2026 VFL Season Round 4: Port Melbourne v Box Hill

This is the match report for the match played on 18 April 2026 between Port Melbourne and Box Hill during round four of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. Port Melbourne hosted Box Hill at ETU Stadium. Tom Hird captained the hosts with Kaine Baldwin as vice-captain. Stuart Horner captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brendan McCartney and the visitors were coached by David Mirra.

Port Melbourne (11.4.70) were defeated by Box Hill (21.17.143).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Port Melbourne v Box Hill
Date: Saturday 18 April 2026
Time: 2:05 PM
Venue: ETU Stadium

Match Results

Outcome: Port Melbourne def. by Box Hill
Score: 11.4.70 - 21.17.143

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Port Melbourne	1	.	0	4	.	1	8	.	2	11	.	4	11	.	4	(70)
Box Hill	7	.	9	10	.	13	14	.	15	21	.	17	21	.	17	(143)
Margin	BOXH by 45			BOXH by 48			BOXH by 49			BOXH by 73			BOXH by 73
Duration	30:18			31:49			29:50			32:00			2:03:57

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Port Melbourne) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Box Hill) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Port Melbourne

Captain: Tom Hird
Vice-Captain: Kaine Baldwin
Coach: Brendan McCartney

Box Hill

Captain: Stuart Horner
Coach: David Mirra

Player Statistics

Port Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
11	Baldwin, Kaine (vc)	WL	?	1	0	11	5	6	1	0	2	0	?	1	0	0	1
2	Bedendo, Dominic	BPL	?	0	0	10	6	4	2	0	2	0	?	3	1	1	2
7	Clarke, Charlie	HBFL	?	0	0	15	8	7	4	0	9	1	?	0	0	1	3
13	Downie, Connor	WR	?	1	0	28	18	10	8	0	2	4	?	1	0	4	2
32	Gahan, Matt	RR	?	0	0	17	11	6	7	0	0	0	?	1	0	2	1
34	George, Roy	INT	?	0	0	8	4	4	1	0	4	2	?	0	1	1	4
28	Graham, Tom	FPR	?	0	0	12	8	4	3	0	1	0	?	1	1	3	0
38	Grant, Sam	INT	?	0	0	8	3	5	4	14	2	1	?	1	3	0	0
35	Highmore, Tom	INT	?	1	1	9	8	1	5	0	3	0	?	1	0	1	1
4	Hird, Tom (c)	FB	?	1	0	20	13	7	5	0	6	2	?	0	0	1	4
8	Hobbs, Ben	CHB	?	1	0	28	11	17	3	0	5	10	?	3	0	2	1
20	Johnston, Jack	HFFR	?	0	0	7	5	2	4	0	2	0	?	1	0	1	1
40	O'Brien, Matt	INT	?	0	1	13	7	6	2	0	0	4	?	0	3	1	1
19	O'Sullivan, Jack	CHF	?	1	0	7	4	3	0	0	3	0	?	1	0	0	2
33	Penry, Flynn	RO	?	0	0	7	1	6	0	19	2	3	?	2	2	1	0
24	Polkinghorne, Riley	FF	?	0	0	10	7	3	3	0	3	1	?	1	0	1	5
15	Rankin, Lachlan	HFFL	?	0	0	22	12	10	4	0	6	2	?	1	1	4	1
21	Rider, Max	FPL	?	1	0	6	4	2	3	0	3	0	?	1	1	0	0
29	Sestan, Oliver	RU	?	0	0	25	20	5	5	0	0	0	?	0	0	6	2
43	Sparkman, Joshua	INT	?	1	0	20	11	9	7	0	4	0	?	0	1	3	2
12	Stubbings, Harry	C	?	0	0	14	7	7	6	0	2	0	?	0	0	2	0
10	Tovey, Josh	HBFR	?	3	1	21	5	16	2	0	11	5	?	3	1	0	1
6	Van Es, James	BPR	?	0	0	17	7	10	3	0	3	1	?	0	1	5	2
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				11	4	335	185	150	82	33	75	36	0+	22	16	40	36

