1957 VFLS Season

These are the results for the 1957 season of the Victorian Football League Seconds (currently known as the Australian Football League Reserves).

It featured eighteen rounds. North Melbourne Seconds were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. North Melbourne Seconds were the premiers.

Season Details

Name: 1957 VFLS Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 18
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 112

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Seconds Princes Park Jack Carney
Collingwood Seconds Victoria Park Neil Mann
Essendon Seconds Windy Hill
Fitzroy Seconds Brunswick Street Oval
Footscray Seconds Western Oval
Geelong Seconds Kardinia Park
Hawthorn Seconds Glenferrie Oval
Melbourne Seconds MCG Roy McKay
North Melbourne Seconds Arden Street Oval
Richmond Seconds Punt Road Oval Dick Harris
South Melbourne Seconds Lakeside Oval
St Kilda Seconds Junction Oval

Season Results

Premiers: North Melbourne Seconds
Runners-Up: Fitzroy Seconds
Minor Premiers: North Melbourne Seconds

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
North Melbourne Seconds 1st 15 -0- 3 60 129.8% 1,447 1,115 203 229 154 191
Fitzroy Seconds 2nd 14 -0- 4 56 121.2% 1,515 1,250 212 243 170 230
Essendon Seconds 3rd 12 -0- 6 48 112.9% 1,369 1,213 195 199 162 241
St Kilda Seconds 4th 12 -0- 6 48 110.1% 1,500 1,363 206 264 191 217
Footscray Seconds 5th 11 -0- 7 44 122.8% 1,339 1,090 189 205 152 178
Melbourne Seconds 6th 8 -0- 10 32 98.5% 1,493 1,516 210 233 217 214
Richmond Seconds 7th 7 -1- 10 30 106.4% 1,477 1,388 204 253 197 206
Collingwood Seconds 8th 7 -0- 11 28 94.5% 1,415 1,498 200 215 210 238
South Melbourne Seconds 9th 7 -0- 11 28 78.6% 1,269 1,614 172 237 229 240
Hawthorn Seconds 10th 6 -1- 11 26 92.5% 1,368 1,479 193 210 207 237
Geelong Seconds 11th 5 -0- 13 20 85.5% 1,375 1,608 198 187 228 240
Carlton Seconds 12th 3 -0- 15 12 74.4% 1,256 1,689 174 212 239 255

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
North Melbourne Seconds 1st Premiers
Fitzroy Seconds 2nd Runners-Up
Essendon Seconds 3rd Defeated by Melbourne Seconds (Semi Final)
St Kilda Seconds 4th Did not qualify for finals
Footscray Seconds 5th Did not qualify for finals
Melbourne Seconds 6th Defeated by Hawthorn Seconds (Preliminary Final)
Richmond Seconds 7th Did not qualify for finals
Collingwood Seconds 8th Did not qualify for finals
South Melbourne Seconds 9th Did not qualify for finals
Hawthorn Seconds 10th Defeated by Melbourne Seconds (Preliminary Final)
Geelong Seconds 11th Did not qualify for finals
Carlton Seconds 12th Defeated by Hawthorn Seconds (Semi Final)

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/04/1957 Footscray (S) v Geelong (S) Western Oval 105 - 88
SAT 20/04/1957 Melbourne (S) v Fitzroy (S) MCG 111 - 107
SAT 20/04/1957 North Melbourne (S) v Richmond (S) Arden Street Oval 71 - 83
MON 22/04/1957 Essendon (S) v Collingwood (S) Windy Hill 93 - 71
MON 22/04/1957 Hawthorn (S) v Carlton (S) Glenferrie Oval 141 - 42
MON 22/04/1957 South Melbourne (S) v St Kilda (S) Lakeside Oval 56 - 84

