2026 VFL Season Round 5: Footscray Reserves v Sydney Reserves
This is the match report for the match played on 24 April 2026 between the Footscray Reserves and the Sydney Reserves during round five of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League.
The Footscray Reserves hosted the Sydney Reserves at Mission Whitten Oval.
Daniel Orgill captained the hosts.
The hosts were coached by Alex Johnson and the visitors were coached by Nick Malceski.
The Footscray Reserves (12.9.81) were defeated by the Sydney Reserves (22.8.140).
Match Details
Season:
2026 VFL Season
Round:
Round 5
Teams:
Footscray Reserves
v
Sydney Reserves
Date:
Friday 24 April 2026
Time:
11:05 AM
Venue:
Mission Whitten Oval
Match Results
Outcome:
Footscray Reserves
def. by
Sydney Reserves
Score:
12.9.81 - 22.8.140
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Footscray Reserves | 4 | . | 2 | 5 | . | 4 | 9 | . | 8 | 12 | . | 9 | 12 | . | 9 | (81) |
| Sydney Reserves | 2 | . | 2 | 12 | . | 6 | 14 | . | 7 | 22 | . | 8 | 22 | . | 8 | (140) |
| Margin | FOOR by 12 | SYDR by 44 | SYDR by 29 | SYDR by 59 | SYDR by 59 | |||||||||||
| Duration | 30:08 | 32:12 | 32:27 | 32:26 | 2:07:13 | |||||||||||
Score Worm
This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Footscray Reserves) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Sydney Reserves) are in the lead.
Honour Roll
Footscray Reserves
Captain: Daniel OrgillCoach: Alex Johnson
Sydney Reserves
Captain: unknownCoach: Nick Malceski
Player Statistics
Footscray Reserves
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 51 | Billings, Jack | CHF | ? | 1 | 2 | 31 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ? | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Carmichael, Lachlan | BPL | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ? | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 36 | Cleary, Luke | WR | ? | 0 | 0 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ? | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | Coffield, Nick | CHB | ? | 0 | 0 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 61 | Craig-Peters, Cooper | RO | ? | 0 | 0 | 36 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 12 | ? | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 16 | Croft, Jordan | HBFL | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ? | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Darcy, Will | BPR | ? | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Gallagher, Harvey | FB | ? | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ? | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 69 | Gilbee, Jarrod | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ? | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 52 | Hargraves, Chan | HFFR | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 5 | ? | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 66 | Kardachi, Xavier | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 | Kennedy, Luke | C | ? | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | ? | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 65 | Maple, Tristan | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ? | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 30 | McNeil, Lachlan | WL | ? | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ? | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 56 | Muratore, Luca | FPR | ? | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ? | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 50 | Orgill, Daniel (c) | HFFL | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ? | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 58 | Phipps-Parsons, Stirling | RU | ? | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 60 | Ramshaw, Laird | RR | ? | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 55 | Smith, Connor | FF | ? | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ? | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 53 | Valpied, Fred | FPL | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | Vandermeer, Laitham | HBFR | ? | 0 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | ? | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 41 | Walker, Zac | INT | ? | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ? | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 67 | Young, Bailey | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Rushed | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 12 | 9 | 365 | 183 | 182 | 65 | 16 | 79 | 38 | 0+ | 24 | 23 | 36 | 52 | |||
