1957 VFL Season: Carlton

Season Team Details

Season: 1957 VFL Season
Team: Carlton
Home Ground: Princes Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 4th (W-D-L: 11-0-7, P%: 99.5%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Hawthorn (Semi Final)
Players: 30
Brownlow Leader(s): John James (19)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Gerald Burke (33)
John Nicholls Medal Recipient(s): Bruce Comben

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Ken Hands

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Beasy, Doug #17 18 R01-R08, R10-R18, SF 25
Berner, Leon #20 4 R01-R04 0
Brereton, Leo #6 9 R01-R03, R07-R08, R16-R18, SF 15
Buckley, Brian #4 13 R06-R14, R16-R18, SF 0
Burke, Gerald #5 17 R03-R18, SF 34
Chick, John #23 16 R01-R11, R13-R17 3
Clarke, Kevin #16 19 R01-R18, SF 1
Comben, Bruce #15 19 R01-R18, SF 0
Crowe, Bob #14 13 R01-R05, R09-R10, R13-R18 21
Donaldson, Graham #13 18 R01-R09, R11-R18, SF 7
Ellis, Jack #8 1 R10 0
Ferry, George #25 14 R01-R09, R15-R18, SF 0
Garra, Vic #24 2 R10-R11 0
Gilchrist, Graham #28 18 R01-R13, R15-R18, SF 5
Hands, Ken #1 16 R01-R09, R12-R17, SF 21
Holt, Colin #27 9 R01-R03, R05-R10 0
James, John #10 17 R01-R09, R12-R18, SF 1
Kerr, Laurie #11 10 R01, R04, R10-R15, R18, SF 4
Mills, Jack #9 10 R01-R02, R04-R06, R11-R15 6
Nicholls, Don #12 19 R01-R18, SF 13
Nicholls, John #2 17 R01-R09, R12-R18, SF 1
O'Brien, Kevin #37 5 R05-R06, R10-R12 2
O'Dwyer, Ron #7 10 R07-R14, R16, SF 9
Ousley, Ross #33 8 R09-R16 1
Pope, Maurie #26 2 R11, R18 0
Strauch, Denis #22 19 R01-R18, SF 15
Sullivan, Jack #30 17 R01-R12, R14-R15, R17-R18, SF 7
Webster, Peter #3 19 R01-R18, SF 0
White, Allan #38 3 R17-R18, SF 1
Zeunert, Denis #19 18 R02-R18, SF 2

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Francis, Jim 19 11 -0- 8 R01-R18, SF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
20/04/1957 Round 1 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 36 Jim Francis Ken Hands
27/04/1957 Round 2 South Melbourne AWAY WIN CAR by 24 Jim Francis Ken Hands
04/05/1957 Round 3 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 13 Jim Francis Ken Hands
11/05/1957 Round 4 Geelong HOME WIN CAR by 13 Jim Francis Ken Hands
18/05/1957 Round 5 Richmond HOME WIN CAR by 24 Jim Francis Ken Hands
25/05/1957 Round 6 Fitzroy AWAY WIN CAR by 14 Jim Francis Ken Hands
01/06/1957 Round 7 Essendon HOME WIN CAR by 25 Jim Francis Ken Hands
08/06/1957 Round 8 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 28 Jim Francis Ken Hands
15/06/1957 Round 9 North Melbourne AWAY WIN CAR by 7 Jim Francis Ken Hands
22/06/1957 Round 10 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 37 Jim Francis Laurie Kerr
29/06/1957 Round 11 St Kilda HOME WIN CAR by 37 Jim Francis Laurie Kerr
06/07/1957 Round 12 Hawthorn AWAY WIN CAR by 9 Jim Francis Ken Hands
13/07/1957 Round 13 South Melbourne HOME WIN CAR by 16 Jim Francis Ken Hands
27/07/1957 Round 14 Footscray HOME WIN CAR by 27 Jim Francis Ken Hands
03/08/1957 Round 15 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 42 Jim Francis Ken Hands
10/08/1957 Round 16 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 24 Jim Francis Ken Hands
17/08/1957 Round 17 Fitzroy HOME WIN CAR by 38 Jim Francis Ken Hands
24/08/1957 Round 18 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 61 Jim Francis Laurie Kerr
31/08/1957 Semi Final Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 23 Jim Francis Ken Hands