1957 VFL Season Round 5: Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 18 May 1957 between Melbourne and St Kilda during round five of the 1957 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted St Kilda at the MCG. John Beckwith captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Alan Killigrew.

Melbourne (17.17.119) defeated St Kilda (13.12.90).

Match Details

Season: 1957 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 18 May 1957
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 35,682

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. St Kilda
Score: 17.17.119 - 13.12.90

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 4 6 . 9 12 . 12 17 . 17 17 . 17 (119)
St Kilda 2 . 2 6 . 7 9 . 9 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Margin MELB by 14 MELB by 2 MELB by 21 MELB by 29 MELB by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: John Beckwith
Coach: Norm Smith

St Kilda

Captain: unknown
Coach: Alan Killigrew

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Woolfe

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 3 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John (c) ? ? 0 ?
19 Carroll, Keith ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
1 Fenton-Smith, Dick ? ? 3 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 1 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
32 Kerr, Graham ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
20 Pinfold, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 3 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 4 ?
15 Webb, Athol ? ? 2 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Colin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 17 17

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Coffey, Jack ? ? 1 ?
12 Davies, Harold ? ? 0 ?
6 Dodd, Paul ? ? 2 ?
37 Feehan, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
30 Gleeson, Brian ? ? 1 ?
27 Guyatt, Jim ? ? 0 ?
3 Hocking, Bryant ? ? 0 ?
33 McCarthy, Brian ? ? 0 ?
35 Minihan, Graham ? ? 0 ?
2 Molony, Brian ? ? 1 ?
8 Morrow, Alan ? ? 2 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 0 ?
9 Mulrooney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
31 Murray, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
10 Roberts, Neil ? ? 0 ?
11 Stephenson, Bill ? ? 3 ?
34 Waldron, Bill ? ? 0 ?
7 Walsh, Brian ? ? 0 ?
18 Walton, Ray ? ? 0 ?
15 Young, Bill ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 12

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