1957 VFL Season: South Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1957 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Lakeside Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 10th (W-D-L: 7-0-11, P%: 88.8%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 43
Brownlow Leader(s): Jim Taylor (16)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Fred Goldsmith (43)
Bob Skilton Medal Recipient(s): Jim Taylor

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Ron Clegg

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Appleyard, Percy #2 4 R03-R06 2
Boyd, Ken #32 9 R06-R08, R10-R15 6
Cairns, Jimmy #5 1 R01 0
Campbell, Neville #29 5 R02, R07-R09, R16 0
Clegg, Ron #23 17 R01-R04, R06-R18 13
Colquhoun, Colin #27 6 R01-R06 0
Crough, Gerald #9 10 R01-R09, R17 1
Dorgan, Jim #11 12 R01-R06, R11-R13, R16-R18 2
Elder, John #39 1 R10 0
Faulkhead, Brian #16 1 R07 0
Ferguson, John #34 3 R02-R04 1
Gillett, Ian #28 16 R01-R06, R08-R14, R16-R18 1
Goldsmith, Fred #2 13 R01-R09, R12-R14, R18 43
Gunn, Bill #8 9 R01-R05, R07, R12, R15, R17 3
Hamilton, Jack #30 9 R10-R18 0
Harris, Fred #40 5 R13-R16, R18 0
Hogan, Kevin #22 13 R06-R18 10
Hudson, Jack #31 15 R03-R13, R15-R18 0
Kelton, John #23 6 R10-R11, R15-R18 3
Keyter, Don #1 15 R01-R02, R05-R17 16
Kiteley, Jeff #4 2 R14-R15 1
Knight, Alan #18 3 R10-R11, R15 0
Lane, Clarrie #6 5 R04, R07-R08, R11, R18 0
Ledwidge, John #35 3 R16-R18 0
Matthews, Don #17 10 R01, R03-R05, R08, R10, R13-R16 7
McCormack, Ken #36 10 R01-R04, R10-R14, R16 2
McGowan, Brian #3 12 R01-R06, R09-R10, R12, R16-R18 13
McLaughlin, Hugh #25 17 R01-R14, R16-R18 1
Monks, Ian #4 2 R01-R02 0
Oaten, Max #19 11 R02-R10, R17-R18 10
O'Neill, Stan #41 11 R01-R03, R06, R11-R17 4
Power, Bill #39 13 R05-R06, R08-R18 2
Pratt, Bob #10 2 R09, R18 0
Primmer, Frank #33 5 R04, R07-R09, R17 2
Ryan, Peter #38 5 R07-R11 0
Seymour, Ken #24 2 R01, R05 0
Skilton, Bob #14 17 R01-R07, R09-R18 22
Svenson, John #15 12 R01-R03, R05-R07, R09, R11-R15 11
Tagliabue, Gerald #37 12 R07-R18 2
Taylor, Jim #20 15 R01, R03-R09, R12-R18 2
Trethowan, John #20 10 R01-R05, R12-R15, R18 0
Trickey, Ern #42 4 R08-R11 4
Younger, Marshall #12 7 R02, R05-R08, R14-R15 1

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)
Matthews, Herbie 18 7 -0- 11 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
20/04/1957 Round 1 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 29 Herbie Matthews Ron Clegg
27/04/1957 Round 2 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 24 Herbie Matthews Ron Clegg
04/05/1957 Round 3 Richmond HOME WIN SOU by 43 Herbie Matthews Ron Clegg
11/05/1957 Round 4 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 10 Herbie Matthews Ron Clegg
18/05/1957 Round 5 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 42 Herbie Matthews unknown
25/05/1957 Round 6 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 63 Herbie Matthews Ron Clegg
01/06/1957 Round 7 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 4 Herbie Matthews Ron Clegg
08/06/1957 Round 8 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 21 Herbie Matthews Ron Clegg
17/06/1957 Round 9 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 27 Herbie Matthews Ron Clegg
22/06/1957 Round 10 Geelong AWAY WIN SOU by 2 Herbie Matthews Ron Clegg
29/06/1957 Round 11 Fitzroy HOME WIN SOU by 13 Herbie Matthews Ron Clegg
06/07/1957 Round 12 St Kilda HOME WIN SOU by 10 Herbie Matthews Ron Clegg
13/07/1957 Round 13 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 16 Herbie Matthews Ron Clegg
27/07/1957 Round 14 Richmond AWAY WIN SOU by 5 Herbie Matthews Ron Clegg
03/08/1957 Round 15 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 24 Herbie Matthews Ron Clegg
10/08/1957 Round 16 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 20 Herbie Matthews Ron Clegg
17/08/1957 Round 17 Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 4 Herbie Matthews Ron Clegg
24/08/1957 Round 18 North Melbourne AWAY WIN SOU by 33 Herbie Matthews Ron Clegg