2026 VFL Season Round 4: Sandringham v North Melbourne Reserves
This is the match report for the match played on 18 April 2026 between Sandringham and the North Melbourne Reserves during round four of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League.
Sandringham hosted the North Melbourne Reserves at Wilson Storage Trevor Barker Beach Oval.
Blake Watson captained the hosts.
The hosts were coached by Daniel Ward and the visitors were coached by Adam Marcon.
Sandringham (10.9.69) were defeated by the North Melbourne Reserves (22.17.149).
Match Details
Season:
2026 VFL Season
Round:
Round 4
Teams:
Sandringham
v
North Melbourne Reserves
Date:
Saturday 18 April 2026
Time:
2:05 PM
Venue:
Wilson Storage Trevor Barker Beach Oval
Match Results
Outcome:
Sandringham
def. by
North Melbourne Reserves
Score:
10.9.69 - 22.17.149
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandringham | 3 | . | 1 | 4 | . | 4 | 8 | . | 6 | 10 | . | 9 | 10 | . | 9 | (69) |
| North Melbourne Reserves | 3 | . | 5 | 10 | . | 6 | 14 | . | 11 | 22 | . | 17 | 22 | . | 17 | (149) |
| Margin | NMLR by 4 | NMLR by 38 | NMLR by 41 | NMLR by 80 | NMLR by 80 | |||||||||||
| Duration | 30:47 | 30:46 | 31:59 | 31:40 | 2:05:12 | |||||||||||
Score Worm
This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Sandringham) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (North Melbourne Reserves) are in the lead.
Honour Roll
Sandringham
Captain: Blake WatsonCoach: Daniel Ward
North Melbourne Reserves
Captain: unknownCoach: Adam Marcon
Player Statistics
Sandringham
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | Atkins, Brodie | RR | ? | 0 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | ? | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 41 | Bater, Owen | RO | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | Chirgwin, Darcy | HFFL | ? | 1 | 0 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | ? | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | Cole, Adrian | WL | ? | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | Cooper, Kyle | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ? | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 43 | Ferraro, Jack | INT | ? | 3 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | Findlay, Brodie | CHF | ? | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 2 | ? | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Gedi, Jess | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ? | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Hopkins, Ben | FB | ? | 0 | 0 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ? | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Hutchings, Josh | FPL | ? | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ? | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Kirkwood-Scott, Mitchell | FF | ? | 0 | 0 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ? | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 5 | O'Rourke, Tom | HBFL | ? | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ? | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 33 | Peckett, Jett | RU | ? | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ? | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Philactides, Nathan | WR | ? | 0 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 5 | ? | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 21 | Purcell, Liam | HFFR | ? | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | ? | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 48 | Reidy, Willis | CHB | ? | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Ryan, Mitchell | BPR | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ? | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | Stefanakis, Andreas | C | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ? | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Stephenson, Benjamin | HBFR | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ? | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Stevens, Bode | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ? | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Watson, Blake (c) | INT | ? | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ? | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Williams, Ethan | BPL | ? | 0 | 0 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 6 | Yze, Noah | INT | ? | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ? | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Rushed | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 10 | 9 | 318 | 204 | 114 | 80 | 29 | 68 | 30 | 0+ | 17 | 17 | 35 | 44 | |||
