2026 VFL Season Round 9: Southport v Port Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 23 May 2026 between Southport and Port Melbourne during round nine of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. Southport hosted Port Melbourne at Fankhauser Reserve. With the presence of multiple Southport co-captains, namely Brayden Crossley and Jacob Dawson, playing for the side, it is not yet known who specifically captained the hosts. Tom Hird captained the visitors with Kaine Baldwin as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Matthew Primus and the visitors were coached by Brendan McCartney.

Southport (16.14.110) defeated Port Melbourne (11.12.78).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Southport v Port Melbourne
Date: Saturday 23 May 2026
Time: 11:05 AM
Venue: Fankhauser Reserve

Match Results

Outcome: Southport def. Port Melbourne
Score: 16.14.110 - 11.12.78

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Southport	6	.	4	7	.	6	12	.	10	16	.	14	16	.	14	(110)
Port Melbourne	1	.	0	7	.	4	7	.	6	11	.	12	11	.	12	(78)
Margin	SPRT by 34			SPRT by 2			SPRT by 34			SPRT by 32			SPRT by 32
Duration	32:10			29:47			29:14			35:29			2:06:40

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Southport

Captain: unknown
Coach: Matthew Primus

Port Melbourne

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

Player Statistics

Southport

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
16	Berry, Tom	WL	?	0	1	16	10	6	2	0	7	3	?	4	5	2	4
28	Cockatoo-Collins, Preston	BPR	?	0	2	5	4	1	2	0	3	0	?	0	3	0	2
17	Coombes, Luke	INT	?	0	0	13	12	1	2	0	0	2	?	1	0	0	1
20	Crossley, Brayden	RU	?	0	0	22	15	7	5	55	3	6	?	1	2	1	6
3	Dawson, Jacob	C	?	2	1	28	13	15	1	0	4	12	?	4	1	1	4
24	Dawson, Taine	CHF	?	0	3	8	5	3	1	9	2	0	?	2	0	0	1
15	Day, Sam	FF	?	1	0	9	6	3	4	0	1	0	?	1	0	1	1
2	Foot, Zac	RO	?	1	0	19	14	5	6	0	3	5	?	0	0	1	6
13	Gadsby, Noah	WR	?	0	0	12	8	4	4	0	3	0	?	2	0	0	2
19	Gore, Josh	FPR	?	1	0	3	3	0	1	0	3	0	?	0	0	0	1
	Lake, Campbell	HFFL	?	1	1	9	3	6	0	0	9	2	?	2	2	0	0
38	MacDonald, Cooper	CHB	?	0	0	17	10	7	6	0	2	1	?	1	0	4	1
14	McGuinness, Matt	INT	?	0	0	13	10	3	3	0	6	0	?	2	2	6	2
29	Mills, Jackson	HBFR	?	1	1	13	9	4	5	0	6	2	?	0	3	2	3
8	Oea, Hewago	RR	?	2	0	19	16	3	5	0	8	0	?	1	2	5	7
42	Pescud, Max	HFFR	?	2	2	18	8	10	4	0	5	2	?	2	1	0	4
37	Rawson, Bailey	INT	?	1	0	9	4	5	2	0	4	2	?	1	0	0	1
26	Reardon, Elijah	HBFL	?	0	0	21	14	7	5	0	4	0	?	1	1	4	6
40	Rowe, Charlie	FPL	?	0	0	14	4	10	3	0	2	0	?	0	0	2	2
6	Spencer, Max	FB	?	0	0	16	13	3	1	0	1	0	?	0	1	8	0
31	Sullivan, Harry	INT	?	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	0
22	Webster, Christian	BPL	?	0	0	12	9	3	7	0	1	0	?	0	2	2	1
1	Woodcock, Boyd	INT	?	4	0	15	10	5	2	0	5	3	?	2	0	1	0
Rushed					4
Total (23 players)				16	14	312	200	112	71	64	82	40	0+	27	25	40	55

