1957 VFL Season Round 1: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 April 1957 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round one of the 1957 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at Brunswick Street Oval. Bill Stephen captained the hosts. John Beckwith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Fitzroy (7.11.53) defeated Melbourne (6.14.50).

Match Details

Season: 1957 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Monday 22 April 1957
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 24,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Melbourne
Score: 7.11.53 - 6.14.50

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 0 . 4 3 . 7 5 . 10 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
Melbourne 2 . 1 4 . 7 6 . 12 6 . 14 6 . 14 (50)
Margin MELB by 9 MELB by 6 MELB by 8 FITZ by 3 FITZ by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Bill Stephen
Coach: Bill Stephen

Melbourne

Captain: John Beckwith
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Schwab

Goal Umpires

A. Stewart

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abrahams, Owen ? ? 2 ?
20 Campbell, Graham ? ? 0 ?
38 Clancy, Jack ? ? 0 ?
11 Davey, Colin ? ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 2 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
4 Gotch, Graham ? ? 0 ?
19 Harvey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
23 Henderson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
1 Hutchinson, John ? ? 1 ?
24 Lane, Bryan ? ? 0 ?
2 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
5 Ongarello, Tony ? ? 0 ?
3 Pert, Brian ? ? 0 ?
25 Shelton, John ? ? 0 ?
21 Smyth, Leo ? ? 1 ?
8 Stephen, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Williams, Vin ? ? 0 ?
13 Wright, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 11

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Atkinson, Dick ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John (c) ? ? 0 ?
29 Bull, Tony ? ? 0 ?
39 Byrne, Bill ? ? 0 ?
19 Carroll, Keith ? ? 0 ?
21 Cook, Peter ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 1 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 1 ?
8 Sandral, Jim ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 2 ?
15 Webb, Athol ? ? 2 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 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