Blake Acres

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.

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
Original team(s) West Perth (WAFL)
Draft 19th overall, 2013 national draft
Height 189 cm (6 ft 2 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 24 (10)
Total 144 (47)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of Semi Final 2023.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

AFL career

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
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 40310111526380.30.03.75.08.71.02.70
2015 St Kilda 870144398318180.00.16.35.611.92.62.60
2016 St Kilda 8167616012428457500.40.410.07.817.83.63.11
2017 St Kilda 8181141788836681510.60.29.910.420.34.52.80
2018 St Kilda 8124712912925847430.30.610.810.821.53.93.61
2019 St Kilda 8196515415430870730.30.38.18.116.23.73.80
2020 Fremantle 9700755913440190.00.010.78.419.15.72.72
2021 Fremantle 9182018413832267450.10.010.27.717.93.72.50
2022 Fremantle 92066287147434115540.30.314.47.421.75.83.73
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
  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. 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
  11. "Blake Acres". AFL Tables. Retrieved 25 May 2022.}
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