1957 VFL Season Round 1: Richmond v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 April 1957 between Richmond and North Melbourne during round one of the 1957 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted North Melbourne at Punt Road Oval. Des Rowe captained the hosts. John Brady captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alan McDonald and the visitors were coached by Charlie Gaudion.

Richmond (19.14.128) defeated North Melbourne (15.15.105).

Match Details

Season: 1957 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Richmond v North Melbourne
Date: Monday 22 April 1957
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 23,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. North Melbourne
Score: 19.14.128 - 15.15.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 1 10 . 3 14 . 9 19 . 14 19 . 14 (128)
North Melbourne 7 . 2 10 . 3 12 . 6 15 . 15 15 . 15 (105)
Margin NMLB by 25 level RICH by 15 RICH by 23 RICH by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Des Rowe
Coach: Alan McDonald

North Melbourne

Captain: John Brady
Coach: Charlie Gaudion

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Goal Umpires

J. Simmonds

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
32 Allsopp, Ray ? ? 4 ?
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 3 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
24 Clements, Bill ? ? 0 ?
5 Crowe, Neville ? ? 1 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 0 ?
17 Dummett, Bob ? ? 7 ?
23 Dunin, Frank ? ? 0 ?
14 McDonald, Ron ? ? 2 ?
21 Mitchell, Len ? ? 0 ?
22 Morcom, Stan ? ? 0 ?
38 Morris, Peter ? ? 0 ?
36 Munro, Frank ? ? 0 ?
10 Naismith, Vic ? ? 0 ?
12 Pilcher, Brian ? ? 0 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
26 Saddington, Col ? ? 0 ?
6 Sharp, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
11 Simpson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 19 14

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Aylett, Allen ? ? 4 ?
18 Batchelor, Keith ? ? 0 ?
20 Brady, John (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Dean, Ken ? ? 0 ?
12 Doolan, Neil ? ? 0 ?
6 Dugdale, John ? ? 1 ?
27 Dwyer, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
14 Eastmure, Gerald ? ? 3 ?
35 Edwards, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 English, Garry ? ? 0 ?
11 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 ?
30 Martyn, Bryan ? ? 1 ?
16 McCabe, Bill ? ? 0 ?
28 Murphy, Ray ? ? 0 ?
10 Quade, Tom ? ? 0 ?
23 Robertson, Keith ? ? 0 ?
15 Russell, James ? ? 0 ?
7 Spencer, Jock ? ? 5 ?
24 Templar, Len ? ? 0 ?
3 Williams, Merv ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 15

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