2025 VFL Season Round 14: North Melbourne Reserves v Box Hill

This is the match report for the match played on 28 June 2025 between the North Melbourne Reserves and Box Hill during round fourteen of the 2025 season of the Victorian Football League. The North Melbourne Reserves hosted Box Hill at Arden Street Oval. Darcy MacPherson captained the hosts. In the absence of Callum Porter, vice-captain Stuart Horner captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Lynch and the visitors were coached by Zane Littlejohn.

The North Melbourne Reserves (9.9.63) were defeated by Box Hill (19.9.123).

Match Details

Season: 2025 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: North Melbourne Reserves v Box Hill
Date: Saturday 28 June 2025
Time: 12:05 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne Reserves def. by Box Hill
Score: 9.9.63 - 19.9.123

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
North Melbourne Reserves	3	.	3	3	.	5	7	.	8	9	.	9	9	.	9	(63)
Box Hill	4	.	1	5	.	6	9	.	8	19	.	9	19	.	9	(123)
Margin	BOXH by 4			BOXH by 13			BOXH by 12			BOXH by 60			BOXH by 60
Duration	29:19			25:40			30:29			32:58			1:58:26

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (North Melbourne Reserves) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Box Hill) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

North Melbourne Reserves

Captain: Darcy MacPherson
Coach: Tom Lynch

Box Hill

Captain: Stuart Horner (acting)
Coach: Zane Littlejohn

Player Statistics

North Melbourne Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
	Banch, Zac	?	?	1	1	11	7	4	2	0	2	1	?	3	0	0	2
42	Dawson, Kallan	?	?	0	0	9	6	3	4	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	0
47	Downie, Connor	?	?	0	0	13	8	5	7	0	1	1	?	0	2	1	3
7	Duursma, Zane	?	?	3	1	13	9	4	5	0	5	1	?	0	1	1	4
33	George, Brayden	?	?	2	0	7	5	2	2	0	6	0	?	3	1	0	2
22	Goad, Taylor	?	?	0	0	8	2	6	1	12	1	3	?	4	4	1	1
37	Harvey, Cooper	?	?	0	0	24	14	10	8	0	0	1	?	1	0	4	0
48	Huggard, Ben	?	?	0	0	17	10	7	6	0	2	0	?	0	0	4	2
64	Keast, Mathew	?	?	0	0	15	5	10	3	0	4	5	?	3	1	2	1
67	Linder, Samuel	?	?	1	0	12	11	1	7	0	2	0	?	1	0	2	2
70	Lowe, Oliver	?	?	0	0	12	4	8	2	0	2	2	?	1	1	0	3
50	MacPherson, Darcy (c)	?	?	0	0	20	13	7	4	0	3	0	?	0	1	4	3
39	Maley, Finnbar	?	?	2	1	12	5	7	3	5	7	3	?	1	2	0	1
23	Payne, Geordie	?	?	0	0	11	3	8	2	0	7	0	?	1	4	0	2
8	Scott, Bailey	?	?	0	0	26	13	13	6	0	3	2	?	0	0	3	5
36	Stevens, River	?	?	0	0	8	4	4	1	0	3	0	?	0	0	1	1
65	Sulzberger, Nathaniel	?	?	0	1	17	10	7	2	0	3	1	?	0	0	2	4
79	Tarrant, James	?	?	0	2	6	4	2	4	0	0	1	?	0	0	0	0
43	Teakle, Brynn	?	?	0	1	6	2	4	4	9	1	1	?	0	0	0	1
80	Tomlinson, Adam	?	?	0	0	22	17	5	8	0	1	0	?	0	0	6	1
59	Trembath, Cooper	?	?	0	0	14	7	7	5	0	2	0	?	0	0	3	0
14	Urquhart, Luke	?	?	0	0	10	5	5	4	0	4	1	?	2	1	3	0
35	Whitlock, Matt	?	?	0	0	13	10	3	5	0	2	0	?	0	1	3	0
Rushed					?
Total (23 players)				9	9	306	174	132	95	26	62	23	0+	20	19	40	38

