2026 VFL Season Round 20: North Melbourne Reserves v Footscray Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 7 August 2026 between the North Melbourne Reserves and the Footscray Reserves during round twenty of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. The North Melbourne Reserves hosted the Footscray Reserves at Arden Street Oval. Daniel Orgill captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Adam Marcon and the visitors were coached by Alex Johnson.

The North Melbourne Reserves (7.9.51) were defeated by the Footscray Reserves (12.25.97).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: North Melbourne Reserves v Footscray Reserves
Date: Friday 7 August 2026
Time: 2:05 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne Reserves def. by Footscray Reserves
Score: 7.9.51 - 12.25.97

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
North Melbourne Reserves	3	.	2	5	.	5	5	.	7	7	.	9	7	.	9	(51)
Footscray Reserves	4	.	4	4	.	12	7	.	15	12	.	25	12	.	25	(97)
Margin	FOOR by 8			FOOR by 1			FOOR by 20			FOOR by 46			FOOR by 46
Duration	29:46			28:05			26:18			31:20			1:55:29

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

North Melbourne Reserves

Captain: unknown
Coach: Adam Marcon

Footscray Reserves

Captain: Daniel Orgill
Coach: Alex Johnson

Player Statistics

North Melbourne Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
40	Brewer, Lachy	CHF	?	0	0	7	3	4	2	0	0	0	?	0	1	2	0
66	Brinker-Ritchie, David	INT	?	0	0	4	1	3	2	21	2	2	?	1	0	0	1
72	Byrne, Hugh	INT	?	0	0	7	4	3	3	0	0	0	?	0	1	1	0
1	Dovaston, Lachy	BPL	?	0	2	13	8	5	1	0	2	1	?	0	0	0	1
49	Dow, Thomson	FF	?	0	0	13	4	9	2	0	2	1	?	0	0	0	2
16	Fisher, Zac	HBFL	?	0	0	25	14	11	5	0	3	4	?	0	0	5	1
33	George, Brayden	WL	?	0	0	12	9	3	3	0	2	0	?	2	0	2	6
22	Goad, Taylor	CHB	?	1	0	14	4	10	2	12	2	1	?	0	1	0	1
55	Gollant, Lachlan	RU	?	0	0	12	9	3	6	0	0	0	?	0	0	4	0
42	Griffin, Oliver	HFFR	?	0	1	8	3	5	1	0	3	1	?	2	0	0	1
46	Hansen, Robert	FPL	?	0	0	26	24	2	3	0	0	0	?	1	1	11	3
37	Harvey, Cooper	HFFL	?	0	0	19	10	9	3	0	6	1	?	2	2	3	0
62	Kneipp, Felix	RR	?	0	0	15	12	3	3	0	3	1	?	2	0	0	1
70	Lowe, Oliver	INT	?	0	0	9	4	5	2	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	1
50	MacPherson, Darcy	FPR	?	0	0	27	16	11	2	0	7	4	?	1	0	5	4
28	Mikunda, Hugo	HBFR	?	0	0	12	9	3	2	0	3	0	?	0	2	4	2
63	Rice, Kieran	RO	?	0	0	17	10	7	9	0	1	2	?	0	0	5	3
8	Scott, Bailey	FB	?	0	0	23	16	7	3	0	3	2	?	1	1	1	2
36	Stevens, River	WR	?	0	0	9	3	6	0	0	3	0	?	0	0	0	2
73	Szerszyn, Darcy	INT	?	0	0	9	7	2	4	0	0	0	?	0	1	3	1
79	Tarrant, James	INT	?	2	1	13	11	2	6	0	0	0	?	1	0	0	1
14	Urquhart, Luke	BPR	?	1	0	22	9	13	5	0	6	1	?	1	3	1	2
35	Whitlock, Matt	C	?	3	2	13	9	4	5	0	0	0	?	3	1	0	1
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				7	9	329	199	130	74	33	49	21	0+	17	14	47	36

