1957 VFL Round 2: Footscray v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 27 April 1957 between Footscray and St Kilda during round 2 of the 1957 VFL season. Footscray hosted St Kilda at Western Oval. Keith Drinan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Alan Killigrew.

Footscray
P. Box, B. Clark, J. Collins, N. Dickson, W. Donald, R. Duffy, J. Gallagher, B. Gilmore, H. Henderson, J. Kerr, B. Lee, P. McRae, R. Porta, J. Quarrell, D. Reynolds, D. Ross, H. Stevens, J. Westacott, D. Whitten, T. Whitten

St Kilda
K. Drinan (capt.), J. Byrne, P. Clancy, J. Coffey, L. Cooke, A. Dale, H. Davies, G. Feehan, B. Gleeson, I. Gordon, J. Guyatt, B. Hocking, A. Jeans, I. Letcher, B. McCarthy, M. McCooke, G. Minihan, K. Mulhall, N. Roberts, B. Young

Footscray (12.13.85) defeated St Kilda (7.11.53).

Goalkickers
Footscray: J. Collins (4), J. Kerr (2), H. Stevens (2), B. Clark, N. Dickson, R. Duffy, D. Reynolds
St Kilda: P. Clancy (2), J. Coffey, L. Cooke, G. Feehan, B. Hocking, K. Mulhall

As a result of this match, Footscray were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 6th) and St Kilda were then 7th on the ladder (down from 3rd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1957 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Footscray v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 27 April 1957
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 29,297

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. St Kilda
Score: 12.13.85 - 7.11.53

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 0 8 . 5 9 . 8 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
St Kilda 4 . 5 5 . 6 7 . 11 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
Margin STKL by 17 FOOT by 17 FOOT by 9 FOOT by 32 FOOT by 32
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Charlie Sutton (Footscray), Alan Killigrew (St Kilda)
Captains: unknown (Footscray), Keith Drinan (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Barbour

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
6 Clark, Bobby ? ? 1 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 4 ?
18 Dickson, Noel ? ? 1 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 1 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 2 ?
29 Lee, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
20 McRae, Peter ? ? 0 ?
21 Porta, Ron ? ? 0 ?
15 Quarrell, John ? ? 0 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 1 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 2 ?
10 Westacott, John ? ? 0 ?
30 Whitten, Don ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 13

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Byrne, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Clancy, Peter ? ? 2 ?
1 Coffey, Jack ? ? 1 ?
26 Cooke, Lindsay ? ? 1 ?
16 Dale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
12 Davies, Harold ? ? 0 ?
25 Drinan, Keith (c) ? ? 0 ?
37 Feehan, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
30 Gleeson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
42 Gordon, Ian ? ? 0 ?
27 Guyatt, Jim ? ? 0 ?
3 Hocking, Bryant ? ? 1 ?
14 Jeans, Allan ? ? 0 ?
5 Letcher, Ian ? ? 0 ?
33 McCarthy, Brian ? ? 0 ?
38 McCooke, Milne ? ? 0 ?
35 Minihan, Graham ? ? 0 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 1 ?
10 Roberts, Neil ? ? 0 ?
15 Young, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 11

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