1957 VFL Season Round 8: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 8 June 1957 between Essendon and Geelong during round eight of the 1957 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at Windy Hill. Bill Hutchison captained the hosts. Bob Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Essendon (21.12.138) defeated Geelong (15.12.102).

Match Details

Season: 1957 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 8 June 1957
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 22,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Geelong
Score: 21.12.138 - 15.12.102

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 2 8 . 8 12 . 9 21 . 12 21 . 12 (138)
Geelong 5 . 4 7 . 8 12 . 9 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Margin GEEL by 8 ESSE by 6 level ESSE by 36 ESSE by 36
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Geelong

Captain: Bob Davis
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Schwab

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 1 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 2 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Donohoe, Brian ? ? 0 ?
19 Elliott, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
24 Fox, Robert ? ? 0 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 12 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 0 ?
4 Hebbard, Col ? ? 2 ?
14 Heenan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 2 ?
21 Knowles, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
35 Shearman, Bob ? ? 0 ?
5 Suter, Bob ? ? 0 ?
27 Webster, Eric ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 21 12

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
33 Barran, Peter ? ? 0 ?
9 Barton, Colin ? ? 0 ?
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 0 ?
32 Brown, Clive ? ? 0 ?
19 Byron, Alan ? ? 0 ?
25 Crowe, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
4 Davis, Bob (c) ? ? 1 ?
18 Ferrari, Bruce ? ? 3 ?
10 Haygarth, John ? ? 0 ?
36 Helmer, John ? ? 3 ?
40 Hetherington, Max ? ? 0 ?
13 James, Bill ? ? 0 ?
5 Long, Doug ? ? 0 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 1 ?
15 Rice, Colin ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 2 ?
3 Wooller, Fred ? ? 5 ?
39 Worland, John ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 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