1957 VFL Season

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

It featured eighteen rounds. Melbourne were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Melbourne were the premiers, with John Beckwith as the premiership captain and Norm Smith as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1957 VFL Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 18
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 112

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Princes Park Jim Francis
Collingwood Victoria Park Phonse Kyne
Essendon Windy Hill Dick Reynolds
Fitzroy Brunswick Street Oval Bill Stephen
Footscray Western Oval Charlie Sutton Ted Whitten
Geelong Kardinia Park Reg Hickey
Hawthorn Glenferrie Oval Jack Hale John Kennedy
Melbourne MCG Norm Smith
North Melbourne Arden Street Oval Charlie Gaudion
Richmond Punt Road Oval Alan McDonald
South Melbourne Lakeside Oval Herbie Matthews
St Kilda Junction Oval Alan Killigrew

Season Results

Premiers: Melbourne
Runners-Up: Essendon
Minor Premiers: Melbourne

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Melbourne 1st 12 -1- 5 50 138.8% 1,567 1,129 218 259 154 205
Essendon 2nd 11 -0- 7 44 118.3% 1,447 1,223 196 271 170 203
Hawthorn 3rd 11 -0- 7 44 116.7% 1,321 1,132 180 241 156 196
Carlton 4th 11 -0- 7 44 99.5% 1,341 1,348 188 213 185 238
Collingwood 5th 9 -1- 8 38 101.8% 1,390 1,366 193 232 190 226
Footscray 6th 9 -1- 8 38 99.1% 1,263 1,275 175 213 175 225
Richmond 7th 9 -0- 9 36 93.9% 1,506 1,604 215 216 220 284
North Melbourne 8th 8 -0- 10 32 95.1% 1,404 1,477 195 234 210 217
St Kilda 9th 8 -0- 10 32 94.5% 1,318 1,394 182 226 193 236
South Melbourne 10th 7 -0- 11 28 88.8% 1,349 1,519 185 239 211 253
Fitzroy 11th 6 -0- 12 24 84.1% 1,355 1,611 187 233 226 255
Geelong 12th 5 -1- 12 22 88.2% 1,368 1,551 195 198 219 237

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Melbourne 1st Premiers
Essendon 2nd Runners-Up
Hawthorn 3rd Defeated by Melbourne (Preliminary Final)
Carlton 4th Defeated by Hawthorn (Semi Final)
Collingwood 5th Did not qualify for finals
Footscray 6th Did not qualify for finals
Richmond 7th Did not qualify for finals
North Melbourne 8th Did not qualify for finals
St Kilda 9th Did not qualify for finals
South Melbourne 10th Did not qualify for finals
Fitzroy 11th Did not qualify for finals
Geelong 12th Did not qualify for finals

Ladder Chart

This chart is based on the nominal round, i.e. only one result (win, loss, draw, bye) per round, which may result in not being accurate from a chronological perspective. The positions during the finals series is determined via bespoke logic. You can click on the teams in the legend to add/remove their respective results.

Season Fixture

Regular Season

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/04/1957 2:15 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 66 - 102 24,321
SAT 20/04/1957 2:15 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 58 - 93 30,000
SAT 20/04/1957 2:15 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 88 - 59 37,000
MON 22/04/1957 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 53 - 50 24,000
MON 22/04/1957 2:15 PM Geelong v Footscray Kardinia Park 77 - 77 34,844
MON 22/04/1957 2:15 PM Richmond v North Melbourne Punt Road Oval 128 - 105 23,000

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 1 -0- 0 4 160.3% 93 58
Hawthorn 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 154.5% 102 66
St Kilda 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 149.2% 88 59
Richmond 4th 1 -0- 0 4 121.9% 128 105
Fitzroy 5th 1 -0- 0 4 106.0% 53 50
Footscray 6th 0 -1- 0 2 100.0% 77 77
Geelong 0 -1- 0 2 100.0% 77 77
Melbourne 8th 0 -0- 1 0 94.3% 50 53
North Melbourne 9th 0 -0- 1 0 82.0% 105 128
South Melbourne 10th 0 -0- 1 0 67.0% 59 88
Carlton 11th 0 -0- 1 0 64.7% 66 102
Collingwood 12th 0 -0- 1 0 62.4% 58 93