Port Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
27	Alessio, Luca	RR	?	2	0	5	3	2	3	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	1
11	Baldwin, Kaine (vc)	WL	?	4	2	11	10	1	2	0	2	0	?	5	1	0	2
2	Bedendo, Dominic	BPL	?	2	1	14	11	3	2	0	5	1	?	2	2	0	2
23	Dimattina, Kai	FF	?	0	0	11	9	2	2	0	2	1	?	0	1	7	0
13	Downie, Connor	WR	?	0	0	7	2	5	0	0	5	1	?	0	2	0	1
32	Gahan, Matt	INT	?	0	0	20	13	7	7	0	4	0	?	0	1	9	0
28	Graham, Tom	RO	?	0	0	12	8	4	6	0	1	0	?	0	0	2	2
38	Grant, Sam	INT	?	0	0	4	4	0	2	3	1	1	?	1	0	1	2
14	Green, Josh	HFFL	?	0	0	16	7	9	1	0	1	2	?	1	3	1	4
18	Hawkins, Ned	INT	?	0	0	8	4	4	1	0	1	0	?	0	2	2	0
4	Hird, Tom (c)	BPR	?	0	0	26	15	11	4	0	5	7	?	1	2	2	6
8	Hobbs, Ben	CHB	?	0	1	33	18	15	6	0	1	10	?	6	2	2	5
16	Manton, Archi	HFFR	?	0	1	7	4	3	1	0	0	1	?	0	1	1	1
33	Penry, Flynn	INT	?	1	1	14	8	6	3	6	8	3	?	1	0	0	5
24	Polkinghorne, Riley	FPR	?	0	1	13	8	5	3	0	4	0	?	0	0	0	5
15	Rankin, Lachlan	CHF	?	0	0	16	13	3	1	0	5	0	?	2	0	3	3
21	Rider, Max	FPL	?	0	1	14	2	12	3	0	2	0	?	0	1	0	2
3	Rosman, Fraser	FB	?	0	0	10	7	3	6	0	4	0	?	1	0	0	2
36	Rudd, Michael	INT	?	1	0	5	4	1	2	0	2	0	?	1	1	0	0
43	Sparkman, Joshua	RU	?	1	0	16	12	4	2	0	4	0	?	1	1	4	3
12	Stubbings, Harry	C	?	0	1	11	3	8	2	0	2	0	?	0	2	1	0
10	Tovey, Josh	HBFR	?	0	0	21	11	10	2	1	3	5	?	1	5	0	5
6	Van Es, James	HBFL	?	0	0	11	4	7	3	0	0	0	?	2	0	4	0
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				11	12	305	180	125	64	10	62	32	0+	25	27	39	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

Southport							Coach: Matthew Primus
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	2	D. Bedendo	3	F. Rosman	4	T. Hird (c)	20	B. Crossley	17	L. Coombes
	19	J. Gore	15	S. Day	40	C. Rowe	8	H. Oea	14	M. McGuinness
FORWARD							2	Z. Foot	37	B. Rawson
HALF-BACK									31	H. Sullivan
	6	J. Van Es	8	B. Hobbs	10	J. Tovey			1	B. Woodcock
	42	M. Pescud	24	T. Dawson		C. Lake
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	11	K. Baldwin (vc)	12	H. Stubbings	13	C. Downie
	13	N. Gadsby	3	J. Dawson	16	T. Berry	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							43	J. Sparkman	32	M. Gahan
HALF-FORWARD							27	L. Alessio	38	S. Grant
	14	J. Green	15	L. Rankin	16	A. Manton	28	T. Graham	18	N. Hawkins
	29	J. Mills	38	C. MacDonald	26	E. Reardon			33	F. Penry
HALF-BACK									36	M. Rudd
FORWARD
	21	M. Rider	23	K. Dimattina	24	R. Polkinghorne
	28	P. Cockatoo-Collins	6	M. Spencer	22	C. Webster
BACK
Port Melbourne							Coach: Brendan McCartney