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn Seconds 1st 1 -0- 0 4 335.7% 141 42
St Kilda Seconds 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 150.0% 84 56
Essendon Seconds 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 131.0% 93 71
Footscray Seconds 4th 1 -0- 0 4 119.3% 105 88
Richmond Seconds 5th 1 -0- 0 4 116.9% 83 71
Melbourne Seconds 6th 1 -0- 0 4 103.7% 111 107
Fitzroy Seconds 7th 0 -0- 1 0 96.4% 107 111
North Melbourne Seconds 8th 0 -0- 1 0 85.5% 71 83
Geelong Seconds 9th 0 -0- 1 0 83.8% 88 105
Collingwood Seconds 10th 0 -0- 1 0 76.3% 71 93
South Melbourne Seconds 11th 0 -0- 1 0 66.7% 56 84
Carlton Seconds 12th 0 -0- 1 0 29.8% 42 141

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/04/1957 Carlton (S) v South Melbourne (S) Princes Park 60 - 72
SAT 27/04/1957 Collingwood (S) v Melbourne (S) Victoria Park 74 - 60
SAT 27/04/1957 Fitzroy (S) v Essendon (S) Brunswick Street Oval 73 - 64
SAT 27/04/1957 Geelong (S) v North Melbourne (S) Kardinia Park 65 - 73
SAT 27/04/1957 Richmond (S) v Hawthorn (S) Punt Road Oval 128 - 45
SAT 27/04/1957 St Kilda (S) v Footscray (S) Junction Oval 63 - 74

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Seconds 1st 2 -0- 0 8 181.9% 211 116
Footscray Seconds 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 118.5% 179 151
St Kilda Seconds 3rd 1 -0- 1 4 113.1% 147 130
Hawthorn Seconds 4th 1 -0- 1 4 109.4% 186 170
Essendon Seconds 5th 1 -0- 1 4 109.0% 157 144
Fitzroy Seconds 6th 1 -0- 1 4 102.9% 180 175
North Melbourne Seconds 7th 1 -0- 1 4 97.3% 144 148
Collingwood Seconds 8th 1 -0- 1 4 94.8% 145 153
Melbourne Seconds 9th 1 -0- 1 4 94.5% 171 181
South Melbourne Seconds 10th 1 -0- 1 4 88.9% 128 144
Geelong Seconds 11th 0 -0- 2 0 86.0% 153 178
Carlton Seconds 12th 0 -0- 2 0 47.9% 102 213

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/05/1957 Carlton (S) v Footscray (S) Princes Park 73 - 114
SAT 04/05/1957 Collingwood (S) v Geelong (S) Victoria Park 92 - 76
SAT 04/05/1957 Essendon (S) v Melbourne (S) Windy Hill 79 - 99
SAT 04/05/1957 Hawthorn (S) v North Melbourne (S) Glenferrie Oval 53 - 60
SAT 04/05/1957 Richmond (S) v South Melbourne (S) Punt Road Oval 139 - 79
SAT 04/05/1957 St Kilda (S) v Fitzroy (S) Junction Oval 82 - 74

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Seconds 1st 3 -0- 0 12 179.5% 350 195
Footscray Seconds 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 130.8% 293 224
St Kilda Seconds 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 112.3% 229 204
Melbourne Seconds 4th 2 -0- 1 8 103.8% 270 260
Collingwood Seconds 5th 2 -0- 1 8 103.5% 237 229
North Melbourne Seconds 6th 2 -0- 1 8 101.5% 204 201
Hawthorn Seconds 7th 1 -0- 2 4 103.9% 239 230
Fitzroy Seconds 8th 1 -0- 2 4 98.8% 254 257
Essendon Seconds 9th 1 -0- 2 4 97.1% 236 243
South Melbourne Seconds 10th 1 -0- 2 4 73.1% 207 283
Geelong Seconds 11th 0 -0- 3 0 84.8% 229 270
Carlton Seconds 12th 0 -0- 3 0 53.5% 175 327

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/05/1957 Fitzroy (S) v Richmond (S) Brunswick Street Oval 76 - 70
SAT 11/05/1957 Footscray (S) v Essendon (S) Western Oval 65 - 36
SAT 11/05/1957 Geelong (S) v Carlton (S) Kardinia Park 80 - 76
SAT 11/05/1957 Melbourne (S) v Hawthorn (S) MCG 132 - 69
SAT 11/05/1957 North Melbourne (S) v St Kilda (S) Arden Street Oval 79 - 72
SAT 11/05/1957 South Melbourne (S) v Collingwood (S) Lakeside Oval 75 - 64

