1957 VFL Season Semi Final 2: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 7 September 1957 between Melbourne and Essendon in the second semi final of the 1957 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. John Beckwith captained the hosts. Bill Hutchison captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Melbourne (8.19.67) were defeated by Essendon (12.11.83).

Match Details

Season: 1957 VFL Season
Round: Second Semi Final
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 7 September 1957
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 70,232

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 8.19.67 - 12.11.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 4 2 . 6 6 . 15 8 . 19 8 . 19 (67)
Essendon 1 . 3 10 . 6 11 . 9 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Margin MELB by 7 ESSE by 48 ESSE by 24 ESSE by 16 ESSE by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: John Beckwith
Coach: Norm Smith

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Nash

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John (c) ? ? 0 ?
19 Carroll, Keith ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
1 Fenton-Smith, Dick ? ? 1 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 2 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 1 ?
8 Sandral, Jim ? ? 0 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 2 ?
15 Webb, Athol ? ? 1 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Colin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 19

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 2 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 1 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 1 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Fox, Robert ? ? 1 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 0 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 0 ?
38 Gluyas, Bob ? ? 0 ?
4 Hebbard, Col ? ? 1 ?
14 Heenan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 3 ?
28 McColl, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 3 ?
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