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/04/1957 2:15 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 74 - 63 21,500
SAT 27/04/1957 2:15 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 85 - 53 29,297
SAT 27/04/1957 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Glenferrie Oval 76 - 57 21,000
SAT 27/04/1957 2:15 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 80 - 72 44,971
SAT 27/04/1957 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 67 - 73 12,000
SAT 27/04/1957 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 52 - 76 22,385

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 2 -0- 0 8 144.7% 178 123
Essendon 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 138.0% 167 121
Footscray 3rd 1 -1- 0 6 124.6% 162 130
Geelong 4th 1 -1- 0 6 104.2% 150 144
Melbourne 5th 1 -0- 1 4 104.0% 130 125
Richmond 6th 1 -0- 1 4 102.2% 185 181
St Kilda 7th 1 -0- 1 4 97.9% 141 144
Fitzroy 8th 1 -0- 1 4 93.5% 116 124
Carlton 9th 1 -0- 1 4 92.2% 142 154
North Melbourne 10th 0 -0- 2 0 85.6% 172 201
Collingwood 11th 0 -0- 2 0 75.1% 130 173
South Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 2 0 67.7% 111 164

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/05/1957 2:15 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 88 - 65 17,000
SAT 04/05/1957 2:15 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 64 - 51 34,878
SAT 04/05/1957 2:15 PM Geelong v Collingwood Kardinia Park 77 - 87 24,292
SAT 04/05/1957 2:15 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 86 - 41 47,920
SAT 04/05/1957 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 87 - 78 11,000
SAT 04/05/1957 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Richmond Lakeside Oval 130 - 87 19,275

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray 1st 2 -1- 0 10 124.9% 226 181
Melbourne 2nd 2 -0- 1 8 130.1% 216 166
Hawthorn 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 121.9% 256 210
Fitzroy 4th 2 -0- 1 8 107.9% 204 189
Essendon 5th 2 -0- 1 8 100.5% 208 207
Geelong 6th 1 -1- 1 6 98.3% 227 231
South Melbourne 7th 1 -0- 2 4 96.0% 241 251
North Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 2 4 92.8% 259 279
St Kilda 9th 1 -0- 2 4 88.8% 206 232
Carlton 10th 1 -0- 2 4 88.5% 193 218
Richmond 11th 1 -0- 2 4 87.5% 272 311
Collingwood 12th 1 -0- 2 4 86.8% 217 250

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/05/1957 2:15 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 102 - 89 28,846
SAT 11/05/1957 2:15 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 93 - 83 32,500
SAT 11/05/1957 2:15 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 80 - 38 30,000
SAT 11/05/1957 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 51 - 33 20,000
SAT 11/05/1957 2:15 PM Richmond v Fitzroy Punt Road Oval 106 - 91 16,500
SAT 11/05/1957 2:15 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Junction Oval 101 - 84 20,000

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 3 -0- 1 12 126.3% 307 243
Essendon 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 117.6% 288 245
Footscray 3rd 2 -1- 1 10 101.1% 264 261
Melbourne 4th 2 -0- 2 8 114.7% 249 217
Fitzroy 5th 2 -0- 2 8 100.0% 295 295
St Kilda 6th 2 -0- 2 8 97.2% 307 316
Carlton 7th 2 -0- 2 8 96.1% 295 307
Richmond 8th 2 -0- 2 8 94.0% 378 402
Collingwood 9th 2 -0- 2 8 93.1% 310 333
Geelong 10th 1 -1- 2 6 94.9% 316 333
South Melbourne 11th 1 -0- 3 4 94.2% 324 344
North Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 3 4 90.3% 343 380

