1957 VFL Season: North Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1957 VFL Season
Team: North Melbourne
Home Ground: Arden Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 8th (W-D-L: 8-0-10, P%: 95.1%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 41
Brownlow Leader(s): Neil Doolan (11)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): John Dugdale (37)
Syd Barker Medal Recipient(s): Bryan Martyn

Team Leaders

Captain(s): John Brady

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Aylett, Allen #17 16 R01-R09, R12-R18 29
Batchelor, Keith #18 5 R01-R02, R10, R14, R17 0
Bourke, Vin #36 1 R09 0
Brady, John #20 16 R01-R06, R08-R13, R15-R18 0
Burt, Bobby #25 2 R11, R15 2
Crampton, Colin #16 3 R11-R13 1
Dean, Ken #9 4 R01-R02, R07, R14 0
Dean, Norm #26 8 R04, R06, R09-R14 0
Doolan, Neil #12 16 R01-R09, R12-R18 1
Dugdale, John #6 16 R01-R13, R16-R18 37
Dwyer, Laurie #27 18 R01-R18 4
Eastmure, Gerald #14 17 R01-R14, R16-R18 33
Edwards, Jack #35 15 R01-R12, R15, R17-R18 0
English, Garry #4 18 R01-R18 0
Gaudion, Michael #29 7 R10-R16 3
Hamilton, Peter #11 2 R01-R02 0
James, Ron #3 1 R18 0
Lawrence, Jack #5 5 R07-R08, R14, R16-R17 0
Macquire, Fred #11 2 R14-R15 1
Mantello, Albert #32 17 R02-R18 2
Martyn, Bryan #30 18 R01-R18 5
McCabe, Bill #16 4 R01, R14-R16 0
McKindlay, Rod #16 2 R02, R09 0
McMahon, Kevin #21 4 R03-R05, R13 0
Meade, Kevin #25 1 R04 0
Murphy, Ray #28 18 R01-R18 3
O'Sullivan, Peter #19 8 R02, R04-R06, R09-R10, R17-R18 1
Pattinson, Bob #1 1 R13 0
Pelly, Tom #8 8 R08-R10, R14-R18 3
Quade, Tom #10 1 R01 0
Ritchie, Max #31 10 R03, R05-R08, R11, R15-R18 1
Robertson, Keith #23 5 R01-R03, R11-R12 0
Russell, James #15 15 R01, R03, R05-R08, R10-R18 1
Schofield, Peter #33 16 R03-R18 25
Spencer, Jock #7 12 R01, R03-R10, R13-R15 31
Teasdale, Noel #2 15 R02-R13, R16-R18 0
Templar, Len #24 10 R01-R07, R11-R12, R18 7
Walsh, Ron #34 2 R08, R10 0
Williams, Merv #3 6 R01-R02, R11-R14 4
Wiltshire, Bob #22 12 R03-R10, R15-R18 1
Witnish, Ivor #1 3 R07, R15-R16 0

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)
Gaudion, Charlie 18 8 -0- 10 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
22/04/1957 Round 1 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 23 Charlie Gaudion John Brady
27/04/1957 Round 2 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 6 Charlie Gaudion John Brady
04/05/1957 Round 3 Hawthorn HOME WIN NOR by 9 Charlie Gaudion John Brady
11/05/1957 Round 4 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 17 Charlie Gaudion John Brady
18/05/1957 Round 5 Footscray HOME WIN NOR by 2 Charlie Gaudion John Brady
25/05/1957 Round 6 Collingwood HOME WIN NOR by 15 Charlie Gaudion John Brady
01/06/1957 Round 7 South Melbourne AWAY WIN NOR by 4 Charlie Gaudion unknown
08/06/1957 Round 8 Fitzroy AWAY WIN NOR by 6 Charlie Gaudion John Brady
15/06/1957 Round 9 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 7 Charlie Gaudion John Brady
22/06/1957 Round 10 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 31 Charlie Gaudion John Brady
29/06/1957 Round 11 Essendon AWAY WIN NOR by 9 Charlie Gaudion John Brady
06/07/1957 Round 12 Richmond HOME WIN NOR by 44 Charlie Gaudion John Brady
13/07/1957 Round 13 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 26 Charlie Gaudion John Brady
27/07/1957 Round 14 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 21 Charlie Gaudion unknown
03/08/1957 Round 15 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 4 Charlie Gaudion John Brady
10/08/1957 Round 16 Footscray AWAY WIN NOR by 19 Charlie Gaudion John Brady
17/08/1957 Round 17 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 13 Charlie Gaudion John Brady
24/08/1957 Round 18 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 33 Charlie Gaudion John Brady