1957 VFA Season

These are the results for the 1957 season of the Victorian Football Association (currently known as the Victorian Football League).

It featured twenty rounds. Williamstown were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Moorabbin were the premiers, with Alan Murphy as the premiership captain and Bill Faul as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1957 VFA Season
Teams: 14
Rounds: 20
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 144

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Box Hill Box Hill City Oval Col Austen
Brighton Elsternwick Park
Brunswick Brunswick Park Jim Cleary
Camberwell Camberwell Sportsground Ken Ross
Coburg Coburg City Oval
Moorabbin Moorabbin Oval Bill Faul
Northcote Northcote Park
Oakleigh Warrawee Park
Port Melbourne North Port Oval Frank Johnson
Prahran Toorak Park Don Fraser
Preston Preston City Oval Les Foote
Sandringham Beach Road Oval Ted Fletcher
Williamstown WCG
Yarraville Yarraville Oval

Season Results

Premiers: Moorabbin
Runners-Up: Port Melbourne
Minor Premiers: Williamstown

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Williamstown 1st 20 -0- 0 80 184.1% 1,784 969 252 272 127 207
Moorabbin 2nd 15 -0- 5 60 142.8% 1,876 1,314 260 316 178 246
Port Melbourne 3rd 14 -0- 6 56 139.8% 1,918 1,372 269 304 189 238
Preston 4th 13 -0- 7 52 122.2% 1,784 1,460 250 284 199 266
Brunswick 5th 13 -0- 7 52 113.6% 1,468 1,292 204 244 174 248
Coburg 6th 12 -0- 8 48 120.7% 1,699 1,408 234 295 191 262
Box Hill 7th 11 -0- 9 44 109.1% 1,654 1,516 226 298 215 226
Sandringham 8th 8 -1- 11 34 89.1% 1,362 1,528 188 234 206 292
Camberwell 9th 8 -0- 12 32 85.4% 1,529 1,790 208 281 250 290
Yarraville 10th 7 -1- 12 30 98.9% 1,504 1,521 201 298 210 261
Prahran 11th 6 -1- 13 26 72.0% 1,438 1,998 201 232 282 306
Oakleigh 12th 5 -0- 15 20 74.3% 1,291 1,738 178 223 246 262
Northcote 13th 4 -0- 16 16 60.1% 1,157 1,926 156 221 270 306
Brighton 14th 2 -1- 17 10 69.1% 1,414 2,046 197 232 287 324

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Moorabbin 1st Premiers
Port Melbourne 2nd Runners-Up
Williamstown 3rd Defeated by Port Melbourne (Preliminary Final)
Preston 4th Defeated by Port Melbourne (Semi Final)
Brunswick 5th Did not qualify for finals
Coburg 6th Did not qualify for finals
Box Hill 7th Did not qualify for finals
Sandringham 8th Did not qualify for finals
Camberwell 9th Did not qualify for finals
Yarraville 10th Did not qualify for finals
Prahran 11th Did not qualify for finals
Oakleigh 12th Did not qualify for finals
Northcote 13th Did not qualify for finals
Brighton 14th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
WED 17/04/1957 8:00 PM Moorabbin v Williamstown Lakeside Oval 66 - 82
SAT 20/04/1957 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Oakleigh North Port Oval 152 - 26
SAT 20/04/1957 2:10 PM Yarraville v Northcote Yarraville Oval 82 - 55
MON 22/04/1957 2:10 PM Brighton v Box Hill Elsternwick Park 61 - 56
MON 22/04/1957 2:10 PM Brunswick v Prahran Brunswick Park 120 - 38
MON 22/04/1957 2:10 PM Camberwell v Coburg Camberwell Sportsground 63 - 106
MON 22/04/1957 2:10 PM Preston v Sandringham Preston City Oval 72 - 42

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 1 -0- 0 4 584.6% 152 26
Brunswick 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 315.8% 120 38
Preston 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 171.4% 72 42
Coburg 4th 1 -0- 0 4 168.3% 106 63
Yarraville 5th 1 -0- 0 4 149.1% 82 55
Williamstown 6th 1 -0- 0 4 124.2% 82 66
Brighton 7th 1 -0- 0 4 108.9% 61 56
Box Hill 8th 0 -0- 1 0 91.8% 56 61
Moorabbin 9th 0 -0- 1 0 80.5% 66 82
Northcote 10th 0 -0- 1 0 67.1% 55 82
Camberwell 11th 0 -0- 1 0 59.4% 63 106
Sandringham 12th 0 -0- 1 0 58.3% 42 72
Prahran 13th 0 -0- 1 0 31.7% 38 120
Oakleigh 14th 0 -0- 1 0 17.1% 26 152

