1957 VFL Season: Footscray
These are the details of the premiership results for Footscray for the 1957 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used Western Oval as their home ground, playing nine matches there (nine as hosts). The team finished the regular season in sixth place.
Team Details
Competition:
1957 VFL Season
Team:
Footscray
Club:
Western Bulldogs
Home Ground:
Western Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
6th (W-D-L: 9-1-8, P%: 99.1)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson, Lyall | #41 | 3 | 1 | R16-18 |
| Box, Peter | #5 | 14 | 6 | R01-14 |
| Buckley, Brian | #19 | 7 | 3 | R10-12, R14, R16-18 |
| Clark, Bobby | #6 | 4 | 1 | R02, R10-12 |
| Clough, Alan | #27 | 1 | 1 | R10 |
| Collins, Jack | #2 | 18 | 74 | R01-18 |
| Costello, Bill | #16 | 9 | 3 | R05-08, R14-18 |
| Cross, Max | #8 | 5 | 2 | R07, R15-18 |
| Dickson, Noel | #18 | 2 | 2 | R01-02 |
| Donald, Wally | #22 | 17 | 0 | R01-15, R17-18 |
| Duffy, Roger | #7 | 15 | 11 | R01-09, R12-17 |
| Edwards, Arthur | #11 | 17 | 3 | R01, R03-18 |
| Fitzgerald, Pat | #41 | 1 | 0 | R07 |
| Gallagher, Jim | #24 | 17 | 0 | R01-13, R15-18 |
| Gilmore, Brian | #34 | 17 | 5 | R01-05, R07-18 |
| Guthrie, Byron | #26 | 1 | 0 | R16 |
| Hempel, Bob | #38 | 2 | 2 | R13-14 |
| Henderson, Herb | #25 | 14 | 0 | R02-03, R06-10, R12-18 |
| Henriksen, Ron | #14 | 12 | 0 | R04-10, R13, R15-18 |
| Hoiles, John | #39 | 3 | 2 | R16-18 |
| Kerr, Barrie | #36 | 2 | 4 | R17-18 |
| Kerr, John | #1 | 14 | 13 | R01-06, R08-11, R13, R16-18 |
| Lee, Bernie | #29 | 13 | 4 | R01-04, R09-16, R18 |
| McRae, Peter | #20 | 6 | 0 | R01-06 |
| Moloney, Brian | #4 | 6 | 1 | R09, R12-16 |
| O'Halloran, Jack | #4 | 16 | 13 | R03-18 |
| Payne, Kelvin | #35 | 6 | 1 | R07-12 |
| Porta, Ron | #21 | 15 | 0 | R01-15 |
| Quarrell, John | #15 | 12 | 0 | R01-04, R06-11, R17-18 |
| Rawson, Don | #33 | 2 | 0 | R12, R15 |
| Reynolds, Doug | #28 | 14 | 2 | R01-11, R13-14, R16 |
| Ross, Don | #9 | 17 | 2 | R01-15, R17-18 |
| Ryan, Lionel | #31 | 2 | 0 | R03-04 |
| Ryan, Noel | 2 | 1 | R14-15 | |
| Stevens, Harvey | #32 | 13 | 6 | R01-09, R11, R14-16 |
| Stockman, Ron | #17 | 8 | 0 | R01, R05-07, R11-14 |
| Westacott, John | #10 | 12 | 0 | R01-06, R08, R10-13, R15 |
| Whitten, Don | #30 | 7 | 3 | R01-02, R05, R11, R16-18 |
| Whitten, Ted | #3 | 14 | 9 | R01-06, R08-09, R12-15, R17-18 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutton, Charlie | 12 | 7 | -1- | 4 | R01-12 |
| Whitten, Ted | 6 | 2 | -0- | 4 | R13-18 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22/04/1957 | Round 1 | Geelong | AWAY | DRAW | drawn | Charlie Sutton | unknown |
| 27/04/1957 | Round 2 | St Kilda | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 32 | Charlie Sutton | unknown |
| 04/05/1957 | Round 3 | Carlton | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 13 | Charlie Sutton | unknown |
| 11/05/1957 | Round 4 | Essendon | AWAY | LOSS | ESSE by 42 | Charlie Sutton | unknown |
| 18/05/1957 | Round 5 | North Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | NMLB by 2 | Charlie Sutton | unknown |
| 25/05/1957 | Round 6 | Richmond | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 19 | Charlie Sutton | unknown |
| 01/06/1957 | Round 7 | Hawthorn | AWAY | LOSS | HWTH by 27 | Charlie Sutton | Harvey Stevens |
| 08/06/1957 | Round 8 | Collingwood | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 49 | Charlie Sutton | unknown |
| 17/06/1957 | Round 9 | South Melbourne | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 27 | Charlie Sutton | unknown |
| 22/06/1957 | Round 10 | Fitzroy | AWAY | WIN | FOOT by 30 | Charlie Sutton | unknown |
| 29/06/1957 | Round 11 | Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | MELB by 36 | Charlie Sutton | Harvey Stevens |
| 06/07/1957 | Round 12 | Geelong | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 1 | Charlie Sutton | Ted Whitten |
| 13/07/1957 | Round 13 | St Kilda | AWAY | LOSS | STKL by 8 | Ted Whitten | Ted Whitten |
| 27/07/1957 | Round 14 | Carlton | AWAY | LOSS | CARL by 27 | Ted Whitten | unknown |
| 03/08/1957 | Round 15 | Essendon | HOME | LOSS | ESSE by 33 | Ted Whitten | unknown |
| 10/08/1957 | Round 16 | North Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | NMLB by 19 | Ted Whitten | Harvey Stevens |
| 17/08/1957 | Round 17 | Richmond | AWAY | WIN | FOOT by 9 | Ted Whitten | Ted Whitten |
| 24/08/1957 | Round 18 | Hawthorn | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 2 | Ted Whitten | Ted Whitten |