1957 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1957 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 6th (W-D-L: 9-1-8, P%: 99.1%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 39
Brownlow Leader(s): Ted Whitten (12)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jack Collins (74)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Ted Whitten

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Harvey Stevens, Ted Whitten

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Anderson, Lyall #41 3 R16-R18 1
Box, Peter #5 14 R01-R14 6
Buckley, Brian #19 7 R10-R12, R14, R16-R18 3
Clark, Bobby #6 4 R02, R10-R12 1
Clough, Alan #27 1 R10 1
Collins, Jack #2 18 R01-R18 74
Costello, Bill #16 9 R05-R08, R14-R18 3
Cross, Max #8 5 R07, R15-R18 2
Dickson, Noel #18 2 R01-R02 2
Donald, Wally #22 17 R01-R15, R17-R18 0
Duffy, Roger #7 15 R01-R09, R12-R17 11
Edwards, Arthur #11 17 R01, R03-R18 3
Fitzgerald, Pat #41 1 R07 0
Gallagher, Jim #24 17 R01-R13, R15-R18 0
Gilmore, Brian #34 17 R01-R05, R07-R18 5
Guthrie, Byron #26 1 R16 0
Hempel, Bob #38 2 R13-R14 2
Henderson, Herb #25 14 R02-R03, R06-R10, R12-R18 0
Henriksen, Ron #14 12 R04-R10, R13, R15-R18 0
Hoiles, John #39 3 R16-R18 2
Kerr, Barrie #36 2 R17-R18 4
Kerr, John #1 14 R01-R06, R08-R11, R13, R16-R18 13
Lee, Bernie #29 13 R01-R04, R09-R16, R18 4
McRae, Peter #20 6 R01-R06 0
Moloney, Brian #4 6 R09, R12-R16 1
O'Halloran, Jack #4 16 R03-R18 13
Payne, Kelvin #35 6 R07-R12 1
Porta, Ron #21 15 R01-R15 0
Quarrell, John #15 12 R01-R04, R06-R11, R17-R18 0
Rawson, Don #33 2 R12, R15 0
Reynolds, Doug #28 14 R01-R11, R13-R14, R16 2
Ross, Don #9 17 R01-R15, R17-R18 2
Ryan, Lionel #31 2 R03-R04 0
Ryan, Noel 2 R14-R15 1
Stevens, Harvey #32 13 R01-R09, R11, R14-R16 6
Stockman, Ron #17 8 R01, R05-R07, R11-R14 0
Westacott, John #10 12 R01-R06, R08, R10-R13, R15 0
Whitten, Don #30 7 R01-R02, R05, R11, R16-R18 3
Whitten, Ted #3 14 R01-R06, R08-R09, R12-R15, R17-R18 9

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)
Sutton, Charlie 12 7 -1- 4 R01-R12
Whitten, Ted 6 2 -0- 4 R13-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
22/04/1957 Round 1 Geelong AWAY DRAW drawn Charlie Sutton unknown
27/04/1957 Round 2 St Kilda HOME WIN FOO by 32 Charlie Sutton unknown
04/05/1957 Round 3 Carlton HOME WIN FOO by 13 Charlie Sutton unknown
11/05/1957 Round 4 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 42 Charlie Sutton unknown
18/05/1957 Round 5 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 2 Charlie Sutton unknown
25/05/1957 Round 6 Richmond HOME WIN FOO by 19 Charlie Sutton unknown
01/06/1957 Round 7 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 27 Charlie Sutton Harvey Stevens
08/06/1957 Round 8 Collingwood HOME WIN FOO by 49 Charlie Sutton unknown
17/06/1957 Round 9 South Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 27 Charlie Sutton unknown
22/06/1957 Round 10 Fitzroy AWAY WIN FOO by 30 Charlie Sutton unknown
29/06/1957 Round 11 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 36 Charlie Sutton Harvey Stevens
06/07/1957 Round 12 Geelong HOME WIN FOO by 1 Charlie Sutton Ted Whitten
13/07/1957 Round 13 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 8 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
27/07/1957 Round 14 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 27 Ted Whitten unknown
03/08/1957 Round 15 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 33 Ted Whitten unknown
10/08/1957 Round 16 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 19 Ted Whitten Harvey Stevens
17/08/1957 Round 17 Richmond AWAY WIN FOO by 9 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
24/08/1957 Round 18 Hawthorn HOME WIN FOO by 2 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten