2023 VFL Preliminary Final 1: Gold Coast Reserves v Box Hill

This is the match report for the match played on 16 September 2023 between Gold Coast Reserves and Box Hill in the first preliminary final of the 2023 VFL season. Gold Coast Reserves hosted Box Hill at Heritage Bank Stadium. The hosts were coached by Josh Drummond and the visitors were coached by Zane Littlejohn.

As a result of this match, Gold Coast Reserves faced Werribee in the grand final and Box Hill were eliminated (finishing 3rd overall).

Match Details

Season: 2023 VFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final 1
Teams: Gold Coast Reserves v Box Hill
Date: Saturday 16 September 2023
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Heritage Bank Stadium

Match Results

Outcome: Gold Coast Reserves def. Box Hill
Score: 12.16.88 - 11.7.73

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Gold Coast Reserves	3	.	3	7	.	5	9	.	11	12	.	16	12	.	16	(88)
Box Hill	3	.	1	5	.	2	8	.	6	11	.	7	11	.	7	(73)
Margin	GCSR by 2			GCSR by 15			GCSR by 11			GCSR by 15			GCSR by 15
Duration	33:32			34:43			30:15			34:34			2:13:04

Honour Roll

Coaches: Josh Drummond (Gold Coast Reserves), Zane Littlejohn (Box Hill)
Captains: unknown (Gold Coast Reserves), unknown (Box Hill)

Player Statistics

Gold Coast Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
26	Blakely, Connor	?	?	0	0	23	12	11	3	0	1	8	?	0	2	0	5
45	Brock, Sandy	?	?	0	1	6	5	1	1	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	1
29	Burgess, Chris	?	?	3	2	11	8	3	3	6	1	2	?	1	0	0	1
1	Chol, Mabior	?	?	5	4	16	12	4	11	0	2	0	?	0	4	0	2
33	Constable, Charlie	?	?	0	0	25	18	7	7	0	0	2	?	0	2	2	2
5	Davies, Alex	?	?	0	1	23	10	13	2	0	9	5	?	2	4	1	4
12	Day, Sam	?	?	0	1	9	4	5	5	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	3
56	Eckersley, Jared	?	?	0	1	8	6	2	4	0	2	0	?	0	0	0	4
50	Farrar, Jy	?	?	0	0	16	10	6	7	0	3	1	?	1	0	2	2
37	Faulkhead, Oskar	?	?	1	0	17	9	8	2	0	4	1	?	0	1	0	3
46	Graham, Caleb	?	?	0	0	10	9	1	7	0	0	0	?	0	2	3	0
36	Hollands, Elijah	?	?	1	1	23	16	7	2	0	1	3	?	1	1	0	6
40	Jeffrey, Joel	?	?	0	0	19	11	8	7	0	1	0	?	0	0	6	0
38	Johnston, Lloyd	?	?	0	0	13	7	6	3	0	2	0	?	1	0	1	1
51	Lake, Campbell	?	?	0	1	5	4	1	2	0	2	0	?	1	0	0	1
54	Lombard, Leo	?	?	0	0	12	9	3	6	0	2	0	?	0	1	0	2
49	Moyle, Ned	?	?	0	0	20	9	11	6	49	2	9	?	0	4	1	5
47	Oea, Hewago	?	?	0	1	15	11	4	7	0	4	0	?	0	1	1	3
6	Sexton, Alex	?	?	2	0	10	7	3	1	0	1	3	?	1	1	1	2
20	Sharp, Jeremy	?	?	0	1	21	17	4	10	0	0	0	?	0	0	2	5
21	Tsitas, James	?	?	0	0	24	14	10	6	0	2	7	?	3	1	1	7
32	Uwland, Bodhi	?	?	0	0	17	11	6	8	0	5	1	?	0	0	6	1
57	Williams, Nick	?	?	0	0	7	4	3	2	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	0
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				12	16	350	223	127	112	55	45	42	0+	11	24	27	60

Box Hill

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
70	Arundell, Jake	?	?	0	0	11	9	2	6	0	1	0	?	0	0	2	0
41	Bennetts, Joshua	?	?	3	0	8	5	3	3	0	2	0	?	0	0	1	0
16	Bramble, Lachie	?	?	0	1	22	14	8	4	0	2	2	?	0	0	1	3
66	Brown, Callum	?	?	0	0	26	17	9	1	0	3	7	?	2	1	6	5
30	Butler, Sam	?	?	0	2	18	7	11	5	0	5	0	?	0	0	1	4
24	Grainger-Barras, Denver	?	?	0	0	13	9	4	5	0	1	0	?	4	0	1	1
26	Greene, Fergus	?	?	1	1	13	9	4	6	0	1	0	?	3	1	0	4
62	Horner, Stuart	?	?	0	0	11	4	7	3	0	3	0	?	1	0	1	0
44	Hustwaite, Henry	?	?	1	0	21	9	12	4	0	6	3	?	1	1	1	2
39	Jeka, Emerson	?	?	0	0	21	18	3	10	0	0	0	?	0	0	4	0
23	Koschitzke, Jacob	?	?	2	1	14	8	6	5	6	2	0	?	1	0	1	1
27	Long, Ned	?	?	0	0	13	5	8	4	0	5	1	?	0	1	1	1
42	Macdonald, Bailey	?	?	0	0	15	9	6	2	0	0	1	?	1	0	1	3
50	Mascitti, Damian	?	?	1	0	26	22	4	5	0	2	2	?	1	1	8	1
35	Morris, Josh	?	?	0	0	8	7	1	4	0	2	0	?	1	1	2	1
60	Phillips, Ed	?	?	0	0	22	14	8	7	0	1	2	?	1	0	4	2
55	Porter, Callum	?	?	1	0	15	11	4	0	0	5	4	?	3	2	3	5
38	Ramsden, Max	?	?	1	0	9	3	6	2	18	3	3	?	5	0	1	0
	Ryan, Brandon	?	?	0	1	7	2	5	2	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	0
29	Serong, Jai	?	?	0	0	15	10	5	4	0	1	0	?	0	0	5	2
21	Stephens, Cooper	?	?	0	0	17	6	11	0	0	4	3	?	0	3	2	1
57	Thorpe, Jaylon	?	?	1	0	12	7	5	3	0	0	0	?	0	0	1	2
64	Waack, Tristen	?	?	0	0	7	2	5	2	0	2	1	?	0	0	0	1
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				11	7	344	207	137	87	24	51	29	0+	24	11	47	39