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
WED 24/04/1957 8:00 PM Williamstown v Port Melbourne Lakeside Oval 65 - 63
SAT 27/04/1957 2:10 PM Box Hill v Brunswick Box Hill City Oval 59 - 61
SAT 27/04/1957 2:10 PM Coburg v Brighton Coburg City Oval 113 - 82
SAT 27/04/1957 2:10 PM Northcote v Camberwell Northcote Park 61 - 101
SAT 27/04/1957 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Yarraville Warrawee Park 62 - 92
SAT 27/04/1957 2:10 PM Prahran v Preston Toorak Park 65 - 127
SAT 27/04/1957 2:10 PM Sandringham v Moorabbin Beach Road Oval 43 - 101

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brunswick 1st 2 -0- 0 8 186.6% 181 97
Preston 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 186.0% 199 107
Coburg 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 151.0% 219 145
Yarraville 4th 2 -0- 0 8 148.7% 174 117
Williamstown 5th 2 -0- 0 8 114.0% 147 129
Port Melbourne 6th 1 -0- 1 4 236.3% 215 91
Moorabbin 7th 1 -0- 1 4 133.6% 167 125
Camberwell 8th 1 -0- 1 4 98.2% 164 167
Brighton 9th 1 -0- 1 4 84.6% 143 169
Box Hill 10th 0 -0- 2 0 94.3% 115 122
Northcote 11th 0 -0- 2 0 63.4% 116 183
Sandringham 12th 0 -0- 2 0 49.1% 85 173
Prahran 13th 0 -0- 2 0 41.7% 103 247
Oakleigh 14th 0 -0- 2 0 36.1% 88 244

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
WED 01/05/1957 8:00 PM Brunswick v Coburg Lakeside Oval 84 - 72
SAT 04/05/1957 2:10 PM Brighton v Northcote Elsternwick Park 89 - 127
SAT 04/05/1957 2:10 PM Camberwell v Oakleigh Camberwell Sportsground 80 - 57
SAT 04/05/1957 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Prahran Moorabbin Oval 133 - 113
SAT 04/05/1957 2:10 PM Preston v Box Hill Preston City Oval 65 - 84
SAT 04/05/1957 2:10 PM Sandringham v Williamstown Beach Road Oval 45 - 99
SAT 04/05/1957 2:10 PM Yarraville v Port Melbourne Yarraville Oval 72 - 67

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brunswick 1st 3 -0- 0 12 156.8% 265 169
Williamstown 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 141.4% 246 174
Yarraville 3rd 3 -0- 0 12 133.7% 246 184
Preston 4th 2 -0- 1 8 138.2% 264 191
Coburg 5th 2 -0- 1 8 127.1% 291 229
Moorabbin 6th 2 -0- 1 8 126.1% 300 238
Camberwell 7th 2 -0- 1 8 108.9% 244 224
Port Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 2 4 173.0% 282 163
Box Hill 9th 1 -0- 2 4 106.4% 199 187
Northcote 10th 1 -0- 2 4 89.3% 243 272
Brighton 11th 1 -0- 2 4 78.4% 232 296
Prahran 12th 0 -0- 3 0 56.8% 216 380
Sandringham 13th 0 -0- 3 0 47.8% 130 272
Oakleigh 14th 0 -0- 3 0 44.8% 145 324

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
WED 08/05/1957 8:00 PM Coburg v Preston Lakeside Oval 109 - 73
SAT 11/05/1957 2:10 PM Box Hill v Moorabbin Box Hill City Oval 73 - 121
SAT 11/05/1957 2:10 PM Northcote v Brunswick Northcote Park 54 - 117
SAT 11/05/1957 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Brighton Warrawee Park 91 - 63
SAT 11/05/1957 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Camberwell North Port Oval 147 - 43
SAT 11/05/1957 2:10 PM Prahran v Sandringham Toorak Park 72 - 85
SAT 11/05/1957 2:10 PM Williamstown v Yarraville WCG 76 - 53

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brunswick 1st 4 -0- 0 16 171.3% 382 223
Williamstown 2nd 4 -0- 0 16 141.9% 322 227
Moorabbin 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 135.4% 421 311
Coburg 4th 3 -0- 1 12 132.5% 400 302
Yarraville 5th 3 -0- 1 12 115.0% 299 260
Port Melbourne 6th 2 -0- 2 8 208.3% 429 206
Preston 7th 2 -0- 2 8 112.3% 337 300
Camberwell 8th 2 -0- 2 8 77.4% 287 371
Box Hill 9th 1 -0- 3 4 88.3% 272 308
Northcote 10th 1 -0- 3 4 76.3% 297 389
Brighton 11th 1 -0- 3 4 76.2% 295 387
Sandringham 12th 1 -0- 3 4 62.5% 215 344
Oakleigh 13th 1 -0- 3 4 61.0% 236 387
Prahran 14th 0 -0- 4 0 61.9% 288 465