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray Seconds 1st 4 -0- 0 16 137.7% 358 260
Richmond Seconds 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 155.0% 420 271
Melbourne Seconds 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 122.2% 402 329
North Melbourne Seconds 4th 3 -0- 1 12 103.7% 283 273
St Kilda Seconds 5th 2 -0- 2 8 106.4% 301 283
Fitzroy Seconds 6th 2 -0- 2 8 100.9% 330 327
Collingwood Seconds 7th 2 -0- 2 8 99.0% 301 304
South Melbourne Seconds 8th 2 -0- 2 8 81.3% 282 347
Geelong Seconds 9th 1 -0- 3 4 89.3% 309 346
Essendon Seconds 10th 1 -0- 3 4 88.3% 272 308
Hawthorn Seconds 11th 1 -0- 3 4 85.1% 308 362
Carlton Seconds 12th 0 -0- 4 0 61.7% 251 407

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/05/1957 Essendon (S) v South Melbourne (S) Windy Hill 87 - 62
SAT 18/05/1957 Fitzroy (S) v Collingwood (S) Brunswick Street Oval 122 - 103
SAT 18/05/1957 Footscray (S) v North Melbourne (S) Western Oval 50 - 38
SAT 18/05/1957 Hawthorn (S) v Geelong (S) Glenferrie Oval 107 - 73
SAT 18/05/1957 Richmond (S) v Carlton (S) Punt Road Oval 97 - 52
SAT 18/05/1957 St Kilda (S) v Melbourne (S) Junction Oval 98 - 80

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray Seconds 1st 5 -0- 0 20 136.9% 408 298
Richmond Seconds 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 160.1% 517 323
Melbourne Seconds 3rd 3 -0- 2 12 112.9% 482 427
St Kilda Seconds 4th 3 -0- 2 12 109.9% 399 363
Fitzroy Seconds 5th 3 -0- 2 12 105.1% 452 430
North Melbourne Seconds 6th 3 -0- 2 12 99.4% 321 323
Essendon Seconds 7th 2 -0- 3 8 97.0% 359 370
Hawthorn Seconds 8th 2 -0- 3 8 95.4% 415 435
Collingwood Seconds 9th 2 -0- 3 8 94.8% 404 426
South Melbourne Seconds 10th 2 -0- 3 8 79.3% 344 434
Geelong Seconds 11th 1 -0- 4 4 84.3% 382 453
Carlton Seconds 12th 0 -0- 5 0 60.1% 303 504

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/05/1957 Carlton (S) v Fitzroy (S) Princes Park 77 - 98
SAT 25/05/1957 Collingwood (S) v North Melbourne (S) Victoria Park 60 - 56
SAT 25/05/1957 Geelong (S) v St Kilda (S) Kardinia Park 70 - 91
SAT 25/05/1957 Hawthorn (S) v Essendon (S) Glenferrie Oval 64 - 95
SAT 25/05/1957 Richmond (S) v Footscray (S) Punt Road Oval 79 - 78
SAT 25/05/1957 South Melbourne (S) v Melbourne (S) Lakeside Oval 69 - 90

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Seconds 1st 5 -0- 1 20 148.6% 596 401
Footscray Seconds 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 128.9% 486 377
Melbourne Seconds 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 115.3% 572 496
St Kilda Seconds 4th 4 -0- 2 16 113.2% 490 433
Fitzroy Seconds 5th 4 -0- 2 16 108.5% 550 507
Essendon Seconds 6th 3 -0- 3 12 104.6% 454 434
North Melbourne Seconds 7th 3 -0- 3 12 98.4% 377 383
Collingwood Seconds 8th 3 -0- 3 12 96.3% 464 482
Hawthorn Seconds 9th 2 -0- 4 8 90.4% 479 530
South Melbourne Seconds 10th 2 -0- 4 8 78.8% 413 524
Geelong Seconds 11th 1 -0- 5 4 83.1% 452 544
Carlton Seconds 12th 0 -0- 6 0 63.1% 380 602