Box Hill

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
32	Anderson, Cody	C	?	2	1	17	10	7	4	0	4	0	?	0	0	0	4
58	Bianco, Trent	INT	?	0	0	17	11	6	3	0	3	2	?	1	1	0	2
36	Blanck, James	CHF	?	0	0	7	5	2	2	0	3	0	?	0	0	1	1
66	Brown, Tyler	INT	?	0	0	12	4	8	5	0	4	0	?	0	0	0	2
34	Dalton, Jack	WR	?	0	0	24	16	8	6	0	4	2	?	1	3	0	7
53	Declase, Kye	RO	?	2	2	20	15	5	6	0	0	1	?	0	0	0	4
76	Farrer, Tom	INT	?	0	0	21	10	11	1	0	2	2	?	1	0	1	3
35	Greeves, Ollie	HFFL	?	0	2	12	6	6	4	0	3	2	?	0	0	0	4
41	Hill, Matt	FPL	?	2	0	9	5	4	2	0	7	0	?	0	3	0	1
62	Horner, Stuart (c)	INT	?	0	0	11	6	5	3	0	0	0	?	1	1	1	1
44	Hustwaite, Henry	RU	?	0	1	28	12	16	1	0	7	13	?	3	1	0	5
31	LeRay, Matthew	WL	?	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	1
42	Macdonald, Bailey	FF	?	0	0	14	9	5	3	0	4	0	?	0	0	4	3
20	Maginness, Finn	BPR	?	3	0	36	22	14	2	0	6	10	?	1	1	3	7
50	McLaughlin, Brodie	RR	?	7	0	9	7	2	5	0	0	0	?	1	0	0	0
1	Morrison, Harry	BPL	?	0	0	15	6	9	2	0	4	1	?	0	1	2	1
21	Mraz, Noah	HBFL	?	0	0	16	7	9	4	0	1	0	?	0	0	3	0
22	Nairn, Cam	CHB	?	0	0	12	9	3	3	0	2	0	?	1	1	2	3
38	Ramsden, Max	HFFR	?	1	2	17	13	4	7	22	4	2	?	1	3	0	7
29	Schubert, Aidan	HBFR	?	3	5	16	12	4	5	0	2	0	?	1	1	0	2
14	Scrimshaw, Jack	FB	?	1	0	23	12	11	6	0	5	1	?	0	1	4	0
63	Sofronidis, Sam	INT	?	0	0	11	5	6	2	0	7	1	?	0	3	2	0
43	Uhr-Henry, Jaime	FPR	?	0	0	10	5	5	1	24	5	5	?	4	2	0	3
Rushed					5
Total (23 players)				21	17	360	208	152	77	46	77	42	0+	16	22	23	61

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

Port Melbourne							Coach: Brendan McCartney
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	1	H. Morrison	14	J. Scrimshaw	20	F. Maginness	29	O. Sestan	34	R. George
	28	T. Graham	24	R. Polkinghorne	21	M. Rider	32	M. Gahan	38	S. Grant
FORWARD							33	F. Penry	35	T. Highmore
HALF-BACK									40	M. O'Brien
	21	N. Mraz	22	C. Nairn	29	A. Schubert			43	J. Sparkman
	20	J. Johnston	19	J. O'Sullivan	15	L. Rankin
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	31	M. LeRay	32	C. Anderson	34	J. Dalton
	13	C. Downie	12	H. Stubbings	11	K. Baldwin (vc)	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							44	H. Hustwaite	58	T. Bianco
HALF-FORWARD							50	B. McLaughlin	66	T. Brown
	35	O. Greeves	36	J. Blanck	38	M. Ramsden	53	K. Declase	76	T. Farrer
	10	J. Tovey	8	B. Hobbs	7	C. Clarke			62	S. Horner (c)
HALF-BACK									63	S. Sofronidis
FORWARD
	41	M. Hill	42	B. Macdonald	43	J. Uhr-Henry
	6	J. Van Es	4	T. Hird (c)	2	D. Bedendo
BACK
Box Hill							Coach: David Mirra