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
WED 15/05/1957 8:00 PM Moorabbin v Coburg Lakeside Oval 74 - 57
SAT 18/05/1957 2:10 PM Brighton v Port Melbourne Elsternwick Park 60 - 155
SAT 18/05/1957 2:10 PM Brunswick v Oakleigh Brunswick Park 89 - 62
SAT 18/05/1957 2:10 PM Camberwell v Yarraville Camberwell Sportsground 66 - 113
SAT 18/05/1957 2:10 PM Prahran v Williamstown Toorak Park 55 - 160
SAT 18/05/1957 2:10 PM Preston v Northcote Preston City Oval 105 - 85
SAT 18/05/1957 2:10 PM Sandringham v Box Hill Beach Road Oval 83 - 95

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 5 -0- 0 20 170.9% 482 282
Brunswick 2nd 5 -0- 0 20 165.3% 471 285
Moorabbin 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 134.5% 495 368
Yarraville 4th 4 -0- 1 16 126.4% 412 326
Port Melbourne 5th 3 -0- 2 12 219.5% 584 266
Coburg 6th 3 -0- 2 12 121.5% 457 376
Preston 7th 3 -0- 2 12 114.8% 442 385
Box Hill 8th 2 -0- 3 8 93.9% 367 391
Camberwell 9th 2 -0- 3 8 72.9% 353 484
Northcote 10th 1 -0- 4 4 77.3% 382 494
Sandringham 11th 1 -0- 4 4 67.9% 298 439
Brighton 12th 1 -0- 4 4 65.5% 355 542
Oakleigh 13th 1 -0- 4 4 62.6% 298 476
Prahran 14th 0 -0- 5 0 54.9% 343 625

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/05/1957 2:10 PM Box Hill v Prahran Box Hill City Oval 82 - 64
SAT 25/05/1957 2:10 PM Camberwell v Williamstown Camberwell Sportsground 39 - 84
SAT 25/05/1957 2:10 PM Coburg v Sandringham Coburg City Oval 74 - 83
SAT 25/05/1957 2:10 PM Northcote v Moorabbin Northcote Park 42 - 80
SAT 25/05/1957 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Preston Warrawee Park 80 - 65
SAT 25/05/1957 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Brunswick North Port Oval 110 - 60
SAT 25/05/1957 2:10 PM Yarraville v Brighton Yarraville Oval 124 - 67

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 6 -0- 0 24 176.3% 566 321
Moorabbin 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 140.2% 575 410
Yarraville 3rd 5 -0- 1 20 136.4% 536 393
Brunswick 4th 5 -0- 1 20 134.4% 531 395
Port Melbourne 5th 4 -0- 2 16 212.9% 694 326
Coburg 6th 3 -0- 3 12 115.7% 531 459
Preston 7th 3 -0- 3 12 109.0% 507 465
Box Hill 8th 3 -0- 3 12 98.7% 449 455
Sandringham 9th 2 -0- 4 8 74.3% 381 513
Oakleigh 10th 2 -0- 4 8 69.9% 378 541
Camberwell 11th 2 -0- 4 8 69.0% 392 568
Northcote 12th 1 -0- 5 4 73.9% 424 574
Brighton 13th 1 -0- 5 4 63.4% 422 666
Prahran 14th 0 -0- 6 0 57.6% 407 707

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
WED 29/05/1957 8:00 PM Williamstown v Box Hill Lakeside Oval 112 - 35
SAT 01/06/1957 2:10 PM Brighton v Camberwell Elsternwick Park 73 - 86
SAT 01/06/1957 2:10 PM Brunswick v Yarraville Brunswick Park 69 - 67
SAT 01/06/1957 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Oakleigh Moorabbin Oval 128 - 37
SAT 01/06/1957 2:10 PM Prahran v Coburg Toorak Park 109 - 80
SAT 01/06/1957 2:10 PM Preston v Port Melbourne Preston City Oval 78 - 80
SAT 01/06/1957 2:10 PM Sandringham v Northcote Beach Road Oval 101 - 44