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/06/1957 Essendon (S) v Carlton (S) Windy Hill 89 - 72
SAT 01/06/1957 Fitzroy (S) v Geelong (S) Brunswick Street Oval 79 - 77
SAT 01/06/1957 Footscray (S) v Hawthorn (S) Western Oval 95 - 59
SAT 01/06/1957 Melbourne (S) v Richmond (S) MCG 86 - 74
SAT 01/06/1957 North Melbourne (S) v South Melbourne (S) Arden Street Oval 102 - 73
SAT 01/06/1957 St Kilda (S) v Collingwood (S) Junction Oval 107 - 68

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray Seconds 1st 6 -0- 1 24 133.3% 581 436
Richmond Seconds 2nd 5 -0- 2 20 137.6% 670 487
St Kilda Seconds 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 119.2% 597 501
Melbourne Seconds 4th 5 -0- 2 20 115.4% 658 570
Fitzroy Seconds 5th 5 -0- 2 20 107.7% 629 584
Essendon Seconds 6th 4 -0- 3 16 107.3% 543 506
North Melbourne Seconds 7th 4 -0- 3 16 105.0% 479 456
Collingwood Seconds 8th 3 -0- 4 12 90.3% 532 589
Hawthorn Seconds 9th 2 -0- 5 8 86.1% 538 625
South Melbourne Seconds 10th 2 -0- 5 8 77.6% 486 626
Geelong Seconds 11th 1 -0- 6 4 84.9% 529 623
Carlton Seconds 12th 0 -0- 7 0 65.4% 452 691

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/06/1957 Collingwood (S) v Footscray (S) Victoria Park 52 - 63
SAT 08/06/1957 Geelong (S) v Essendon (S) Kardinia Park 71 - 91
SAT 08/06/1957 Hawthorn (S) v South Melbourne (S) Glenferrie Oval 90 - 60
SAT 08/06/1957 Melbourne (S) v Carlton (S) MCG 117 - 73
SAT 08/06/1957 North Melbourne (S) v Fitzroy (S) Arden Street Oval 85 - 40
SAT 08/06/1957 St Kilda (S) v Richmond (S) Junction Oval 130 - 111

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray Seconds 1st 7 -0- 1 28 132.0% 644 488
Melbourne Seconds 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 120.5% 775 643
St Kilda Seconds 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 118.8% 727 612
Richmond Seconds 4th 5 -0- 3 20 126.6% 781 617
North Melbourne Seconds 5th 5 -0- 3 20 113.7% 564 496
Essendon Seconds 6th 5 -0- 3 20 109.9% 634 577
Fitzroy Seconds 7th 5 -0- 3 20 100.0% 669 669
Hawthorn Seconds 8th 3 -0- 5 12 91.7% 628 685
Collingwood Seconds 9th 3 -0- 5 12 89.6% 584 652
South Melbourne Seconds 10th 2 -0- 6 8 76.3% 546 716
Geelong Seconds 11th 1 -0- 7 4 84.0% 600 714
Carlton Seconds 12th 0 -0- 8 0 65.0% 525 808

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/06/1957 Carlton (S) v North Melbourne (S) Princes Park 78 - 79
SAT 15/06/1957 Essendon (S) v St Kilda (S) Windy Hill 83 - 30
SAT 15/06/1957 Fitzroy (S) v Hawthorn (S) Brunswick Street Oval 69 - 68
SAT 15/06/1957 Geelong (S) v Melbourne (S) Kardinia Park 100 - 96
SAT 15/06/1957 Richmond (S) v Collingwood (S) Punt Road Oval 52 - 98
SAT 15/06/1957 South Melbourne (S) v Footscray (S) Lakeside Oval 75 - 73