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/05/1957 2:15 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 118 - 94 28,936
SAT 18/05/1957 2:15 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 84 - 82 29,731
SAT 18/05/1957 2:15 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Kardinia Park 64 - 37 18,000
SAT 18/05/1957 2:15 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 119 - 90 35,682
SAT 18/05/1957 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 70 - 68 19,000
SAT 18/05/1957 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 58 - 100 27,500

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 4 -0- 1 16 128.1% 388 303
Melbourne 2nd 3 -0- 2 12 119.9% 368 307
Hawthorn 3rd 3 -0- 2 12 112.1% 344 307
Carlton 4th 3 -0- 2 12 103.0% 413 401
Collingwood 5th 3 -0- 2 12 94.9% 394 415
Geelong 6th 2 -1- 2 10 102.7% 380 370
Footscray 7th 2 -1- 2 10 100.3% 332 331
Fitzroy 8th 2 -0- 3 8 99.5% 377 379
North Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 3 8 92.2% 413 448
St Kilda 10th 2 -0- 3 8 91.3% 397 435
Richmond 11th 2 -0- 3 8 90.8% 472 520
South Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 4 4 86.0% 382 444

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/05/1957 2:15 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 66 - 74 22,000
SAT 25/05/1957 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 82 - 96 24,500
SAT 25/05/1957 2:15 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 98 - 79 24,902
SAT 25/05/1957 2:15 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 114 - 51 29,250
SAT 25/05/1957 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 91 - 76 20,000
SAT 25/05/1957 2:15 PM St Kilda v Geelong Junction Oval 73 - 83 24,000

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 4 -0- 2 16 134.6% 482 358
Essendon 2nd 4 -0- 2 16 120.4% 454 377
Hawthorn 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 112.1% 418 373
Carlton 4th 4 -0- 2 16 105.4% 509 483
Footscray 5th 3 -1- 2 14 104.9% 430 410
Geelong 6th 3 -1- 2 14 104.5% 463 443
North Melbourne 7th 3 -0- 3 12 96.2% 504 524
Collingwood 8th 3 -0- 3 12 92.9% 470 506
Fitzroy 9th 2 -0- 4 8 96.6% 459 475
St Kilda 10th 2 -0- 4 8 90.7% 470 518
Richmond 11th 2 -0- 4 8 89.2% 551 618
South Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 5 4 77.6% 433 558

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/06/1957 2:15 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 87 - 62 34,740
SAT 01/06/1957 2:15 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 88 - 57 23,485
SAT 01/06/1957 2:15 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Kardinia Park 99 - 113 17,240
SAT 01/06/1957 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Glenferrie Oval 77 - 50 26,000
SAT 01/06/1957 2:15 PM Richmond v Melbourne Punt Road Oval 52 - 50 18,000
SAT 01/06/1957 2:15 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Lakeside Oval 75 - 79 15,000

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 5 -0- 2 20 117.0% 495 423
Carlton 2nd 5 -0- 2 20 109.4% 596 545
Melbourne 3rd 4 -0- 3 16 129.8% 532 410
Essendon 4th 4 -0- 3 16 111.2% 516 464
Collingwood 5th 4 -0- 3 16 99.1% 558 563
North Melbourne 6th 4 -0- 3 16 97.3% 583 599
Geelong 7th 3 -1- 3 14 101.1% 562 556
Footscray 8th 3 -1- 3 14 98.6% 480 487
Fitzroy 9th 3 -0- 4 12 99.7% 572 574
Richmond 10th 3 -0- 4 12 90.3% 603 668
St Kilda 11th 2 -0- 5 8 87.0% 527 606
South Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 6 4 79.7% 508 637

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/06/1957 2:15 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 71 - 99 31,096
SAT 08/06/1957 2:15 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 138 - 102 22,000
SAT 08/06/1957 2:15 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 71 - 77 15,000
SAT 08/06/1957 2:15 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 89 - 40 34,742
SAT 08/06/1957 2:15 PM Richmond v St Kilda Punt Road Oval 81 - 79 21,000
SAT 08/06/1957 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn Lakeside Oval 68 - 89 18,200

