2025 VFL Round 4: Port Melbourne v Essendon Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 19 April 2025 between Port Melbourne and Essendon Reserves during round 4 of the 2025 VFL season. Port Melbourne hosted Essendon Reserves at ETU Stadium. Harvey Hooper captained the hosts. Xavier O'Neill captained the visitors with Jackson Hately as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Brendan McCartney and the visitors were coached by Cameron Joyce.

As a result of this match, Port Melbourne were then 20th on the ladder (down from 17th) and Essendon Reserves were then 10th on the ladder (up from 14th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2025 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Port Melbourne v Essendon Reserves
Date: Saturday 19 April 2025
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: ETU Stadium

Match Results

Outcome: Port Melbourne def. by Essendon Reserves
Score: 7.13.55 - 9.17.71

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Port Melbourne	2	.	5	5	.	7	6	.	9	7	.	13	7	.	13	(55)
Essendon Reserves	2	.	0	4	.	4	6	.	11	9	.	17	9	.	17	(71)
Margin	PMLB by 5			PMLB by 9			ESSR by 2			ESSR by 16			ESSR by 16
Duration	31:00			33:42			29:33			31:36			2:05:51

Honour Roll

Coaches: Brendan McCartney (Port Melbourne), Cameron Joyce (Essendon Reserves)
Captains: Harvey Hooper (Port Melbourne), Xavier O'Neill (Essendon Reserves)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Port Melbourne), Jackson Hately (Essendon Reserves)

Player Statistics

Port Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
12	Bedendo, Dominic	?	?	0	0	29	16	13	3	0	0	0	?	1	1	4	3
41	Bond, Lachlan	?	?	1	1	6	3	3	1	0	4	0	?	0	1	0	0
22	Farrant, Patrick	?	?	1	2	14	9	5	5	0	0	0	?	0	4	0	2
28	Graham, Tom	?	?	0	0	10	5	5	2	0	1	1	?	0	1	2	2
38	Grant, Sam	?	?	0	2	7	3	4	0	12	2	0	?	4	1	0	1
14	Green, Josh	?	?	0	0	31	6	25	2	0	3	13	?	1	0	2	4
59	Heppell, Dyson	?	?	0	0	20	5	15	4	0	0	3	?	1	1	3	1
35	Highmore, Tom	?	?	0	0	15	4	11	3	0	4	0	?	1	2	1	1
4	Hird, Tom	?	?	0	0	26	19	7	5	0	0	0	?	2	1	8	3
37	Hooper, Harvey (c)	?	?	0	0	33	19	14	5	0	3	5	?	3	1	1	9
27	Kuol Mun, Ajang	?	?	1	0	12	4	8	2	20	1	5	?	2	2	2	0
1	Lazzaro, Charlie	?	?	1	0	27	13	14	1	0	5	4	?	1	0	0	9
44	Lloyd, Drew	?	?	0	2	8	5	3	3	0	4	0	?	1	3	0	1
8	Martyn, Will	?	?	0	1	13	7	6	1	0	4	2	?	1	1	1	4
23	Miller, Jimmy	?	?	1	1	15	11	4	6	8	0	1	?	2	0	0	2
5	Mulady, Owen	?	?	1	0	14	2	12	0	0	4	0	?	1	0	2	2
24	Polkinghorne, Riley	?	?	0	0	18	7	11	1	0	1	1	?	1	0	2	1
21	Rider, Max	?	?	0	1	13	4	9	2	0	2	0	?	0	1	0	2
7	Riley, Connor	?	?	0	0	14	3	11	0	0	5	2	?	1	3	0	2
3	Rosman, Fraser	?	?	1	0	23	16	7	6	0	3	1	?	0	0	6	3
31	Stubbings, Harry	?	?	0	0	16	7	9	4	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	2
6	Van Es, James	?	?	0	0	10	6	4	3	0	2	0	?	1	0	4	0
2	Wanganeen, Tex	?	?	0	2	22	16	6	2	0	1	1	?	1	2	6	1
Rushed					?
Total (23 players)				7	13	396	190	206	61	40	49	39	0+	25	25	44	55