North Melbourne Reserves
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | Bamert, Xavier | INT | ? | 1 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ? | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 45 | Banch, Zac | INT | ? | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ? | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 72 | Byrne, Hugh | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Dawson, Wil | FB | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 0 | ? | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | Dow, Thomson | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 32 | 9 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 | ? | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 51 | Fairlie, Patrick | RR | ? | 2 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 3 | ? | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 | Fisher, Zac | WR | ? | 0 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ? | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 33 | George, Brayden | FF | ? | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ? | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 22 | Goad, Taylor | RU | ? | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 41 | 6 | 5 | ? | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | Goater, Josh | WL | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 55 | Gollant, Lachlan | HBFL | ? | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Hardeman, Riley | BPR | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ? | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 37 | Harvey, Cooper | HBFR | ? | 0 | 0 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ? | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 64 | Keast, Mathew | INT | ? | 1 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | ? | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 41 | Konstanty, Jacob | CHF | ? | 1 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ? | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 70 | Lowe, Oliver | C | ? | 1 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 50 | MacPherson, Darcy | FPR | ? | 2 | 2 | 37 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 8 | ? | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 28 | Mikunda, Hugo | CHB | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ? | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 32 | Pink, Toby | HFFL | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 36 | Stevens, River | INT | ? | 2 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ? | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | Tarrant, James | INT | ? | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ? | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 74 | Vandam, Oscar | RO | ? | 0 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 35 | Whitlock, Matt | BPL | ? | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Rushed | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 22 | 17 | 431 | 225 | 206 | 103 | 58 | 62 | 38 | 0+ | 17 | 17 | 34 | 57 | |||
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Sandringham | Coach: Daniel Ward | ||||||||||||||
| BACK | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | |||||||||||||
| 35 | M. Whitlock | 18 | W. Dawson | 17 | R. Hardeman | 33 | J. Peckett | 45 | K. Cooper | ||||||
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1 | M. Kirkwood-Scott | 25 | J. Hutchings | 34 | B. Atkins | 43 | J. Ferraro | ||||||
| FORWARD | 41 | O. Bater | 42 | J. Gedi | |||||||||||
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14 | B. Stevens | |||||||||||
| 55 | L. Gollant | 28 | H. Mikunda | 37 | C. Harvey |
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7 | B. Watson (c) | ||||||
| 21 | L. Purcell | 30 | B. Findlay | 17 | D. Chirgwin |
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6 | N. Yze | ||||||
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| 31 | J. Goater | 70 | O. Lowe | 16 | Z. Fisher |
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| 15 | N. Philactides | 13 | A. Stefanakis | 12 | A. Cole | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
| CENTRE | 22 | T. Goad | 57 | X. Bamert | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | 51 | P. Fairlie | 45 | Z. Banch | |||||||||||
