2023 VFL Semi Final 2: Box Hill v Footscray Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 9 September 2023 between Box Hill and Footscray Reserves in the second semi final of the 2023 VFL season. Box Hill hosted Footscray Reserves at Box Hill City Oval. The hosts were coached by Zane Littlejohn.

As a result of this match, Box Hill faced Gold Coast Reserves in the first preliminary final and Footscray Reserves were eliminated (finishing 6th overall).

Match Details

Season: 2023 VFL Season
Round: Semi Final 2
Teams: Box Hill v Footscray Reserves
Date: Saturday 9 September 2023
Time: 11:30 AM
Venue: Box Hill City Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Box Hill def. Footscray Reserves
Score: 14.11.95 - 10.15.75

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Box Hill	4	.	3	5	.	7	8	.	10	14	.	11	14	.	11	(95)
Footscray Reserves	3	.	3	3	.	9	6	.	12	10	.	15	10	.	15	(75)
Margin	BOXH by 6			BOXH by 10			BOXH by 10			BOXH by 20			BOXH by 20
Duration	29:47			27:43			31:37			35:24			2:04:31

Honour Roll

Coaches: Zane Littlejohn (Box Hill), unknown (Footscray Reserves)
Captains: unknown (Box Hill), unknown (Footscray Reserves)

Player Statistics

Box Hill

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
70	Arundell, Jake	?	?	2	1	20	17	3	5	0	2	1	?	2	0	0	6
41	Bennetts, Joshua	?	?	1	2	8	4	4	2	0	1	0	?	1	0	0	1
16	Bramble, Lachie	?	?	1	2	32	22	10	7	0	2	0	?	0	0	7	3
66	Brown, Callum	?	?	0	0	23	11	12	4	0	0	4	?	1	0	2	5
30	Butler, Sam	?	?	1	0	19	12	7	7	0	4	0	?	1	0	0	3
24	Grainger-Barras, Denver	?	?	0	0	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	?	1	1	0	2
26	Greene, Fergus	?	?	3	3	17	11	6	6	0	1	0	?	0	1	0	3
62	Horner, Stuart	?	?	0	0	9	9	0	5	0	5	0	?	2	0	1	0
44	Hustwaite, Henry	?	?	0	1	14	5	9	1	0	0	5	?	0	0	1	1
39	Jeka, Emerson	?	?	0	0	11	10	1	6	0	5	0	?	0	0	5	0
23	Koschitzke, Jacob	?	?	1	0	18	10	8	4	9	2	8	?	4	3	1	2
27	Long, Ned	?	?	1	0	17	11	6	5	0	4	1	?	0	2	2	5
42	Macdonald, Bailey	?	?	0	0	13	6	7	3	0	5	1	?	0	1	2	1
50	Mascitti, Damian	?	?	0	0	22	19	3	12	0	2	3	?	0	0	7	3
35	Morris, Josh	?	?	0	0	11	8	3	6	0	1	0	?	0	0	3	0
60	Phillips, Ed	?	?	0	0	12	8	4	6	0	1	1	?	0	0	2	1
55	Porter, Callum	?	?	0	0	19	12	7	5	0	4	0	?	1	3	3	5
38	Ramsden, Max	?	?	1	0	11	6	5	5	8	2	0	?	2	1	0	1
	Ryan, Brandon	?	?	3	1	11	10	1	7	0	0	0	?	2	0	0	2
29	Serong, Jai	?	?	0	0	10	9	1	7	0	1	0	?	0	2	3	2
21	Stephens, Cooper	?	?	0	0	18	7	11	1	0	4	7	?	2	0	0	2
57	Thorpe, Jaylon	?	?	0	0	9	9	0	5	0	0	0	?	0	1	3	2
64	Waack, Tristen	?	?	0	0	6	2	4	1	0	2	0	?	0	0	0	1
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				14	11	334	222	112	112	17	49	31	0+	19	15	42	51

Footscray Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
5	Busslinger, Jedd	?	?	0	0	9	7	2	4	0	0	0	?	0	1	3	1
8	Clarke, Charlie	?	?	1	0	10	6	4	0	0	2	1	?	1	0	0	2
36	Cleary, Luke	?	?	0	0	18	9	9	3	0	3	0	?	2	0	2	1
61	Craig-Peters, Cooper	?	?	0	0	11	8	3	4	0	1	0	?	1	1	1	3
9	Crozier, Hayden	?	?	0	0	11	10	1	0	0	2	0	?	0	0	5	2
10	Darcy, Sam	?	?	1	3	12	9	3	5	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	2
51	Drummond, Nathan	?	?	0	1	14	7	7	4	0	3	1	?	1	0	1	2
12	Gallagher, Harvey	?	?	0	0	16	10	6	5	0	2	1	?	0	0	2	4
38	Garcia, Riley	?	?	0	1	29	15	14	3	0	5	5	?	0	2	1	7
43	Gardner, Ryan	?	?	0	0	13	8	5	4	0	1	0	?	0	2	4	2
58	Goater, Luke	?	?	2	1	8	7	1	4	0	0	0	?	0	1	0	1
72	Hunt, Ethan	?	?	0	0	16	12	4	3	0	1	1	?	1	0	1	1
24	Khamis, Buku	?	?	5	0	11	9	2	6	2	2	0	?	1	2	1	0
67	Macpherson, Ewan	?	?	1	2	13	7	6	3	0	3	0	?	0	0	1	1
27	McComb, Robbie	?	?	0	1	19	10	9	3	0	5	4	?	1	1	0	5
22	O'Brien, Tim	?	?	0	0	11	9	2	7	0	0	0	?	0	0	6	2
50	Orgill, Daniel	?	?	0	0	9	8	1	4	0	5	0	?	1	2	0	6
54	Poulter, Caleb	?	?	0	0	20	9	11	2	0	1	1	?	1	0	1	4
40	Raak, Cody	?	?	0	1	10	6	4	5	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	2
74	Smith, Connor	?	?	0	0	5	3	2	1	0	0	1	?	1	0	0	0
53	Sullivan, Lachlan	?	?	0	0	32	13	19	7	0	3	7	?	1	1	1	1
41	Sweet, Jordon	?	?	0	0	18	7	11	3	44	6	11	?	3	4	6	3
14	West, Rhylee	?	?	0	0	12	6	6	1	0	4	2	?	0	2	1	1
Rushed					5
Total (23 players)				10	15	327	195	132	81	46	50	35	0+	15	19	37	53

