1957 VFL Season Round 2: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 27 April 1957 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round two of the 1957 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at Windy Hill. Bill Hutchison captained the hosts. Bill Stephen captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Essendon (11.8.74) defeated Fitzroy (8.15.63).

Match Details

Season: 1957 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 27 April 1957
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 21,500

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Fitzroy
Score: 11.8.74 - 8.15.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 2 5 . 4 10 . 6 11 . 8 11 . 8 (74)
Fitzroy 0 . 3 2 . 5 4 . 9 8 . 15 8 . 15 (63)
Margin ESSE by 5 ESSE by 17 ESSE by 33 ESSE by 11 ESSE by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Fitzroy

Captain: Bill Stephen
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Nunn

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 1 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 1 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
32 Carmichael, Don ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 1 ?
26 Donohoe, Brian ? ? 0 ?
16 Driscoll, Frank ? ? 4 ?
24 Fox, Robert ? ? 0 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Harrington, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 2 ?
21 Knowles, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
35 Shearman, Bob ? ? 0 ?
5 Suter, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 8

Fitzroy

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