2025 VFL Season Round 18: North Melbourne Reserves v Geelong Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 27 July 2025 between the North Melbourne Reserves and the Geelong Reserves during round eighteen of the 2025 season of the Victorian Football League. The North Melbourne Reserves hosted the Geelong Reserves at Arden Street Oval. Darcy MacPherson captained the hosts. Daniel Capiron captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Lynch and the visitors were coached by Mark Corrigan.

The North Melbourne Reserves (15.12.102) were defeated by the Geelong Reserves (16.8.104).

Match Details

Season: 2025 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: North Melbourne Reserves v Geelong Reserves
Date: Sunday 27 July 2025
Time: 12:05 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne Reserves def. by Geelong Reserves
Score: 15.12.102 - 16.8.104

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
North Melbourne Reserves	3	.	1	6	.	4	11	.	8	15	.	12	15	.	12	(102)
Geelong Reserves	7	.	1	11	.	2	14	.	5	16	.	8	16	.	8	(104)
Margin	GEER by 24			GEER by 28			GEER by 15			GEER by 2			GEER by 2
Duration	31:55			31:57			31:34			32:09			2:07:35

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 (Geelong Reserves) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

North Melbourne Reserves

Captain: Darcy MacPherson
Coach: Tom Lynch

Geelong Reserves

Captain: Daniel Capiron
Coach: Mark Corrigan

Player Statistics

North Melbourne Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
42	Dawson, Kallan	?	?	0	0	15	10	5	2	0	3	1	?	3	1	2	1
16	Fisher, Zac	?	?	0	0	9	4	5	0	0	5	0	?	0	3	0	0
40	Ford, Eddie	?	?	0	0	24	12	12	7	0	3	0	?	1	2	3	2
33	George, Brayden	?	?	0	1	20	15	5	8	0	5	1	?	0	0	5	5
22	Goad, Taylor	?	?	1	0	13	7	6	2	28	3	5	?	2	4	1	4
31	Goater, Josh	?	?	0	0	6	3	3	0	0	0	1	?	0	0	0	0
46	Hansen, Robert	?	?	1	1	10	8	2	0	0	3	0	?	0	1	0	4
62	Hotton, Olli	?	?	1	1	14	6	8	0	0	3	3	?	3	0	1	0
48	Huggard, Ben	?	?	0	0	18	13	5	5	0	6	1	?	1	0	4	2
64	Keast, Mathew	?	?	0	0	15	7	8	3	0	12	4	?	1	2	1	3
50	MacPherson, Darcy (c)	?	?	0	0	21	11	10	4	0	4	4	?	0	0	2	4
56	Noblett, Alex	?	?	0	0	14	7	7	1	0	4	1	?	0	1	0	1
23	Payne, Geordie	?	?	4	1	15	9	6	6	0	9	0	?	1	1	0	1
29	Phillips, Will	?	?	0	0	20	9	11	4	0	7	4	?	1	0	0	2
8	Scott, Bailey	?	?	1	0	10	6	4	1	0	5	0	?	0	0	1	1
36	Stevens, River	?	?	0	1	19	9	10	8	0	1	1	?	2	1	1	3
79	Tarrant, James	?	?	0	0	9	5	4	1	8	2	3	?	3	0	0	3
80	Tomlinson, Adam	?	?	0	0	31	25	6	8	0	1	0	?	1	0	7	2
59	Trembath, Cooper	?	?	3	1	10	5	5	4	0	1	0	?	1	0	0	0
14	Urquhart, Luke	?	?	0	1	10	4	6	3	0	10	1	?	0	0	0	3
74	Vandam, Oscar	?	?	0	0	15	12	3	5	0	4	3	?	1	0	3	1
6	Wardlaw, George	?	?	0	0	19	17	2	5	0	9	5	?	3	2	0	5
35	Whitlock, Matt	?	?	4	0	9	8	1	3	0	3	0	?	1	3	0	1
Rushed					?
Total (23 players)				15	12	346	212	134	80	36	103	38	0+	25	21	31	48

Geelong Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
59	Annand, Kye	?	?	0	0	7	3	4	3	0	0	0	?	3	1	1	0
24	Bews, Jed	?	?	0	0	23	16	7	3	0	0	1	?	2	0	8	1
41	Burke, Cillian	?	?	0	0	13	6	7	1	0	2	0	?	1	1	0	1
50	Capiron, Daniel (c)	?	?	0	0	8	7	1	5	0	1	0	?	0	2	5	0
13	Clark, Jhye	?	?	2	0	25	12	13	2	0	7	2	?	1	2	3	1
40	Clohesy, Ted	?	?	1	0	28	17	11	2	0	3	5	?	0	3	0	7
6	Conway, Toby	?	?	0	1	18	4	14	4	24	1	8	?	2	2	0	2
11	Edwards, Mitch	?	?	1	0	11	9	2	3	22	1	2	?	1	2	2	3
36	Henry, Ollie	?	?	2	1	15	10	5	3	0	4	1	?	0	1	0	4
23	Hofmann, Lennox	?	?	0	0	10	8	2	2	0	0	0	?	0	1	1	2
25	Ivisic, Xavier	?	?	2	0	15	9	6	3	0	4	1	?	0	1	0	3
74	Kelly, Patrick	?	?	0	0	13	7	6	5	0	3	0	?	0	0	1	2
10	Knevitt, Mitch	?	?	0	0	12	7	5	1	0	2	1	?	1	1	1	3
31	Matofai-Forbes, Keighton	?	?	0	0	14	11	3	1	0	3	0	?	2	0	5	1
49	Mellor, Jesse	?	?	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	6	1	?	1	1	0	0
20	Molier, Jacob	?	?	0	0	8	3	5	0	0	2	2	?	1	2	0	1
61	Murray, Tobyn	?	?	1	1	13	4	9	2	0	3	3	?	2	0	0	4
37	Pike, Joe	?	?	0	0	7	2	5	2	3	0	0	?	0	1	0	2
2	Polkinghorne, Jay	?	?	3	0	8	5	3	3	0	4	0	?	3	1	0	2
27	Retschko, Patrick	?	?	1	0	18	10	8	2	0	2	0	?	0	1	0	2
15	Stevens, George	?	?	0	0	30	16	14	1	0	6	12	?	0	1	2	3
21	Wiltshire, Oli	?	?	2	0	14	7	7	0	0	2	3	?	0	1	1	2
54	Wyburd, Taj	?	?	0	0	17	9	8	4	0	3	0	?	1	0	3	2
Rushed					?
Total (23 players)				16	8	329	183	146	53	49	59	42	0+	21	25	33	48

