2026 VFL Season Round 4: Geelong Reserves v Footscray Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 17 April 2026 between the Geelong Reserves and the Footscray Reserves during round four of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. The Geelong Reserves hosted the Footscray Reserves at GMHBA Stadium. Daniel Capiron captained the hosts. Daniel Orgill captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mark Corrigan and the visitors were coached by Alex Johnson.

The Geelong Reserves (7.9.51) were defeated by the Footscray Reserves (12.12.84).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Geelong Reserves v Footscray Reserves
Date: Friday 17 April 2026
Time: 3:15 PM
Venue: GMHBA Stadium

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong Reserves def. by Footscray Reserves
Score: 7.9.51 - 12.12.84

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Geelong Reserves	3	.	1	5	.	3	7	.	7	7	.	9	7	.	9	(51)
Footscray Reserves	2	.	1	4	.	2	7	.	8	12	.	12	12	.	12	(84)
Margin	GEER by 6			GEER by 7			FOOR by 1			FOOR by 33			FOOR by 33
Duration	29:34			29:45			28:29			28:59			1:56:47

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Geelong Reserves) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Footscray Reserves) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Geelong Reserves

Captain: Daniel Capiron
Coach: Mark Corrigan

Footscray Reserves

Captain: Daniel Orgill
Coach: Alex Johnson

Player Statistics

Geelong Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
57	Ballantyne, Jamieson	RO	?	2	1	7	5	2	2	0	1	0	?	2	1	0	0
24	Bews, Jed	C	?	0	0	13	9	4	3	0	4	0	?	0	0	6	0
41	Burke, Cillian	HFFR	?	0	0	9	3	6	0	0	3	0	?	0	0	3	1
50	Capiron, Daniel (c)	FPL	?	0	1	13	9	4	8	0	3	0	?	1	0	0	1
13	Clark, Jhye	BPR	?	0	1	24	13	11	5	0	7	3	?	0	3	2	7
51	Costello, Jack	FF	?	0	1	17	11	6	4	0	4	2	?	1	0	0	2
27	Driscoll, Nick	HFFL	?	0	1	12	7	5	4	0	2	0	?	2	2	1	3
53	Edmends, Darcy	RU	?	0	0	10	4	6	2	0	4	0	?	0	0	1	1
67	George, Kobe	INT	?	0	0	19	13	6	9	0	1	0	?	0	0	3	2
62	Herbert, Marcus	INT	?	0	1	27	16	11	1	0	7	4	?	1	0	6	4
23	Hofmann, Lennox	WL	?	0	0	16	10	6	4	0	3	1	?	1	1	4	2
22	Holmes, Hunter	HBFR	?	0	0	14	4	10	3	0	2	0	?	0	0	1	2
74	Kelly, Patrick	INT	?	0	0	8	5	3	0	0	13	4	?	2	0	0	2
10	Knevitt, Mitch	FB	?	1	1	30	17	13	10	0	4	5	?	2	0	2	5
69	Kreuger, Nathan	INT	?	0	0	10	8	2	4	1	3	0	?	0	0	6	0
25	Mellor, Jesse	WR	?	3	0	10	4	6	1	0	5	1	?	0	1	0	0
20	Molier, Jacob	CHB	?	1	0	5	3	2	2	1	0	1	?	0	1	0	0
37	Pike, Joe	CHF	?	0	0	10	3	7	2	22	6	2	?	1	3	0	1
72	Sheahan, Will	INT	?	0	0	4	2	2	0	0	2	0	?	0	0	1	0
1	Stanley, Rhys	BPL	?	0	1	16	11	5	2	30	0	5	?	1	1	1	3
15	Stevens, George	HBFL	?	0	0	29	8	21	2	0	4	11	?	0	1	2	2
52	White, Will	FPR	?	0	1	12	7	5	4	0	2	0	?	0	0	0	2
54	Williams, Mason	RR	?	0	0	9	3	6	1	0	2	0	?	1	0	0	1
Rushed					0
Total (23 players)				7	9	324	175	149	73	54	82	39	0+	15	14	39	41

Footscray Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
51	Billings, Jack	FF	?	0	0	25	13	12	6	0	3	2	?	1	1	2	1
5	Busslinger, Jedd	BPR	?	0	0	25	19	6	5	0	3	1	?	2	0	7	1
2	Carmichael, Lachlan	FB	?	0	0	23	8	15	5	0	3	0	?	0	1	1	4
36	Cleary, Luke	HFFL	?	0	0	18	13	5	5	0	1	0	?	0	2	0	2
17	Coffield, Nick	CHB	?	0	0	26	19	7	7	0	2	0	?	1	0	5	0
61	Craig-Peters, Cooper	INT	?	0	0	27	10	17	2	0	5	9	?	1	3	2	3
15	Darcy, Will	HBFL	?	1	2	12	7	5	7	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	1
26	Dolan, Josh	WL	?	3	0	17	9	8	6	0	6	0	?	0	0	0	2
43	Gardner, Ryan	HFFR	?	0	0	18	13	5	8	0	1	0	?	0	0	3	0
52	Hargraves, Chan	FPR	?	0	1	6	3	3	0	0	3	1	?	2	0	0	2
35	Kennedy, Luke	WR	?	0	1	17	7	10	4	0	7	2	?	0	2	1	4
65	Maple, Tristan	INT	?	0	0	17	6	11	6	0	5	2	?	0	0	3	1
30	McNeil, Lachlan	C	?	1	1	27	12	15	5	0	4	1	?	2	0	0	6
56	Muratore, Luca	RO	?	1	0	10	9	1	1	0	4	1	?	1	1	0	6
50	Orgill, Daniel (c)	FPL	?	1	0	24	10	14	4	0	8	2	?	1	0	1	5
60	Ramshaw, Laird	INT	?	0	1	11	6	5	2	0	1	1	?	0	2	0	3
79	Saunders, Ged	INT	?	0	0	18	8	10	9	0	3	0	?	0	1	0	0
55	Smith, Connor	RR	?	1	0	11	6	5	4	0	3	0	?	0	0	0	1
40	Smith, Lachlan	CHF	?	0	0	10	3	7	1	32	5	2	?	2	2	2	1
1	Treloar, Adam	BPL	?	0	0	40	13	27	4	0	4	10	?	0	0	3	3
53	Valpied, Fred	RU	?	0	0	20	14	6	6	0	0	0	?	0	0	3	2
23	Vandermeer, Laitham	HBFR	?	3	0	13	8	5	5	0	3	0	?	1	0	0	1
41	Walker, Zac	INT	?	1	1	11	6	5	3	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	2
Rushed					4
Total (23 players)				12	12	426	222	204	105	32	75	34	0+	14	15	33	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