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray Seconds 1st 7 -0- 2 28 127.4% 717 563
Essendon Seconds 2nd 6 -0- 3 24 118.1% 717 607
Melbourne Seconds 3rd 6 -0- 3 24 117.2% 871 743
North Melbourne Seconds 4th 6 -0- 3 24 112.0% 643 574
St Kilda Seconds 5th 6 -0- 3 24 108.9% 757 695
Fitzroy Seconds 6th 6 -0- 3 24 100.1% 738 737
Richmond Seconds 7th 5 -0- 4 20 116.5% 833 715
Collingwood Seconds 8th 4 -0- 5 16 96.9% 682 704
Hawthorn Seconds 9th 3 -0- 6 12 92.3% 696 754
South Melbourne Seconds 10th 3 -0- 6 12 78.7% 621 789
Geelong Seconds 11th 2 -0- 7 8 86.4% 700 810
Carlton Seconds 12th 0 -0- 9 0 68.0% 603 887

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/06/1957 Carlton (S) v Collingwood (S) Princes Park 67 - 112
SAT 22/06/1957 Essendon (S) v Richmond (S) Windy Hill 61 - 60
SAT 22/06/1957 Footscray (S) v Fitzroy (S) Western Oval 57 - 59
SAT 22/06/1957 Hawthorn (S) v St Kilda (S) Glenferrie Oval 58 - 67
SAT 22/06/1957 Melbourne (S) v North Melbourne (S) MCG 46 - 80
SAT 22/06/1957 South Melbourne (S) v Geelong (S) Lakeside Oval 111 - 83

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray Seconds 1st 7 -0- 3 28 124.4% 774 622
Essendon Seconds 2nd 7 -0- 3 28 116.6% 778 667
North Melbourne Seconds 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 116.6% 723 620
St Kilda Seconds 4th 7 -0- 3 28 109.4% 824 753
Fitzroy Seconds 5th 7 -0- 3 28 100.4% 797 794
Melbourne Seconds 6th 6 -0- 4 24 111.4% 917 823
Richmond Seconds 7th 5 -0- 5 20 115.1% 893 776
Collingwood Seconds 8th 5 -0- 5 20 103.0% 794 771
South Melbourne Seconds 9th 4 -0- 6 16 83.9% 732 872
Hawthorn Seconds 10th 3 -0- 7 12 91.8% 754 821
Geelong Seconds 11th 2 -0- 8 8 85.0% 783 921
Carlton Seconds 12th 0 -0- 10 0 67.1% 670 999

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/06/1957 Collingwood (S) v Hawthorn (S) Victoria Park 95 - 114
SAT 29/06/1957 Fitzroy (S) v South Melbourne (S) Brunswick Street Oval 67 - 44
SAT 29/06/1957 Footscray (S) v Melbourne (S) Western Oval 105 - 45
SAT 29/06/1957 North Melbourne (S) v Essendon (S) Arden Street Oval 112 - 56
SAT 29/06/1957 Richmond (S) v Geelong (S) Punt Road Oval 65 - 82
SAT 29/06/1957 St Kilda (S) v Carlton (S) Junction Oval 112 - 69

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray Seconds 1st 8 -0- 3 32 131.8% 879 667
North Melbourne Seconds 2nd 8 -0- 3 32 123.5% 835 676
St Kilda Seconds 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 113.9% 936 822
Fitzroy Seconds 4th 8 -0- 3 32 103.1% 864 838
Essendon Seconds 5th 7 -0- 4 28 107.1% 834 779
Melbourne Seconds 6th 6 -0- 5 24 103.7% 962 928
Richmond Seconds 7th 5 -0- 6 20 111.7% 958 858
Collingwood Seconds 8th 5 -0- 6 20 100.5% 889 885
Hawthorn Seconds 9th 4 -0- 7 16 94.8% 868 916
South Melbourne Seconds 10th 4 -0- 7 16 82.6% 776 939
Geelong Seconds 11th 3 -0- 8 12 87.7% 865 986
Carlton Seconds 12th 0 -0- 11 0 66.5% 739 1,111

