1957 VFL Season 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 two of the 1957 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (12.13.85) defeated St Kilda (7.11.53).

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

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Charlie Sutton

St Kilda

Captain: Keith Drinan
Coach: Alan Killigrew

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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