1957 VFL Season Round 16: St Kilda v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 10 August 1957 between St Kilda and Melbourne during round sixteen of the 1957 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Melbourne at Junction Oval. John Beckwith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alan Killigrew and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

St Kilda (1.5.11) were defeated by Melbourne (6.13.49).

Match Details

Season: 1957 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: St Kilda v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 10 August 1957
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 17,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Melbourne
Score: 1.5.11 - 6.13.49

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
St Kilda	0	.	0	0	.	2	1	.	3	1	.	5	1	.	5	(11)
Melbourne	1	.	5	4	.	6	6	.	7	6	.	13	6	.	13	(49)
Margin	MELB by 11			MELB by 28			MELB by 34			MELB by 38			MELB by 38
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: unknown
Coach: Alan Killigrew

Melbourne

Captain: John Beckwith
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Player Statistics

St Kilda

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
20	Annand, Bud	?	?	0	?
1	Coffey, Jack	?	?	0	?
12	Davies, Harold	?	?	0	?
37	Feehan, Geoff	?	?	0	?
30	Gleeson, Brian	?	?	0	?
19	Guy, Eric	?	?	0	?
43	Hanrahan, Frank	?	?	0	?
14	Jeans, Allan	?	?	0	?
3	Kupsch, Bob	?	?	0	?
41	Linney, Neville	?	?	1	?
33	McCarthy, Brian	?	?	0	?
35	Minihan, Graham	?	?	0	?
2	Molony, Brian	?	?	0	?
23	Muir, Brian	?	?	0	?
9	Mulrooney, Jack	?	?	0	?
31	Murray, Bruce	?	?	0	?
28	O'Brien, Jim	?	?	0	?
7	Walsh, Brian	?	?	0	?
18	Walton, Ray	?	?	0	?
15	Young, Bill	?	?	0	?
Rushed					?
Total (20 players)				1	5

Melbourne

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

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	MELB		0.0.0	-	?.?.?	??:??
	MELB		0.0.0	-	?.?.?	??:??
	MELB		0.0.0	-	?.?.?	??:??
	MELB		0.0.0	-	?.?.?	??:??
	MELB		0.0.0	-	?.?.?	??:??
	MELB		0.0.0	-	1.5.11	??:??
Q2			0.?.?	-	?.?.?	??:??
			0.?.?	-	?.?.?	??:??
			0.?.?	-	?.?.?	??:??
			0.?.?	-	?.?.?	??:??
			0.?.?	-	?.?.?	??:??
			0.2.2	-	4.6.30	??:??
Q3			?.?.?	-	?.?.?	??:??
			?.?.?	-	?.?.?	??:??
			?.?.?	-	?.?.?	??:??
			?.?.?	-	?.?.?	??:??
			1.3.9	-	6.7.43	??:??
Q4		unknown behind	1.?.?	-	6.?.?	??:??
		unknown behind	1.?.?	-	6.?.?	??:??
		unknown behind	1.?.?	-	6.?.?	??:??
		unknown behind	1.?.?	-	6.?.?	??:??
		unknown behind	1.?.?	-	6.?.?	??:??
		unknown behind	1.?.?	-	6.?.?	??:??
		unknown behind	1.?.?	-	6.?.?	??:??
		unknown behind	1.5.11	-	6.13.49	??:??

Links

1957 VFL Season

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