Lily Mithen

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Lily Mithen
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Mithen playing for Melbourne in 2021
Personal information
Full name Lily Mithen
Date of birth (1998-03-02) 2 March 1998 (age 27)
Original team(s) North Geelong Football Club (GDFL)
Draft No. 73, 2016 national 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 Gold Coast
Number 14
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2017–2024 Melbourne 82 (8)
2025– Gold Coast 3 (0)
Total85 (8)
Representative team honours
YearsTeamGames (Goals)
2017 Victoria 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 3, 2025.
Career highlights
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Lily Mithen (born 2 March 1998) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Gold Coast Suns in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She previously played for the Melbourne Football Club from 2017 to 2024. Mithen was nominated for the AFL Women's Rising Star award in round 2 of the 2017 season. She won an AFL Women's premiership with Melbourne in season 7, and is Melbourne's games record holder with 82 games.

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Early life

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. [1] Her father is former Nine Network journalist Anthony Mithen. [2]

Mithen played for Newtown & Chilwell in the AFL Barwon Female Football league in her youth, tying for the league best and fairest in 2014 [3] and winning premierships in 2014 and 2015. [4]

AFL Women's career

Mithen was drafted by Melbourne with their tenth selection and seventy-third overall in the 2016 AFL Women's draft. [5] She made her debut in the fifteen point loss to Brisbane at Casey Fields in the opening round of the 2017 season. [6] 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. [7] She played every match in her debut season to finish with seven games. She also won Geelong's 2017 best and fairest award in the club's VFL Women's team. [8]

Melbourne signed Mithen for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017. [9]

Statistics

Updated to the end of round 3, 2025. [10]

Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
  #  
Played in that season's 
premiership team
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game) Votes
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2017 Melbourne 14702674611314190.00.39.66.616.12.02.70
2018 Melbourne 1470041499012150.00.05.97.012.91.72.10
2019 Melbourne 14700673710422290.00.09.65.314.93.14.12
2020 Melbourne 143202610361140.70.08.73.312.03.71.30
2021 Melbourne 1411111385419230400.10.112.54.917.52.73.65
2022 (S6) Melbourne 1411011297220141560.00.111.76.518.33.75.16
2022 (S7) # Melbourne 14131011810222031430.10.09.17.816.92.43.31
2023 Melbourne 1412421019619727480.30.28.48.016.42.34.00
2024 Melbourne 141101726013223530.00.16.55.512.02.14.80
2025 Gold Coast 143002314376150.00.07.74.712.32.05.0
Career858778254013222173220.10.19.26.415.62.63.814

Honours and achievements

Team

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Mithen name lives on at Melbourne". www.melbournefc.com.au. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  2. ↑ Sewell, Eliza (4 February 2017). "Lily Mithen is the new breed of the new breed after achieving her dream as an 18-year-old". Herald Sun. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  3. ↑ "AFL Barwon 2014 Annual Report (p 39)" (PDF). AFL Barwon. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "AFL Barwon Annual Report 2015 (p 40)" (PDF). AFL Barwon. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  5. ↑ Burgan, Matt (12 October 2016). "No.73: Lily Mithen". MelbourneFC.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  6. ↑ Australian Associated Press (3 February 2017). "AFLW: All the round one teams". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "2019 VFL Women's Media Guide" (PDF). VFL.
  9. ↑ "AFLW: All the clubs' full lists after trade period - AFL.com.au". afl.com.au. Telstra Media. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "Lily Mithen – player stats by season". Australian Football. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
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