MELBOURNE midfielder James Harmes has been handed a one-match suspension for his high bump on Carlton's Matthew Cottrell. 

Cottrell had just fumbled the ball and kept running forward to collect it when Harmes came in and bumped him from the opposite direction.

Match Review Officer Michael Christian graded the rough conduct charge as careless conduct, medium impact and high contact, drawing a one-match ban.

It means Harmes will miss the King's Birthday clash with Collingwood unless he can successfully overturn the suspension.