Blake Acres

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Blake Acres
Acres playing for St Kilda in April 2018
Personal information
Full name Blake Acres
Date of birth (1995-10-07) 7 October 1995 (age 28)
Original team(s) West Perth (WAFL)
Draft 19th overall, 2013 national draft
Height 193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 92 kg (203 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder / defender
Club information
Current club Carlton
Number 13
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2014–2019 St Kilda 75 (29)
2020–2022 Fremantle 45 (8)
2023– Carlton 27 (10)
Total 147 (47)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2024, Round 2.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Blake Acres is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having previously played for St Kilda and Fremantle.

AFL career[edit]

Acres was selected with the 19th pick in the 2013 AFL Draft by St Kilda.[1] He made his debut in Round 7, 2014, against Hawthorn, in a game in which St Kilda were defeated by 145 points.[2]

He earned the AFL Rising Star nomination following a breakout performance against Melbourne in Round 6, 2016.[3]

At the conclusion of the 2019 AFL season, Acres was traded to Fremantle, along with a number of draft picks, as part of a trade to get Bradley Hill to St Kilda.[4]

Acres made his debut for Fremantle during Round 4 of the 2020 AFL season in their clash against St Kilda.[5] Acres played seven games during 2020 due to a hamstring injury, disrupting his start to the season. Acres returned during the latter half of the season with strong form, averaging almost 25 disposals a game.[6] Acres played 18 games in 2021 and played in Fremantle's 2022 finals campaign.

Following the 2022 season, Acres sought to explore the trade market after being given a low-ball offer from Fremantle, and was traded to Carlton in exchange for a future third round draft pick.[7] Acres immediately established a permanent wingman position in the Carlton team, and recorded career best numbers in disposals and rebounds.[8]

Acres made a memorable impact in the 2023 finals series, which was Carlton's first finals series after a club record nine-year drought: in the final quarter of the six-point elimination final win against Sydney, Acres made two diving saves for rushed behinds, and kicked a steadying goal to put Carlton 14 points ahead in the 22nd minute;[8][9] and in the two-point semi-final win against Melbourne, he kicked the go-ahead goal with less than a minute remaining.[10]

Statistics[edit]

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2022 season[11]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2014 St Kilda 40 3 1 0 11 15 26 3 8 0.3 0.0 3.7 5.0 8.7 1.0 2.7 0
2015 St Kilda 8 7 0 1 44 39 83 18 18 0.0 0.1 6.3 5.6 11.9 2.6 2.6 0
2016 St Kilda 8 16 7 6 160 124 284 57 50 0.4 0.4 10.0 7.8 17.8 3.6 3.1 1
2017 St Kilda 8 18 11 4 178 88 366 81 51 0.6 0.2 9.9 10.4 20.3 4.5 2.8 0
2018 St Kilda 8 12 4 7 129 129 258 47 43 0.3 0.6 10.8 10.8 21.5 3.9 3.6 1
2019 St Kilda 8 19 6 5 154 154 308 70 73 0.3 0.3 8.1 8.1 16.2 3.7 3.8 0
2020 Fremantle 9 7 0 0 75 59 134 40 19 0.0 0.0 10.7 8.4 19.1 5.7 2.7 2
2021 Fremantle 9 18 2 0 184 138 322 67 45 0.1 0.0 10.2 7.7 17.9 3.7 2.5 0
2022 Fremantle 9 20 6 6 287 147 434 115 54 0.3 0.3 14.4 7.4 21.7 5.8 3.7 3
Career 120 37 29 1222 993 2215 498 361 0.3 0.2 10.2 8.3 18.5 4.2 3.0 7

References[edit]

  1. ^ McFarlane, Glenn (8 February 2014). "St Kilda recruits Jack Billings and Luke Dunstan shine in intra-club match". Herald Sun.
  2. ^ Landsberger, Sam (2 May 2014). "St Kilda's plan of trading stars and blooding young guns is starting to pay dividends". Herald Sun.
  3. ^ Guthrie, Ben (2 May 2016). "Saint Blake Acres proves worth to earn Rising Star nod". AFL.com.au. BigPond. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Hill becomes a Saint".
  5. ^ "Long wait over for Freo debutant". Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Blake Acres stands tall for Dockers after injury-hit 2020, Bradley Hill trade". Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  7. ^ Beveridge, Riley (4 October 2022). "New Blue: Dockers wingman lands at third club with Carlton switch". AFL Media. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  8. ^ a b Seb Mottram (12 September 2023). "The Fremantle trade that looks like a "genuine list management error"". SEN. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  9. ^ "Carlton v Melbourne". AFL Tables. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  10. ^ agoFOXSPORTS, 16 hours (15 September 2023), Battered Blues clutch EPIC game winner!, retrieved 16 September 2023{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ "Blake Acres". AFL Tables. Retrieved 25 May 2022.}

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