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 6 -0- 2 24 118.9% 584 491
Melbourne 2nd 5 -0- 3 20 131.2% 631 481
Essendon 3rd 5 -0- 3 20 115.5% 654 566
Carlton 4th 5 -0- 3 20 103.6% 667 644
North Melbourne 5th 5 -0- 3 20 98.5% 660 670
Footscray 6th 4 -1- 3 18 108.0% 569 527
Collingwood 7th 4 -0- 4 16 91.7% 598 652
Richmond 8th 4 -0- 4 16 91.6% 684 747
Geelong 9th 3 -1- 4 14 95.7% 664 694
Fitzroy 10th 3 -0- 5 12 98.8% 643 651
St Kilda 11th 2 -0- 6 8 88.2% 606 687
South Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 7 4 79.3% 576 726

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/06/1957 2:15 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 85 - 92 32,280
SAT 15/06/1957 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Carlton Arden Street Oval 56 - 63 28,000
SAT 15/06/1957 2:15 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 30 - 75 33,700
MON 17/06/1957 2:15 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 87 - 60 28,450
MON 17/06/1957 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Glenferrie Oval 104 - 56 25,500
MON 17/06/1957 2:15 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 154 - 94 48,001

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 7 -0- 2 28 125.8% 688 547
Melbourne 2nd 6 -0- 3 24 136.5% 785 575
Essendon 3rd 6 -0- 3 24 122.3% 729 596
Carlton 4th 6 -0- 3 24 104.3% 730 700
Footscray 5th 5 -1- 3 22 111.8% 656 587
North Melbourne 6th 5 -0- 4 20 97.7% 716 733
Richmond 7th 5 -0- 4 20 93.3% 776 832
Collingwood 8th 4 -0- 5 16 91.8% 683 744
Geelong 9th 3 -1- 5 14 89.4% 758 848
Fitzroy 10th 3 -0- 6 12 92.6% 699 755
St Kilda 11th 2 -0- 7 8 83.5% 636 762
South Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 8 4 78.2% 636 813

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/06/1957 2:15 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 100 - 63 33,345
SAT 22/06/1957 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Brunswick Street Oval 68 - 98 17,500
SAT 22/06/1957 2:15 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Kardinia Park 68 - 70 12,146
SAT 22/06/1957 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 78 - 109 14,000
SAT 22/06/1957 2:15 PM Richmond v Essendon Punt Road Oval 88 - 61 25,000
SAT 22/06/1957 2:15 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Junction Oval 75 - 59 21,000

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 7 -0- 3 28 136.9% 894 653
Hawthorn 2nd 7 -0- 3 28 120.1% 747 622
Footscray 3rd 6 -1- 3 26 115.1% 754 655
Essendon 4th 6 -0- 4 24 115.5% 790 684
Carlton 5th 6 -0- 4 24 99.1% 793 800
Richmond 6th 6 -0- 4 24 96.8% 864 893
Collingwood 7th 5 -0- 5 20 97.0% 783 807
North Melbourne 8th 5 -0- 5 20 94.3% 794 842
Geelong 9th 3 -1- 6 14 90.0% 826 918
Fitzroy 10th 3 -0- 7 12 89.9% 767 853
St Kilda 11th 3 -0- 7 12 86.6% 711 821
South Melbourne 12th 2 -0- 8 8 80.1% 706 881

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/06/1957 2:15 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 92 - 55 21,464
SAT 29/06/1957 2:15 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 80 - 89 18,500
SAT 29/06/1957 2:15 PM Geelong v Richmond Kardinia Park 69 - 92 18,171
SAT 29/06/1957 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Glenferrie Oval 74 - 93 27,000
SAT 29/06/1957 2:15 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 87 - 51 49,941
SAT 29/06/1957 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 109 - 96 16,200

