1957 VFL Season Round 15: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 3 August 1957 between Footscray and Essendon during round fifteen of the 1957 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Bill Hutchison captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Footscray (7.8.50) were defeated by Essendon (12.11.83).

Match Details

Season: 1957 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 3 August 1957
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 24,942

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Essendon
Score: 7.8.50 - 12.11.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 2 4 . 3 4 . 4 7 . 8 7 . 8 (50)
Essendon 4 . 3 5 . 6 10 . 9 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Margin ESSE by 13 ESSE by 9 ESSE by 41 ESSE by 33 ESSE by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ted Whitten (caretaker)

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Nash

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 5 ?
16 Costello, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Cross, Max ? ? 1 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 1 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
14 Henriksen, Ron ? ? 0 ?
29 Lee, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
4 Moloney, Brian ? ? 0 ?
4 O'Halloran, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Porta, Ron ? ? 0 ?
33 Rawson, Don ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
Ryan, Noel ? ? 0 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 0 ?
10 Westacott, John ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 8

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 0 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 0 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Fox, Robert ? ? 1 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 2 ?
38 Gluyas, Bob ? ? 4 ?
4 Hebbard, Col ? ? 2 ?
14 Heenan, Jim ? ? 2 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
21 Knowles, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
10 Maloney, Leo ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
35 Shearman, Bob ? ? 0 ?
5 Suter, Bob ? ? 0 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 11

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