1957 VFL Season

Season Details

Name: 1957 VFL Season
Team(s): 12
Round(s): 18
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Match(es): 112

Season Results

Premiers: Melbourne
Runners-Up: Essendon
Minor Premiers: Melbourne
Brownlow Medallist(s): Brian Gleeson (St Kilda)
Coleman Medallist(s): Jack Collins (Footscray)

Team Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L & P%) Brownlow Leader(s) Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away)
Melbourne (P) 1st 12 -1- 5 138.8% John Beckwith (13) Athol Webb (49)
Essendon (R) 2nd 11 -0- 7 118.3% Jack Clarke (11) Fred Gallagher (31)
Hawthorn 3rd 11 -0- 7 116.7% Alf Hughes (12) Terry Ingersoll (33)
Carlton 4th 11 -0- 7 99.5% John James (19) Gerald Burke (33)
Collingwood 5th 9 -1- 8 101.8% Bill Twomey, Murray Weideman (8) Ian Brewer (26)
Footscray 6th 9 -1- 8 99.1% Ted Whitten (12) Jack Collins (74)
Richmond 7th 9 -0- 9 93.9% Roy Wright (20) Bob Dummett (41)
North Melbourne 8th 8 -0- 10 95.1% Neil Doolan (11) John Dugdale (37)
St Kilda 9th 8 -0- 10 94.5% Brian Gleeson (24) Bill Young (56)
South Melbourne 10th 7 -0- 11 88.8% Jim Taylor (16) Fred Goldsmith (43)
Fitzroy 11th 6 -0- 12 84.1% Kevin Murray (12) Owen Abrahams (31)
Geelong 12th 5 -1- 12 88.2% Peter Pianto (12) Fred Wooller (56)

Umpire Results

Umpire Position Umpire(s)
Field Umpire 11
Goal Umpire 6
Boundary Umpire 3

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/04/1957 2:15 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 66 - 102 24,321
SAT 20/04/1957 2:15 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 58 - 93 30,000
SAT 20/04/1957 2:15 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 88 - 59 37,000
MON 22/04/1957 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 53 - 50 24,000
MON 22/04/1957 2:15 PM Geelong v Footscray Kardinia Park 77 - 77 34,844
MON 22/04/1957 2:15 PM Richmond v North Melbourne Punt Road Oval 128 - 105 23,000

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/04/1957 2:15 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 80 - 72 44,971
SAT 27/04/1957 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 67 - 73 12,000
SAT 27/04/1957 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 52 - 76 22,385
SAT 27/04/1957 2:15 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 74 - 63 21,500
SAT 27/04/1957 2:15 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 85 - 53 29,297
SAT 27/04/1957 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Glenferrie Oval 76 - 57 21,000

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/05/1957 2:15 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 86 - 41 47,920
SAT 04/05/1957 2:15 PM Geelong v Collingwood Kardinia Park 77 - 87 24,292
SAT 04/05/1957 2:15 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 64 - 51 34,878
SAT 04/05/1957 2:15 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 88 - 65 17,000
SAT 04/05/1957 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Richmond Lakeside Oval 130 - 87 19,275
SAT 04/05/1957 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 87 - 78 11,000

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/05/1957 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 51 - 33 20,000
SAT 11/05/1957 2:15 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 102 - 89 28,846
SAT 11/05/1957 2:15 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 80 - 38 30,000
SAT 11/05/1957 2:15 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Junction Oval 101 - 84 20,000
SAT 11/05/1957 2:15 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 93 - 83 32,500
SAT 11/05/1957 2:15 PM Richmond v Fitzroy Punt Road Oval 106 - 91 16,500

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/05/1957 2:15 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 119 - 90 35,682
SAT 18/05/1957 2:15 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Kardinia Park 64 - 37 18,000
SAT 18/05/1957 2:15 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 118 - 94 28,936
SAT 18/05/1957 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 58 - 100 27,500
SAT 18/05/1957 2:15 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 84 - 82 29,731
SAT 18/05/1957 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 70 - 68 19,000

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/05/1957 2:15 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 114 - 51 29,250
SAT 25/05/1957 2:15 PM St Kilda v Geelong Junction Oval 73 - 83 24,000
SAT 25/05/1957 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 82 - 96 24,500
SAT 25/05/1957 2:15 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 66 - 74 22,000
SAT 25/05/1957 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 91 - 76 20,000
SAT 25/05/1957 2:15 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 98 - 79 24,902

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/06/1957 2:15 PM Richmond v Melbourne Punt Road Oval 52 - 50 18,000
SAT 01/06/1957 2:15 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Kardinia Park 99 - 113 17,240
SAT 01/06/1957 2:15 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 87 - 62 34,740
SAT 01/06/1957 2:15 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 88 - 57 23,485
SAT 01/06/1957 2:15 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Lakeside Oval 75 - 79 15,000
SAT 01/06/1957 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Glenferrie Oval 77 - 50 26,000