Box Hill

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
32	Anderson, Cody	?	?	1	1	23	14	9	1	0	6	9	?	1	0	3	6
70	Arundell, Jake	?	?	0	0	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	2
58	Bianco, Trent	?	?	0	0	15	10	5	5	0	0	2	?	2	2	1	2
36	Blanck, James	?	?	0	0	7	4	3	5	0	1	0	?	1	2	1	0
22	Breust, Luke	?	?	3	0	15	10	5	6	0	6	0	?	2	0	0	2
35	Dear, Calsher	?	?	2	2	17	15	2	12	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	2
53	Declase, Kye	?	?	3	0	25	19	6	7	0	1	2	?	0	0	1	5
63	Hicks, Billy	?	?	5	0	15	10	5	9	0	1	0	?	0	1	0	2
41	Hill, Matt	?	?	0	1	4	2	2	1	0	2	1	?	0	2	0	1
62	Horner, Stuart (ac)	?	?	0	0	15	7	8	4	0	1	0	?	0	1	2	0
44	Hustwaite, Henry	?	?	0	0	28	16	12	1	0	5	11	?	3	1	2	5
2	Lewis, Mitch	?	?	2	1	10	8	2	4	0	3	0	?	1	0	0	1
42	Macdonald, Bailey	?	?	0	0	20	15	5	2	0	4	2	?	1	1	1	3
20	Maginness, Finn	?	?	1	1	26	11	15	2	0	2	8	?	1	1	2	5
27	McCabe, Will	?	?	2	0	11	6	5	6	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	6
21	Mraz, Noah	?	?	0	0	20	10	10	8	0	3	0	?	2	0	4	0
51	Philactides, Nathan	?	?	0	0	10	4	6	2	0	4	3	?	2	0	3	1
7	Reeves, Ned	?	?	0	0	14	4	10	6	41	1	5	?	1	4	1	3
39	Scaife, Jasper	?	?	0	0	4	2	2	0	9	4	1	?	0	0	0	3
29	Serong, Jai	?	?	0	0	17	11	6	5	0	5	0	?	0	1	6	1
74	Simondson, Blake	?	?	0	0	13	6	7	3	0	0	1	?	0	1	0	7
65	Stanley, Ethan	?	?	0	2	19	12	7	3	0	3	3	?	1	2	1	3
54	Ward, Lane	?	?	0	0	13	9	4	4	0	4	0	?	1	1	1	1
Rushed					?
Total (23 players)				19	9	347	208	139	96	50	56	48	0+	19	20	29	61

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	Mitch Lewis behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	03:43
	NMLR	Brayden George goal	1.0.6	-	0.1.1	05:13
	BOXH	Mitch Lewis goal	1.0.6	-	1.1.7	06:51
	NMLR	Brynn Teakle behind	1.1.7	-	1.1.7	12:42
	NMLR	James Tarrant behind	1.2.8	-	1.1.7	14:06
	NMLR	Zac Banch goal	2.2.14	-	1.1.7	16:25
	NMLR	Rushed behind	2.3.15	-	1.1.7	18:48
	BOXH	Will McCabe goal	2.3.15	-	2.1.13	20:55
	NMLR	Samuel Linder goal	3.3.21	-	2.1.13	23:43
	BOXH	Billy Hicks goal	3.3.21	-	3.1.19	25:41
	BOXH	Billy Hicks goal	3.3.21	-	4.1.25	27:49
Q2	BOXH	Finn Maginness behind	3.3.21	-	4.2.26	00:15
	BOXH	Matt Hill behind	3.3.21	-	4.3.27	02:03
	BOXH	Calsher Dear behind	3.3.21	-	4.4.28	03:35
	BOXH	Ethan Stanley behind	3.3.21	-	4.5.29	06:08
	NMLR	James Tarrant behind	3.4.22	-	4.5.29	15:09
	BOXH	Will McCabe goal	3.4.22	-	5.5.35	16:13
	NMLR	Nathaniel Sulzberger behind	3.5.23	-	5.5.35	19:21
	BOXH	Ethan Stanley behind	3.5.23	-	5.6.36	21:51
Q3	NMLR	Zane Duursma goal	4.5.29	-	5.6.36	02:36
	NMLR	Finnbar Maley goal	5.5.35	-	5.6.36	04:22
	BOXH	Calsher Dear goal	5.5.35	-	6.6.42	05:39
	BOXH	Mitch Lewis goal	5.5.35	-	7.6.48	07:54
	BOXH	Calsher Dear behind	5.5.35	-	7.7.49	10:56
	NMLR	Brayden George goal	6.5.41	-	7.7.49	12:20
	NMLR	Finnbar Maley behind	6.6.42	-	7.7.49	14:33
	NMLR	Rushed behind	6.7.43	-	7.7.49	16:39
	BOXH	Billy Hicks goal	6.7.43	-	8.7.55	17:46
	BOXH	Rushed behind	6.7.43	-	8.8.56	20:32
	NMLR	Finnbar Maley goal	7.7.49	-	8.8.56	21:23
	NMLR	Zac Banch behind	7.8.50	-	8.8.56	23:33
	BOXH	Luke Breust goal	7.8.50	-	9.8.62	25:48
Q4	BOXH	Kye Declase goal	7.8.50	-	10.8.68	02:57
	BOXH	Kye Declase goal	7.8.50	-	11.8.74	05:36
	BOXH	Billy Hicks goal	7.8.50	-	12.8.80	09:14
	BOXH	Billy Hicks goal	7.8.50	-	13.8.86	13:56
	BOXH	Luke Breust goal	7.8.50	-	14.8.92	16:33
	BOXH	Kye Declase goal	7.8.50	-	15.8.98	18:17
	BOXH	Cody Anderson goal	7.8.50	-	16.8.104	20:23
	BOXH	Cody Anderson behind	7.8.50	-	16.9.105	21:26
	BOXH	Calsher Dear goal	7.8.50	-	17.9.111	22:39
	NMLR	Zane Duursma behind	7.9.51	-	17.9.111	24:10
	NMLR	Zane Duursma goal	8.9.57	-	17.9.111	26:05
	BOXH	Luke Breust goal	8.9.57	-	18.9.117	28:45
	BOXH	Finn Maginness goal	8.9.57	-	19.9.123	30:29
	NMLR	Zane Duursma goal	9.9.63	-	19.9.123	31:43

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