1957 VFL Season Round 13: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 13 July 1957 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round thirteen of the 1957 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Brunswick Street Oval. Bill Stephen captained the hosts. Bill Hutchison captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Fitzroy (7.10.52) were defeated by Essendon (9.18.72).

Match Details

Season: 1957 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 13 July 1957
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 12,500

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Essendon
Score: 7.10.52 - 9.18.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 0 . 5 3 . 7 5 . 9 7 . 10 7 . 10 (52)
Essendon 1 . 2 5 . 6 8 . 11 9 . 18 9 . 18 (72)
Margin ESSE by 3 ESSE by 11 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Bill Stephen
Coach: Bill Stephen

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Flanagan

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abrahams, Owen ? ? 2 ?
6 Aston, Ian ? ? 0 ?
20 Campbell, Graham ? ? 0 ?
18 Chivers, Dave ? ? 0 ?
34 Cunningham, Matt ? ? 2 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
39 Grimley, Ken ? ? 1 ?
19 Harvey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
23 Henderson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 1 ?
27 Knight, Graham ? ? 0 ?
2 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
5 Ongarello, Tony ? ? 0 ?
3 Pert, Brian ? ? 0 ?
25 Shelton, John ? ? 1 ?
21 Smyth, Leo ? ? 0 ?
8 Stephen, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Vernon, Rod ? ? 0 ?
28 Zorzi, Bruno ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 10

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 1 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 1 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 1 ?
32 Carmichael, Don ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 1 ?
24 Fox, Robert ? ? 0 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 2 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 1 ?
4 Hebbard, Col ? ? 0 ?
14 Heenan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 1 ?
21 Knowles, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 1 ?
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 18

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