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 7 -0- 0 28 190.4% 678 356
Moorabbin 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 157.3% 703 447
Brunswick 3rd 6 -0- 1 24 129.9% 600 462
Port Melbourne 4th 5 -0- 2 20 191.6% 774 404
Yarraville 5th 5 -0- 2 20 130.5% 603 462
Coburg 6th 3 -0- 4 12 107.6% 611 568
Preston 7th 3 -0- 4 12 107.3% 585 545
Sandringham 8th 3 -0- 4 12 86.5% 482 557
Box Hill 9th 3 -0- 4 12 85.4% 484 567
Camberwell 10th 3 -0- 4 12 74.6% 478 641
Oakleigh 11th 2 -0- 5 8 62.0% 415 669
Northcote 12th 1 -0- 6 4 69.3% 468 675
Brighton 13th 1 -0- 6 4 65.8% 495 752
Prahran 14th 1 -0- 6 4 65.6% 516 787

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/06/1957 2:10 PM Box Hill v Northcote Box Hill City Oval 88 - 34
SAT 08/06/1957 2:10 PM Brunswick v Brighton Brunswick Park 84 - 43
SAT 08/06/1957 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Yarraville Moorabbin Oval 94 - 77
SAT 08/06/1957 2:10 PM Prahran v Oakleigh Toorak Park 102 - 85
SAT 08/06/1957 2:10 PM Preston v Camberwell Preston City Oval 98 - 58
SAT 08/06/1957 2:10 PM Sandringham v Port Melbourne Beach Road Oval 78 - 87
SAT 08/06/1957 2:10 PM Williamstown v Coburg WCG 61 - 34

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 8 -0- 0 32 189.5% 739 390
Moorabbin 2nd 7 -0- 1 28 152.1% 797 524
Brunswick 3rd 7 -0- 1 28 135.4% 684 505
Port Melbourne 4th 6 -0- 2 24 178.6% 861 482
Yarraville 5th 5 -0- 3 20 122.3% 680 556
Preston 6th 4 -0- 4 16 113.3% 683 603
Box Hill 7th 4 -0- 4 16 95.2% 572 601
Coburg 8th 3 -0- 5 12 102.5% 645 629
Sandringham 9th 3 -0- 5 12 87.0% 560 644
Camberwell 10th 3 -0- 5 12 72.5% 536 739
Prahran 11th 2 -0- 6 8 70.9% 618 872
Oakleigh 12th 2 -0- 6 8 64.9% 500 771
Northcote 13th 1 -0- 7 4 65.8% 502 763
Brighton 14th 1 -0- 7 4 64.4% 538 836

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/06/1957 2:10 PM Camberwell v Brunswick Camberwell Sportsground 59 - 106
SAT 15/06/1957 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Moorabbin North Port Oval 103 - 80
SAT 15/06/1957 2:10 PM Yarraville v Preston Yarraville Oval 74 - 76
MON 17/06/1957 2:10 PM Brighton v Williamstown Elsternwick Park 67 - 109
MON 17/06/1957 2:10 PM Coburg v Box Hill Coburg City Oval 85 - 74
MON 17/06/1957 2:10 PM Northcote v Prahran Northcote Park 62 - 99
MON 17/06/1957 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Sandringham Warrawee Park 77 - 85

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 9 -0- 0 36 185.6% 848 457
Brunswick 2nd 8 -0- 1 32 140.1% 790 564
Port Melbourne 3rd 7 -0- 2 28 171.5% 964 562
Moorabbin 4th 7 -0- 2 28 139.9% 877 627
Yarraville 5th 5 -0- 4 20 119.3% 754 632
Preston 6th 5 -0- 4 20 112.1% 759 677
Coburg 7th 4 -0- 5 16 103.8% 730 703
Box Hill 8th 4 -0- 5 16 94.2% 646 686
Sandringham 9th 4 -0- 5 16 89.5% 645 721
Prahran 10th 3 -0- 6 12 76.8% 717 934
Camberwell 11th 3 -0- 6 12 70.4% 595 845
Oakleigh 12th 2 -0- 7 8 67.4% 577 856
Northcote 13th 1 -0- 8 4 65.4% 564 862
Brighton 14th 1 -0- 8 4 64.0% 605 945

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/06/1957 2:10 PM Brighton v Preston Elsternwick Park 49 - 72
SAT 22/06/1957 2:10 PM Brunswick v Williamstown Brunswick Park 37 - 97
SAT 22/06/1957 2:10 PM Camberwell v Moorabbin Camberwell Sportsground 51 - 86
SAT 22/06/1957 2:10 PM Northcote v Coburg Northcote Park 62 - 127
SAT 22/06/1957 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Box Hill Warrawee Park 71 - 66
SAT 22/06/1957 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Prahran North Port Oval 133 - 51
SAT 22/06/1957 2:10 PM Yarraville v Sandringham Yarraville Oval 61 - 74