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	BOXH	Lachie Bramble behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	05:11
	FOOR	Rushed behind	0.1.1	-	0.1.1	06:20
	FOOR	Buku Khamis goal	0.1.1	-	1.1.7	06:44
	BOXH	Rushed behind	0.2.2	-	1.1.7	08:12
	BOXH	Fergus Greene behind	0.3.3	-	1.1.7	09:31
	BOXH	Joshua Bennetts goal	1.3.9	-	1.1.7	10:00
	FOOR	Buku Khamis goal	1.3.9	-	2.1.13	11:36
	BOXH	Brandon Ryan goal	2.3.15	-	2.1.13	13:41
	FOOR	Luke Goater goal	2.3.15	-	3.1.19	15:24
	FOOR	Sam Darcy behind	2.3.15	-	3.2.20	18:22
	BOXH	Brandon Ryan goal	3.3.21	-	3.2.20	20:50
	BOXH	Jake Arundell goal	4.3.27	-	3.2.20	22:55
	FOOR	Ewan Macpherson behind	4.3.27	-	3.3.21	25:40
Q2	BOXH	Fergus Greene goal	5.3.33	-	3.3.21	00:18
	FOOR	Riley Garcia behind	5.3.33	-	3.4.22	05:25
	FOOR	Rushed behind	5.3.33	-	3.5.23	06:59
	BOXH	Brandon Ryan behind	5.4.34	-	3.5.23	09:14
	FOOR	Luke Goater behind	5.4.34	-	3.6.24	13:57
	BOXH	Henry Hustwaite behind	5.5.35	-	3.6.24	15:01
	BOXH	Fergus Greene behind	5.6.36	-	3.6.24	21:04
	FOOR	Ewan Macpherson behind	5.6.36	-	3.7.25	23:15
	FOOR	Sam Darcy behind	5.6.36	-	3.8.26	24:25
	FOOR	Nathan Drummond behind	5.6.36	-	3.9.27	25:02
	BOXH	Joshua Bennetts behind	5.7.37	-	3.9.27	26:32
Q3	FOOR	Sam Darcy goal	5.7.37	-	4.9.33	02:37
	FOOR	Buku Khamis goal	5.7.37	-	5.9.39	05:46
	FOOR	Rushed behind	5.7.37	-	5.10.40	09:22
	BOXH	Fergus Greene behind	5.8.38	-	5.10.40	10:53
	FOOR	Buku Khamis goal	5.8.38	-	6.10.46	12:04
	FOOR	Rushed behind	5.8.38	-	6.11.47	14:01
	BOXH	Jake Arundell goal	6.8.44	-	6.11.47	15:03
	FOOR	Rushed behind	6.8.44	-	6.12.48	22:00
	BOXH	Joshua Bennetts behind	6.9.45	-	6.12.48	24:59
	BOXH	Brandon Ryan goal	7.9.51	-	6.12.48	26:03
	BOXH	Jacob Koschitzke goal	8.9.57	-	6.12.48	28:20
	BOXH	Jake Arundell behind	8.10.58	-	6.12.48	29:47
Q4	BOXH	Lachie Bramble goal	9.10.64	-	6.12.48	01:54
	FOOR	Buku Khamis goal	9.10.64	-	7.12.54	04:15
	BOXH	Fergus Greene goal	10.10.70	-	7.12.54	06:09
	FOOR	Sam Darcy behind	10.10.70	-	7.13.55	08:33
	BOXH	Ned Long goal	11.10.76	-	7.13.55	10:33
	BOXH	Sam Butler goal	12.10.82	-	7.13.55	12:22
	FOOR	Ewan Macpherson goal	12.10.82	-	8.13.61	14:19
	FOOR	Cody Raak behind	12.10.82	-	8.14.62	16:38
	FOOR	Charlie Clarke goal	12.10.82	-	9.14.68	17:02
	FOOR	Robbie McComb behind	12.10.82	-	9.15.69	19:10
	FOOR	Luke Goater goal	12.10.82	-	10.15.75	23:06
	BOXH	Fergus Greene goal	13.10.88	-	10.15.75	25:30
	BOXH	Max Ramsden goal	14.10.94	-	10.15.75	30:45
	BOXH	Lachie Bramble behind	14.11.95	-	10.15.75	33:19

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