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	SPRT	Boyd Woodcock goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	01:19
	SPRT	Josh Gore goal	2.0.12	-	0.0.0	02:23
	SPRT	Preston Cockatoo-Collins behind	2.1.13	-	0.0.0	04:56
	SPRT	Rushed behind	2.2.14	-	0.0.0	05:39
	SPRT	Jackson Mills goal	3.2.20	-	0.0.0	07:56
	SPRT	Hewago Oea goal	4.2.26	-	0.0.0	11:53
	PMLB	Luca Alessio goal	4.2.26	-	1.0.6	19:02
	SPRT	Taine Dawson behind	4.3.27	-	1.0.6	22:58
	SPRT	Jacob Dawson goal	5.3.33	-	1.0.6	26:59
	SPRT	Boyd Woodcock goal	6.3.39	-	1.0.6	28:44
	SPRT	Preston Cockatoo-Collins behind	6.4.40	-	1.0.6	31:28
Q2	PMLB	Kaine Baldwin goal	6.4.40	-	2.0.12	04:40
	PMLB	Flynn Penry behind	6.4.40	-	2.1.13	06:43
	PMLB	Joshua Sparkman goal	6.4.40	-	3.1.19	07:55
	PMLB	Rushed behind	6.4.40	-	3.2.20	09:16
	PMLB	Kaine Baldwin goal	6.4.40	-	4.2.26	09:29
	PMLB	Dominic Bedendo goal	6.4.40	-	5.2.32	11:55
	PMLB	Michael Rudd goal	6.4.40	-	6.2.38	14:35
	PMLB	Dominic Bedendo behind	6.4.40	-	6.3.39	16:24
	SPRT	Max Pescud behind	6.5.41	-	6.3.39	19:27
	PMLB	Kaine Baldwin behind	6.5.41	-	6.4.40	21:42
	SPRT	Max Pescud goal	7.5.47	-	6.4.40	23:42
	SPRT	Rushed behind	7.6.48	-	6.4.40	25:35
	PMLB	Dominic Bedendo goal	7.6.48	-	7.4.46	29:32
Q3	SPRT	Taine Dawson behind	7.7.49	-	7.4.46	03:32
	SPRT	Tom Berry behind	7.8.50	-	7.4.46	06:11
	SPRT	Jackson Mills behind	7.9.51	-	7.4.46	09:58
	SPRT	Jacob Dawson behind	7.10.52	-	7.4.46	10:24
	SPRT	Boyd Woodcock goal	8.10.58	-	7.4.46	11:25
	SPRT	Sam Day goal	9.10.64	-	7.4.46	13:57
	PMLB	Ben Hobbs behind	9.10.64	-	7.5.47	18:10
	PMLB	Rushed behind	9.10.64	-	7.6.48	19:06
	SPRT	Boyd Woodcock goal	10.10.70	-	7.6.48	23:24
	SPRT	Jacob Dawson goal	11.10.76	-	7.6.48	26:03
	SPRT	Bailey Rawson goal	12.10.82	-	7.6.48	28:05
Q4	PMLB	Kaine Baldwin goal	12.10.82	-	8.6.54	01:43
	PMLB	Max Rider behind	12.10.82	-	8.7.55	03:54
	PMLB	Kaine Baldwin goal	12.10.82	-	9.7.61	05:35
	PMLB	Luca Alessio goal	12.10.82	-	10.7.67	09:12
	PMLB	Rushed behind	12.10.82	-	10.8.68	11:10
	PMLB	Kaine Baldwin behind	12.10.82	-	10.9.69	14:25
	SPRT	Taine Dawson behind	12.11.83	-	10.9.69	16:38
	SPRT	Max Pescud behind	12.12.84	-	10.9.69	17:19
	PMLB	Riley Polkinghorne behind	12.12.84	-	10.10.70	18:27
	PMLB	Harry Stubbings behind	12.12.84	-	10.11.71	19:09
	SPRT	Hewago Oea goal	13.12.90	-	10.11.71	20:25
	SPRT	Rushed behind	13.13.91	-	10.11.71	21:41
	SPRT	Max Pescud goal	14.13.97	-	10.11.71	22:48
	SPRT	Rushed behind	14.14.98	-	10.11.71	24:43
	SPRT	Campbell Lake goal	15.14.104	-	10.11.71	28:56
	PMLB	Archi Manton behind	15.14.104	-	10.12.72	31:08
	PMLB	Flynn Penry goal	15.14.104	-	11.12.78	31:57
	SPRT	Zac Foot goal	16.14.110	-	11.12.78	34:34

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