Footscray Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
13	Baker, Oskar	HBFL	?	0	0	16	10	6	4	0	1	3	?	0	1	2	3
51	Billings, Jack	FPR	?	2	4	28	20	8	10	0	0	1	?	0	0	1	4
77	Bramble, Cody	INT	?	0	0	16	8	8	1	0	1	0	?	0	0	2	2
5	Busslinger, Jedd	FB	?	0	0	18	12	6	2	0	0	0	?	0	2	5	1
2	Carmichael, Lachlan	BPL	?	0	0	18	11	7	7	0	3	0	?	2	0	3	4
36	Cleary, Luke	CHF	?	0	0	20	16	4	8	0	2	1	?	0	2	2	1
61	Craig-Peters, Cooper	RO	?	0	0	35	20	15	6	0	6	11	?	2	0	1	13
15	Darcy, Will	CHB	?	0	0	11	7	4	7	0	1	0	?	1	0	0	1
78	El Souki, Khaled	INT	?	3	0	14	8	6	2	0	3	2	?	2	2	0	3
25	Emmett, Louis	C	?	0	2	21	6	15	4	0	0	9	?	0	0	0	2
12	Gallagher, Harvey	BPR	?	0	2	27	13	14	9	0	1	1	?	0	3	2	4
43	Gardner, Ryan	FPL	?	0	0	8	5	3	0	0	2	0	?	1	1	2	0
81	Howard, Nathan	INT	?	0	1	5	3	2	2	11	2	2	?	0	1	0	0
35	Kennedy, Luke	HFFL	?	1	0	22	9	13	2	0	0	2	?	0	0	1	3
65	Maple, Tristan	INT	?	0	0	15	11	4	7	0	1	1	?	0	1	0	2
22	May, Caleb	HBFR	?	0	1	10	5	5	5	22	2	1	?	0	1	1	1
30	McNeil, Lachlan	WR	?	0	1	20	11	9	3	0	4	2	?	1	0	1	3
56	Muratore, Luca	RU	?	1	1	19	13	6	5	0	2	0	?	1	0	1	2
50	Orgill, Daniel (c)	FF	?	1	3	21	16	5	10	0	3	2	?	1	0	1	6
60	Ramshaw, Laird	RR	?	1	0	14	10	4	7	0	3	0	?	1	1	1	1
71	Sexton, Kane	INT	?	2	0	9	6	3	5	0	1	0	?	0	1	0	2
23	Vandermeer, Laitham	WL	?	1	0	9	6	3	2	0	0	0	?	2	0	0	3
41	Walker, Zac	HFFR	?	0	0	5	3	2	4	0	2	0	?	0	1	1	0
Rushed					10
Total (23 players)				12	25	381	229	152	112	33	40	38	0+	14	17	27	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

North Melbourne Reserves							Coach: Adam Marcon
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	2	L. Carmichael	5	J. Busslinger	12	H. Gallagher	55	L. Gollant	66	D. Brinker-Ritchie
	50	D. MacPherson	49	T. Dow	46	R. Hansen	62	F. Kneipp	72	H. Byrne
FORWARD							63	K. Rice	70	O. Lowe
HALF-BACK									73	D. Szerszyn
	13	O. Baker	15	W. Darcy	22	C. May			79	J. Tarrant
	42	O. Griffin	40	L. Brewer	37	C. Harvey
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	23	L. Vandermeer	25	L. Emmett	30	L. McNeil
	36	R. Stevens	35	M. Whitlock	33	B. George	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							56	L. Muratore	77	C. Bramble
HALF-FORWARD							60	L. Ramshaw	78	K. El Souki
	35	L. Kennedy	36	L. Cleary	41	Z. Walker	61	C. Craig-Peters	81	N. Howard
	28	H. Mikunda	22	T. Goad	16	Z. Fisher			65	T. Maple
HALF-BACK									71	K. Sexton
FORWARD
	43	R. Gardner	50	D. Orgill (c)	51	J. Billings
	14	L. Urquhart	8	B. Scott	1	L. Dovaston
BACK
Footscray Reserves							Coach: Alex Johnson

