2025 VFL Round 21: Southport v North Melbourne Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 16 August 2025 between Southport and North Melbourne Reserves during round 21 of the 2025 VFL season. Southport hosted North Melbourne Reserves at Fankhauser Reserve. Darcy MacPherson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Matthew Primus and the visitors were coached by Tom Lynch.

As a result of this match, Southport remained 3rd on the ladder and North Melbourne Reserves remained 14th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2025 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Southport v North Melbourne Reserves
Date: Saturday 16 August 2025
Time: 11:05 AM
Venue: Fankhauser Reserve

Match Results

Outcome: Southport def. North Melbourne Reserves
Score: 15.13.103 - 12.9.81

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Southport	2	.	1	5	.	3	10	.	5	15	.	13	15	.	13	(103)
North Melbourne Reserves	5	.	2	6	.	6	11	.	8	12	.	9	12	.	9	(81)
Margin	NMLR by 19			NMLR by 9			NMLR by 9			SPRT by 22			SPRT by 22
Duration	30:34			31:31			35:52			29:29			2:07:26

Honour Roll

Coaches: Matthew Primus (Southport), Tom Lynch (North Melbourne Reserves)
Captains: unknown (Southport), Darcy MacPherson (North Melbourne Reserves)

Player Statistics

Southport

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
32	Aston, Brock	?	?	0	1	20	9	11	7	0	4	2	?	1	0	2	5
7	Bowman, Riley	?	?	0	0	17	5	12	2	24	0	4	?	4	1	0	3
15	Buzza, Wylie	?	?	1	1	14	10	4	8	8	0	2	?	1	1	0	5
3	Dawson, Jacob	?	?	0	0	28	15	13	5	0	1	7	?	0	1	3	3
29	Dixon, Hugh	?	?	1	1	11	10	1	5	0	0	0	?	1	1	0	2
21	Edwards, Jackson	?	?	1	0	20	11	9	5	0	1	0	?	0	0	3	3
2	Foot, Zac	?	?	0	3	34	19	15	5	0	2	3	?	0	1	1	6
19	Gore, Josh	?	?	4	2	20	12	8	4	0	2	0	?	1	0	0	2
17	Gray, Keegan	?	?	0	0	7	4	3	1	0	2	0	?	0	0	1	3
39	Hay, Finn	?	?	0	0	8	5	3	2	0	4	0	?	1	1	1	1
25	Joyce, Jesse	?	?	0	1	30	22	8	5	0	3	4	?	3	1	5	3
33	Lake, Campbell	?	?	1	0	16	7	9	3	0	1	2	?	0	0	0	4
12	Lockhart, Jay	?	?	0	1	16	14	2	5	0	1	0	?	1	0	3	2
4	Manteit, Michael	?	?	1	0	31	19	12	13	0	2	3	?	0	1	3	2
14	McGuinness, Matt	?	?	0	0	11	8	3	3	0	0	0	?	1	0	0	1
8	Oea, Hewago	?	?	2	0	12	6	6	5	0	2	1	?	1	0	0	3
42	Pescud, Max	?	?	2	3	15	9	6	3	0	3	0	?	1	0	0	1
26	Reardon, Elijah	?	?	0	0	10	7	3	3	0	7	0	?	1	0	0	2
16	Sexton, Jack	?	?	2	0	12	11	1	6	0	2	0	?	2	1	3	1
11	Sexton, Will	?	?	0	0	11	6	5	5	0	1	0	?	1	0	1	1
6	Spencer, Max	?	?	0	0	17	12	5	10	0	1	0	?	0	1	3	1
30	Williams, Nick	?	?	0	0	16	10	6	3	0	0	0	?	0	2	6	0
1	Woodcock, Boyd	?	?	0	0	36	19	17	8	0	2	8	?	0	0	1	6
Rushed					?
Total (23 players)				15	13	412	250	162	116	32	41	36	0+	20	12	36	60

