2025 VFL Round 16: Box Hill v Essendon Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 12 July 2025 between Box Hill and Essendon Reserves during round 16 of the 2025 VFL season. Box Hill hosted Essendon Reserves at Box Hill City Oval. In the absence of Callum Porter, vice-captain Stuart Horner captained the hosts. Xavier O'Neill captained the visitors with Jackson Hately as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Zane Littlejohn and the visitors were coached by Cameron Joyce.

As a result of this match, Box Hill remained 1st on the ladder and Essendon Reserves remained 18th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2025 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Box Hill v Essendon Reserves
Date: Saturday 12 July 2025
Time: 2:05 PM
Venue: Box Hill City Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Box Hill def. Essendon Reserves
Score: 20.14.134 - 9.11.65

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Box Hill	7	.	4	10	.	8	16	.	10	20	.	14	20	.	14	(134)
Essendon Reserves	2	.	1	4	.	6	5	.	10	9	.	11	9	.	11	(65)
Margin	BOXH by 33			BOXH by 38			BOXH by 66			BOXH by 69			BOXH by 69
Duration	32:38			29:29			30:59			29:36			2:02:42

Honour Roll

Coaches: Zane Littlejohn (Box Hill), Cameron Joyce (Essendon Reserves)
Captains: Stuart Horner (Box Hill), Xavier O'Neill (Essendon Reserves)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Box Hill), Jackson Hately (Essendon Reserves)

Player Statistics

Box Hill

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
32	Anderson, Cody	?	?	0	0	25	11	14	3	0	4	8	?	2	0	1	6
70	Arundell, Jake	?	?	0	2	16	8	8	6	0	1	0	?	0	0	1	5
72	Baldwin, Jack	?	?	0	0	13	8	5	5	0	0	1	?	0	0	2	3
58	Bianco, Trent	?	?	0	0	32	16	16	11	0	1	2	?	1	1	3	3
36	Blanck, James	?	?	0	0	7	4	3	4	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	0
22	Breust, Luke	?	?	1	1	18	8	10	4	0	1	1	?	1	1	0	4
53	Cavarra, Ben	?	?	1	0	11	7	4	1	0	2	0	?	1	1	1	2
8	Frost, Sam	?	?	0	0	12	11	1	6	0	0	0	?	0	0	3	0
41	Hill, Matt	?	?	1	1	8	6	2	3	0	2	0	?	1	1	0	3
62	Horner, Stuart (ac)	?	?	0	0	15	5	10	6	0	1	1	?	0	0	1	1
44	Hustwaite, Henry	?	?	0	0	33	11	22	5	0	4	11	?	3	2	2	4
75	Julian, Griffith	?	?	0	1	13	9	4	4	0	1	0	?	0	0	2	1
2	Lewis, Mitch	?	?	5	1	13	11	2	8	0	1	0	?	0	1	1	2
27	McCabe, Will	?	?	2	1	16	9	7	5	0	1	0	?	0	2	0	3
38	Ramsden, Max	?	?	4	0	16	13	3	10	8	1	1	?	0	1	0	4
7	Reeves, Ned	?	?	1	1	15	7	8	4	40	1	5	?	3	4	1	2
67	Sammartino, Jack	?	?	0	0	17	11	6	6	0	2	1	?	0	0	1	1
39	Scaife, Jasper	?	?	2	1	12	9	3	4	0	2	0	?	0	4	0	4
14	Scrimshaw, Jack	?	?	0	0	26	14	12	6	0	2	0	?	1	1	6	3
29	Serong, Jai	?	?	0	0	16	11	5	4	0	1	1	?	0	0	2	3
74	Simondson, Blake	?	?	0	2	10	7	3	2	0	0	0	?	1	2	0	3
65	Stanley, Ethan	?	?	3	1	16	10	6	3	0	3	2	?	0	1	1	5
54	Ward, Lane	?	?	0	0	21	11	10	4	0	1	2	?	1	1	3	0
Rushed					?
Total (23 players)				20	14	381	217	164	114	48	33	36	0+	15	23	31	62

Essendon Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
64	Akuei, Domanic	?	?	0	0	8	2	6	1	0	1	0	?	3	0	2	0
63	Burmeister, Floyd	?	?	1	0	2	2	0	0	2	1	0	?	0	1	0	0
33	Davey, Alwyn	?	?	0	0	19	10	9	3	0	1	1	?	1	2	8	0
44	Day-Wicks, Archer	?	?	0	0	11	9	2	4	0	3	0	?	1	1	0	4
41	El-Hawli, Saad	?	?	0	0	21	9	12	4	0	3	0	?	2	1	1	1
73	Foley, Matthew	?	?	0	0	12	8	4	4	0	1	1	?	0	0	3	3
19	Gerreyn, Kayle	?	?	1	1	14	7	7	6	1	0	1	?	1	1	0	2
35	Guelfi, Matt	?	?	0	1	6	4	2	1	0	2	1	?	1	1	0	2
50	Hately, Jackson (vc)	?	?	0	0	22	17	5	8	0	1	3	?	1	0	4	6
51	Hoare, Will	?	?	0	0	12	9	3	8	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	0
80	McKay, Solly	?	?	0	0	23	11	12	10	0	3	1	?	1	0	4	1
	McMahon, Liam	?	?	3	1	6	5	1	3	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	0
29	Menzie, Jye	?	?	2	3	13	8	5	4	0	3	1	?	0	0	1	0
71	Monteath, Lachlan	?	?	1	0	16	7	9	2	3	3	7	?	3	2	3	2
42	Nguyen, Jayden	?	?	0	0	12	6	6	2	0	2	1	?	1	0	0	1
55	O'Neill, Xavier (c)	?	?	1	1	24	21	3	6	0	2	0	?	2	1	7	3
16	Perkins, Archie	?	?	0	0	21	10	11	6	0	3	1	?	1	0	3	1
83	Quigg, Nic	?	?	0	0	9	3	6	1	0	6	2	?	0	3	0	2
57	Scott, Noah	?	?	0	3	15	12	3	5	0	1	0	?	2	0	0	3
75	Sellers, Tyler	?	?	0	0	19	17	2	11	0	2	1	?	1	1	4	3
9	Shiel, Dylan	?	?	0	1	23	9	14	1	0	3	2	?	1	0	0	5
54	Sinnott, Hamish	?	?	0	0	6	1	5	2	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	0
38	Unwin, Rhys	?	?	0	0	9	2	7	2	0	1	1	?	1	1	0	1
Rushed					?
Total (23 players)				9	11	323	189	134	94	6	43	24	0+	23	15	40	40

