1957 VFL Season 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 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon "hosted" Melbourne at the 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 (7.13.55) were defeated by Melbourne (17.14.116).

Match Details

Season: 1957 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 21 September 1957
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 100,324

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Melbourne
Score: 7.13.55 - 17.14.116

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
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
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Melbourne

Captain: John Beckwith
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Nash

Goal Umpires

F. Leverett
A. Stanley

Boundary Umpires

J. Geggie
L. Sutton

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
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
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 50s

Player Line-Up

Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
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)

HALF-BACK



25 D. Williams 4 J. Lord 19 K. Carroll



2 S. Booth 24 R. Fox 4 C. Hebbard



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



5 I. McLean 11 L. Mithen 9 B. Dixon



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

33 J. Towner 22 J. Gamble 35 B. Shearman



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



31 R. Barassi 15 A. Webb 24 I. Ridley



34 M. Pascoe 21 J. Knowles 5 B. Suter



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith