1957 VFL Season Round 18: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 24 August 1957 between Essendon and Carlton during round eighteen of the 1957 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Carlton at Windy Hill. Geoff Leek captained the hosts. Laurie Kerr captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Jim Francis.

Essendon (17.21.123) defeated Carlton (9.8.62).

Match Details

Season: 1957 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Essendon v Carlton
Date: Saturday 24 August 1957
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 35,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Carlton
Score: 17.21.123 - 9.8.62

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 7 7 . 13 11 . 15 17 . 21 17 . 21 (123)
Carlton 1 . 1 4 . 5 6 . 8 9 . 8 9 . 8 (62)
Margin ESSE by 24 ESSE by 26 ESSE by 37 ESSE by 61 ESSE by 61
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Geoff Leek
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Carlton

Captain: Laurie Kerr
Coach: Jim Francis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Nash

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 4 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 2 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Fox, Robert ? ? 0 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 1 ?
38 Gluyas, Bob ? ? 5 ?
37 Green, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
4 Hebbard, Col ? ? 1 ?
14 Heenan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Knowles, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Maloney, Leo ? ? 1 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 3 ?
15 Murdoch, Alby ? ? 0 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 0 ?
35 Shearman, Bob ? ? 0 ?
5 Suter, Bob ? ? 0 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 17 21

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Beasy, Doug ? ? 2 ?
6 Brereton, Leo ? ? 2 ?
4 Buckley, Brian ? ? 0 ?
5 Burke, Gerald ? ? 1 ?
16 Clarke, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
15 Comben, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
14 Crowe, Bob ? ? 0 ?
13 Donaldson, Graham ? ? 0 ?
25 Ferry, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Gilchrist, Graham ? ? 0 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
11 Kerr, Laurie (c) ? ? 0 ?
12 Nicholls, Don ? ? 0 ?
2 Nicholls, John ? ? 1 ?
26 Pope, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
22 Strauch, Denis ? ? 1 ?
30 Sullivan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
3 Webster, Peter ? ? 0 ?
38 White, Allan ? ? 1 ?
19 Zeunert, Denis ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 8

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