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 8 -0- 3 32 139.3% 981 704
Hawthorn 2nd 7 -0- 4 28 114.8% 821 715
Carlton 3rd 7 -0- 4 28 103.5% 885 855
Richmond 4th 7 -0- 4 28 99.4% 956 962
Footscray 5th 6 -1- 4 26 108.5% 805 742
Essendon 6th 6 -0- 5 24 112.5% 870 773
Collingwood 7th 6 -0- 5 24 99.4% 876 881
North Melbourne 8th 6 -0- 5 24 95.8% 883 922
Geelong 9th 3 -1- 7 14 88.6% 895 1,010
Fitzroy 10th 3 -0- 8 12 89.7% 863 962
St Kilda 11th 3 -0- 8 12 83.9% 766 913
South Melbourne 12th 3 -0- 8 12 83.4% 815 977

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/07/1957 2:15 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 88 - 73 26,500
SAT 06/07/1957 2:15 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 65 - 64 23,578
SAT 06/07/1957 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Glenferrie Oval 52 - 61 26,000
SAT 06/07/1957 2:15 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 158 - 74 21,370
SAT 06/07/1957 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 117 - 73 21,000
SAT 06/07/1957 2:15 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 81 - 71 18,000

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 9 -0- 3 36 146.4% 1,139 778
Carlton 2nd 8 -0- 4 32 104.3% 946 907
Footscray 3rd 7 -1- 4 30 107.9% 870 806
Essendon 4th 7 -0- 5 28 113.2% 958 846
Hawthorn 5th 7 -0- 5 28 112.5% 873 776
North Melbourne 6th 7 -0- 5 28 100.5% 1,000 995
Richmond 7th 7 -0- 5 28 95.4% 1,029 1,079
Collingwood 8th 6 -0- 6 24 97.9% 949 969
South Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 8 16 85.5% 896 1,048
Geelong 10th 3 -1- 8 14 89.2% 959 1,075
St Kilda 11th 3 -0- 9 12 84.2% 837 994
Fitzroy 12th 3 -0- 9 12 83.7% 937 1,120

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/07/1957 2:15 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 81 - 65 20,572
SAT 13/07/1957 2:15 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 49 - 49 24,216
SAT 13/07/1957 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 52 - 72 12,500
SAT 13/07/1957 2:15 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Kardinia Park 87 - 61 14,806
SAT 13/07/1957 2:15 PM Richmond v Hawthorn Punt Road Oval 78 - 75 22,000
SAT 13/07/1957 2:15 PM St Kilda v Footscray Junction Oval 100 - 92 24,400

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 9 -1- 3 38 143.7% 1,188 827
Carlton 2nd 9 -0- 4 36 105.7% 1,027 972
Essendon 3rd 8 -0- 5 32 114.7% 1,030 898
Richmond 4th 8 -0- 5 32 95.9% 1,107 1,154
Footscray 5th 7 -1- 5 30 106.2% 962 906
Hawthorn 6th 7 -0- 6 28 111.0% 948 854
North Melbourne 7th 7 -0- 6 28 98.1% 1,061 1,082
Collingwood 8th 6 -1- 6 26 98.0% 998 1,018
Geelong 9th 4 -1- 8 18 92.1% 1,046 1,136
St Kilda 10th 4 -0- 9 16 86.3% 937 1,086
South Melbourne 11th 4 -0- 9 16 85.1% 961 1,129
Fitzroy 12th 3 -0- 10 12 83.0% 989 1,192

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/07/1957 2:15 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 79 - 52 31,810
SAT 27/07/1957 2:15 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 92 - 44 21,316
SAT 27/07/1957 2:15 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 72 - 73 22,500
SAT 27/07/1957 2:15 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 55 - 34 12,000
SAT 27/07/1957 2:15 PM Richmond v South Melbourne Punt Road Oval 73 - 78 21,000
SAT 27/07/1957 2:15 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 108 - 56 14,500

