1957 VFL Season Round 4: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 11 May 1957 between Essendon and Footscray during round four of the 1957 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. Bill Hutchison captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

Essendon (11.14.80) defeated Footscray (4.14.38).

Match Details

Season: 1957 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 11 May 1957
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 30,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Footscray
Score: 11.14.80 - 4.14.38

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 5 6 . 8 9 . 11 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Footscray 2 . 2 3 . 7 3 . 9 4 . 14 4 . 14 (38)
Margin ESSE by 9 ESSE by 19 ESSE by 38 ESSE by 42 ESSE by 42
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 3 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 1 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
32 Carmichael, Don ? ? 0 ?
20 Carstairs, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Donohoe, Brian ? ? 1 ?
24 Fox, Robert ? ? 0 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 2 ?
21 Knowles, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
10 Maloney, Leo ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 2 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
35 Shearman, Bob ? ? 0 ?
5 Suter, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 1 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 14

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 2 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 1 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 0 ?
14 Henriksen, Ron ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Lee, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
20 McRae, Peter ? ? 0 ?
4 O'Halloran, Jack ? ? 1 ?
21 Porta, Ron ? ? 0 ?
15 Quarrell, John ? ? 0 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
31 Ryan, Lionel ? ? 0 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 0 ?
10 Westacott, John ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 4 14

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