1957 VFL Season Round 9: St Kilda v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 15 June 1957 between St Kilda and Essendon during round nine of the 1957 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Essendon at Junction Oval. Keith Drinan captained the hosts. Bill Hutchison captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alan Killigrew and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

St Kilda (3.12.30) were defeated by Essendon (9.21.75).

Match Details

Season: 1957 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: St Kilda v Essendon
Date: Saturday 15 June 1957
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 33,700

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Essendon
Score: 3.12.30 - 9.21.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 2 . 10 2 . 11 2 . 12 3 . 12 3 . 12 (30)
Essendon 2 . 0 4 . 11 5 . 16 9 . 21 9 . 21 (75)
Margin STKL by 10 ESSE by 12 ESSE by 22 ESSE by 45 ESSE by 45
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Keith Drinan
Coach: Alan Killigrew

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
12 Davies, Harold ? ? 0 ?
6 Dodd, Paul ? ? 1 ?
25 Drinan, Keith (c) ? ? 0 ?
37 Feehan, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
30 Gleeson, Brian ? ? 2 ?
19 Guy, Eric ? ? 0 ?
27 Guyatt, Jim ? ? 0 ?
43 Hanrahan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
3 Hocking, Bryant ? ? 0 ?
14 Jeans, Allan ? ? 0 ?
41 Linney, Neville ? ? 0 ?
33 McCarthy, Brian ? ? 0 ?
35 Minihan, Graham ? ? 0 ?
2 Molony, Brian ? ? 0 ?
8 Morrow, Alan ? ? 0 ?
10 Roberts, Neil ? ? 0 ?
11 Stephenson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
7 Walsh, Brian ? ? 0 ?
18 Walton, Ray ? ? 0 ?
15 Young, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 3 12

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 3 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 0 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 2 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Harrington, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Hebbard, Col ? ? 1 ?
14 Heenan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 2 ?
21 Knowles, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
35 Shearman, Bob ? ? 0 ?
5 Suter, Bob ? ? 0 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 0 ?
27 Webster, Eric ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 21

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