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	BOXH	Aidan Schubert behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	00:22
	BOXH	Rushed behind	0.0.0	-	0.2.2	01:33
	PMLB	Kaine Baldwin goal	1.0.6	-	0.2.2	03:55
	BOXH	Brodie McLaughlin goal	1.0.6	-	1.2.8	05:04
	BOXH	Cody Anderson goal	1.0.6	-	2.2.14	08:59
	BOXH	Cody Anderson goal	1.0.6	-	3.2.20	11:03
	BOXH	Kye Declase behind	1.0.6	-	3.3.21	13:52
	BOXH	Rushed behind	1.0.6	-	3.4.22	14:27
	BOXH	Brodie McLaughlin goal	1.0.6	-	4.4.28	15:14
	BOXH	Cody Anderson behind	1.0.6	-	4.5.29	18:14
	BOXH	Aidan Schubert behind	1.0.6	-	4.6.30	20:25
	BOXH	Aidan Schubert behind	1.0.6	-	4.7.31	20:54
	BOXH	Ollie Greeves behind	1.0.6	-	4.8.32	22:20
	BOXH	Finn Maginness goal	1.0.6	-	5.8.38	24:40
	BOXH	Kye Declase goal	1.0.6	-	6.8.44	26:19
	BOXH	Matt Hill goal	1.0.6	-	7.8.50	27:27
	BOXH	Max Ramsden behind	1.0.6	-	7.9.51	29:08
Q2	BOXH	Henry Hustwaite behind	1.0.6	-	7.10.52	00:52
	PMLB	Connor Downie goal	2.0.12	-	7.10.52	08:09
	PMLB	Max Rider goal	3.0.18	-	7.10.52	10:02
	BOXH	Finn Maginness goal	3.0.18	-	8.10.58	16:44
	BOXH	Kye Declase goal	3.0.18	-	9.10.64	20:01
	PMLB	Rushed behind	3.1.19	-	9.10.64	21:26
	BOXH	Aidan Schubert goal	3.1.19	-	10.10.70	23:26
	BOXH	Ollie Greeves behind	3.1.19	-	10.11.71	24:55
	PMLB	Joshua Sparkman goal	4.1.25	-	10.11.71	27:15
	BOXH	Rushed behind	4.1.25	-	10.12.72	29:22
	BOXH	Aidan Schubert behind	4.1.25	-	10.13.73	31:03
Q3	BOXH	Aidan Schubert behind	4.1.25	-	10.14.74	00:52
	PMLB	Tom Highmore behind	4.2.26	-	10.14.74	02:33
	PMLB	Tom Highmore goal	5.2.32	-	10.14.74	05:03
	PMLB	Josh Tovey goal	6.2.38	-	10.14.74	07:00
	PMLB	Josh Tovey goal	7.2.44	-	10.14.74	10:23
	PMLB	Josh Tovey goal	8.2.50	-	10.14.74	15:18
	BOXH	Brodie McLaughlin goal	8.2.50	-	11.14.80	17:57
	BOXH	Brodie McLaughlin goal	8.2.50	-	12.14.86	19:17
	BOXH	Brodie McLaughlin goal	8.2.50	-	13.14.92	20:59
	BOXH	Rushed behind	8.2.50	-	13.15.93	24:54
	BOXH	Jack Scrimshaw goal	8.2.50	-	14.15.99	29:46
Q4	BOXH	Brodie McLaughlin goal	8.2.50	-	15.15.105	02:17
	BOXH	Rushed behind	8.2.50	-	15.16.106	03:39
	BOXH	Finn Maginness goal	8.2.50	-	16.16.112	04:59
	PMLB	Jack O'Sullivan goal	9.2.56	-	16.16.112	07:36
	BOXH	Max Ramsden behind	9.2.56	-	16.17.113	09:23
	PMLB	Ben Hobbs goal	10.2.62	-	16.17.113	11:45
	PMLB	Josh Tovey behind	10.3.63	-	16.17.113	15:18
	BOXH	Aidan Schubert goal	10.3.63	-	17.17.119	17:36
	BOXH	Matt Hill goal	10.3.63	-	18.17.125	19:14
	BOXH	Brodie McLaughlin goal	10.3.63	-	19.17.131	20:54
	BOXH	Max Ramsden goal	10.3.63	-	20.17.137	22:38
	PMLB	Matt O'Brien behind	10.4.64	-	20.17.137	24:15
	PMLB	Tom Hird goal	11.4.70	-	20.17.137	26:13
	BOXH	Aidan Schubert goal	11.4.70	-	21.17.143	30:25

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