1957 VFL Round 12: Essendon v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 6 July 1957 between Essendon and Collingwood during round 12 of the 1957 VFL season. Essendon hosted Collingwood at Windy Hill. Bill Hutchison captained the hosts. Bill Twomey captained the visitors with Peter Lucas as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Phonse Kyne.

Essendon
B. Hutchison (capt.), J. Birt, S. Booth, R. Burgess, J. Clarke, R. Fox, F. Gallagher, J. Gamble, J. Gill, B. Gluyas, C. Hebbard, J. Knowles, G. Leek, H. Mitchell, M. Pascoe, G. Sewell, B. Shearman, B. Suter, J. Towner, E. Webster

Collingwood
B. Twomey (capt.), P. Lucas (vice-capt.), K. Bennett, K. Burns, M. Delanty, B. Gray, B. Greve, J. Hamilton, R. Kingston, T. Merrett, B. Serong, L. Sharp, K. Smale, H. Sullivan, F. Tuck, B. Turner, K. Turner, M. Twomey, N. Waller, M. Weideman

Essendon (12.16.88) defeated Collingwood (10.13.73).

Goalkickers
Essendon: B. Hutchison (4), J. Birt (2), H. Mitchell (2), F. Gallagher, J. Gill, C. Hebbard, G. Leek
Collingwood: K. Smale (2), M. Twomey (2), K. Bennett, B. Gray, B. Serong, K. Turner, B. Twomey, M. Weideman

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 4th on the ladder (up from 6th) and Collingwood were then 8th on the ladder (down from 7th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1957 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Essendon v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 6 July 1957
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 26,500

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Collingwood
Score: 12.16.88 - 10.13.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 2 8 . 5 9 . 11 12 . 16 12 . 16 (88)
Collingwood 2 . 5 3 . 7 6 . 10 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Margin ESSE by 15 ESSE by 28 ESSE by 19 ESSE by 15 ESSE by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Dick Reynolds (Essendon), Phonse Kyne (Collingwood)
Captains: Bill Hutchison (Essendon), Bill Twomey (Collingwood)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Essendon), Peter Lucas (Collingwood)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 2 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 0 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Fox, Robert ? ? 0 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 1 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 1 ?
38 Gluyas, Bob ? ? 0 ?
4 Hebbard, Col ? ? 1 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 4 ?
21 Knowles, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 2 ?
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) 12 16

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
33 Bennett, Ken ? ? 1 ?
19 Burns, Keith ? ? 0 ?
2 Delanty, Mike ? ? 0 ?
4 Gray, Brian ? ? 1 ?
7 Greve, Bob ? ? 0 ?
8 Hamilton, Jack ? ? 0 ?
9 Kingston, Ron ? ? 0 ?
3 Lucas, Peter (vc) ? ? 0 ?
17 Merrett, Thorold ? ? 0 ?
22 Serong, Bill ? ? 1 ?
29 Sharp, Lerrel ? ? 0 ?
5 Smale, Ken ? ? 2 ?
26 Sullivan, Harry ? ? 0 ?
24 Tuck, Frank ? ? 0 ?
10 Turner, Brian ? ? 0 ?
11 Turner, Ken ? ? 1 ?
1 Twomey, Bill (c) ? ? 1 ?
25 Twomey, Mick ? ? 2 ?
31 Waller, Neville ? ? 0 ?
27 Weideman, Murray ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 13

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