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/07/1957 Carlton (S) v Hawthorn (S) Princes Park 117 - 91
SAT 06/07/1957 Collingwood (S) v Essendon (S) Victoria Park 111 - 122
SAT 06/07/1957 Fitzroy (S) v Melbourne (S) Brunswick Street Oval 123 - 85
SAT 06/07/1957 Geelong (S) v Footscray (S) Kardinia Park 82 - 59
SAT 06/07/1957 Richmond (S) v North Melbourne (S) Punt Road Oval 66 - 98
SAT 06/07/1957 St Kilda (S) v South Melbourne (S) Junction Oval 93 - 100

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne Seconds 1st 9 -0- 3 36 125.7% 933 742
Fitzroy Seconds 2nd 9 -0- 3 36 106.9% 987 923
Footscray Seconds 3rd 8 -0- 4 32 125.2% 938 749
St Kilda Seconds 4th 8 -0- 4 32 111.6% 1,029 922
Essendon Seconds 5th 8 -0- 4 32 107.4% 956 890
Melbourne Seconds 6th 6 -0- 6 24 99.6% 1,047 1,051
Richmond Seconds 7th 5 -0- 7 20 107.1% 1,024 956
Collingwood Seconds 8th 5 -0- 7 20 99.3% 1,000 1,007
South Melbourne Seconds 9th 5 -0- 7 20 84.9% 876 1,032
Hawthorn Seconds 10th 4 -0- 8 16 92.8% 959 1,033
Geelong Seconds 11th 4 -0- 8 16 90.6% 947 1,045
Carlton Seconds 12th 1 -0- 11 4 71.2% 856 1,202

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/07/1957 Essendon (S) v Fitzroy (S) Windy Hill 53 - 49
SAT 13/07/1957 Footscray (S) v St Kilda (S) Western Oval 62 - 86
SAT 13/07/1957 Hawthorn (S) v Richmond (S) Glenferrie Oval 76 - 76
SAT 13/07/1957 Melbourne (S) v Collingwood (S) MCG 81 - 92
SAT 13/07/1957 North Melbourne (S) v Geelong (S) Arden Street Oval 88 - 71
SAT 13/07/1957 South Melbourne (S) v Carlton (S) Lakeside Oval 64 - 53

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne Seconds 1st 10 -0- 3 40 125.6% 1,021 813
St Kilda Seconds 2nd 9 -0- 4 36 113.3% 1,115 984
Essendon Seconds 3rd 9 -0- 4 36 107.5% 1,009 939
Fitzroy Seconds 4th 9 -0- 4 36 106.1% 1,036 976
Footscray Seconds 5th 8 -0- 5 32 119.8% 1,000 835
Collingwood Seconds 6th 6 -0- 7 24 100.4% 1,092 1,088
Melbourne Seconds 7th 6 -0- 7 24 98.7% 1,128 1,143
South Melbourne Seconds 8th 6 -0- 7 24 86.6% 940 1,085
Richmond Seconds 9th 5 -1- 7 22 106.6% 1,100 1,032
Hawthorn Seconds 10th 4 -1- 8 18 93.3% 1,035 1,109
Geelong Seconds 11th 4 -0- 9 16 89.8% 1,018 1,133
Carlton Seconds 12th 1 -0- 12 4 71.8% 909 1,266

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/07/1957 Fitzroy (S) v St Kilda (S) Brunswick Street Oval 112 - 37
SAT 27/07/1957 Footscray (S) v Carlton (S) Western Oval 115 - 64
SAT 27/07/1957 Geelong (S) v Collingwood (S) Kardinia Park 89 - 69
SAT 27/07/1957 Melbourne (S) v Essendon (S) MCG 25 - 113
SAT 27/07/1957 North Melbourne (S) v Hawthorn (S) Arden Street Oval 85 - 54
SAT 27/07/1957 South Melbourne (S) v Richmond (S) Lakeside Oval 49 - 117

