2025 VFL Round 20: North Melbourne Reserves v Frankston

This is the match report for the match played on 10 August 2025 between North Melbourne Reserves and Frankston during round 20 of the 2025 VFL season. North Melbourne Reserves hosted Frankston at Arden Street Oval. Darcy MacPherson captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Tom Lynch and the visitors were coached by Jackson Kornberg.

As a result of this match, North Melbourne Reserves were then 14th on the ladder (down from 12th) and Frankston remained 4th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2025 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: North Melbourne Reserves v Frankston
Date: Sunday 10 August 2025
Time: 2:05 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne Reserves def. by Frankston
Score: 12.6.78 - 13.12.90

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
North Melbourne Reserves	5	.	2	7	.	3	9	.	5	12	.	6	12	.	6	(78)
Frankston	3	.	1	9	.	6	11	.	9	13	.	12	13	.	12	(90)
Margin	NMLR by 13			FRNK by 15			FRNK by 16			FRNK by 12			FRNK by 12
Duration	32:30			33:15			31:58			30:22			2:08:05

Honour Roll

Coaches: Tom Lynch (North Melbourne Reserves), Jackson Kornberg (Frankston)
Captains: Darcy MacPherson (North Melbourne Reserves), unknown (Frankston)

Player Statistics

North Melbourne Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
57	Clarkson, Matthew	?	?	1	0	9	6	3	2	0	2	1	?	1	0	0	4
42	Dawson, Kallan	?	?	0	0	16	7	9	3	0	0	1	?	1	0	4	0
18	Dawson, Wil	?	?	0	0	10	6	4	2	0	0	0	?	0	1	6	0
47	Downie, Connor	?	?	0	0	9	5	4	1	0	3	1	?	1	0	1	2
22	Goad, Taylor	?	?	0	0	20	10	10	6	34	1	8	?	2	3	2	5
53	Hopkins, Ben	?	?	0	0	10	4	6	2	0	1	0	?	0	1	1	1
48	Huggard, Ben	?	?	0	0	11	8	3	3	0	3	0	?	0	3	2	0
64	Keast, Mathew	?	?	0	1	16	11	5	8	0	8	1	?	0	1	0	4
76	Lambert, Will	?	?	0	0	6	3	3	2	0	2	0	?	0	0	1	0
67	Linder, Samuel	?	?	0	0	12	7	5	1	0	3	3	?	2	0	0	1
70	Lowe, Oliver	?	?	1	0	13	7	6	4	0	2	0	?	1	0	1	4
50	MacPherson, Darcy (c)	?	?	0	0	18	12	6	2	0	8	4	?	1	2	1	5
39	Maley, Finnbar	?	?	3	0	14	6	8	7	6	1	2	?	1	1	1	1
56	Noblett, Alex	?	?	0	0	13	9	4	5	0	0	0	?	2	0	0	1
71	O'Sullivan, Jack	?	?	1	0	9	5	4	2	0	1	0	?	0	3	0	1
29	Phillips, Will	?	?	0	0	22	9	13	5	0	10	10	?	0	0	2	3
51	Stevens, Bode	?	?	0	0	14	6	8	2	0	5	2	?	1	1	1	4
36	Stevens, River	?	?	1	0	12	7	5	3	0	1	0	?	1	0	0	2
65	Sulzberger, Nathaniel	?	?	1	1	9	5	4	3	0	4	0	?	0	0	2	0
79	Tarrant, James	?	?	1	0	10	4	6	4	0	0	0	?	0	1	0	2
80	Tomlinson, Adam	?	?	0	0	23	17	6	4	0	1	0	?	0	0	10	1
74	Vandam, Oscar	?	?	1	0	6	5	1	1	0	4	0	?	0	0	2	1
35	Whitlock, Matt	?	?	2	3	13	10	3	6	0	0	0	?	3	2	0	3
Rushed					?
Total (23 players)				12	6	295	169	126	78	40	60	33	0+	17	19	37	45

