2025 VFL Preliminary Final 1: Footscray Reserves v Box Hill

This is the match report for the match played on 13 September 2025 between Footscray Reserves and Box Hill in the first preliminary final of the 2025 VFL season. Footscray Reserves hosted Box Hill at Whitten Oval. Daniel Orgill captained the hosts with Cooper Craig-Peters as vice-captain. Callum Porter captained the visitors with Stuart Horner as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Stewart Edge and the visitors were coached by Zane Littlejohn.

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

Match Details

Season: 2025 VFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final 1
Teams: Footscray Reserves v Box Hill
Date: Saturday 13 September 2025
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Whitten Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray Reserves def. Box Hill
Score: 16.12.108 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Footscray Reserves	5	.	4	8	.	7	12	.	9	16	.	12	16	.	12	(108)
Box Hill	3	.	2	4	.	7	7	.	9	11	.	11	11	.	11	(77)
Margin	FOOR by 14			FOOR by 24			FOOR by 30			FOOR by 31			FOOR by 31
Duration	34:21			32:38			33:37			34:52			2:15:28

Honour Roll

Coaches: Stewart Edge (Footscray Reserves), Zane Littlejohn (Box Hill)
Captains: Daniel Orgill (Footscray Reserves), Callum Porter (Box Hill)
Vice-Captains: Cooper Craig-Peters (Footscray Reserves), Stuart Horner (Box Hill)

Player Statistics

Footscray Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
13	Baker, Oskar	?	?	0	0	15	7	8	6	0	3	2	?	1	0	1	5
5	Busslinger, Jedd	?	?	0	0	30	19	11	7	0	0	1	?	1	2	4	1
17	Coffield, Nick	?	?	0	0	17	15	2	5	0	1	0	?	1	1	8	0
61	Craig-Peters, Cooper (vc)	?	?	1	0	12	7	5	1	0	10	2	?	3	1	0	1
16	Croft, Jordan	?	?	0	2	6	3	3	2	5	1	1	?	1	3	0	1
54	Crofts, Billy	?	?	0	0	20	5	15	3	0	7	9	?	2	1	0	1
26	Dolan, Josh	?	?	2	1	12	8	4	3	0	4	2	?	2	0	0	3
43	Gardner, Ryan	?	?	0	0	12	8	4	5	0	1	2	?	0	0	3	1
6	Hynes, Cooper	?	?	2	0	16	9	7	3	0	5	3	?	1	1	3	3
11	Jaques, Lachie	?	?	0	0	21	16	5	5	0	3	2	?	1	1	2	2
32	Jones, Arthur	?	?	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	3	0	?	1	0	0	1
19	Jones, Liam	?	?	0	0	12	7	5	7	0	0	0	?	0	0	2	1
57	Kellett, Josh	?	?	1	0	20	14	6	7	0	2	1	?	0	0	1	5
35	Kennedy, Luke	?	?	0	0	7	4	3	1	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	2
64	Lewis, Will	?	?	5	3	11	10	1	2	0	1	1	?	2	0	1	1
50	Orgill, Daniel (c)	?	?	0	1	10	4	6	3	0	4	1	?	0	1	0	0
25	Poulter, Caleb	?	?	1	2	13	7	6	2	0	4	0	?	1	1	0	3
28	Scott, Anthony	?	?	0	0	37	18	19	4	0	7	9	?	1	1	3	5
37	Sellwood, Michael	?	?	0	0	17	6	11	2	0	4	0	?	0	1	4	1
40	Smith, Lachlan	?	?	0	0	11	5	6	1	29	7	3	?	0	5	0	4
1	Treloar, Adam	?	?	0	0	31	15	16	2	0	3	5	?	1	0	2	7
53	Valpied, Fred	?	?	0	0	8	6	2	4	0	0	0	?	0	0	1	3
41	Walker, Zac	?	?	4	0	6	5	1	4	0	1	0	?	2	0	0	1
Rushed					?
Total (23 players)				16	12	346	199	147	79	34	71	44	0+	21	19	35	52

Box Hill

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
32	Anderson, Cody	?	?	1	1	16	7	9	1	0	6	2	?	2	0	0	3
70	Arundell, Jake	?	?	2	0	12	10	2	3	0	2	0	?	1	0	0	3
58	Bianco, Trent	?	?	0	0	23	16	7	6	0	3	3	?	1	2	1	6
36	Blanck, James	?	?	0	0	11	6	5	3	0	1	1	?	1	1	4	0
22	Breust, Luke	?	?	1	0	4	2	2	0	0	3	0	?	1	0	0	1
53	Declase, Kye	?	?	0	0	10	6	4	4	0	0	0	?	0	0	1	2
50	Durdin, Sam	?	?	0	0	5	3	2	2	0	5	0	?	2	0	1	2
8	Frost, Sam	?	?	0	0	11	7	4	6	0	1	0	?	0	0	3	0
41	Hill, Matt	?	?	1	0	8	3	5	2	0	4	0	?	0	2	0	1
62	Horner, Stuart (vc)	?	?	0	0	13	6	7	4	0	0	0	?	0	0	1	1
44	Hustwaite, Henry	?	?	0	0	26	11	15	1	0	5	9	?	1	2	4	3
42	Macdonald, Bailey	?	?	0	0	16	8	8	1	0	3	0	?	1	1	2	0
28	Mackenzie, Cam	?	?	0	1	27	15	12	6	0	5	7	?	1	1	0	6
27	McCabe, Will	?	?	0	0	12	7	5	5	0	0	0	?	0	1	2	4
40	Mitchell, Seamus	?	?	0	0	12	11	1	5	0	3	1	?	0	1	3	2
55	Porter, Callum (c)	?	?	1	0	5	4	1	3	0	1	1	?	0	2	0	1
38	Ramsden, Max	?	?	2	3	9	7	2	2	10	0	4	?	2	1	0	1
7	Reeves, Ned	?	?	0	1	11	6	5	2	55	3	3	?	5	2	3	1
26	Ryan, Bodie	?	?	0	0	16	11	5	3	0	0	1	?	0	4	2	1
39	Scaife, Jasper	?	?	2	2	12	7	5	5	4	1	0	?	0	1	0	2
29	Serong, Jai	?	?	1	0	18	16	2	9	0	2	0	?	0	0	6	3
65	Stanley, Ethan	?	?	0	0	21	6	15	2	0	3	4	?	0	0	1	2
54	Ward, Lane	?	?	0	0	18	6	12	2	0	2	0	?	1	0	1	1
Rushed					?
Total (23 players)				11	11	316	181	135	77	69	53	36	0+	19	21	35	46

