1957 VFL Grand Final: Essendon v Melbourne
This is the match report for the match played on 21 September 1957 between Essendon and Melbourne in the grand final of the 1957 VFL season.
Essendon "hosted" Melbourne at MCG.
Bill Hutchison captained the hosts.
John Beckwith captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.
Essendon
Back:
B. Suter, J. Knowles, M. Pascoe
Half-back:
B. Shearman, J. Gamble, J. Towner
Centre:
R. Burgess, J. Clarke, G. Sewell
Half-forward:
C. Hebbard, R. Fox, S. Booth
Forward:
G. Leek, F. Gallagher, J. Birt
Follower:
J. Gill, H. Mitchell, B. Hutchison (capt.)
Sub.:
J. Heenan, L. Maloney
Melbourne
Back:
J. Beckwith (capt.), P. Marquis, D. Fenton-Smith
Half-back:
D. Williams, J. Lord, K. Carroll
Centre:
I. McLean, L. Mithen, B. Dixon
Half-forward:
G. Tunbridge, T. Johnson, G. Case
Forward:
R. Barassi, A. Webb, I. Ridley
Follower:
B. Johnson, C. Wilson, F. Adams
Sub.:
P. Brenchley, I. Thorogood
Essendon (7.13.55) were defeated by Melbourne (17.14.116).
Goalkickers
Essendon: F. Gallagher (3), J. Birt, J. Clarke, J. Gill, C. Hebbard
Melbourne: R. Barassi (5), I. Ridley (4), A. Webb (3), B. Johnson (2), G. Tunbridge (2), G. Case
As a result of this match, Melbourne were the premiers and Essendon were the runners-up.
Match Details
Season:
1957 VFL Season
Round:
Grand Final
Teams:
Essendon
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Melbourne
Date:
Saturday 21 September 1957
Time:
2:50 PM
Venue:
MCG
Attendance:
100,324
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Essendon | 2 | . | 3 | 4 | . | 4 | 7 | . | 8 | 7 | . | 13 | 7 | . | 13 | (55) |
| Melbourne | 6 | . | 2 | 9 | . | 9 | 12 | . | 11 | 17 | . | 14 | 17 | . | 14 | (116) |
| Margin | MELB by 23 | MELB by 35 | MELB by 33 | MELB by 61 | MELB by 61 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
Coaches:
Dick Reynolds
(Essendon),
Norm Smith
(Melbourne)
Captains:
Bill Hutchison
(Essendon),
John Beckwith
(Melbourne)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
A. Nash
Goal Umpire:
F. Leverett,
A. Stanley
Boundary Umpire:
J. Geggie,
L. Sutton
Player Statistics
Essendon
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| 11 | Birt, Johnny | FPR | ? | 1 | ? |
| 2 | Booth, Stan | HFFR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 18 | Burgess, Reg | WL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 1 | Clarke, Jack | C | ? | 1 | ? |
| 24 | Fox, Robert | CHF | ? | 0 | ? |
| 13 | Gallagher, Fred | FF | ? | 3 | ? |
| 22 | Gamble, Jeff | CHB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 3 | Gill, John | RU | ? | 1 | ? |
| 4 | Hebbard, Col | HFFL | ? | 1 | ? |
| 14 | Heenan, Jim | SUB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 7 | Hutchison, Bill (c) | RO | ? | 0 | ? |
| 21 | Knowles, Jack | FB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 30 | Leek, Geoff | FPL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 10 | Maloney, Leo | SUB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 31 | Mitchell, Hugh | RR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 34 | Pascoe, Mal | BPR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 9 | Sewell, Greg | WR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 35 | Shearman, Bob | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 5 | Suter, Bob | BPL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 33 | Towner, John | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 7 | 13 | |||
Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| 6 | Adams, Frank | RO | ? | 0 | ? |
| 31 | Barassi, Ron | FPL | ? | 5 | ? |
| 30 | Beckwith, John (c) | BPL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 38 | Brenchley, Peter | SUB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 19 | Carroll, Keith | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 7 | Case, Geoff | HFFR | ? | 1 | ? |
| 9 | Dixon, Brian | WR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 1 | Fenton-Smith, Dick | BPR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 16 | Johnson, Bob | RU | ? | 2 | ? |
| 14 | Johnson, Trevor | CHF | ? | 0 | ? |
| 4 | Lord, John | CHB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 3 | Marquis, Peter | FB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 5 | McLean, Ian | WL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 11 | Mithen, Laurie | C | ? | 0 | ? |
| 24 | Ridley, Ian | FPR | ? | 4 | ? |
| 26 | Thorogood, Ian | SUB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 23 | Tunbridge, Geoff | HFFL | ? | 2 | ? |
| 15 | Webb, Athol | FF | ? | 3 | ? |
| 25 | Williams, Don | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 33 | Wilson, Colin | RR | ? | 0 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 17 | 14 | |||
Legend
ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50sPlayer Line-Up
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| 30 | J. Beckwith (c) | 3 | P. Marquis | 1 | D. Fenton-Smith | 3 | J. Gill | 14 | J. Heenan | ||||||
| 11 | J. Birt | 13 | F. Gallagher | 30 | G. Leek | 31 | H. Mitchell | 10 | L. Maloney | ||||||
| FORWARD | 7 | B. Hutchison (c) |
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| 25 | D. Williams | 4 | J. Lord | 19 | K. Carroll |
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| 2 | S. Booth | 24 | R. Fox | 4 | C. Hebbard |
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| 5 | I. McLean | 11 | L. Mithen | 9 | B. Dixon |
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| 9 | G. Sewell | 1 | J. Clarke | 18 | R. Burgess | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
| CENTRE | 16 | B. Johnson | 38 | P. Brenchley | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | 33 | C. Wilson | 26 | I. Thorogood | |||||||||||
| 23 | G. Tunbridge | 14 | T. Johnson | 7 | G. Case | 6 | F. Adams |
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| 33 | J. Towner | 22 | J. Gamble | 35 | B. Shearman |
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| 31 | R. Barassi | 15 | A. Webb | 24 | I. Ridley |
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| 34 | M. Pascoe | 21 | J. Knowles | 5 | B. Suter |
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| Melbourne | Coach: Norm Smith | ||||||||||||||