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne Seconds 1st 11 -0- 3 44 127.6% 1,106 867
Essendon Seconds 2nd 10 -0- 4 40 116.4% 1,122 964
Fitzroy Seconds 3rd 10 -0- 4 40 113.3% 1,148 1,013
Footscray Seconds 4th 9 -0- 5 36 124.0% 1,115 899
St Kilda Seconds 5th 9 -0- 5 36 105.1% 1,152 1,096
Richmond Seconds 6th 6 -1- 7 26 112.6% 1,217 1,081
Collingwood Seconds 7th 6 -0- 8 24 98.6% 1,161 1,177
Melbourne Seconds 8th 6 -0- 8 24 91.8% 1,153 1,256
South Melbourne Seconds 9th 6 -0- 8 24 82.3% 989 1,202
Geelong Seconds 10th 5 -0- 9 20 92.1% 1,107 1,202
Hawthorn Seconds 11th 4 -1- 9 18 91.2% 1,089 1,194
Carlton Seconds 12th 1 -0- 13 4 70.5% 973 1,381

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/08/1957 Carlton (S) v Geelong (S) Princes Park 87 - 67
SAT 03/08/1957 Collingwood (S) v South Melbourne (S) Victoria Park 89 - 76
SAT 03/08/1957 Essendon (S) v Footscray (S) Windy Hill 52 - 50
SAT 03/08/1957 Hawthorn (S) v Melbourne (S) Glenferrie Oval 67 - 58
SAT 03/08/1957 Richmond (S) v Fitzroy (S) Punt Road Oval 84 - 99
SAT 03/08/1957 St Kilda (S) v North Melbourne (S) Junction Oval 79 - 84

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne Seconds 1st 12 -0- 3 48 125.8% 1,190 946
Essendon Seconds 2nd 11 -0- 4 44 115.8% 1,174 1,014
Fitzroy Seconds 3rd 11 -0- 4 44 113.7% 1,247 1,097
Footscray Seconds 4th 9 -0- 6 36 122.5% 1,165 951
St Kilda Seconds 5th 9 -0- 6 36 104.3% 1,231 1,180
Collingwood Seconds 6th 7 -0- 8 28 99.8% 1,250 1,253
Richmond Seconds 7th 6 -1- 8 26 110.3% 1,301 1,180
Melbourne Seconds 8th 6 -0- 9 24 91.5% 1,211 1,323
South Melbourne Seconds 9th 6 -0- 9 24 82.5% 1,065 1,291
Hawthorn Seconds 10th 5 -1- 9 22 92.3% 1,156 1,252
Geelong Seconds 11th 5 -0- 10 20 91.1% 1,174 1,289
Carlton Seconds 12th 2 -0- 13 8 73.2% 1,060 1,448

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/08/1957 Carlton (S) v Richmond (S) Princes Park 72 - 78
SAT 10/08/1957 Collingwood (S) v Fitzroy (S) Victoria Park 42 - 67
SAT 10/08/1957 Geelong (S) v Hawthorn (S) Kardinia Park 83 - 96
SAT 10/08/1957 Melbourne (S) v St Kilda (S) MCG 63 - 65
SAT 10/08/1957 North Melbourne (S) v Footscray (S) Arden Street Oval 51 - 32
SAT 10/08/1957 South Melbourne (S) v Essendon (S) Lakeside Oval 71 - 69

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne Seconds 1st 13 -0- 3 52 126.9% 1,241 978
Fitzroy Seconds 2nd 12 -0- 4 48 115.4% 1,314 1,139
Essendon Seconds 3rd 11 -0- 5 44 114.6% 1,243 1,085
St Kilda Seconds 4th 10 -0- 6 40 104.3% 1,296 1,243
Footscray Seconds 5th 9 -0- 7 36 119.5% 1,197 1,002
Richmond Seconds 6th 7 -1- 8 30 110.1% 1,379 1,252
Collingwood Seconds 7th 7 -0- 9 28 97.9% 1,292 1,320
South Melbourne Seconds 8th 7 -0- 9 28 83.5% 1,136 1,360
Hawthorn Seconds 9th 6 -1- 9 26 93.8% 1,252 1,335
Melbourne Seconds 10th 6 -0- 10 24 91.8% 1,274 1,388
Geelong Seconds 11th 5 -0- 11 20 90.8% 1,257 1,385
Carlton Seconds 12th 2 -0- 14 8 74.2% 1,132 1,526