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	Jasper Scaife goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	00:53
	ESSR	Liam McMahon goal	1.0.6	-	1.0.6	04:15
	BOXH	Mitch Lewis goal	2.0.12	-	1.0.6	09:32
	BOXH	Ethan Stanley goal	3.0.18	-	1.0.6	10:35
	BOXH	Max Ramsden goal	4.0.24	-	1.0.6	12:19
	ESSR	Kayle Gerreyn goal	4.0.24	-	2.0.12	17:22
	BOXH	Jake Arundell behind	4.1.25	-	2.0.12	21:44
	BOXH	Blake Simondson behind	4.2.26	-	2.0.12	22:37
	BOXH	Max Ramsden goal	5.2.32	-	2.0.12	24:00
	BOXH	Ned Reeves goal	6.2.38	-	2.0.12	27:29
	BOXH	Jasper Scaife behind	6.3.39	-	2.0.12	28:58
	ESSR	Dylan Shiel behind	6.3.39	-	2.1.13	30:23
	BOXH	Ethan Stanley goal	7.3.45	-	2.1.13	31:20
	BOXH	Ethan Stanley behind	7.4.46	-	2.1.13	32:29
Q2	ESSR	Xavier O'Neill behind	7.4.46	-	2.2.14	00:49
	BOXH	Jake Arundell behind	7.5.47	-	2.2.14	02:00
	BOXH	Will McCabe behind	7.6.48	-	2.2.14	03:50
	BOXH	Ethan Stanley goal	8.6.54	-	2.2.14	04:34
	ESSR	Xavier O'Neill goal	8.6.54	-	3.2.20	09:42
	ESSR	Noah Scott behind	8.6.54	-	3.3.21	10:55
	ESSR	Liam McMahon behind	8.6.54	-	3.4.22	11:49
	ESSR	Jye Menzie behind	8.6.54	-	3.5.23	12:59
	BOXH	Mitch Lewis goal	9.6.60	-	3.5.23	16:06
	BOXH	Mitch Lewis goal	10.6.66	-	3.5.23	18:25
	BOXH	Matt Hill behind	10.7.67	-	3.5.23	20:10
	BOXH	Luke Breust behind	10.8.68	-	3.5.23	22:09
	ESSR	Kayle Gerreyn behind	10.8.68	-	3.6.24	23:26
	ESSR	Jye Menzie goal	10.8.68	-	4.6.30	26:32
Q3	BOXH	Max Ramsden goal	11.8.74	-	4.6.30	00:54
	BOXH	Max Ramsden goal	12.8.80	-	4.6.30	05:38
	BOXH	Rushed behind	12.9.81	-	4.6.30	08:16
	BOXH	Ben Cavarra goal	13.9.87	-	4.6.30	09:09
	BOXH	Jasper Scaife goal	14.9.93	-	4.6.30	10:33
	BOXH	Will McCabe goal	15.9.99	-	4.6.30	12:27
	BOXH	Mitch Lewis goal	16.9.105	-	4.6.30	14:01
	ESSR	Noah Scott behind	16.9.105	-	4.7.31	17:13
	ESSR	Jye Menzie behind	16.9.105	-	4.8.32	24:06
	ESSR	Jye Menzie goal	16.9.105	-	5.8.38	24:46
	ESSR	Matt Guelfi behind	16.9.105	-	5.9.39	27:09
	ESSR	Noah Scott behind	16.9.105	-	5.10.40	29:32
	BOXH	Ned Reeves behind	16.10.106	-	5.10.40	30:50
Q4	ESSR	Liam McMahon goal	16.10.106	-	6.10.46	02:48
	ESSR	Lachlan Monteath goal	16.10.106	-	7.10.52	04:32
	BOXH	Luke Breust goal	17.10.112	-	7.10.52	06:30
	BOXH	Griffith Julian behind	17.11.113	-	7.10.52	09:25
	BOXH	Rushed behind	17.12.114	-	7.10.52	10:21
	BOXH	Matt Hill goal	18.12.120	-	7.10.52	11:44
	BOXH	Blake Simondson behind	18.13.121	-	7.10.52	14:20
	ESSR	Floyd Burmeister goal	18.13.121	-	8.10.58	16:37
	ESSR	Liam McMahon goal	18.13.121	-	9.10.64	19:05
	BOXH	Will McCabe goal	19.13.127	-	9.10.64	21:33
	BOXH	Mitch Lewis behind	19.14.128	-	9.10.64	24:32
	BOXH	Mitch Lewis goal	20.14.134	-	9.10.64	26:53
	ESSR	Jye Menzie behind	20.14.134	-	9.11.65	28:50

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