1957 VFL Season Round 12: Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 6 July 1957 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round twelve of the 1957 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. John Beckwith captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Melbourne (24.14.158) defeated Fitzroy (10.14.74).

Match Details

Season: 1957 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 6 July 1957
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 21,370

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 24.14.158 - 10.14.74

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 3 15 . 7 19 . 11 24 . 14 24 . 14 (158)
Fitzroy 2 . 4 4 . 6 6 . 11 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
Margin MELB by 17 MELB by 67 MELB by 78 MELB by 84 MELB by 84
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: John Beckwith
Coach: Norm Smith

Fitzroy

Captain: unknown
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Mance

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 3 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 5 ?
30 Beckwith, John (c) ? ? 0 ?
38 Brenchley, Peter ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
29 Dunsford, Brian ? ? 0 ?
1 Fenton-Smith, Dick ? ? 2 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 1 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
35 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 1 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 1 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 4 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
10 Turner, Bob ? ? 0 ?
15 Webb, Athol ? ? 6 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Colin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 24 14

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abrahams, Owen ? ? 0 ?
6 Aston, Ian ? ? 1 ?
20 Campbell, Graham ? ? 0 ?
43 Chipp, Alan ? ? 0 ?
7 Clark, Wally ? ? 0 ?
34 Cunningham, Matt ? ? 1 ?
11 Davey, Colin ? ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 1 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
39 Grimley, Ken ? ? 1 ?
19 Harvey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 2 ?
27 Knight, Graham ? ? 1 ?
2 Murray, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
5 Ongarello, Tony ? ? 0 ?
3 Pert, Brian ? ? 0 ?
25 Shelton, John ? ? 2 ?
21 Smyth, Leo ? ? 0 ?
9 Vernon, Rod ? ? 0 ?
28 Zorzi, Bruno ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 14

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