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	Callum Porter goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	02:23
	FOOR	Rushed behind	0.1.1	-	1.0.6	03:54
	FOOR	Josh Dolan behind	0.2.2	-	1.0.6	08:40
	FOOR	Josh Kellett goal	1.2.8	-	1.0.6	10:05
	FOOR	Will Lewis goal	2.2.14	-	1.0.6	12:50
	FOOR	Zac Walker goal	3.2.20	-	1.0.6	14:10
	FOOR	Cooper Hynes goal	4.2.26	-	1.0.6	17:17
	BOXH	Matt Hill goal	4.2.26	-	2.0.12	18:41
	BOXH	Jasper Scaife behind	4.2.26	-	2.1.13	20:30
	FOOR	Will Lewis goal	5.2.32	-	2.1.13	21:37
	FOOR	Rushed behind	5.3.33	-	2.1.13	23:08
	BOXH	Luke Breust goal	5.3.33	-	3.1.19	25:45
	BOXH	Rushed behind	5.3.33	-	3.2.20	29:10
	FOOR	Rushed behind	5.4.34	-	3.2.20	29:41
Q2	FOOR	Daniel Orgill behind	5.5.35	-	3.2.20	01:29
	FOOR	Josh Dolan goal	6.5.41	-	3.2.20	03:03
	FOOR	Caleb Poulter behind	6.6.42	-	3.2.20	06:42
	FOOR	Caleb Poulter goal	7.6.48	-	3.2.20	07:17
	BOXH	Cam Mackenzie behind	7.6.48	-	3.3.21	08:40
	BOXH	Cody Anderson goal	7.6.48	-	4.3.27	11:27
	BOXH	Max Ramsden behind	7.6.48	-	4.4.28	13:05
	BOXH	Max Ramsden behind	7.6.48	-	4.5.29	18:39
	FOOR	Will Lewis goal	8.6.54	-	4.5.29	23:10
	BOXH	Ned Reeves behind	8.6.54	-	4.6.30	26:54
	FOOR	Will Lewis behind	8.7.55	-	4.6.30	28:09
	BOXH	Rushed behind	8.7.55	-	4.7.31	31:23
Q3	BOXH	Cody Anderson behind	8.7.55	-	4.8.32	04:09
	BOXH	Jake Arundell goal	8.7.55	-	5.8.38	04:58
	FOOR	Will Lewis behind	8.8.56	-	5.8.38	06:56
	BOXH	Jasper Scaife behind	8.8.56	-	5.9.39	12:00
	BOXH	Jasper Scaife goal	8.8.56	-	6.9.45	13:29
	FOOR	Zac Walker goal	9.8.62	-	6.9.45	18:29
	FOOR	Caleb Poulter behind	9.9.63	-	6.9.45	20:02
	FOOR	Zac Walker goal	10.9.69	-	6.9.45	25:37
	FOOR	Will Lewis goal	11.9.75	-	6.9.45	27:19
	BOXH	Jake Arundell goal	11.9.75	-	7.9.51	28:58
	FOOR	Will Lewis goal	12.9.81	-	7.9.51	30:18
Q4	FOOR	Cooper Hynes goal	13.9.87	-	7.9.51	01:51
	FOOR	Will Lewis behind	13.10.88	-	7.9.51	03:25
	FOOR	Cooper Craig-Peters goal	14.10.94	-	7.9.51	05:52
	FOOR	Josh Dolan goal	15.10.100	-	7.9.51	08:32
	BOXH	Rushed behind	15.10.100	-	7.10.52	11:08
	BOXH	Max Ramsden goal	15.10.100	-	8.10.58	14:56
	FOOR	Jordan Croft behind	15.11.101	-	8.10.58	19:05
	FOOR	Zac Walker goal	16.11.107	-	8.10.58	20:48
	BOXH	Jasper Scaife goal	16.11.107	-	9.10.64	23:59
	BOXH	Max Ramsden goal	16.11.107	-	10.10.70	26:30
	BOXH	Max Ramsden behind	16.11.107	-	10.11.71	28:31
	BOXH	Jai Serong goal	16.11.107	-	11.11.77	30:13
	FOOR	Jordan Croft behind	16.12.108	-	11.11.77	34:42

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