Sydney Reserves
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 59 | Callegari, Julian | RR | ? | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ? | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 58 | Chamberlain, Noah | HFFL | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 33 | Cleary, Caiden | HBFR | ? | 0 | 0 | 37 | 10 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | ? | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | Dattoli, Jesse | FB | ? | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ? | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 72 | Forrest, Tom | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 61 | Geddes, Max | RO | ? | 0 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ? | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 51 | Giacometti, Luke | FPL | ? | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ? | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 68 | Gibbs, Khy | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 29 | Hamling, Joel | CHB | ? | 2 | 0 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ? | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 40 | Hanily, Tom | C | ? | 1 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ? | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 65 | Harrison, Joe | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ? | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 65 | Kyle, Harry | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ? | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | Ladhams, Peter | HBFL | ? | 1 | 0 | 39 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 47 | 3 | 15 | ? | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 56 | Longmire, Jedd | RU | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ? | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | McLean, Hayden | BPL | ? | 5 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 43 | Melican, Lewis | CHF | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ? | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 50 | Mellis, Mitch | HFFR | ? | 0 | 1 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | ? | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 53 | Peters, Charlie | FPR | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ? | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Phillipou, Jevan | BPR | ? | 5 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ? | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 64 | Ryan, Tom | INT | ? | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ? | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Shipley, Nick | FF | ? | 2 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | ? | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 41 | Snell, Patrick | WR | ? | 1 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ? | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 37 | Warner, Corey | WL | ? | 1 | 2 | 31 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | ? | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| Rushed | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 22 | 8 | 416 | 202 | 214 | 73 | 54 | 72 | 44 | 0+ | 23 | 24 | 40 | 58 | |||
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
| Footscray Reserves | Coach: Alex Johnson | ||||||||||||||
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| 2 | H. McLean | 9 | J. Dattoli | 18 | J. Phillipou | 58 | S. Phipps-Parsons | 69 | J. Gilbee | ||||||
| 56 | L. Muratore | 55 | C. Smith | 53 | F. Valpied | 60 | L. Ramshaw | 66 | X. Kardachi | ||||||
| FORWARD | 61 | C. Craig-Peters | 65 | T. Maple | |||||||||||
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| 19 | P. Ladhams | 29 | J. Hamling | 33 | C. Cleary |
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| 52 | C. Hargraves | 51 | J. Billings | 50 | D. Orgill (c) |