Essendon Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
64	Akuei, Domanic	?	?	0	0	13	8	5	3	5	3	2	?	3	2	3	1
56	Clough, Shane	?	?	0	0	13	11	2	8	0	3	0	?	0	0	3	3
33	Davey, Alwyn	?	?	3	0	14	8	6	3	0	4	2	?	0	0	0	3
44	Day-Wicks, Archer	?	?	0	3	7	3	4	1	0	3	0	?	0	4	0	0
58	Eckersley, Jared	?	?	1	0	4	1	3	1	0	2	0	?	0	3	0	0
73	Foley, Matthew	?	?	0	0	19	11	8	2	0	1	1	?	1	0	2	2
19	Gerreyn, Kayle	?	?	1	1	11	6	5	2	2	1	0	?	1	0	0	1
50	Hately, Jackson (vc)	?	?	0	0	23	9	14	3	0	6	2	?	0	0	3	4
18	Hayes, Lewis	?	?	0	0	24	12	12	12	0	6	0	?	1	1	4	0
51	Hoare, Will	?	?	0	0	13	11	2	6	0	0	1	?	0	0	4	0
40	Johnson, Zak	?	?	0	1	24	18	6	7	0	1	0	?	0	0	8	2
15	Laverde, Jayden	?	?	0	0	22	18	4	10	0	5	0	?	1	1	2	1
34	Lual, Luamon	?	?	0	0	16	6	10	4	0	2	0	?	1	0	1	3
80	McKay, Solly	?	?	0	0	13	8	5	5	0	1	1	?	0	2	2	1
42	Nguyen, Jayden	?	?	0	0	20	12	8	5	0	2	2	?	6	0	4	3
65	Nyko, Cam	?	?	0	2	21	17	4	5	0	0	6	?	2	1	5	6
55	O'Neill, Xavier (c)	?	?	1	1	25	19	6	4	0	2	6	?	2	2	2	4
53	Peris, Jack	?	?	0	1	11	4	7	0	0	11	1	?	3	1	1	1
75	Sellers, Tyler	?	?	1	0	6	6	0	2	0	4	0	?	0	2	0	2
63	Smartt, Oskar	?	?	1	2	15	13	2	5	0	8	1	?	0	2	0	5
5	Tsatas, Elijah	?	?	0	0	32	18	14	3	0	5	15	?	0	2	2	5
38	Unwin, Rhys	?	?	1	1	13	10	3	2	0	5	3	?	1	0	0	3
39	Visentini, Vigo	?	?	0	0	18	10	8	3	26	3	5	?	3	2	1	3
Rushed					?
Total (23 players)				9	17	377	239	138	96	33	78	48	0+	25	25	47	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	PMLB	Charlie Lazzaro goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	03:33
	PMLB	Rushed behind	1.1.7	-	0.0.0	09:13
	PMLB	Max Rider behind	1.2.8	-	0.0.0	10:14
	ESSR	Alwyn Davey goal	1.2.8	-	1.0.6	10:48
	PMLB	Jimmy Miller behind	1.3.9	-	1.0.6	13:40
	PMLB	Tex Wanganeen behind	1.4.10	-	1.0.6	14:50
	PMLB	Lachlan Bond behind	1.5.11	-	1.0.6	18:09
	PMLB	Ajang Kuol Mun goal	2.5.17	-	1.0.6	19:35
	ESSR	Kayle Gerreyn goal	2.5.17	-	2.0.12	21:43
Q2	PMLB	Jimmy Miller goal	3.5.23	-	2.0.12	00:44
	ESSR	Xavier O'Neill behind	3.5.23	-	2.1.13	02:49
	PMLB	Lachlan Bond goal	4.5.29	-	2.1.13	04:57
	ESSR	Rushed behind	4.5.29	-	2.2.14	08:29
	PMLB	Owen Mulady goal	5.5.35	-	2.2.14	09:22
	ESSR	Oskar Smartt goal	5.5.35	-	3.2.20	18:26
	ESSR	Alwyn Davey goal	5.5.35	-	4.2.26	21:31
	ESSR	Oskar Smartt behind	5.5.35	-	4.3.27	25:52
	PMLB	Sam Grant behind	5.6.36	-	4.3.27	28:13
	PMLB	Patrick Farrant behind	5.7.37	-	4.3.27	29:22
	ESSR	Rushed behind	5.7.37	-	4.4.28	32:39
Q3	ESSR	Rushed behind	5.7.37	-	4.5.29	05:55
	ESSR	Cam Nyko behind	5.7.37	-	4.6.30	09:02
	ESSR	Rhys Unwin behind	5.7.37	-	4.7.31	12:03
	ESSR	Zak Johnson behind	5.7.37	-	4.8.32	12:41
	ESSR	Rhys Unwin goal	5.7.37	-	5.8.38	13:46
	PMLB	Drew Lloyd behind	5.8.38	-	5.8.38	15:33
	PMLB	Patrick Farrant goal	6.8.44	-	5.8.38	17:10
	PMLB	Patrick Farrant behind	6.9.45	-	5.8.38	20:28
	ESSR	Rushed behind	6.9.45	-	5.9.39	22:18
	ESSR	Kayle Gerreyn behind	6.9.45	-	5.10.40	24:30
	ESSR	Xavier O'Neill goal	6.9.45	-	6.10.46	26:51
	ESSR	Archer Day-Wicks behind	6.9.45	-	6.11.47	29:10
Q4	PMLB	Drew Lloyd behind	6.10.46	-	6.11.47	03:20
	ESSR	Archer Day-Wicks behind	6.10.46	-	6.12.48	05:06
	PMLB	Sam Grant behind	6.11.47	-	6.12.48	07:36
	PMLB	Will Martyn behind	6.12.48	-	6.12.48	08:45
	ESSR	Jared Eckersley goal	6.12.48	-	7.12.54	09:45
	ESSR	Cam Nyko behind	6.12.48	-	7.13.55	13:14
	ESSR	Archer Day-Wicks behind	6.12.48	-	7.14.56	14:51
	ESSR	Alwyn Davey goal	6.12.48	-	8.14.62	19:13
	ESSR	Tyler Sellers goal	6.12.48	-	9.14.68	20:54
	PMLB	Tex Wanganeen behind	6.13.49	-	9.14.68	24:07
	ESSR	Solly McKay behind	6.13.49	-	9.15.69	25:30
	PMLB	Fraser Rosman goal	7.13.55	-	9.15.69	26:35
	ESSR	Oskar Smartt behind	7.13.55	-	9.16.70	28:03
	ESSR	Jack Peris behind	7.13.55	-	9.17.71	29:31

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