1957 VFL Season Round 7: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 1 June 1957 between Richmond and Melbourne during round seven of the 1957 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at Punt Road Oval. Des Rowe captained the hosts. John Beckwith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alan McDonald and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Richmond (7.10.52) defeated Melbourne (6.14.50).

Match Details

Season: 1957 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 1 June 1957
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Melbourne
Score: 7.10.52 - 6.14.50

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 2 4 . 4 6 . 6 7 . 10 7 . 10 (52)
Melbourne 2 . 2 4 . 4 4 . 12 6 . 14 6 . 14 (50)
Margin level level RICH by 6 RICH by 2 RICH by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Des Rowe
Coach: Alan McDonald

Melbourne

Captain: John Beckwith
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Schwab

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
32 Allsopp, Ray ? ? 2 ?
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 0 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
5 Crowe, Neville ? ? 2 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 0 ?
23 Dunin, Frank ? ? 0 ?
25 Flannagan, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
28 Langridge, Ted ? ? 1 ?
14 McDonald, Ron ? ? 0 ?
22 Morcom, Stan ? ? 0 ?
38 Morris, Peter ? ? 0 ?
36 Munro, Frank ? ? 0 ?
10 Naismith, Vic ? ? 0 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 0 ?
8 Ryan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
26 Saddington, Col ? ? 0 ?
11 Simpson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
20 Ward, Ken ? ? 0 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 10

Melbourne

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