| 32 | T. Pink | 41 | J. Konstanty |
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74 | O. Vandam | 72 | H. Byrne | ||||||
| 11 | B. Stephenson | 48 | W. Reidy | 5 | T. O'Rourke |
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49 | T. Dow | ||||||
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64 | M. Keast | |||||||||||
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36 | R. Stevens | |||||||||||
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33 | B. George | 50 | D. MacPherson |
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79 | J. Tarrant | ||||||
| 4 | M. Ryan | 3 | B. Hopkins | 2 | E. Williams |
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| North Melbourne Reserves | Coach: Adam Marcon | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| Q1 | NMLR | Zac Banch behind | 0.0.0 | - | 0.1.1 | 00:44 |
| SNDH | Brodie Findlay goal | 1.0.6 | - | 0.1.1 | 02:41 | |
| NMLR | Taylor Goad goal | 1.0.6 | - | 1.1.7 | 05:16 | |
| NMLR | Darcy MacPherson behind | 1.0.6 | - | 1.2.8 | 08:59 | |
| SNDH | Jack Ferraro goal | 2.0.12 | - | 1.2.8 | 09:57 | |
| NMLR | Lachlan Gollant behind | 2.0.12 | - | 1.3.9 | 12:39 | |
| SNDH | Darcy Chirgwin goal | 3.0.18 | - | 1.3.9 | 18:08 | |
| SNDH | unknown behind | 3.1.19 | - | 1.3.9 | 20:48 | |
| NMLR | Lachlan Gollant goal | 3.1.19 | - | 2.3.15 | 24:02 | |
| NMLR | Rushed behind | 3.1.19 | - | 2.4.16 | 26:01 | |
| NMLR | Lachlan Gollant goal | 3.1.19 | - | 3.4.22 | 28:57 | |
| NMLR | Matt Whitlock behind | 3.1.19 | - | 3.5.23 | 29:52 | |
| Q2 | NMLR | Darcy MacPherson behind | 3.1.19 | - | 3.6.24 | 00:57 |
| NMLR | River Stevens goal | 3.1.19 | - | 4.6.30 | 02:26 | |
| NMLR | Brayden George goal | 3.1.19 | - | 5.6.36 | 06:13 | |
| NMLR | Darcy MacPherson goal | 3.1.19 | - | 6.6.42 | 10:30 | |
| NMLR | Brayden George goal | 3.1.19 | - | 7.6.48 | 14:45 | |
| SNDH | Brodie Atkins behind | 3.2.20 | - | 7.6.48 | 16:33 | |
| SNDH | Josh Hutchings behind | 3.3.21 | - | 7.6.48 | 18:12 | |
| NMLR | Mathew Keast goal | 3.3.21 | - | 8.6.54 | 19:21 | |
| SNDH | Willis Reidy behind | 3.4.22 | - | 8.6.54 | 21:34 | |
| SNDH | Jett Peckett goal | 4.4.28 | - | 8.6.54 | 23:54 | |
| NMLR | Zac Banch goal | 4.4.28 | - | 9.6.60 | 24:55 | |
| NMLR | James Tarrant goal | 4.4.28 | - | 10.6.66 | 26:34 | |
| Q3 | SNDH | Noah Yze goal | 5.4.34 | - | 10.6.66 | 01:24 |
| NMLR | Jacob Konstanty behind | 5.4.34 | - | 10.7.67 | 03:02 | |
| SNDH | Nathan Philactides behind | 5.5.35 | - | 10.7.67 | 04:08 | |
| NMLR | Jacob Konstanty goal | 5.5.35 | - | 11.7.73 | 04:48 | |
| NMLR | Brayden George behind | 5.5.35 | - | 11.8.74 | 06:29 | |
| SNDH | Brodie Atkins behind | 5.6.36 | - | 11.8.74 | 07:39 | |
| NMLR | Matt Whitlock goal | 5.6.36 | - | 12.8.80 | 09:39 | |
| NMLR | Patrick Fairlie behind | 5.6.36 | - | 12.9.81 | 13:06 | |
| NMLR | Oliver Lowe goal | 5.6.36 | - | 13.9.87 | 14:39 | |
| NMLR | Oliver Lowe behind | 5.6.36 | - | 13.10.88 | 17:29 | |
| SNDH | Willis Reidy goal | 6.6.42 | - | 13.10.88 | 19:23 | |
| NMLR | Zac Banch goal | 6.6.42 | - | 14.10.94 | 23:17 | |
| NMLR | Rushed behind | 6.6.42 | - | 14.11.95 | 25:06 | |
| SNDH | Jack Ferraro goal | 7.6.48 | - | 14.11.95 | 26:03 | |
| SNDH | Josh Hutchings goal | 8.6.54 | - | 14.11.95 | 28:13 | |
| Q4 | NMLR | Zac Banch goal | 8.6.54 | - | 15.11.101 | 01:13 |
| SNDH | Josh Hutchings behind | 8.7.55 | - | 15.11.101 | 02:32 | |
| NMLR | Lachlan Gollant goal | 8.7.55 | - | 16.11.107 | 04:07 | |
| NMLR | Zac Fisher behind | 8.7.55 | - | 16.12.108 | 06:35 | |
| NMLR | Matt Whitlock goal | 8.7.55 | - | 17.12.114 | 08:05 | |
| NMLR | James Tarrant behind | 8.7.55 | - | 17.13.115 | 10:25 | |
| NMLR | Jacob Konstanty behind | 8.7.55 | - | 17.14.116 | 10:57 | |
| NMLR | Brayden George behind | 8.7.55 | - | 17.15.117 | 12:29 | |
| NMLR | Xavier Bamert goal | 8.7.55 | - | 18.15.123 | 13:41 | |
| NMLR | Patrick Fairlie goal | 8.7.55 | - | 19.15.129 | 15:16 | |
| NMLR | River Stevens goal | 8.7.55 | - | 20.15.135 | 17:10 | |
| NMLR | Darcy MacPherson goal | 8.7.55 | - | 21.15.141 | 18:29 | |
| SNDH | Rushed behind | 8.8.56 | - | 21.15.141 | 20:01 | |
| SNDH | Willis Reidy goal | 9.8.62 | - | 21.15.141 | 20:48 | |
| SNDH | Jack Ferraro goal | 10.8.68 | - | 21.15.141 | 23:26 | |
| SNDH | Rushed behind | 10.9.69 | - | 21.15.141 | 25:25 | |
| NMLR | Patrick Fairlie goal | 10.9.69 | - | 22.15.147 | 26:25 | |
| NMLR | Rushed behind | 10.9.69 | - | 22.16.148 | 28:49 | |
| NMLR | Jacob Konstanty behind | 10.9.69 | - | 22.17.149 | 30:03 | |