1957 VFL Season Round 6: Footscray v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 25 May 1957 between Footscray and Richmond during round six of the 1957 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (14.14.98) defeated Richmond (10.19.79).

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

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Richmond
Score: 14.14.98 - 10.19.79

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

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Richmond

Captain: Des Rowe
Coach: Alan McDonald

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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

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