1957 VFL Season Round 9: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 17 June 1957 between Melbourne and Geelong during round nine of the 1957 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. John Beckwith captained the hosts. Bob Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Melbourne (23.16.154) defeated Geelong (14.10.94).

Match Details

Season: 1957 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Monday 17 June 1957
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 48,001

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 23.16.154 - 14.10.94

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 5 10 . 9 16 . 13 23 . 16 23 . 16 (154)
Geelong 3 . 1 5 . 4 11 . 6 14 . 10 14 . 10 (94)
Margin MELB by 10 MELB by 35 MELB by 37 MELB by 60 MELB by 60
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: John Beckwith
Coach: Norm Smith

Geelong

Captain: Bob Davis
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Flanagan

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 2 ?
30 Beckwith, John (c) ? ? 0 ?
38 Brenchley, Peter ? ? 5 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 1 ?
29 Dunsford, Brian ? ? 0 ?
1 Fenton-Smith, Dick ? ? 0 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 2 ?
35 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 1 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 3 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
15 Webb, Athol ? ? 8 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Colin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 23 16

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
33 Barran, Peter ? ? 0 ?
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 0 ?
32 Brown, Clive ? ? 0 ?
19 Byron, Alan ? ? 0 ?
25 Crowe, Bernie ? ? 1 ?
4 Davis, Bob (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Ferrari, Bruce ? ? 1 ?
23 Gazzard, Bob ? ? 0 ?
10 Haygarth, John ? ? 0 ?
36 Helmer, John ? ? 1 ?
5 Long, Doug ? ? 1 ?
20 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 1 ?
15 Rice, Colin ? ? 0 ?
38 Ryan, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 2 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
3 Wooller, Fred ? ? 7 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 10

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