1957 VFL Season Round 1: Geelong v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 22 April 1957 between Geelong and Footscray during round one of the 1957 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Footscray at Kardinia Park. Bob Davis captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

Geelong (11.11.77) drew with Footscray (10.17.77).

Match Details

Season: 1957 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Geelong v Footscray
Date: Monday 22 April 1957
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 34,844

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong drew with Footscray
Score: 11.11.77 - 10.17.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 1 3 . 5 11 . 8 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Footscray 3 . 4 7 . 7 8 . 11 10 . 17 10 . 17 (77)
Margin FOOT by 3 FOOT by 26 GEEL by 15 level drawn
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bob Davis
Coach: Reg Hickey

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Nash

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 0 ?
4 Davis, Bob (c) ? ? 1 ?
18 Ferrari, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
23 Gazzard, Bob ? ? 0 ?
1 Goggin, Matt ? ? 0 ?
22 Harrip, Ray ? ? 0 ?
10 Haygarth, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Herbert, Harry ? ? 0 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
5 Long, Doug ? ? 1 ?
20 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 ?
2 O'Halloran, Ian ? ? 0 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 2 ?
38 Ryan, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 0 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
22 Wiltshire, Bob ? ? 0 ?
3 Wooller, Fred ? ? 7 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 11

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 3 ?
18 Dickson, Noel ? ? 1 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 0 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 1 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 2 ?
29 Lee, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
20 McRae, Peter ? ? 0 ?
21 Porta, Ron ? ? 0 ?
15 Quarrell, John ? ? 0 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 1 ?
17 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
10 Westacott, John ? ? 0 ?
30 Whitten, Don ? ? 2 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 17

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