Frankston

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
42	Askew, Kobe	?	?	0	0	7	2	5	2	0	4	1	?	0	1	0	2
3	Barlow, Taine	?	?	0	0	21	16	5	12	0	1	1	?	0	1	4	4
23	Blamires, Tom	?	?	1	0	23	12	11	4	0	5	0	?	0	0	0	3
17	Burke, Nick	?	?	1	1	12	6	6	4	0	2	1	?	2	1	0	2
26	Campbell-Farrell, Taj	?	?	0	0	19	12	7	3	0	7	10	?	2	2	3	1
16	Coe, Harrison	?	?	0	1	19	6	13	7	26	2	7	?	2	1	1	3
4	Ellison, Corey	?	?	3	2	8	8	0	2	0	3	0	?	1	1	0	1
1	Gown, Noah	?	?	3	1	14	10	4	5	17	1	2	?	2	3	1	3
6	Grey, George	?	?	0	0	20	15	5	8	0	1	7	?	0	0	4	7
9	Hamill, Will	?	?	0	0	20	15	5	5	0	3	1	?	2	0	2	3
14	Hipwell, Darby	?	?	0	1	19	11	8	3	0	6	7	?	1	0	0	3
24	Johnson, Matt	?	?	2	1	8	8	0	4	0	2	0	?	0	0	0	5
39	Jones, Harrison	?	?	0	1	9	3	6	3	0	2	0	?	1	0	0	3
22	Lambert, Bailey	?	?	1	1	9	9	0	1	0	3	2	?	1	0	1	2
18	Lloyd, Joe	?	?	0	0	12	9	3	6	0	2	0	?	2	2	1	0
20	McComb, Alec	?	?	0	0	4	1	3	0	0	2	2	?	0	1	0	0
15	Milne, Tyson	?	?	0	0	22	19	3	9	0	0	2	?	0	0	6	4
28	Moran, Ollie	?	?	1	0	10	10	0	4	0	1	0	?	1	1	4	2
32	Nelson, Matthew	?	?	0	0	8	5	3	4	0	2	0	?	1	0	1	0
10	O'Leary, Blake	?	?	1	0	4	3	1	3	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	0
7	Owens, Tomoya	?	?	0	0	11	4	7	3	0	3	1	?	0	2	0	1
8	Riley, Lachie	?	?	0	1	10	6	4	0	0	6	1	?	0	1	1	2
25	Smith, Josh	?	?	0	0	10	5	5	3	0	1	0	?	1	0	3	0
Rushed					?
Total (23 players)				13	12	299	195	104	95	43	59	45	0+	19	17	32	51

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	NMLR	Matt Whitlock behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	02:06
	NMLR	Matt Whitlock behind	0.2.2	-	0.0.0	04:19
	NMLR	River Stevens goal	1.2.8	-	0.0.0	05:05
	NMLR	Finnbar Maley goal	2.2.14	-	0.0.0	09:22
	FRNK	Corey Ellison goal	2.2.14	-	1.0.6	12:47
	NMLR	Matt Whitlock goal	3.2.20	-	1.0.6	14:33
	NMLR	Jack O'Sullivan goal	4.2.26	-	1.0.6	18:28
	FRNK	Matt Johnson goal	4.2.26	-	2.0.12	21:07
	FRNK	Noah Gown goal	4.2.26	-	3.0.18	23:31
	NMLR	Oscar Vandam goal	5.2.32	-	3.0.18	26:50
	FRNK	Harrison Jones behind	5.2.32	-	3.1.19	30:25
Q2	NMLR	James Tarrant goal	6.2.38	-	3.1.19	00:56
	FRNK	Corey Ellison behind	6.2.38	-	3.2.20	06:52
	NMLR	Rushed behind	6.3.39	-	3.2.20	07:58
	FRNK	Blake O'Leary goal	6.3.39	-	4.2.26	09:29
	FRNK	Corey Ellison goal	6.3.39	-	5.2.32	12:11
	FRNK	Rushed behind	6.3.39	-	5.3.33	14:12
	FRNK	Matt Johnson goal	6.3.39	-	6.3.39	17:21
	FRNK	Darby Hipwell behind	6.3.39	-	6.4.40	18:53
	FRNK	Bailey Lambert goal	6.3.39	-	7.4.46	20:07
	FRNK	Noah Gown behind	6.3.39	-	7.5.47	21:20
	NMLR	Oliver Lowe goal	7.3.45	-	7.5.47	23:39
	FRNK	Noah Gown goal	7.3.45	-	8.5.53	25:43
	FRNK	Bailey Lambert behind	7.3.45	-	8.6.54	27:18
	FRNK	Nick Burke goal	7.3.45	-	9.6.60	29:33
Q3	FRNK	Lachie Riley behind	7.3.45	-	9.7.61	02:07
	NMLR	Mathew Keast behind	7.4.46	-	9.7.61	05:06
	FRNK	Tom Blamires goal	7.4.46	-	10.7.67	06:36
	FRNK	Nick Burke behind	7.4.46	-	10.8.68	08:24
	NMLR	Finnbar Maley goal	8.4.52	-	10.8.68	09:24
	NMLR	Nathaniel Sulzberger behind	8.5.53	-	10.8.68	14:09
	FRNK	Ollie Moran goal	8.5.53	-	11.8.74	22:54
	FRNK	Rushed behind	8.5.53	-	11.9.75	23:55
	NMLR	Finnbar Maley goal	9.5.59	-	11.9.75	27:13
Q4	FRNK	Corey Ellison behind	9.5.59	-	11.10.76	03:16
	FRNK	Harrison Coe behind	9.5.59	-	11.11.77	06:32
	NMLR	Matthew Clarkson goal	10.5.65	-	11.11.77	08:27
	NMLR	Matt Whitlock goal	11.5.71	-	11.11.77	10:08
	FRNK	Corey Ellison goal	11.5.71	-	12.11.83	13:50
	NMLR	Nathaniel Sulzberger goal	12.5.77	-	12.11.83	15:19
	FRNK	Noah Gown goal	12.5.77	-	13.11.89	19:32
	FRNK	Matt Johnson behind	12.5.77	-	13.12.90	25:09
	NMLR	Matt Whitlock behind	12.6.78	-	13.12.90	28:18

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