1957 VFL Round 6: Footscray v Richmond
This is the match report for the match played on 25 May 1957 between Footscray and Richmond during round 6 of the 1957 VFL season.
Footscray hosted Richmond at Western Oval.
Des Rowe captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Alan McDonald.
Footscray
P. Box, J. Collins, B. Costello, W. Donald, R. Duffy, A. Edwards, J. Gallagher, H. Henderson, R. Henriksen, J. Kerr, P. McRae, J. O'Halloran, R. Porta, J. Quarrell, D. Reynolds, D. Ross, H. Stevens, R. Stockman, J. Westacott, T. Whitten
Richmond
D. Rowe (capt.), R. Allsopp, R. Branton, A. Cations, A. Cooke, N. Crowe, B. Davie, C. Flannagan, T. Langridge, R. McDonald, L. Mitchell, S. Morcom, P. Morris, V. Naismith, G. Peake, F. Ryan, C. Saddington, T. Simpson, K. Ward, R. Wright
Footscray (14.14.98) defeated Richmond (10.19.79).
Goalkickers
Footscray: J. Collins (7), J. Kerr (2), J. O'Halloran (2), P. Box, D. Ross, T. Whitten
Richmond: P. Morris (4), R. Allsopp (3), N. Crowe, T. Langridge, V. Naismith
As a result of this match, Footscray were then 5th on the ladder (up from 7th) and Richmond remained 11th on the ladder by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
1957 VFL Season
Round:
Round 6
Teams:
Footscray
v
Richmond
Date:
Saturday 25 May 1957
Time:
2:15 PM
Venue:
Western Oval
Attendance:
24,902
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Footscray | 3 | . | 3 | 6 | . | 6 | 12 | . | 12 | 14 | . | 14 | 14 | . | 14 | (98) |
| Richmond | 3 | . | 1 | 5 | . | 7 | 7 | . | 11 | 10 | . | 19 | 10 | . | 19 | (79) |
| Margin | FOOT by 2 | FOOT by 5 | FOOT by 31 | FOOT by 19 | FOOT by 19 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Charlie Sutton
(Footscray),
Alan McDonald
(Richmond)
Captains:
unknown
(Footscray),
Des Rowe
(Richmond)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
B. Barbour
Player Statistics
Footscray
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Box, Peter | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 2 | Collins, Jack | ? | ? | 7 | ? |
| 16 | Costello, Bill | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 22 | Donald, Wally | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 7 | Duffy, Roger | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 11 | Edwards, Arthur | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 24 | Gallagher, Jim | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 25 | Henderson, Herb | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 14 | Henriksen, Ron | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 1 | Kerr, John | ? | ? | 2 | ? |
| 20 | McRae, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 4 | O'Halloran, Jack | ? | ? | 2 | ? |
| 21 | Porta, Ron | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 15 | Quarrell, John | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 28 | Reynolds, Doug | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 9 | Ross, Don | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 32 | Stevens, Harvey | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 17 | Stockman, Ron | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 10 | Westacott, John | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 3 | Whitten, Ted | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 14 | 14 | |||
Richmond
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | Allsopp, Ray | ? | ? | 3 | ? |
| 29 | Branton, Ron | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 33 | Cations, Allan | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 7 | Cooke, Allan | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 5 | Crowe, Neville | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 35 | Davie, Brian | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 25 | Flannagan, Charlie | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 28 | Langridge, Ted | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 14 | McDonald, Ron | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 21 | Mitchell, Len | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 22 | Morcom, Stan | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 38 | Morris, Peter | ? | ? | 4 | ? |
| 10 | Naismith, Vic | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 37 | Peake, Gordon | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 15 | Rowe, Des (c) | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 8 | Ryan, Frank | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 26 | Saddington, Col | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 11 | Simpson, Tom | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 20 | Ward, Ken | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 2 | Wright, Roy | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 10 | 19 | |||