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	GEER	Rushed behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	01:22
	GEER	Jay Polkinghorne goal	0.0.0	-	1.1.7	05:57
	GEER	Oli Wiltshire goal	0.0.0	-	2.1.13	07:18
	NMLR	Geordie Payne goal	1.0.6	-	2.1.13	10:55
	NMLR	Matt Whitlock goal	2.0.12	-	2.1.13	14:38
	GEER	Jhye Clark goal	2.0.12	-	3.1.19	18:03
	GEER	Oli Wiltshire goal	2.0.12	-	4.1.25	19:10
	NMLR	Geordie Payne goal	3.0.18	-	4.1.25	20:36
	GEER	Jhye Clark goal	3.0.18	-	5.1.31	25:35
	GEER	Patrick Retschko goal	3.0.18	-	6.1.37	28:04
	NMLR	Rushed behind	3.1.19	-	6.1.37	29:56
	GEER	Ollie Henry goal	3.1.19	-	7.1.43	30:34
Q2	NMLR	Cooper Trembath goal	4.1.25	-	7.1.43	01:39
	NMLR	Rushed behind	4.2.26	-	7.1.43	04:58
	NMLR	Taylor Goad goal	5.2.32	-	7.1.43	05:56
	NMLR	Geordie Payne behind	5.3.33	-	7.1.43	08:20
	GEER	Jesse Mellor goal	5.3.33	-	8.1.49	09:53
	NMLR	Rushed behind	5.4.34	-	8.1.49	11:50
	NMLR	Geordie Payne goal	6.4.40	-	8.1.49	14:43
	GEER	Rushed behind	6.4.40	-	8.2.50	21:00
	GEER	Ted Clohesy goal	6.4.40	-	9.2.56	24:08
	GEER	Mitch Edwards goal	6.4.40	-	10.2.62	27:17
	GEER	Jay Polkinghorne goal	6.4.40	-	11.2.68	28:51
Q3	GEER	Rushed behind	6.4.40	-	11.3.69	01:54
	GEER	Xavier Ivisic goal	6.4.40	-	12.3.75	03:25
	GEER	Tobyn Murray behind	6.4.40	-	12.4.76	05:36
	NMLR	Rushed behind	6.5.41	-	12.4.76	07:28
	GEER	Ollie Henry goal	6.5.41	-	13.4.82	08:33
	NMLR	Geordie Payne goal	7.5.47	-	13.4.82	10:05
	NMLR	Cooper Trembath goal	8.5.53	-	13.4.82	12:30
	NMLR	Olli Hotton behind	8.6.54	-	13.4.82	14:52
	NMLR	Cooper Trembath goal	9.6.60	-	13.4.82	17:45
	GEER	Jay Polkinghorne goal	9.6.60	-	14.4.88	19:37
	NMLR	Brayden George behind	9.7.61	-	14.4.88	21:18
	NMLR	Olli Hotton goal	10.7.67	-	14.4.88	24:15
	NMLR	Matt Whitlock goal	11.7.73	-	14.4.88	26:03
	NMLR	Luke Urquhart behind	11.8.74	-	14.4.88	27:31
	GEER	Rushed behind	11.8.74	-	14.5.89	31:08
Q4	NMLR	River Stevens behind	11.9.75	-	14.5.89	04:36
	GEER	Toby Conway behind	11.9.75	-	14.6.90	05:33
	GEER	Xavier Ivisic goal	11.9.75	-	15.6.96	06:06
	NMLR	Rushed behind	11.10.76	-	15.6.96	08:19
	NMLR	Cooper Trembath behind	11.11.77	-	15.6.96	09:38
	GEER	Rushed behind	11.11.77	-	15.7.97	11:15
	GEER	Ollie Henry behind	11.11.77	-	15.8.98	14:07
	NMLR	Bailey Scott goal	12.11.83	-	15.8.98	17:19
	NMLR	Robert Hansen behind	12.12.84	-	15.8.98	18:44
	NMLR	Matt Whitlock goal	13.12.90	-	15.8.98	20:49
	NMLR	Matt Whitlock goal	14.12.96	-	15.8.98	25:31
	NMLR	Robert Hansen goal	15.12.102	-	15.8.98	27:07
	GEER	Tobyn Murray goal	15.12.102	-	16.8.104	31:35

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