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 10 -1- 3 42 140.3% 1,261 899
Carlton 2nd 10 -0- 4 40 108.0% 1,106 1,024
Essendon 3rd 8 -0- 6 32 113.5% 1,102 971
Hawthorn 4th 8 -0- 6 32 113.0% 1,003 888
Richmond 5th 8 -0- 6 32 95.8% 1,180 1,232
Footscray 6th 7 -1- 6 30 102.9% 1,014 985
Collingwood 7th 7 -1- 6 30 102.6% 1,090 1,062
North Melbourne 8th 7 -0- 7 28 96.3% 1,095 1,137
St Kilda 9th 5 -0- 9 20 91.5% 1,045 1,142
South Melbourne 10th 5 -0- 9 20 86.4% 1,039 1,202
Geelong 11th 4 -1- 9 18 88.8% 1,090 1,228
Fitzroy 12th 3 -0- 11 12 80.4% 1,045 1,300

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/08/1957 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Brunswick Street Oval 103 - 91 12,000
SAT 03/08/1957 2:15 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 50 - 83 24,942
SAT 03/08/1957 2:15 PM Geelong v Carlton Kardinia Park 85 - 43 16,808
SAT 03/08/1957 2:15 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 66 - 73 32,163
SAT 03/08/1957 2:15 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 89 - 93 10,000
SAT 03/08/1957 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 67 - 91 25,300

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 10 -1- 4 42 136.5% 1,327 972
Carlton 2nd 10 -0- 5 40 103.6% 1,149 1,109
Essendon 3rd 9 -0- 6 36 116.1% 1,185 1,021
Hawthorn 4th 9 -0- 6 36 112.8% 1,076 954
Collingwood 5th 8 -1- 6 34 104.6% 1,181 1,129
Richmond 6th 8 -0- 7 32 95.2% 1,271 1,335
Footscray 7th 7 -1- 7 30 99.6% 1,064 1,068
North Melbourne 8th 7 -0- 8 28 96.3% 1,184 1,230
St Kilda 9th 6 -0- 9 24 92.4% 1,138 1,231
Geelong 10th 5 -1- 9 22 92.4% 1,175 1,271
South Melbourne 11th 5 -0- 10 20 85.5% 1,106 1,293
Fitzroy 12th 4 -0- 11 16 82.5% 1,148 1,391

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/08/1957 2:15 PM Essendon v South Melbourne Windy Hill 75 - 55 16,000
SAT 10/08/1957 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 62 - 61 22,000
SAT 10/08/1957 2:15 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 42 - 61 13,325
SAT 10/08/1957 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Glenferrie Oval 103 - 55 12,500
SAT 10/08/1957 2:15 PM Richmond v Carlton Punt Road Oval 75 - 51 22,000
SAT 10/08/1957 2:15 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 11 - 49 17,000

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 11 -1- 4 46 140.0% 1,376 983
Essendon 2nd 10 -0- 6 40 117.1% 1,260 1,076
Hawthorn 3rd 10 -0- 6 40 116.8% 1,179 1,009
Carlton 4th 10 -0- 6 40 101.4% 1,200 1,184
Richmond 5th 9 -0- 7 36 97.1% 1,346 1,386
Collingwood 6th 8 -1- 7 34 104.3% 1,242 1,191
North Melbourne 7th 8 -0- 8 32 97.9% 1,245 1,272
Footscray 8th 7 -1- 8 30 98.0% 1,106 1,129
St Kilda 9th 6 -0- 10 24 89.8% 1,149 1,280
Geelong 10th 5 -1- 10 22 89.5% 1,230 1,374
South Melbourne 11th 5 -0- 11 20 84.9% 1,161 1,368
Fitzroy 12th 5 -0- 11 20 83.3% 1,210 1,452

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/08/1957 2:15 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 79 - 41 25,945
SAT 17/08/1957 2:15 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 92 - 79 20,310
SAT 17/08/1957 2:15 PM Geelong v St Kilda Kardinia Park 58 - 73 12,750
SAT 17/08/1957 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Glenferrie Oval 85 - 64 31,000
SAT 17/08/1957 2:15 PM Richmond v Footscray Punt Road Oval 89 - 98 19,000
SAT 17/08/1957 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 75 - 71 18,500