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	GCSR	Mabior Chol goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	03:27
	GCSR	Elijah Hollands goal	2.0.12	-	0.0.0	04:56
	GCSR	Mabior Chol behind	2.1.13	-	0.0.0	08:29
	GCSR	Alex Sexton goal	3.1.19	-	0.0.0	10:12
	BOXH	Henry Hustwaite goal	3.1.19	-	1.0.6	15:07
	GCSR	Jeremy Sharp behind	3.2.20	-	1.0.6	17:24
	BOXH	Max Ramsden goal	3.2.20	-	2.0.12	24:10
	BOXH	Jacob Koschitzke goal	3.2.20	-	3.0.18	28:08
	BOXH	Rushed behind	3.2.20	-	3.1.19	29:55
	GCSR	Sandy Brock behind	3.3.21	-	3.1.19	32:41
Q2	GCSR	Chris Burgess goal	4.3.27	-	3.1.19	04:14
	GCSR	Hewago Oea behind	4.4.28	-	3.1.19	05:33
	GCSR	Mabior Chol behind	4.5.29	-	3.1.19	06:47
	GCSR	Chris Burgess goal	5.5.35	-	3.1.19	10:50
	BOXH	Callum Porter goal	5.5.35	-	4.1.25	14:22
	GCSR	Mabior Chol goal	6.5.41	-	4.1.25	16:21
	BOXH	Brandon Ryan behind	6.5.41	-	4.2.26	18:32
	BOXH	Fergus Greene goal	6.5.41	-	5.2.32	21:17
	GCSR	Chris Burgess goal	7.5.47	-	5.2.32	25:16
Q3	BOXH	Jacob Koschitzke goal	7.5.47	-	6.2.38	02:54
	BOXH	Fergus Greene behind	7.5.47	-	6.3.39	04:52
	BOXH	Jacob Koschitzke behind	7.5.47	-	6.4.40	06:04
	BOXH	Sam Butler behind	7.5.47	-	6.5.41	07:08
	GCSR	Mabior Chol goal	8.5.53	-	6.5.41	09:07
	GCSR	Chris Burgess behind	8.6.54	-	6.5.41	10:46
	GCSR	Elijah Hollands behind	8.7.55	-	6.5.41	12:24
	BOXH	Jaylon Thorpe goal	8.7.55	-	7.5.47	13:09
	GCSR	Mabior Chol behind	8.8.56	-	7.5.47	16:32
	GCSR	Alex Davies behind	8.9.57	-	7.5.47	18:20
	GCSR	Mabior Chol goal	9.9.63	-	7.5.47	20:48
	GCSR	Jared Eckersley behind	9.10.64	-	7.5.47	24:24
	BOXH	Joshua Bennetts goal	9.10.64	-	8.5.53	26:45
	BOXH	Sam Butler behind	9.10.64	-	8.6.54	28:34
	GCSR	Mabior Chol behind	9.11.65	-	8.6.54	29:50
Q4	BOXH	Joshua Bennetts goal	9.11.65	-	9.6.60	01:11
	GCSR	Chris Burgess behind	9.12.66	-	9.6.60	05:34
	GCSR	Mabior Chol goal	10.12.72	-	9.6.60	09:03
	GCSR	Campbell Lake behind	10.13.73	-	9.6.60	12:29
	GCSR	Oskar Faulkhead goal	11.13.79	-	9.6.60	14:59
	GCSR	Rushed behind	11.14.80	-	9.6.60	19:22
	GCSR	Rushed behind	11.15.81	-	9.6.60	20:14
	GCSR	Alex Sexton goal	12.15.87	-	9.6.60	23:34
	BOXH	Damian Mascitti goal	12.15.87	-	10.6.66	25:12
	BOXH	Joshua Bennetts goal	12.15.87	-	11.6.72	26:59
	GCSR	Sam Day behind	12.16.88	-	11.6.72	30:10
	BOXH	Lachie Bramble behind	12.16.88	-	11.7.73	33:40

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