1957 VFL Season Round 2: North Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 27 April 1957 between North Melbourne and Geelong during round two of the 1957 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Geelong at Arden Street Oval. John Brady captained the hosts. Bob Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Gaudion and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

North Melbourne (9.13.67) were defeated by Geelong (10.13.73).

Match Details

Season: 1957 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: North Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 27 April 1957
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 9.13.67 - 10.13.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 5 . 3 6 . 5 9 . 10 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
Geelong 2 . 3 5 . 6 7 . 8 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Margin NMLB by 18 NMLB by 5 NMLB by 14 GEEL by 6 GEEL by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: John Brady
Coach: Charlie Gaudion

Geelong

Captain: Bob Davis
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Schwab

Boundary Umpires

R. Furlonger

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Aylett, Allen ? ? 0 ?
18 Batchelor, Keith ? ? 0 ?
20 Brady, John (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Dean, Ken ? ? 0 ?
12 Doolan, Neil ? ? 0 ?
6 Dugdale, John ? ? 5 ?
27 Dwyer, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
14 Eastmure, Gerald ? ? 4 ?
35 Edwards, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 English, Garry ? ? 0 ?
11 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 ?
32 Mantello, Albert ? ? 0 ?
30 Martyn, Bryan ? ? 0 ?
16 McKindlay, Rod ? ? 0 ?
28 Murphy, Ray ? ? 0 ?
19 O'Sullivan, Peter ? ? 0 ?
23 Robertson, Keith ? ? 0 ?
2 Teasdale, Noel ? ? 0 ?
24 Templar, Len ? ? 0 ?
3 Williams, Merv ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 13

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
32 Brown, Clive ? ? 0 ?
4 Davis, Bob (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Ferrari, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
23 Gazzard, Bob ? ? 0 ?
1 Goggin, Matt ? ? 0 ?
22 Harrip, Ray ? ? 0 ?
10 Haygarth, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Herbert, Harry ? ? 0 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
5 Long, Doug ? ? 0 ?
20 O'Connell, John ? ? 2 ?
2 O'Halloran, Ian ? ? 0 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 1 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 1 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
22 Wiltshire, Bob ? ? 0 ?
3 Wooller, Fred ? ? 6 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 13

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