Player Line-Up

Geelong Reserves							Coach: Mark Corrigan
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	1	A. Treloar	2	L. Carmichael	5	J. Busslinger	53	D. Edmends	67	K. George
	52	W. White	51	J. Costello	50	D. Capiron (c)	54	M. Williams	62	M. Herbert
FORWARD							57	J. Ballantyne	74	P. Kelly
HALF-BACK									69	N. Kreuger
	15	W. Darcy	17	N. Coffield	23	L. Vandermeer			72	W. Sheahan
	41	C. Burke	37	J. Pike	27	N. Driscoll
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	26	J. Dolan	30	L. McNeil	35	L. Kennedy
	25	J. Mellor	24	J. Bews	23	L. Hofmann	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							53	F. Valpied	61	C. Craig-Peters
HALF-FORWARD							55	C. Smith	65	T. Maple
	36	L. Cleary	40	L. Smith	43	R. Gardner	56	L. Muratore	60	L. Ramshaw
	22	H. Holmes	20	J. Molier	15	G. Stevens			79	G. Saunders
HALF-BACK									41	Z. Walker
FORWARD
	50	D. Orgill (c)	51	J. Billings	52	C. Hargraves
	13	J. Clark	10	M. Knevitt	1	R. Stanley
BACK
Footscray Reserves							Coach: Alex Johnson

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	GEER	Jesse Mellor goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	03:29
	GEER	Jamieson Ballantyne goal	2.0.12	-	0.0.0	04:28
	FOOR	Laitham Vandermeer goal	2.0.12	-	1.0.6	07:16
	GEER	Jacob Molier goal	3.0.18	-	1.0.6	16:17
	FOOR	Laitham Vandermeer goal	3.0.18	-	2.0.12	18:45
	FOOR	Will Darcy behind	3.0.18	-	2.1.13	23:13
	GEER	Mitch Knevitt behind	3.1.19	-	2.1.13	25:22
Q2	FOOR	Will Darcy goal	3.1.19	-	3.1.19	00:40
	GEER	Daniel Capiron behind	3.2.20	-	3.1.19	04:58
	GEER	Jesse Mellor goal	4.2.26	-	3.1.19	05:24
	FOOR	Daniel Orgill goal	4.2.26	-	4.1.25	07:16
	GEER	Jamieson Ballantyne behind	4.3.27	-	4.1.25	09:37
	FOOR	Zac Walker behind	4.3.27	-	4.2.26	12:58
	GEER	Jamieson Ballantyne goal	5.3.33	-	4.2.26	23:22
Q3	FOOR	Luke Kennedy behind	5.3.33	-	4.3.27	00:57
	GEER	Mitch Knevitt goal	6.3.39	-	4.3.27	02:20
	FOOR	Rushed behind	6.3.39	-	4.4.28	03:57
	GEER	Jesse Mellor goal	7.3.45	-	4.4.28	07:08
	FOOR	Rushed behind	7.3.45	-	4.5.29	09:02
	FOOR	Laird Ramshaw behind	7.3.45	-	4.6.30	09:58
	GEER	Nick Driscoll behind	7.4.46	-	4.6.30	11:40
	FOOR	Josh Dolan goal	7.4.46	-	5.6.36	12:31
	FOOR	Lachlan McNeil behind	7.4.46	-	5.7.37	13:48
	FOOR	Chan Hargraves behind	7.4.46	-	5.8.38	16:09
	GEER	Jack Costello behind	7.5.47	-	5.8.38	17:40
	GEER	Will White behind	7.6.48	-	5.8.38	18:19
	GEER	Marcus Herbert behind	7.7.49	-	5.8.38	19:56
	FOOR	Laitham Vandermeer goal	7.7.49	-	6.8.44	21:40
	FOOR	Connor Smith goal	7.7.49	-	7.8.50	27:02
Q4	FOOR	Zac Walker goal	7.7.49	-	8.8.56	00:37
	FOOR	Will Darcy behind	7.7.49	-	8.9.57	08:03
	FOOR	Luca Muratore behind	7.7.49	-	8.10.58	11:10
	GEER	Rhys Stanley behind	7.8.50	-	8.10.58	13:34
	FOOR	Luca Muratore goal	7.8.50	-	9.10.64	15:33
	FOOR	Rushed behind	7.8.50	-	9.11.65	17:31
	FOOR	Rushed behind	7.8.50	-	9.12.66	17:58
	FOOR	Lachlan McNeil goal	7.8.50	-	10.12.72	19:52
	FOOR	Josh Dolan goal	7.8.50	-	11.12.78	25:50
	FOOR	Josh Dolan goal	7.8.50	-	12.12.84	27:32
	GEER	Jhye Clark behind	7.9.51	-	12.12.84	28:41

Links

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