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	FOOR	Rushed behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	00:32
	NMLR	James Tarrant goal	1.0.6	-	0.1.1	02:10
	FOOR	Laitham Vandermeer goal	1.0.6	-	1.1.7	04:03
	FOOR	Jack Billings behind	1.0.6	-	1.2.8	07:41
	NMLR	Matt Whitlock goal	2.0.12	-	1.2.8	09:08
	FOOR	Nathan Howard behind	2.0.12	-	1.3.9	12:29
	FOOR	Daniel Orgill goal	2.0.12	-	2.3.15	14:41
	FOOR	Daniel Orgill behind	2.0.12	-	2.4.16	16:28
	FOOR	Khaled El Souki goal	2.0.12	-	3.4.22	18:41
	NMLR	Luke Urquhart goal	3.0.18	-	3.4.22	21:46
	NMLR	Kieran Rice behind	3.1.19	-	3.4.22	23:07
	FOOR	Kane Sexton goal	3.1.19	-	4.4.28	25:23
	NMLR	Lachy Dovaston behind	3.2.20	-	4.4.28	27:15
Q2	FOOR	Louis Emmett behind	3.2.20	-	4.5.29	01:34
	FOOR	Caleb May behind	3.2.20	-	4.6.30	05:50
	NMLR	Matt Whitlock behind	3.3.21	-	4.6.30	06:39
	FOOR	Harvey Gallagher behind	3.3.21	-	4.7.31	08:18
	FOOR	Rushed behind	3.3.21	-	4.8.32	10:24
	NMLR	Matt Whitlock goal	4.3.27	-	4.8.32	12:49
	FOOR	Rushed behind	4.3.27	-	4.9.33	15:20
	FOOR	Rushed behind	4.3.27	-	4.10.34	17:00
	NMLR	Oliver Griffin behind	4.4.28	-	4.10.34	19:33
	NMLR	James Tarrant goal	5.4.34	-	4.10.34	21:19
	FOOR	Rushed behind	5.4.34	-	4.11.35	23:37
	NMLR	Matt Whitlock behind	5.5.35	-	4.11.35	26:02
	FOOR	Rushed behind	5.5.35	-	4.12.36	26:44
Q3	FOOR	Daniel Orgill behind	5.5.35	-	4.13.37	02:00
	FOOR	Rushed behind	5.5.35	-	4.14.38	04:11
	FOOR	Lachlan McNeil behind	5.5.35	-	4.15.39	05:45
	FOOR	Jack Billings goal	5.5.35	-	5.15.45	07:42
	FOOR	Luke Kennedy goal	5.5.35	-	6.15.51	12:13
	FOOR	Luca Muratore goal	5.5.35	-	7.15.57	21:58
	NMLR	Rushed behind	5.6.36	-	7.15.57	23:42
	NMLR	Rushed behind	5.7.37	-	7.15.57	25:50
Q4	FOOR	Daniel Orgill behind	5.7.37	-	7.16.58	00:46
	FOOR	Kane Sexton goal	5.7.37	-	8.16.64	01:57
	FOOR	Rushed behind	5.7.37	-	8.17.65	03:57
	FOOR	Jack Billings behind	5.7.37	-	8.18.66	04:59
	NMLR	Matt Whitlock goal	6.7.43	-	8.18.66	08:50
	FOOR	Jack Billings behind	6.7.43	-	8.19.67	12:46
	FOOR	Jack Billings goal	6.7.43	-	9.19.73	13:40
	FOOR	Khaled El Souki goal	6.7.43	-	10.19.79	16:10
	FOOR	Jack Billings behind	6.7.43	-	10.20.80	18:05
	FOOR	Khaled El Souki goal	6.7.43	-	11.20.86	19:15
	NMLR	Taylor Goad goal	7.7.49	-	11.20.86	20:24
	NMLR	James Tarrant behind	7.8.50	-	11.20.86	21:46
	NMLR	Lachy Dovaston behind	7.9.51	-	11.20.86	23:13
	FOOR	Rushed behind	7.9.51	-	11.21.87	24:05
	FOOR	Luca Muratore behind	7.9.51	-	11.22.88	24:50
	FOOR	Rushed behind	7.9.51	-	11.23.89	25:29
	FOOR	Laird Ramshaw goal	7.9.51	-	12.23.95	28:01
	FOOR	Harvey Gallagher behind	7.9.51	-	12.24.96	29:41
	FOOR	Louis Emmett behind	7.9.51	-	12.25.97	30:54

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