1957 VFL Season Round 11: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 29 June 1957 between Melbourne and Footscray during round eleven of the 1957 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. John Beckwith captained the hosts. Harvey Stevens captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

Melbourne (12.15.87) defeated Footscray (7.9.51).

Match Details

Season: 1957 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 29 June 1957
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 49,941

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 12.15.87 - 7.9.51

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 2 10 . 9 11 . 12 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Footscray 1 . 4 2 . 5 3 . 7 7 . 9 7 . 9 (51)
Margin MELB by 4 MELB by 52 MELB by 53 MELB by 36 MELB by 36
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: John Beckwith
Coach: Norm Smith

Footscray

Captain: Harvey Stevens
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Nash

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 1 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 2 ?
30 Beckwith, John (c) ? ? 0 ?
38 Brenchley, Peter ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
29 Dunsford, Brian ? ? 1 ?
1 Fenton-Smith, Dick ? ? 1 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 1 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
35 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 2 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 2 ?
10 Turner, Bob ? ? 0 ?
15 Webb, Athol ? ? 1 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Colin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 15

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
19 Buckley, Brian ? ? 0 ?
6 Clark, Bobby ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 4 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 1 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 1 ?
29 Lee, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
4 O'Halloran, Jack ? ? 0 ?
35 Payne, Kelvin ? ? 0 ?
21 Porta, Ron ? ? 0 ?
15 Quarrell, John ? ? 0 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey (c) ? ? 1 ?
17 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
10 Westacott, John ? ? 0 ?
30 Whitten, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 9

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