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 11 -1- 5 46 136.8% 1,447 1,058
Hawthorn 2nd 11 -0- 6 44 117.8% 1,264 1,073
Carlton 3rd 11 -0- 6 44 104.4% 1,279 1,225
Essendon 4th 10 -0- 7 40 114.0% 1,324 1,161
Collingwood 5th 9 -1- 7 38 105.0% 1,334 1,270
Richmond 6th 9 -0- 8 36 96.7% 1,435 1,484
Footscray 7th 8 -1- 8 34 98.9% 1,204 1,218
North Melbourne 8th 8 -0- 9 32 97.1% 1,324 1,364
St Kilda 9th 7 -0- 10 28 91.3% 1,222 1,338
South Melbourne 10th 6 -0- 11 24 85.9% 1,236 1,439
Geelong 11th 5 -1- 11 22 89.0% 1,288 1,447
Fitzroy 12th 5 -0- 12 20 81.7% 1,251 1,531

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/08/1957 2:15 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 123 - 62 35,000
SAT 24/08/1957 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 104 - 80 10,000
SAT 24/08/1957 2:15 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 59 - 57 25,436
SAT 24/08/1957 2:15 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 120 - 71 35,751
SAT 24/08/1957 2:15 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 80 - 113 10,000
SAT 24/08/1957 2:15 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 96 - 56 29,300

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 12 -1- 5 50 138.8% 1,567 1,129
Essendon 2nd 11 -0- 7 44 118.3% 1,447 1,223
Hawthorn 3rd 11 -0- 7 44 116.7% 1,321 1,132
Carlton 4th 11 -0- 7 44 99.5% 1,341 1,348
Collingwood 5th 9 -1- 8 38 101.8% 1,390 1,366
Footscray 6th 9 -1- 8 38 99.1% 1,263 1,275
Richmond 7th 9 -0- 9 36 93.9% 1,506 1,604
North Melbourne 8th 8 -0- 10 32 95.1% 1,404 1,477
St Kilda 9th 8 -0- 10 32 94.5% 1,318 1,394
South Melbourne 10th 7 -0- 11 28 88.8% 1,349 1,519
Fitzroy 11th 6 -0- 12 24 84.1% 1,355 1,611
Geelong 12th 5 -1- 12 22 88.2% 1,368 1,551

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Melbourne 1st 12 -1- 5 50 138.8% 1,567 1,129 218 259 154 205
Essendon 2nd 11 -0- 7 44 118.3% 1,447 1,223 196 271 170 203
Hawthorn 3rd 11 -0- 7 44 116.7% 1,321 1,132 180 241 156 196
Carlton 4th 11 -0- 7 44 99.5% 1,341 1,348 188 213 185 238
Collingwood 5th 9 -1- 8 38 101.8% 1,390 1,366 193 232 190 226
Footscray 6th 9 -1- 8 38 99.1% 1,263 1,275 175 213 175 225
Richmond 7th 9 -0- 9 36 93.9% 1,506 1,604 215 216 220 284
North Melbourne 8th 8 -0- 10 32 95.1% 1,404 1,477 195 234 210 217
St Kilda 9th 8 -0- 10 32 94.5% 1,318 1,394 182 226 193 236
South Melbourne 10th 7 -0- 11 28 88.8% 1,349 1,519 185 239 211 253
Fitzroy 11th 6 -0- 12 24 84.1% 1,355 1,611 187 233 226 255
Geelong 12th 5 -1- 12 22 88.2% 1,368 1,551 195 198 219 237

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/08/1957 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Carlton MCG 71 - 48 69,455
SAT 07/09/1957 2:30 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 67 - 83 70,232

Final Round 1 Ladder

Team Pos.
Essendon 1st
Melbourne 2nd
Hawthorn 3rd
Carlton 4th

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/09/1957 2:30 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 144 - 76 74,090

Final Round 2 Ladder

Team Pos.
Essendon 1st
Melbourne 2nd
Hawthorn 3rd
Carlton 4th

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/09/1957 2:50 PM Essendon v Melbourne MCG 55 - 116 100,324

Final Round 3 Ladder

Team Pos.
Melbourne 1st
Essendon 2nd
Hawthorn 3rd
Carlton 4th