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| 37 | C. Warner | 40 | T. Hanily | 41 | P. Snell |
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| 36 | L. Cleary | 35 | L. Kennedy | 30 | L. McNeil | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
| CENTRE | 56 | J. Longmire | 72 | T. Forrest | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | 59 | J. Callegari | 68 | K. Gibbs | |||||||||||
| 58 | N. Chamberlain | 43 | L. Melican | 50 | M. Mellis | 61 | M. Geddes | 65 | J. Harrison | ||||||
| 23 | L. Vandermeer | 17 | N. Coffield | 16 | J. Croft |
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| 51 | L. Giacometti | 52 | N. Shipley | 53 | C. Peters |
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| 15 | W. Darcy | 12 | H. Gallagher | 2 | L. Carmichael |
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| Sydney Reserves | Coach: Nick Malceski | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| Q1 | FOOR | Will Darcy goal | 1.0.6 | - | 0.0.0 | 02:09 |
| FOOR | Connor Smith goal | 2.0.12 | - | 0.0.0 | 07:14 | |
| FOOR | Lachlan McNeil behind | 2.1.13 | - | 0.0.0 | 08:34 | |
| FOOR | Zac Walker goal | 3.1.19 | - | 0.0.0 | 17:05 | |
| FOOR | Rushed behind | 3.2.20 | - | 0.0.0 | 18:50 | |
| SYDR | Mitch Mellis behind | 3.2.20 | - | 0.1.1 | 20:38 | |
| SYDR | Jevan Phillipou goal | 3.2.20 | - | 1.1.7 | 24:16 | |
| FOOR | Harvey Gallagher goal | 4.2.26 | - | 1.1.7 | 25:58 | |
| SYDR | Jevan Phillipou goal | 4.2.26 | - | 2.1.13 | 27:17 | |
| SYDR | Rushed behind | 4.2.26 | - | 2.2.14 | 29:00 | |
| Q2 | SYDR | Corey Warner behind | 4.2.26 | - | 2.3.15 | 00:50 |
| SYDR | Jesse Dattoli goal | 4.2.26 | - | 3.3.21 | 01:40 | |
| SYDR | Nick Shipley goal | 4.2.26 | - | 4.3.27 | 05:45 | |
| SYDR | Hayden McLean goal | 4.2.26 | - | 5.3.33 | 12:09 | |
| SYDR | Jevan Phillipou goal | 4.2.26 | - | 6.3.39 | 14:28 | |
| FOOR | Jack Billings goal | 5.2.32 | - | 6.3.39 | 15:52 | |
| SYDR | Tom Ryan goal | 5.2.32 | - | 7.3.45 | 17:19 | |
| FOOR | Stirling Phipps-Parsons behind | 5.3.33 | - | 7.3.45 | 18:27 | |
| SYDR | Tom Ryan goal | 5.3.33 | - | 8.3.51 | 19:17 | |
| SYDR | Jesse Dattoli behind | 5.3.33 | - | 8.4.52 | 21:42 | |
| SYDR | Rushed behind | 5.3.33 | - | 8.5.53 | 22:41 | |
| FOOR | Rushed behind | 5.4.34 | - | 8.5.53 | 25:55 | |
| SYDR | Hayden McLean goal | 5.4.34 | - | 9.5.59 | 26:28 | |
| SYDR | Jevan Phillipou goal | 5.4.34 | - | 10.5.65 | 27:56 | |
| SYDR | Jevan Phillipou behind | 5.4.34 | - | 10.6.66 | 28:58 | |
| SYDR | Corey Warner goal | 5.4.34 | - | 11.6.72 | 29:50 | |
| SYDR | Patrick Snell goal | 5.4.34 | - | 12.6.78 | 32:06 | |
| Q3 | FOOR | Jack Billings behind | 5.5.35 | - | 12.6.78 | 01:59 |
| FOOR | Luca Muratore goal | 6.5.41 | - | 12.6.78 | 03:54 | |
| SYDR | Tom Hanily goal | 6.5.41 | - | 13.6.84 | 05:53 | |
| FOOR | Luca Muratore goal | 7.5.47 | - | 13.6.84 | 07:41 | |
| FOOR | Jack Billings behind | 7.6.48 | - | 13.6.84 | 15:05 | |
| FOOR | Zac Walker goal | 8.6.54 | - | 13.6.84 | 17:58 | |
| SYDR | Corey Warner behind | 8.6.54 | - | 13.7.85 | 19:15 | |
| FOOR | Laird Ramshaw goal | 9.6.60 | - | 13.7.85 | 21:56 | |
| FOOR | Harvey Gallagher behind | 9.7.61 | - | 13.7.85 | 23:28 | |
| SYDR | Hayden McLean goal | 9.7.61 | - | 14.7.91 | 27:26 | |
| FOOR | Rushed behind | 9.8.62 | - | 14.7.91 | 30:52 | |
| Q4 | FOOR | Connor Smith goal | 10.8.68 | - | 14.7.91 | 01:45 |
| SYDR | Joel Hamling goal | 10.8.68 | - | 15.7.97 | 05:25 | |
| FOOR | Will Darcy goal | 11.8.74 | - | 15.7.97 | 08:18 | |
| SYDR | Peter Ladhams goal | 11.8.74 | - | 16.7.103 | 09:51 | |
| FOOR | Harvey Gallagher behind | 11.9.75 | - | 16.7.103 | 11:38 | |
| SYDR | Nick Shipley goal | 11.9.75 | - | 17.7.109 | 12:11 | |
| SYDR | Jesse Dattoli goal | 11.9.75 | - | 18.7.115 | 14:21 | |
| SYDR | Rushed behind | 11.9.75 | - | 18.8.116 | 16:17 | |
| SYDR | Joel Hamling goal | 11.9.75 | - | 19.8.122 | 18:32 | |
| SYDR | Hayden McLean goal | 11.9.75 | - | 20.8.128 | 20:52 | |
| SYDR | Jevan Phillipou goal | 11.9.75 | - | 21.8.134 | 23:45 | |
| FOOR | Luca Muratore goal | 12.9.81 | - | 21.8.134 | 26:32 | |
| SYDR | Hayden McLean goal | 12.9.81 | - | 22.8.140 | 32:14 | |