1957 VFL Season Round 14: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 27 July 1957 between Essendon and Melbourne during round fourteen of the 1957 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. Bill Hutchison captained the hosts. John Beckwith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Essendon (9.18.72) were defeated by Melbourne (11.7.73).

Match Details

Season: 1957 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 27 July 1957
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 22,500

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Melbourne
Score: 9.18.72 - 11.7.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 4 6 . 7 9 . 12 9 . 18 9 . 18 (72)
Melbourne 3 . 0 7 . 0 8 . 4 11 . 7 11 . 7 (73)
Margin MELB by 2 ESSE by 1 ESSE by 14 MELB by 1 MELB by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Melbourne

Captain: John Beckwith
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Schwab

Player Statistics

Essendon

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

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 2 ?
30 Beckwith, John (c) ? ? 0 ?
38 Brenchley, Peter ? ? 1 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
21 Cook, Peter ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
29 Dunsford, Brian ? ? 0 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 4 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 1 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
37 Mountain, Terry ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 0 ?
8 Sandral, Jim ? ? 0 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
15 Webb, Athol ? ? 3 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Colin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 7

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