Lily Mithen

Lily Mithen
Mithen playing for Melbourne in January 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-03-02) 2 March 1998
Original team(s) North Geelong Football Club (GDFL)
Draft No. 73, 2016 AFL Women's draft
Debut Round 1, 2017, Melbourne
vs. Brisbane, at Casey Fields
Height 159 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club Melbourne
Number 14
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2017– Melbourne 14 (0)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
2017 Victoria 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2017.
2 State and international statistics correct as of the 2018 season.
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Lily Mithen (born 2 March 1998) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the AFL Women's competition. She was drafted by Melbourne with their tenth selection and seventy-third overall in the 2016 AFL Women's draft.[1] She made her debut in the fifteen point loss to Brisbane at Casey Fields in the opening round of the 2017 season.[2] After the nineteen point win against Collingwood at Ikon Park in round two—in which she recorded fourteen disposals, three marks and two tackles—she was the round nominee for the AFLW Rising Star.[3] She played every match in her debut season to finish with seven games.[4]

Melbourne signed Mithen for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Burgan, Matt (12 October 2016). "No.73: Lily Mithen". MelbourneFC.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  2. ↑ Australian Associated Press (3 February 2017). "AFLW: All the round one teams". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Tayla Harris and Lily Mithen named AFLW Rising Star nominees after Round 2 performances". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Lily Mithen". AustralianFootball.com. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "AFLW: All the clubs' full lists after trade period - AFL.com.au". afl.com.au. Telstra Media. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
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