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 10 -0- 0 40 191.3% 945 494
Port Melbourne 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 179.0% 1,097 613
Moorabbin 3rd 8 -0- 2 32 142.0% 963 678
Brunswick 4th 8 -0- 2 32 125.1% 827 661
Preston 5th 6 -0- 4 24 114.5% 831 726
Yarraville 6th 5 -0- 5 20 115.4% 815 706
Coburg 7th 5 -0- 5 20 112.0% 857 765
Sandringham 8th 5 -0- 5 20 91.9% 719 782
Box Hill 9th 4 -0- 6 16 94.1% 712 757
Prahran 10th 3 -0- 7 12 72.0% 768 1,067
Oakleigh 11th 3 -0- 7 12 70.3% 648 922
Camberwell 12th 3 -0- 7 12 69.4% 646 931
Brighton 13th 1 -0- 9 4 64.3% 654 1,017
Northcote 14th 1 -0- 9 4 63.3% 626 989

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/06/1957 2:10 PM Box Hill v Port Melbourne Box Hill City Oval 121 - 82
SAT 29/06/1957 2:10 PM Coburg v Oakleigh Coburg City Oval 67 - 31
SAT 29/06/1957 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Brighton Moorabbin Oval 122 - 52
SAT 29/06/1957 2:10 PM Prahran v Yarraville Toorak Park 78 - 64
SAT 29/06/1957 2:10 PM Preston v Brunswick Preston City Oval 117 - 73
SAT 29/06/1957 2:10 PM Sandringham v Camberwell Beach Road Oval 73 - 82
SAT 29/06/1957 2:10 PM Williamstown v Northcote WCG 106 - 48

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 11 -0- 0 44 193.9% 1,051 542
Moorabbin 2nd 9 -0- 2 36 148.6% 1,085 730
Port Melbourne 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 160.6% 1,179 734
Brunswick 4th 8 -0- 3 32 115.7% 900 778
Preston 5th 7 -0- 4 28 118.6% 948 799
Coburg 6th 6 -0- 5 24 116.1% 924 796
Yarraville 7th 5 -0- 6 20 112.1% 879 784
Box Hill 8th 5 -0- 6 20 99.3% 833 839
Sandringham 9th 5 -0- 6 20 91.7% 792 864
Prahran 10th 4 -0- 7 16 74.8% 846 1,131
Camberwell 11th 4 -0- 7 16 72.5% 728 1,004
Oakleigh 12th 3 -0- 8 12 68.7% 679 989
Brighton 13th 1 -0- 10 4 62.0% 706 1,139
Northcote 14th 1 -0- 10 4 61.6% 674 1,095

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/07/1957 2:10 PM Brighton v Sandringham Elsternwick Park 81 - 107
SAT 06/07/1957 2:10 PM Brunswick v Moorabbin Brunswick Park 49 - 45
SAT 06/07/1957 2:10 PM Camberwell v Prahran Camberwell Sportsground 101 - 104
SAT 06/07/1957 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Northcote Warrawee Park 94 - 49
SAT 06/07/1957 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Coburg North Port Oval 90 - 84
SAT 06/07/1957 2:10 PM Preston v Williamstown Preston City Oval 51 - 99
SAT 06/07/1957 2:10 PM Yarraville v Box Hill Yarraville Oval 93 - 118

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 12 -0- 0 48 193.9% 1,150 593
Port Melbourne 2nd 9 -0- 3 36 155.1% 1,269 818
Moorabbin 3rd 9 -0- 3 36 145.1% 1,130 779
Brunswick 4th 9 -0- 3 36 115.3% 949 823
Preston 5th 7 -0- 5 28 111.2% 999 898
Coburg 6th 6 -0- 6 24 113.8% 1,008 886
Box Hill 7th 6 -0- 6 24 102.0% 951 932
Sandringham 8th 6 -0- 6 24 95.1% 899 945
Yarraville 9th 5 -0- 7 20 107.8% 972 902
Prahran 10th 5 -0- 7 20 77.1% 950 1,232
Camberwell 11th 4 -0- 8 16 74.8% 829 1,108
Oakleigh 12th 4 -0- 8 16 74.5% 773 1,038
Brighton 13th 1 -0- 11 4 63.2% 787 1,246
Northcote 14th 1 -0- 11 4 60.8% 723 1,189

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/07/1957 2:10 PM Box Hill v Camberwell Box Hill City Oval 107 - 83
SAT 13/07/1957 2:10 PM Coburg v Yarraville Coburg City Oval 76 - 51
SAT 13/07/1957 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Preston Moorabbin Oval 86 - 61
SAT 13/07/1957 2:10 PM Northcote v Port Melbourne Northcote Park 45 - 68
SAT 13/07/1957 2:10 PM Prahran v Brighton Toorak Park 103 - 68
SAT 13/07/1957 2:10 PM Sandringham v Brunswick Beach Road Oval 71 - 54
SAT 13/07/1957 2:10 PM Williamstown v Oakleigh WCG 65 - 25

