scott*	38	45%	13%	42%	2.947	2.237	+0.711	112	85	+027
Kasprzak, Kathryn*	37	24%	5%	70%	1.486	3.378	-1.892	55	125	-070
Baker, Daniel*	37	30%	19%	51%	2.081	2.703	-0.622	77	100	-023
Lawrence, Jesse*	37	46%	5%	49%	2.757	2.486	+0.270	102	92	+010
Grant-Taylor, Lexi*	33	24%	3%	73%	1.515	3.606	-2.091	50	119	-069
Arnold, Chris*	33	36%	21%	42%	2.455	2.485	-0.030	81	82	-001
Hosking, Michael*	33	30%	15%	55%	2.061	2.667	-0.606	68	88	-020
Crebbin, Jason*	32	28%	16%	56%	2.531	3.625	-1.094	81	116	-035
Strobel, Joshua*	32	41%	13%	47%	2.844	2.531	+0.313	91	81	+010
Kelly, Lee*	30	47%	17%	37%	2.833	2.100	+0.733	85	63	+022
Lawrence, Tejay*	30	43%	10%	47%	3.033	2.600	+0.433	91	78	+013
Currie, Fraser*	29	41%	3%	55%	2.414	2.552	-0.138	70	74	-004
Lawrence, Richard*	28	39%	21%	39%	2.571	2.393	+0.179	72	67	+005
MacKenzie, Darren*	28	43%	4%	54%	2.857	2.679	+0.179	80	75	+005
Oataway, Anthony*	27	11%	7%	81%	0.889	3.704	-2.815	24	100	-076
Clough, Jarryd*	27	44%	7%	48%	3.185	3.481	-0.296	86	94	-008
Holahan, Zac*	27	44%	7%	48%	2.593	2.333	+0.259	70	63	+007
Murphy, Mathew*	26	46%	15%	38%	2.962	1.885	+1.077	77	49	+028
McMurrie, Michael*	25	32%	12%	56%	2.160	3.640	-1.480	54	91	-037
Fleming, Ashleigh*	23	9%	4%	87%	0.652	4.130	-3.478	15	95	-080
VellaVanKassel, Nick*	23	35%	4%	61%	2.261	3.913	-1.652	52	90	-038
Brazil, Sean*	22	27%	18%	55%	2.000	3.409	-1.409	44	75	-031
Gati, Nick*	21	24%	19%	57%	1.905	2.810	-0.905	40	59	-019
Lawrence, Geoffrey*	21	48%	24%	29%	2.905	2.238	+0.667	61	47	+014
Azzopardi, Justin*	20	45%	10%	45%	3.100	2.900	+0.200	62	58	+004
Kovarik, John*	19	37%		63%	1.947	2.789	-0.842	37	53	-016
Lawrence, Glenn*	19	47%	21%	32%	3.368	2.053	+1.316	64	39	+025
Vallance, Lachlan*	19	47%	5%	47%	2.842	2.526	+0.316	54	48	+006
Simpson, Matthew*	18	28%	11%	61%	2.222	1.944	+0.278	40	35	+005
McMurrie, Andrew*	17	12%		88%	1.118	3.882	-2.765	19	66	-047
Jaros, Noah*	17	18%	12%	71%	0.706	4.000	-3.294	12	68	-056