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	23	18	5	11	0	1	0	?	0	0	7	5
4	Corr, Aidan	?	?	0	0	14	11	3	5	0	1	0	?	0	0	1	1
42	Dawson, Kallan	?	?	0	0	10	6	4	5	0	1	0	?	1	1	3	0
18	Dawson, Wil	?	?	0	0	9	8	1	5	0	4	0	?	2	0	4	0
40	Ford, Eddie	?	?	0	1	19	14	5	8	0	1	0	?	0	0	2	1
22	Goad, Taylor	?	?	0	0	9	4	5	0	13	3	6	?	1	5	1	4
69	Gunson, Liam	?	?	0	1	18	8	10	4	0	2	1	?	0	0	2	2
46	Hansen, Robert	?	?	2	1	16	10	6	2	0	0	2	?	0	2	0	2
48	Huggard, Ben	?	?	0	0	18	10	8	4	0	5	1	?	0	0	3	1
64	Keast, Mathew	?	?	0	1	19	12	7	5	0	1	2	?	0	1	1	6
67	Linder, Samuel	?	?	0	0	13	7	6	3	0	1	0	?	0	2	2	1
70	Lowe, Oliver	?	?	1	1	15	10	5	5	0	2	0	?	1	0	2	3
50	MacPherson, Darcy (c)	?	?	2	1	36	24	12	8	0	6	6	?	1	0	2	7
39	Maley, Finnbar	?	?	2	0	10	6	4	5	0	0	0	?	2	5	0	1
29	Phillips, Will	?	?	0	0	17	8	9	2	0	9	5	?	2	0	1	3
78	Scoble, Tyson	?	?	3	0	8	7	1	2	0	1	0	?	0	1	0	4
36	Stevens, River	?	?	0	0	13	5	8	6	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	2
65	Sulzberger, Nathaniel	?	?	0	0	13	7	6	6	0	1	1	?	0	2	1	0
79	Tarrant, James	?	?	1	2	10	6	4	5	0	1	0	?	1	0	0	0
43	Teakle, Brynn	?	?	0	0	15	8	7	4	15	3	2	?	0	0	2	4
80	Tomlinson, Adam	?	?	0	0	20	13	7	3	0	0	1	?	0	1	6	0
14	Urquhart, Luke	?	?	0	0	20	10	10	6	0	2	4	?	1	0	1	4
74	Vandam, Oscar	?	?	0	0	12	8	4	6	0	1	1	?	0	0	3	0
Rushed					?
Total (23 players)				12	9	357	220	137	110	28	47	32	0+	12	20	44	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	Finnbar Maley goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	01:26
	SPRT	Wylie Buzza behind	0.1.1	-	1.0.6	04:09
	NMLR	Darcy MacPherson behind	0.1.1	-	1.1.7	06:46
	NMLR	Matthew Clarkson goal	0.1.1	-	2.1.13	08:02
	SPRT	Max Pescud goal	1.1.7	-	2.1.13	09:39
	NMLR	Darcy MacPherson goal	1.1.7	-	3.1.19	11:59
	NMLR	James Tarrant behind	1.1.7	-	3.2.20	13:40
	SPRT	Jackson Edwards goal	2.1.13	-	3.2.20	16:14
	NMLR	Tyson Scoble goal	2.1.13	-	4.2.26	18:34
	NMLR	Robert Hansen goal	2.1.13	-	5.2.32	22:35
Q2	SPRT	Josh Gore goal	3.1.19	-	5.2.32	05:21
	SPRT	Jack Sexton goal	4.1.25	-	5.2.32	07:22
	SPRT	Jesse Joyce behind	4.2.26	-	5.2.32	10:43
	NMLR	Rushed behind	4.2.26	-	5.3.33	15:05
	SPRT	Josh Gore goal	5.2.32	-	5.3.33	15:48
	NMLR	Finnbar Maley goal	5.2.32	-	6.3.39	17:33
	NMLR	Rushed behind	5.2.32	-	6.4.40	23:23
	NMLR	Eddie Ford behind	5.2.32	-	6.5.41	28:10
	SPRT	Brock Aston behind	5.3.33	-	6.5.41	29:36
	NMLR	Mathew Keast behind	5.3.33	-	6.6.42	31:20
Q3	NMLR	Darcy MacPherson goal	5.3.33	-	7.6.48	00:33
	NMLR	Oliver Lowe goal	5.3.33	-	8.6.54	02:36
	SPRT	Josh Gore goal	6.3.39	-	8.6.54	03:51
	SPRT	Zac Foot behind	6.4.40	-	8.6.54	09:09
	NMLR	Robert Hansen behind	6.4.40	-	8.7.55	10:25
	SPRT	Jack Sexton goal	7.4.46	-	8.7.55	13:07
	SPRT	Hugh Dixon goal	8.4.52	-	8.7.55	14:49
	SPRT	Zac Foot behind	8.5.53	-	8.7.55	16:02
	NMLR	Tyson Scoble goal	8.5.53	-	9.7.61	16:51
	SPRT	Campbell Lake goal	9.5.59	-	9.7.61	18:53
	NMLR	Robert Hansen goal	9.5.59	-	10.7.67	20:12
	NMLR	James Tarrant goal	9.5.59	-	11.7.73	26:31
	SPRT	Wylie Buzza goal	10.5.65	-	11.7.73	28:12
	NMLR	James Tarrant behind	10.5.65	-	11.8.74	30:05
Q4	SPRT	Hewago Oea goal	11.5.71	-	11.8.74	00:21
	SPRT	Max Pescud behind	11.6.72	-	11.8.74	03:24
	SPRT	Josh Gore behind	11.7.73	-	11.8.74	04:31
	SPRT	Zac Foot behind	11.8.74	-	11.8.74	05:18
	NMLR	Oliver Lowe behind	11.8.74	-	11.9.75	07:34
	SPRT	Josh Gore goal	12.8.80	-	11.9.75	10:21
	SPRT	Michael Manteit goal	13.8.86	-	11.9.75	13:12
	NMLR	Tyson Scoble goal	13.8.86	-	12.9.81	15:41
	SPRT	Max Pescud behind	13.9.87	-	12.9.81	17:05
	SPRT	Max Pescud goal	14.9.93	-	12.9.81	17:40
	SPRT	Max Pescud behind	14.10.94	-	12.9.81	20:55
	SPRT	Hewago Oea goal	15.10.100	-	12.9.81	24:57
	SPRT	Jay Lockhart behind	15.11.101	-	12.9.81	27:04
	SPRT	Josh Gore behind	15.12.102	-	12.9.81	28:29
	SPRT	Hugh Dixon behind	15.13.103	-	12.9.81	29:18

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