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 13 -0- 0 52 196.6% 1,215 618
Port Melbourne 2nd 10 -0- 3 40 154.9% 1,337 863
Moorabbin 3rd 10 -0- 3 40 144.8% 1,216 840
Brunswick 4th 9 -0- 4 36 112.2% 1,003 894
Coburg 5th 7 -0- 6 28 115.7% 1,084 937
Preston 6th 7 -0- 6 28 107.7% 1,060 984
Box Hill 7th 7 -0- 6 28 104.2% 1,058 1,015
Sandringham 8th 7 -0- 6 28 97.1% 970 999
Prahran 9th 6 -0- 7 24 81.0% 1,053 1,300
Yarraville 10th 5 -0- 8 20 104.6% 1,023 978
Camberwell 11th 4 -0- 9 16 75.1% 912 1,215
Oakleigh 12th 4 -0- 9 16 72.3% 798 1,103
Brighton 13th 1 -0- 12 4 63.4% 855 1,349
Northcote 14th 1 -0- 12 4 61.1% 768 1,257

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/07/1957 2:10 PM Box Hill v Brighton Box Hill City Oval 120 - 80
SAT 20/07/1957 2:10 PM Coburg v Camberwell Coburg City Oval 92 - 60
SAT 20/07/1957 2:10 PM Northcote v Yarraville Northcote Park 71 - 39
SAT 20/07/1957 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Port Melbourne Warrawee Park 64 - 92
SAT 20/07/1957 2:10 PM Prahran v Brunswick Toorak Park 40 - 42
SAT 20/07/1957 2:10 PM Sandringham v Preston Beach Road Oval 67 - 60
SAT 20/07/1957 2:10 PM Williamstown v Moorabbin WCG 81 - 61

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 14 -0- 0 56 190.9% 1,296 679
Port Melbourne 2nd 11 -0- 3 44 154.2% 1,429 927
Moorabbin 3rd 10 -0- 4 40 138.7% 1,277 921
Brunswick 4th 10 -0- 4 40 111.9% 1,045 934
Coburg 5th 8 -0- 6 32 118.0% 1,176 997
Box Hill 6th 8 -0- 6 32 107.6% 1,178 1,095
Sandringham 7th 8 -0- 6 32 97.9% 1,037 1,059
Preston 8th 7 -0- 7 28 106.6% 1,120 1,051
Prahran 9th 6 -0- 8 24 81.4% 1,093 1,342
Yarraville 10th 5 -0- 9 20 101.2% 1,062 1,049
Camberwell 11th 4 -0- 10 16 74.4% 972 1,307
Oakleigh 12th 4 -0- 10 16 72.1% 862 1,195
Northcote 13th 2 -0- 12 8 64.7% 839 1,296
Brighton 14th 1 -0- 13 4 63.6% 935 1,469

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/07/1957 2:10 PM Brighton v Coburg Elsternwick Park 95 - 87
SAT 27/07/1957 2:10 PM Brunswick v Box Hill Brunswick Park 36 - 89
SAT 27/07/1957 2:10 PM Camberwell v Northcote Camberwell Sportsground 112 - 74
SAT 27/07/1957 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Sandringham Moorabbin Oval 125 - 41
SAT 27/07/1957 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Williamstown North Port Oval 48 - 54
SAT 27/07/1957 2:10 PM Preston v Prahran Preston City Oval 119 - 64
SAT 27/07/1957 2:10 PM Yarraville v Oakleigh Yarraville Oval 88 - 67

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 15 -0- 0 60 185.7% 1,350 727
Port Melbourne 2nd 11 -0- 4 44 150.6% 1,477 981
Moorabbin 3rd 11 -0- 4 44 145.7% 1,402 962
Brunswick 4th 10 -0- 5 40 105.7% 1,081 1,023
Box Hill 5th 9 -0- 6 36 112.0% 1,267 1,131
Coburg 6th 8 -0- 7 32 115.7% 1,263 1,092
Preston 7th 8 -0- 7 32 111.1% 1,239 1,115
Sandringham 8th 8 -0- 7 32 91.0% 1,078 1,184
Yarraville 9th 6 -0- 9 24 103.0% 1,150 1,116
Prahran 10th 6 -0- 9 24 79.2% 1,157 1,461
Camberwell 11th 5 -0- 10 20 78.5% 1,084 1,381
Oakleigh 12th 4 -0- 11 16 72.4% 929 1,283
Brighton 13th 2 -0- 13 8 66.2% 1,030 1,556
Northcote 14th 2 -0- 13 8 64.8% 913 1,408

