Adelaide’s two-point win over Melbourne in Darwin saw Brad Crouch string together a career-best game in front of goals.

The midfielder booted three, including the go-ahead goal 24 minutes into the fourth term to give the Crows their first lead of the game.

Crouch was firing on all cylinders 29 disposals - which included a team-high 13 contested possessions - nine score involvements and seven clearances.

In his previous 71 games, Crouch had never kicked more than two goals in a single match.

The margin was the closest between the two teams; Adelaide had a pair of five point wins (Round 13 1994 & Round Three 2006) and Melbourne two three-point victories (Round Two 2001 & Round Seven 2014).

Tom Lynch played an instrumental role with three majors, including two in the second-half, 29 disposals and a game-high 13 marks.

No player in Round 11 had more marks, although Jake Lloyd, Steven Coniglio and Tom Jonas all collected 13 as well.

Lynch and Crouch’s efforts make Adelaide the first side in 2019 to have two teammates with at least 25 disposals and three goals in the same match.

Co-captain Taylor Walker booted his 400th goal, becoming the 96th VFL/AFL player to reach the milestone.

Just eight active players have 400 or more goals while Tony Modra leads the Crows with 440.

Midfield pairing Hugh Greenwood and Cam Ellis-Yolmen muscled their way through contests with a combined 45 touches and 20 contested possessions.

Greenwood laid seven tackles while Ellis-Yolmen had five clearances and a goal.

In his first AFL game since Round Four, Josh Jenkins collected 16 possessions and two goals.

The big forward had seven marks, six hit-outs and four groundball gets in the forward-50, presenting as a forward target 10 times, equal-ninth in the round across the league.

In defence Rory Laird earned a team-high 31 touches at 87.1 per cent disposal efficiency with six marks, four tackles and five rebound-50s.

Jake Kelly collected an equal career-best 10 tackles and ranked third overall in the round for tackles.

The 64-gamer finished with 15 disposals, seven marks, seven rebound-50s and eight spoils.

Adelaide had 50 rebound-50s, a Round 11 high across the league, while Melbourne had a round-low 29.

The Demons had 62 inside-50s to 45, won disposals 395-376, contested possessions 148-133 and marks 107-103.

Meanwhile, Adelaide laid more tackles, 69-52 and won clearances 35-33.