1957 Grand Final: Essendon v Melbourne

Match Details

Season: 1957 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday, September 21st, 1957
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 100,324
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Melbourne
Score: 7.13.55 - 17.14.116

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 3 4 . 4 7 . 8 7 . 13 7 . 13 (55)
Melbourne 6 . 2 9 . 9 12 . 11 17 . 14 17 . 14 (116)
Margin MEL by 23 MEL by 35 MEL by 33 MEL by 61 MEL by 61
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Dick Reynolds (Essendon), Norm Smith (Melbourne)
Captain(s): Bill Hutchison (Essendon), John Beckwith (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Allan Nash
Goal Umpire(s): Francis Leverett, Albert Stanley
Boundary Umpire(s): John Geggie, Leo Sutton
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Player Statistics (Basic)

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Birt, Johnny FPR ? 1 ?
2 Booth, Stan HFFR ? 0 ?
18 Burgess, Reg WL ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack C ? 1 ?
24 Fox, Robert CHF ? 0 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred FF ? 3 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff CHB ? 0 ?
3 Gill, John RU ? 1 ?
4 Hebbard, Col HFFL ? 1 ?
14 Heenan, Jim SUB ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill RO ? 0 ?
21 Knowles, Jack FB ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff FPL ? 0 ?
10 Maloney, Leo SUB ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh RR ? 0 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal BPR ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg WR ? 0 ?
35 Shearman, Bob HBFL ? 0 ?
5 Suter, Bob BPL ? 0 ?
33 Towner, John HBFR ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 7 13

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank RO ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron FPL ? 5 ?
30 Beckwith, John BPL ? 0 ?
38 Brenchley, Peter SUB ? 0 ?
19 Carroll, Keith HBFR ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff HFFR ? 1 ?
9 Dixon, Brian WR ? 0 ?
1 Fenton-Smith, Dick BPR ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob RU ? 2 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor CHF ? 0 ?
4 Lord, John CHB ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter FB ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian WL ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie C ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian FPR ? 4 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian SUB ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff HFFL ? 2 ?
15 Webb, Athol FF ? 3 ?
25 Williams, Don HBFL ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Colin RR ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 17 14

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CP: Contested Posessions, UP: Uncontested Posessions, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s, MF: Marks Inside 50, RB: Running Bounces, OP: One-Percenters, GA: Goal Assists

Player Line-Up

Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
30 J. Beckwith (c) 3 P. Marquis 1 D. Fenton-Smith 3 J. Gill 14 J. Heenan
11 J. Birt 13 F. Gallagher 30 G. Leek 31 H. Mitchell 10 L. Maloney
FORWARD 7 B. Hutchison (c)

HALF-BACK



25 D. Williams 4 J. Lord 19 K. Carroll



2 S. Booth 24 R. Fox 4 C. Hebbard



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



5 I. McLean 11 L. Mithen 9 B. Dixon



9 G. Sewell 1 J. Clarke 18 R. Burgess FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 16 B. Johnson 38 P. Brenchley
HALF-FORWARD 33 C. Wilson 26 I. Thorogood
23 G. Tunbridge 14 T. Johnson 7 G. Case 6 F. Adams

33 J. Towner 22 J. Gamble 35 B. Shearman



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



31 R. Barassi 15 A. Webb 24 I. Ridley



34 M. Pascoe 21 J. Knowles 5 B. Suter



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith

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