1957 Semi Final 2: Melbourne v Essendon

Match Details

Season: 1957 VFL Season
Round: Semi Final 2
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday, September 7th, 1957
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 70,232
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 8.19.67 - 12.11.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 4 2 . 6 6 . 15 8 . 19 8 . 19 (67)
Essendon 1 . 3 10 . 6 11 . 9 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Margin MEL by 7 ESS by 48 ESS by 24 ESS by 16 ESS by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Allan Nash
Goal Umpire(s):
Boundary Umpire(s):
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Player Statistics (Basic)

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
19 Carroll, Keith ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
1 Fenton-Smith, Dick ? ? 1 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 2 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 1 ?
8 Sandral, Jim ? ? 0 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 2 ?
15 Webb, Athol ? ? 1 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Colin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 8 19

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 2 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 1 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 1 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Fox, Robert ? ? 1 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 0 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 0 ?
38 Gluyas, Bob ? ? 0 ?
4 Hebbard, Col ? ? 1 ?
14 Heenan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 3 ?
28 McColl, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 3 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
35 Shearman, Bob ? ? 0 ?
5 Suter, Bob ? ? 0 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 12 11

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

Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith
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Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds

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