1957 VFL Season: Footscray
These are the details of the premiership results of Footscray for the 1957 VFL season. The team finished the regular season in sixth place.
Season Team Details
Competition:
1957 VFL Season
Team:
Footscray
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 |
Ladder Chart
This chart is based on the nominal round, i.e. only one result (win, loss, draw, bye) per round, which may result in not being accurate from a chronological perspective. The positions during the finals series is determined via bespoke logic.