1957 VFL Season Round 1: St Kilda v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 20 April 1957 between St Kilda and South Melbourne during round one of the 1957 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted South Melbourne at Junction Oval. Keith Drinan captained the hosts. Ron Clegg captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alan Killigrew and the visitors were coached by Herbie Matthews.

St Kilda (12.16.88) defeated South Melbourne (7.17.59).

Match Details

Season: 1957 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: St Kilda v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 20 April 1957
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 37,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. South Melbourne
Score: 12.16.88 - 7.17.59

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 5 . 3 6 . 3 10 . 11 12 . 16 12 . 16 (88)
South Melbourne 0 . 4 6 . 9 7 . 12 7 . 17 7 . 17 (59)
Margin STKL by 29 SMLB by 6 STKL by 17 STKL by 29 STKL by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Keith Drinan
Coach: Alan Killigrew

South Melbourne

Captain: Ron Clegg
Coach: Herbie Matthews

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Goal Umpires

E. Traplin

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Byrne, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Clancy, Peter ? ? 2 ?
1 Coffey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Cooke, Lindsay ? ? 0 ?
16 Dale, Alan ? ? 1 ?
12 Davies, Harold ? ? 0 ?
25 Drinan, Keith (c) ? ? 0 ?
37 Feehan, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
30 Gleeson, Brian ? ? 1 ?
3 Hocking, Bryant ? ? 0 ?
14 Jeans, Allan ? ? 1 ?
5 Letcher, Ian ? ? 0 ?
33 McCarthy, Brian ? ? 0 ?
35 Minihan, Graham ? ? 0 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 1 ?
9 Mulrooney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Oswald, Lance ? ? 1 ?
10 Roberts, Neil ? ? 0 ?
7 Walsh, Brian ? ? 0 ?
15 Young, Bill ? ? 5 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 16

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Cairns, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
23 Clegg, Ron (c) ? ? 0 ?
27 Colquhoun, Colin ? ? 0 ?
9 Crough, Gerald ? ? 0 ?
11 Dorgan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
28 Gillett, Ian ? ? 0 ?
2 Goldsmith, Fred ? ? 0 ?
8 Gunn, Bill ? ? 1 ?
1 Keyter, Don ? ? 0 ?
17 Matthews, Don ? ? 1 ?
36 McCormack, Ken ? ? 0 ?
3 McGowan, Brian ? ? 4 ?
25 McLaughlin, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
4 Monks, Ian ? ? 0 ?
41 O'Neill, Stan ? ? 0 ?
24 Seymour, Ken ? ? 0 ?
14 Skilton, Bob ? ? 1 ?
15 Svenson, John ? ? 0 ?
20 Taylor, Jim ? ? 0 ?
20 Trethowan, John ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 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