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/08/1957 2:10 PM Box Hill v Preston Box Hill City Oval 81 - 92
SAT 03/08/1957 2:10 PM Coburg v Brunswick Coburg City Oval 60 - 59
SAT 03/08/1957 2:10 PM Northcote v Brighton Northcote Park 76 - 72
SAT 03/08/1957 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Camberwell Warrawee Park 67 - 123
SAT 03/08/1957 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Yarraville North Port Oval 78 - 84
SAT 03/08/1957 2:10 PM Prahran v Moorabbin Toorak Park 68 - 116
SAT 03/08/1957 2:10 PM Williamstown v Sandringham WCG 66 - 56

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 16 -0- 0 64 180.8% 1,416 783
Moorabbin 2nd 12 -0- 4 48 147.4% 1,518 1,030
Port Melbourne 3rd 11 -0- 5 44 146.0% 1,555 1,065
Brunswick 4th 10 -0- 6 40 105.3% 1,140 1,083
Coburg 5th 9 -0- 7 36 114.9% 1,323 1,151
Preston 6th 9 -0- 7 36 111.3% 1,331 1,196
Box Hill 7th 9 -0- 7 36 110.2% 1,348 1,223
Sandringham 8th 8 -0- 8 32 90.7% 1,134 1,250
Yarraville 9th 7 -0- 9 28 103.4% 1,234 1,194
Camberwell 10th 6 -0- 10 24 83.4% 1,207 1,448
Prahran 11th 6 -0- 10 24 77.7% 1,225 1,577
Oakleigh 12th 4 -0- 12 16 70.8% 996 1,406
Northcote 13th 3 -0- 13 12 66.8% 989 1,480
Brighton 14th 2 -0- 14 8 67.5% 1,102 1,632

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/08/1957 2:10 PM Brunswick v Northcote Brunswick Park 99 - 50
SAT 10/08/1957 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Box Hill Moorabbin Oval 81 - 68
SAT 10/08/1957 2:10 PM Sandringham v Prahran Beach Road Oval 71 - 71
SAT 17/08/1957 2:10 PM Brighton v Oakleigh Elsternwick Park 71 - 114
SAT 17/08/1957 2:10 PM Camberwell v Port Melbourne Camberwell Sportsground 87 - 90
SAT 17/08/1957 2:10 PM Preston v Coburg Preston City Oval 95 - 68
SAT 17/08/1957 2:10 PM Yarraville v Williamstown Yarraville Oval 56 - 72

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 17 -0- 0 68 177.4% 1,488 839
Moorabbin 2nd 13 -0- 4 52 145.6% 1,599 1,098
Port Melbourne 3rd 12 -0- 5 48 142.8% 1,645 1,152
Brunswick 4th 11 -0- 6 44 109.4% 1,239 1,133
Preston 5th 10 -0- 7 40 112.8% 1,426 1,264
Coburg 6th 9 -0- 8 36 111.6% 1,391 1,246
Box Hill 7th 9 -0- 8 36 108.6% 1,416 1,304
Sandringham 8th 8 -1- 8 34 91.2% 1,205 1,321
Yarraville 9th 7 -0- 10 28 101.9% 1,290 1,266
Prahran 10th 6 -1- 10 26 78.6% 1,296 1,648
Camberwell 11th 6 -0- 11 24 84.1% 1,294 1,538
Oakleigh 12th 5 -0- 12 20 75.2% 1,110 1,477
Northcote 13th 3 -0- 14 12 65.8% 1,039 1,579
Brighton 14th 2 -0- 15 8 67.2% 1,173 1,746

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/08/1957 2:10 PM Box Hill v Sandringham Box Hill City Oval 101 - 57
SAT 24/08/1957 2:10 PM Coburg v Moorabbin Coburg City Oval 117 - 75
SAT 24/08/1957 2:10 PM Northcote v Preston Northcote Park 40 - 173
SAT 24/08/1957 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Brunswick Warrawee Park 47 - 97
SAT 24/08/1957 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Brighton North Port Oval 122 - 71
SAT 24/08/1957 2:10 PM Williamstown v Prahran WCG 125 - 55
SAT 24/08/1957 2:10 PM Yarraville v Camberwell Yarraville Oval 87 - 102