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/08/1957 Essendon (S) v Hawthorn (S) Windy Hill 71 - 61
SAT 17/08/1957 Fitzroy (S) v Carlton (S) Brunswick Street Oval 108 - 57
SAT 17/08/1957 Footscray (S) v Richmond (S) Western Oval 69 - 33
SAT 17/08/1957 Melbourne (S) v South Melbourne (S) MCG 152 - 63
SAT 17/08/1957 North Melbourne (S) v Collingwood (S) Arden Street Oval 104 - 67
SAT 17/08/1957 St Kilda (S) v Geelong (S) Junction Oval 130 - 64

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne Seconds 1st 14 -0- 3 56 128.7% 1,345 1,045
Fitzroy Seconds 2nd 13 -0- 4 52 118.9% 1,422 1,196
Essendon Seconds 3rd 12 -0- 5 48 114.7% 1,314 1,146
St Kilda Seconds 4th 11 -0- 6 44 109.1% 1,426 1,307
Footscray Seconds 5th 10 -0- 7 40 122.3% 1,266 1,035
Richmond Seconds 6th 7 -1- 9 30 106.9% 1,412 1,321
Melbourne Seconds 7th 7 -0- 10 28 98.3% 1,426 1,451
Collingwood Seconds 8th 7 -0- 10 28 95.4% 1,359 1,424
South Melbourne Seconds 9th 7 -0- 10 28 79.3% 1,199 1,512
Hawthorn Seconds 10th 6 -1- 10 26 93.4% 1,313 1,406
Geelong Seconds 11th 5 -0- 12 20 87.2% 1,321 1,515
Carlton Seconds 12th 2 -0- 15 8 72.8% 1,189 1,634

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/08/1957 Carlton (S) v Essendon (S) Princes Park 67 - 55
SAT 24/08/1957 Collingwood (S) v St Kilda (S) Victoria Park 56 - 74
SAT 24/08/1957 Geelong (S) v Fitzroy (S) Kardinia Park 54 - 93
SAT 24/08/1957 Hawthorn (S) v Footscray (S) Glenferrie Oval 55 - 73
SAT 24/08/1957 Richmond (S) v Melbourne (S) Punt Road Oval 65 - 67
SAT 24/08/1957 South Melbourne (S) v North Melbourne (S) Lakeside Oval 70 - 102

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne Seconds 1st 15 -0- 3 60 129.8% 1,447 1,115
Fitzroy Seconds 2nd 14 -0- 4 56 121.2% 1,515 1,250
Essendon Seconds 3rd 12 -0- 6 48 112.9% 1,369 1,213
St Kilda Seconds 4th 12 -0- 6 48 110.1% 1,500 1,363
Footscray Seconds 5th 11 -0- 7 44 122.8% 1,339 1,090
Melbourne Seconds 6th 8 -0- 10 32 98.5% 1,493 1,516
Richmond Seconds 7th 7 -1- 10 30 106.4% 1,477 1,388
Collingwood Seconds 8th 7 -0- 11 28 94.5% 1,415 1,498
South Melbourne Seconds 9th 7 -0- 11 28 78.6% 1,269 1,614
Hawthorn Seconds 10th 6 -1- 11 26 92.5% 1,368 1,479
Geelong Seconds 11th 5 -0- 13 20 85.5% 1,375 1,608
Carlton Seconds 12th 3 -0- 15 12 74.4% 1,256 1,689

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/08/1957 Carlton (S) v Hawthorn (S) 0 - 0
SAT 07/09/1957 Essendon (S) v Melbourne (S) 0 - 0

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/09/1957 Hawthorn (S) v Melbourne (S) 0 - 0

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/09/1957 Melbourne (S) v Essendon (S) 0 - 0