1957 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1957 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 1st (W-D-L: 12-1-5, P%: 138.8%)
Finals Performance: Premiers
Players: 36
Brownlow Leader(s): John Beckwith (13)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Athol Webb (49)
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy Recipient(s): John Beckwith

Team Leaders

Captain(s): John Beckwith
Vice-Captain(s): Ron Barassi

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Adams, Frank #6 14 R05-R08, R11-R13, R15-R18, SF, PF, GF 17
Atkinson, Dick #36 4 R01-R03, R06 0
Barassi, Ron #31 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 30
Beckwith, John #30 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Brenchley, Peter #38 15 R02-R04, R08-R16, R18, PF, GF 8
Bull, Tony #29 1 R01 0
Byrne, Bill #39 1 R01 0
Carroll, Keith #19 10 R01-R02, R04-R07, R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Case, Geoff #7 18 R03-R11, R13-R18, SF, PF, GF 11
Cook, Peter #21 6 R01-R04, R07, R14 3
Crameri, Ben #22 2 R02, R10 0
Crompton, Neil #12 1 R07 0
Dixon, Brian #9 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 2
Dunsford, Brian #29 7 R06, R08-R12, R14 1
Fenton-Smith, Dick #1 18 R02-R13, R15-R16, R18, SF, PF, GF 18
Gleeson, Terry #28 16 R01, R05-R18, SF 5
Johnson, Bob #16 18 R01-R06, R08-R09, R12-R18, SF, PF, GF 29
Johnson, Trevor #14 17 R01-R05, R10-R18, SF, PF, GF 3
Jones, Dennis #27 2 R04, R17 0
Kerr, Graham #32 3 R05-R07 0
Laidlaw, Clyde #35 6 R09-R13, R16 3
Lord, John #4 14 R01-R03, R07-R14, R18, PF, GF 0
Marquis, Peter #3 17 R01-R09, R13-R17, SF, PF, GF 0
McLean, Ian #5 20 R01-R13, R15-R18, SF, PF, GF 8
Mithen, Kevin #18 1 R17 0
Mithen, Laurie #11 12 R01-R06, R09, R15-R16, SF, PF, GF 1
Mountain, Terry #37 3 R14, R17-R18 1
Pinfold, Graeme #20 6 R02-R05, R07, R10 1
Ridley, Ian #24 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 33
Sandral, Jim #8 7 R01, R04, R08, R14-R15, R17, SF 0
Thorogood, Ian #26 17 R03-R04, R06, R08-R18, SF, PF, GF 1
Tunbridge, Geoff #23 20 R01-R03, R05-R18, SF, PF, GF 32
Turner, Bob #10 2 R11-R12 0
Webb, Athol #15 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 56
Williams, Don #25 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 1
Wilson, Colin #33 16 R05, R07-R18, SF, PF, GF 1

Team Line-Up

Back: John Beckwith Peter Marquis Dick Fenton-Smith
Half-Back: Don Williams John Lord Keith Carroll
Centre: Ian McLean Laurie Mithen Brian Dixon
Half-Forward: Geoff Tunbridge Trevor Johnson Geoff Case
Forward: Ron Barassi Athol Webb Ian Ridley
Follower: Bob Johnson Colin Wilson Frank Adams
Interchange: Peter Brenchley Ian Thorogood

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)
Smith, Norm 21 14 -1- 6 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
22/04/1957 Round 1 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 3 Norm Smith John Beckwith
27/04/1957 Round 2 Collingwood HOME WIN MEL by 8 Norm Smith John Beckwith
04/05/1957 Round 3 Essendon HOME WIN MEL by 45 Norm Smith John Beckwith
11/05/1957 Round 4 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 18 Norm Smith John Beckwith
18/05/1957 Round 5 St Kilda HOME WIN MEL by 29 Norm Smith John Beckwith
25/05/1957 Round 6 South Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 63 Norm Smith John Beckwith
01/06/1957 Round 7 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 2 Norm Smith John Beckwith
08/06/1957 Round 8 Carlton AWAY WIN MEL by 28 Norm Smith John Beckwith
17/06/1957 Round 9 Geelong HOME WIN MEL by 60 Norm Smith John Beckwith
22/06/1957 Round 10 North Melbourne AWAY WIN MEL by 31 Norm Smith John Beckwith
29/06/1957 Round 11 Footscray HOME WIN MEL by 36 Norm Smith John Beckwith
06/07/1957 Round 12 Fitzroy HOME WIN MEL by 84 Norm Smith John Beckwith
13/07/1957 Round 13 Collingwood AWAY DRAW drawn Norm Smith John Beckwith
27/07/1957 Round 14 Essendon AWAY WIN MEL by 1 Norm Smith John Beckwith
03/08/1957 Round 15 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 7 Norm Smith John Beckwith
10/08/1957 Round 16 St Kilda AWAY WIN MEL by 38 Norm Smith John Beckwith
17/08/1957 Round 17 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 4 Norm Smith John Beckwith
24/08/1957 Round 18 Richmond HOME WIN MEL by 49 Norm Smith John Beckwith
07/09/1957 Semi Final Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 16 Norm Smith John Beckwith
14/09/1957 Preliminary Final Hawthorn HOME WIN MEL by 68 Norm Smith John Beckwith
21/09/1957 Grand Final Essendon AWAY WIN MEL by 61 Norm Smith John Beckwith