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 18 -0- 0 72 180.4% 1,613 894
Port Melbourne 2nd 13 -0- 5 52 144.5% 1,767 1,223
Moorabbin 3rd 13 -0- 5 52 137.8% 1,674 1,215
Brunswick 4th 12 -0- 6 48 113.2% 1,336 1,180
Preston 5th 11 -0- 7 44 122.6% 1,599 1,304
Coburg 6th 10 -0- 8 40 114.2% 1,508 1,321
Box Hill 7th 10 -0- 8 40 111.5% 1,517 1,361
Sandringham 8th 8 -1- 9 34 88.7% 1,262 1,422
Yarraville 9th 7 -0- 11 28 100.7% 1,377 1,368
Camberwell 10th 7 -0- 11 28 85.9% 1,396 1,625
Prahran 11th 6 -1- 11 26 76.2% 1,351 1,773
Oakleigh 12th 5 -0- 13 20 73.5% 1,157 1,574
Northcote 13th 3 -0- 15 12 61.6% 1,079 1,752
Brighton 14th 2 -0- 16 8 66.6% 1,244 1,868

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/08/1957 2:10 PM Brighton v Yarraville Elsternwick Park 85 - 85
SAT 31/08/1957 2:10 PM Brunswick v Port Melbourne Brunswick Park 64 - 70
SAT 31/08/1957 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Northcote Moorabbin Oval 138 - 40
SAT 31/08/1957 2:10 PM Prahran v Box Hill Toorak Park 64 - 102
SAT 31/08/1957 2:10 PM Preston v Oakleigh Preston City Oval 100 - 75
SAT 31/08/1957 2:10 PM Sandringham v Coburg Beach Road Oval 64 - 68
SAT 31/08/1957 2:10 PM Williamstown v Camberwell WCG 80 - 40

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 19 -0- 0 76 181.3% 1,693 934
Moorabbin 2nd 14 -0- 5 56 144.4% 1,812 1,255
Port Melbourne 3rd 14 -0- 5 56 142.7% 1,837 1,287
Preston 4th 12 -0- 7 48 123.2% 1,699 1,379
Brunswick 5th 12 -0- 7 48 112.0% 1,400 1,250
Coburg 6th 11 -0- 8 44 113.8% 1,576 1,385
Box Hill 7th 11 -0- 8 44 113.6% 1,619 1,425
Sandringham 8th 8 -1- 10 34 89.0% 1,326 1,490
Yarraville 9th 7 -1- 11 30 100.6% 1,462 1,453
Camberwell 10th 7 -0- 12 28 84.2% 1,436 1,705
Prahran 11th 6 -1- 12 26 75.5% 1,415 1,875
Oakleigh 12th 5 -0- 14 20 73.6% 1,232 1,674
Northcote 13th 3 -0- 16 12 59.2% 1,119 1,890
Brighton 14th 2 -1- 16 10 68.0% 1,329 1,953

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/09/1957 2:10 PM Box Hill v Williamstown Box Hill City Oval 35 - 91
SAT 07/09/1957 2:10 PM Camberwell v Brighton Camberwell Sportsground 93 - 85
SAT 07/09/1957 2:10 PM Coburg v Prahran Coburg City Oval 123 - 23
SAT 07/09/1957 2:10 PM Northcote v Sandringham Northcote Park 38 - 36
SAT 07/09/1957 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Moorabbin Warrawee Park 59 - 64
SAT 07/09/1957 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Preston North Port Oval 81 - 85
SAT 07/09/1957 2:10 PM Yarraville v Brunswick Yarraville Oval 42 - 68

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 20 -0- 0 80 184.1% 1,784 969
Moorabbin 2nd 15 -0- 5 60 142.8% 1,876 1,314
Port Melbourne 3rd 14 -0- 6 56 139.8% 1,918 1,372
Preston 4th 13 -0- 7 52 122.2% 1,784 1,460
Brunswick 5th 13 -0- 7 52 113.6% 1,468 1,292
Coburg 6th 12 -0- 8 48 120.7% 1,699 1,408
Box Hill 7th 11 -0- 9 44 109.1% 1,654 1,516
Sandringham 8th 8 -1- 11 34 89.1% 1,362 1,528
Camberwell 9th 8 -0- 12 32 85.4% 1,529 1,790
Yarraville 10th 7 -1- 12 30 98.9% 1,504 1,521
Prahran 11th 6 -1- 13 26 72.0% 1,438 1,998
Oakleigh 12th 5 -0- 15 20 74.3% 1,291 1,738
Northcote 13th 4 -0- 16 16 60.1% 1,157 1,926
Brighton 14th 2 -1- 17 10 69.1% 1,414 2,046

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/09/1957 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Preston Junction Oval 127 - 51 18,500
SAT 21/09/1957 2:10 PM Williamstown v Moorabbin Junction Oval 68 - 70 8,000

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/09/1957 2:10 PM Williamstown v Port Melbourne Junction Oval 48 - 120 22,000

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/10/1957 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Port Melbourne Junction Oval 102 - 62 26,000