Opposition Teams

Opponent	Games	Goals	Avge	Win%	Draw%	Loss%	G.For	G.Aga	GoalDiff
St.Bernards	13			8%		92%	12	68	-056
RMIT	11	4	0.364	73%	9%	18%	38	26	+012
Greensborough	10			20%	10%	70%	13	26	-013
PEGS	10	2	0.222	30%	20%	50%	21	28	-007
Powerhouse	9	1	0.111	22%		78%	20	36	-016
Essendon	9			11%	11%	78%	5	27	-022
Footscray	9	1	0.111	22%	11%	67%	18	43	-025
ECHO	9			22%	22%	56%	18	23	-005
Collegians-X	8	1	0.125	50%	13%	38%	21	14	+007
Kew	6	2	0.333	33%	17%	50%	15	14	+001
Altona	6	1	0.167	33%		67%	11	15	-004
Swinburne	6			33%	33%	33%	14	15	-001
Hawthorn	5			40%	20%	40%	11	12	-001
Werribee	5	3	0.600	40%		60%	12	15	-003
Brunswick	5			60%		40%	9	6	+003
Box Hill	5			20%	40%	40%	11	13	-002
Old Haileybury	5			60%		40%	14	10	+004
Old Melburnians	5	1	0.200	60%		40%	23	11	+012
Doncaster	4					100%	5	10	-005
MUHC	4	1	0.250	50%	25%	25%	13	3	+010
Dandenong	4					100%	5	22	-017
Craigieburn	4	1	0.250	50%		50%	18	9	+009
Vic Sihks	3					100%	4	11	-007
Bendigo	3				33%	67%	5	10	-005
Bayside	3			33%	67%		5	3	+002
Ajax-Maccabi	2			50%		50%	4	4	+000
Loyola College	2			50%		50%	2	1	+001
Yarra Valley	2					100%	1	12	-011
Geelong	2					100%	2	12	-010
Southern United	2			50%		50%	4	7	-003
Old Carey	2				50%	50%	5	6	-001
MCC	2					100%	2	11	-009
St.Bedes	2				50%	50%	1	3	-002
Baw-Baw	2					100%	1	6	-005
AHCOC	2	2	1.000			100%	9	15	-006
Croydon	2			100%			7	1	+006
Hume	2					100%	4	9	-005
Maccabi	2			100%			7	3	+004
Marcellin	1					100%	0	2	-002
Ballarat Students	1			100%			2	0	+002
Frankston	1					100%	3	5	-002
Caroline Springs	1			100%			1	0	+001
Glen Eira	1			100%			8	1	+007
WestVic	1					100%	3	6	-003
Waverley	1			100%			4	1	+003
Maccabbi	1			100%			6	3	+003
Whittlesea	1					100%	0	3	-003
Opponents :47	196	20	0.103	32%	11%	58%	417	581	-164

Playing Venues

Venue	Games	Goals	Avge	Win%	Draw%	Loss%	G.For	G.Aga	GoalDiff
Melton Mowbray	63	9	0.143	38%	10%	52%	125	162	-037
Melton	25	2	0.080	40%	12%	48%	72	66	+006
SHC	16			38%	19%	44%	28	34	-006
Footscray	16	2	0.125	19%	6%	75%	37	82	-045
St.Bernards	7			14%		86%	7	36	-029
Albert Park	6	1	0.167	50%		50%	19	14	+005
Elgar Park	6	2	0.333	33%		67%	17	15	+002
Greensborough	4				25%	75%	5	14	-009
Melbourne Uni	4				25%	75%	4	9	-005
Essendon	4			25%	25%	50%	7	5	+002
PEGS	4	1	0.250		25%	75%	4	17	-013
Hawthorn	3			33%		67%	5	10	-005
Melb Grammar	3			67%		33%	16	7	+009
Waverley	3					100%	7	14	-007
Monash-W	3			67%		33%	11	6	+005
Hume	3			33%		67%	6	9	-003
Werribee	2	3	1.500	50%		50%	5	7	-002
Bendigo	2				50%	50%	3	7	-004
Brunswick	2			50%		50%	3	4	-001
Melbourne High	2					100%	2	11	-009
Haileybury	2			50%		50%	6	6	+000
Koonung	2				50%	50%	0	2	-002
Dandenong	2					100%	1	8	-007
Yarra Valley	1					100%	1	3	-002
Reservoir	1					100%	1	3	-002
Geelong	1					100%	1	6	-005
Altona	1				100%		2	2	+000
Not Recorded	1			100%			5	0	+005
Mentone	1				100%		1	1	+000
Churchill	1					100%	0	3	-003
Frankston	1					100%	3	5	-002
Yarra Grammar	1			100%			4	1	+003
Ballarat	1					100%	3	6	-003
Elwood	1			100%			6	3	+003
Bundoora	1					100%	0	3	-003
Venues :35	196	20	0.103	32%	11%	58%	417	581	-164

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