1957 VFL Season Round 17: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 17 August 1957 between Richmond and Footscray during round seventeen of the 1957 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Footscray at Punt Road Oval. Des Rowe captained the hosts. Ted Whitten captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alan McDonald and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

Richmond (13.11.89) were defeated by Footscray (14.14.98).

Match Details

Season: 1957 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Richmond v Footscray
Date: Saturday 17 August 1957
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 19,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Footscray
Score: 13.11.89 - 14.14.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 4 7 . 8 11 . 9 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Footscray 4 . 1 6 . 8 13 . 12 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Margin RICH by 3 RICH by 6 FOOT by 15 FOOT by 9 FOOT by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Des Rowe
Coach: Alan McDonald

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Nunn

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
32 Allsopp, Ray ? ? 1 ?
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 0 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
4 Cuzens, Dave ? ? 0 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 3 ?
17 Dummett, Bob ? ? 1 ?
25 Flannagan, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
18 Hafey, Tom ? ? 0 ?
39 Jenkins, John ? ? 3 ?
28 Langridge, Ted ? ? 1 ?
14 McDonald, Ron ? ? 1 ?
22 Morcom, Stan ? ? 0 ?
38 Morris, Peter ? ? 1 ?
10 Naismith, Vic ? ? 1 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 1 ?
26 Saddington, Col ? ? 0 ?
11 Simpson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
20 Ward, Ken ? ? 0 ?
3 Williams, James ? ? 0 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 11

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
41 Anderson, Lyall ? ? 1 ?
19 Buckley, Brian ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 5 ?
16 Costello, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Cross, Max ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 0 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
14 Henriksen, Ron ? ? 0 ?
39 Hoiles, John ? ? 1 ?
36 Kerr, Barrie ? ? 3 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 0 ?
4 O'Halloran, Jack ? ? 1 ?
15 Quarrell, John ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 1 ?
30 Whitten, Don ? ? 1 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 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