1957 VFL Season Round 18: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 24 August 1957 between Melbourne and Richmond during round eighteen of the 1957 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. John Beckwith captained the hosts. Des Rowe captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Alan McDonald.

Melbourne (18.12.120) defeated Richmond (10.11.71).

Match Details

Season: 1957 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 24 August 1957
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 35,751

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Richmond
Score: 18.12.120 - 10.11.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 5 8 . 6 13 . 10 18 . 12 18 . 12 (120)
Richmond 1 . 2 6 . 4 7 . 7 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Margin MELB by 27 MELB by 14 MELB by 39 MELB by 49 MELB by 49
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: John Beckwith
Coach: Norm Smith

Richmond

Captain: Des Rowe
Coach: Alan McDonald

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Schwab

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 2 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John (c) ? ? 0 ?
38 Brenchley, Peter ? ? 0 ?
19 Carroll, Keith ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 2 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
1 Fenton-Smith, Dick ? ? 1 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 3 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 1 ?
37 Mountain, Terry ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 2 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 3 ?
15 Webb, Athol ? ? 4 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Colin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 18 12

Richmond

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