Lily Mithen

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Lily Mithen
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Mithen playing for Casey Demons in July 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-03-02) 2 March 1998 (age 26)
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
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2017– Melbourne 71 (8)
Representative team honours
YearsTeamGames (Goals)
2017 Victoria 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 season.
2 State and international statistics correct as of the 2018 season.
Career highlights
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] She also won Geelong's 2017 best and fairest award in the club's VFL Women's team. [5]

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Melbourne signed Mithen for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017. [6]

Mithen's grandfather's cousin is Laurie Mithen – a Melbourne great, who played in five premierships and was named in the club's team of the century. [7] Her father is former Nine Network journalist Anthony Mithen. [8]

Honours

Best & Fairest (Youth Girls): 2014 (tied) [9]
Premiers (Youth Girls): Newtown & Chilwell 2014, 2015 [10]
Best & Fairest : 2017
Premiers: S7 (2022)

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