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/06/1957 2:15 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 71 - 99 31,096
SAT 08/06/1957 2:15 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 138 - 102 22,000
SAT 08/06/1957 2:15 PM Richmond v St Kilda Punt Road Oval 81 - 79 21,000
SAT 08/06/1957 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn Lakeside Oval 68 - 89 18,200
SAT 08/06/1957 2:15 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 71 - 77 15,000
SAT 08/06/1957 2:15 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 89 - 40 34,742

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/06/1957 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Carlton Arden Street Oval 56 - 63 28,000
SAT 15/06/1957 2:15 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 30 - 75 33,700
SAT 15/06/1957 2:15 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 85 - 92 32,280
MON 17/06/1957 2:15 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 154 - 94 48,001
MON 17/06/1957 2:15 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 87 - 60 28,450
MON 17/06/1957 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Glenferrie Oval 104 - 56 25,500

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/06/1957 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 78 - 109 14,000
SAT 22/06/1957 2:15 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Kardinia Park 68 - 70 12,146
SAT 22/06/1957 2:15 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 100 - 63 33,345
SAT 22/06/1957 2:15 PM Richmond v Essendon Punt Road Oval 88 - 61 25,000
SAT 22/06/1957 2:15 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Junction Oval 75 - 59 21,000
SAT 22/06/1957 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Brunswick Street Oval 68 - 98 17,500

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/06/1957 2:15 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 87 - 51 49,941
SAT 29/06/1957 2:15 PM Geelong v Richmond Kardinia Park 69 - 92 18,171
SAT 29/06/1957 2:15 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 92 - 55 21,464
SAT 29/06/1957 2:15 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 80 - 89 18,500
SAT 29/06/1957 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 109 - 96 16,200
SAT 29/06/1957 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Glenferrie Oval 74 - 93 27,000

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/07/1957 2:15 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 158 - 74 21,370
SAT 06/07/1957 2:15 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 65 - 64 23,578
SAT 06/07/1957 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Glenferrie Oval 52 - 61 26,000
SAT 06/07/1957 2:15 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 88 - 73 26,500
SAT 06/07/1957 2:15 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 81 - 71 18,000
SAT 06/07/1957 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 117 - 73 21,000

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/07/1957 2:15 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 49 - 49 24,216
SAT 13/07/1957 2:15 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Kardinia Park 87 - 61 14,806
SAT 13/07/1957 2:15 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 81 - 65 20,572
SAT 13/07/1957 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 52 - 72 12,500
SAT 13/07/1957 2:15 PM St Kilda v Footscray Junction Oval 100 - 92 24,400
SAT 13/07/1957 2:15 PM Richmond v Hawthorn Punt Road Oval 78 - 75 22,000

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/07/1957 2:15 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 72 - 73 22,500
SAT 27/07/1957 2:15 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 92 - 44 21,316
SAT 27/07/1957 2:15 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 79 - 52 31,810
SAT 27/07/1957 2:15 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 108 - 56 14,500
SAT 27/07/1957 2:15 PM Richmond v South Melbourne Punt Road Oval 73 - 78 21,000
SAT 27/07/1957 2:15 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 55 - 34 12,000

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/08/1957 2:15 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 66 - 73 32,163
SAT 03/08/1957 2:15 PM Geelong v Carlton Kardinia Park 85 - 43 16,808
SAT 03/08/1957 2:15 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 50 - 83 24,942
SAT 03/08/1957 2:15 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 89 - 93 10,000
SAT 03/08/1957 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 67 - 91 25,300
SAT 03/08/1957 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Brunswick Street Oval 103 - 91 12,000

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/08/1957 2:15 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 11 - 49 17,000
SAT 10/08/1957 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Glenferrie Oval 103 - 55 12,500
SAT 10/08/1957 2:15 PM Richmond v Carlton Punt Road Oval 75 - 51 22,000
SAT 10/08/1957 2:15 PM Essendon v South Melbourne Windy Hill 75 - 55 16,000
SAT 10/08/1957 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 62 - 61 22,000
SAT 10/08/1957 2:15 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 42 - 61 13,325

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/08/1957 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 75 - 71 18,500
SAT 17/08/1957 2:15 PM Geelong v St Kilda Kardinia Park 58 - 73 12,750
SAT 17/08/1957 2:15 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 79 - 41 25,945
SAT 17/08/1957 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Glenferrie Oval 85 - 64 31,000
SAT 17/08/1957 2:15 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 92 - 79 20,310
SAT 17/08/1957 2:15 PM Richmond v Footscray Punt Road Oval 89 - 98 19,000

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/08/1957 2:15 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 120 - 71 35,751
SAT 24/08/1957 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 104 - 80 10,000
SAT 24/08/1957 2:15 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 123 - 62 35,000
SAT 24/08/1957 2:15 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 96 - 56 29,300
SAT 24/08/1957 2:15 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 80 - 113 10,000
SAT 24/08/1957 2:15 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 59 - 57 25,436

Finals Week 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/08/1957 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Carlton MCG 71 - 48 69,455

Finals Week 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/09/1957 2:30 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 67 - 83 70,232

Finals Week 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/09/1957 2:30 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 144 - 76 74,090

Finals Week 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/09/1957 2:50 PM Essendon v Melbourne MCG 55 - 116 100,324