1957 VFL Season: Richmond

Season Team Details

Season: 1957 VFL Season
Team: Richmond
Home Ground: Punt Road Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 7th (W-D-L: 9-0-9, P%: 93.9%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 36
Brownlow Leader(s): Roy Wright (20)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Bob Dummett (41)
Jack Dyer Medal Recipient(s): Roy Wright

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Des Rowe

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Allsopp, Ray #32 16 R01-R09, R12-R18 35
Branton, Ron #29 18 R01-R18 27
Cations, Allan #33 15 R01-R09, R11-R12, R15-R18 0
Clements, Bill #24 6 R01-R03, R09, R15, R18 1
Cooke, Allan #7 5 R02, R06, R08, R10, R18 0
Crowe, Neville #5 11 R01-R07, R10-R12, R14 14
Cuzens, Dave #4 9 R10-R18 0
Davie, Brian #35 17 R01-R07, R09-R18 4
Dean, Roger #41 1 R18 0
Dummett, Bob #17 14 R01-R05, R09-R17 41
Dunin, Frank #23 7 R01-R05, R07-R08 1
Flannagan, Charlie #25 13 R06-R18 0
Hafey, Tom #18 9 R05, R08-R13, R16-R17 1
Jenkins, John #39 11 R08-R18 12
Langridge, Ted #28 14 R04-R11, R13-R18 15
McCartney, Graeme #1 1 R02 0
McDonald, Ron #14 16 R01-R14, R16-R17 15
McGaw, Ray #16 1 R03 0
Mitchell, Len #21 6 R01-R06 1
Morcom, Stan #22 15 R01-R02, R06-R18 3
Morris, Peter #38 18 R01-R18 25
Munro, Frank #36 7 R01-R02, R07-R11 0
Naismith, Vic #10 16 R01, R04-R18 2
Peake, Gordon #37 2 R06, R16 0
Pilcher, Brian #12 8 R01, R03-R05, R09-R11, R13 2
Rowe, Des #15 15 R01-R03, R06-R09, R11-R18 1
Rowe, Havel #3 7 R04, R07, R09-R12, R14 0
Ryan, Frank #8 5 R04-R08 0
Saddington, Col #26 18 R01-R18 0
Sharp, Laurie #6 10 R01-R05, R10, R12-R15 3
Simpson, Tom #11 12 R01-R08, R15-R18 0
Spring, Geoff #19 3 R13-R15 1
Walker, Norman #27 1 R03 0
Ward, Ken #20 14 R03-R08, R10-R15, R17-R18 0
Williams, James #3 3 R16-R18 0
Wright, Roy #2 16 R01-R09, R12-R18 11

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)
McDonald, Alan 18 9 -0- 9 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
22/04/1957 Round 1 North Melbourne HOME WIN RIC by 23 Alan McDonald Des Rowe
27/04/1957 Round 2 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 19 Alan McDonald Des Rowe
04/05/1957 Round 3 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 43 Alan McDonald Des Rowe
11/05/1957 Round 4 Fitzroy HOME WIN RIC by 15 Alan McDonald Roy Wright
18/05/1957 Round 5 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 24 Alan McDonald Roy Wright
25/05/1957 Round 6 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 19 Alan McDonald Des Rowe
01/06/1957 Round 7 Melbourne HOME WIN RIC by 2 Alan McDonald Des Rowe
08/06/1957 Round 8 St Kilda HOME WIN RIC by 2 Alan McDonald Des Rowe
15/06/1957 Round 9 Collingwood AWAY WIN RIC by 7 Alan McDonald Des Rowe
22/06/1957 Round 10 Essendon HOME WIN RIC by 27 Alan McDonald Brian Davie
29/06/1957 Round 11 Geelong AWAY WIN RIC by 23 Alan McDonald Des Rowe
06/07/1957 Round 12 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 44 Alan McDonald Des Rowe
13/07/1957 Round 13 Hawthorn HOME WIN RIC by 3 Alan McDonald Des Rowe
27/07/1957 Round 14 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 5 Alan McDonald Des Rowe
03/08/1957 Round 15 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 12 Alan McDonald Des Rowe
10/08/1957 Round 16 Carlton HOME WIN RIC by 24 Alan McDonald Des Rowe
17/08/1957 Round 17 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 9 Alan McDonald Des Rowe
24/08/1957 Round 18 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 49 Alan McDonald Des Rowe