The 1957 VFL season was the 61st season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 20 April until 21 September, and comprised an 18-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs.
In 1957, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man. A player could be substituted for any reason; however, once substituted, a player could not return to the field of play under any circumstances.
Teams played each other in a home-and-away season of 18 rounds; matches 12 to 18 were the "home-and-way reverse" of matches 1 to 7.
Once the 18 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1957 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the Page–McIntyre system.
The night series were held under the floodlights at Lake Oval, South Melbourne.
In all other years of the night competition (i.e., 1956–1971), only teams that had finished 5th to 12th on ladder at the end of the home-and-away season competed; i.e., teams which were not playing in any of the end of season finals matches.
In 1957, due to the perceived popularity of the competition's initial year (1956), all twelve VFL clubs played in the 1957 Night Series. The series was marred by bad weather, with two matches having to be abandoned. Only an average of 16,000 spectators attending each of the 11 matches that were played. In 1958, the competition reverted to the 1956 structure, where only teams finishing 5th to 12th on the ladder competed.
Following the successful introduction of televised sport in 1956, the VFL decides to allow the live broadcast of the last quarter of three VFL matches each Saturday afternoon. Experiments conducted in 1956 involving three "closed circuit" telecasts of three of the finals matches, and the live broadcast of the Olympic Games' demonstration match had shown that it was possible to from "wide-shots" to "close-ups" quickly enough to provide effective viewing. Each station's telecast had a principal commentator: Tony Charlton (HSV-7), Ken Dakin (ABV-2), and Ian Johnson (GTV-9).
In Round 4, Richmond defeated Fitzroy by 15 points despite having fifteen fewer scoring shots. This remains the greatest deficit in scoring shots by a winning side, though equalled by Geelong against Collingwood in 1977.
In August, learning from the success of the Olympic Games, and in an attempt to counter the problems of overnight queues outside the Melbourne Cricket Ground prior to each final, the VFL sold reserved tickets through the mail for the finals series. It was also anticipated that this would greatly assist country people, who could now book seats and accommodation well in advance.
Hawthorn made the final four for the first time since their VFL debut in 1925, ending the longest finals drought in VFL/AFL history (thirty-two years and 595 matches).
Allan Nash becomes the last umpire to officiate in all games of a finals series.[1]
The seconds premiership was won by North Melbourne. North Melbourne 14.13 (97) defeated Fitzroy 13.15 (93) in the Grand Final, held as a curtain raiser to the firsts Grand Final on 21 September.[3]
Referencesedit
^Atkinson, Graeme (1989). 3AW Book of Footy Records. South Melbourne: Magistra Publishing Company Pty Ltd. p. 278. ISBN1863210091..
^"Club title to Dons". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. 26 August 1957. p. 32.
^John Craven (21 September 1957). "North seconds just hold on for flag". The Herald. Melbourne. p. 21.
Rogers, S. & Brown, A., Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results 1897–1997 (Sixth Edition), Viking Books, (Ringwood), 1998. ISBN0-670-90809-6
Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. ISBN0-670-86814-0
Sourcesedit
1957 VFL season at AFL Tables
1957 VFL season at Australian Football
January 01, 1970
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The 1957 VFL season was the 61st season of the Victorian Football League VFL the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria The season featured twelve clubs ran from 20 April until 21 September and comprised an 18 game home and away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs 1957 VFL premiership seasonTeams12PremiersMelbourne9th premiershipMinor premiersMelbourne5th minor premiershipConsolation seriesSouth Melbourne2nd Consolation series winBrownlow MedallistBrian Gleeson St Kilda Coleman MedallistJack Collins Footscray Matches played112Highest100 324 19561958 The premiership was won by the Melbourne Football Club for the ninth time and third time consecutively after it defeated Essendon by 61 points in the 1957 VFL Grand Final Contents 1 Background 2 Home and away season 2 1 Round 1 2 2 Round 2 2 3 Round 3 2 4 Round 4 2 5 Round 5 2 6 Round 6 2 7 Round 7 2 8 Round 8 2 9 Round 9 2 10 Round 10 2 11 Round 11 2 12 Round 12 2 13 Round 13 2 14 Round 14 2 15 Round 15 2 16 Round 16 2 17 Round 17 2 18 Round 18 3 Ladder 4 Finals series 4 1 Semi finals 4 2 Preliminary final 4 3 Grand final 5 Night Series Competition 6 Season notes 7 Awards 8 References 9 SourcesBackground editIn 1957 the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on the field players each plus two substitute players known as the 19th man and the 20th man A player could be substituted for any reason however once substituted a player could not return to the field of play under any circumstances Teams played each other in a home and away season of 18 rounds matches 12 to 18 were the home and way reverse of matches 1 to 7 Once the 18 round home and away season had finished the 1957 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the Page McIntyre system Home and away season editRound 1 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date St Kilda 12 16 88 South Melbourne 7 17 59 Junction Oval 37 000 20 April 1957 Collingwood 8 10 58 Essendon 13 15 93 Victoria Park 30 000 20 April 1957 Carlton 10 6 66 Hawthorn 15 12 102 Princes Park 24 321 20 April 1957 Fitzroy 7 11 53 Melbourne 6 14 50 Brunswick Street Oval 24 000 22 April 1957 Richmond 19 14 128 North Melbourne 15 15 105 Punt Road Oval 23 000 22 April 1957 Geelong 11 11 77 Footscray 10 17 77 Kardinia Park 34 844 22 April 1957 Round 2 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date Hawthorn 9 22 76 Richmond 8 9 57 Glenferrie Oval 21 000 27 April 1957 Footscray 12 13 85 St Kilda 7 11 53 Western Oval 29 497 27 April 1957 Essendon 11 8 74 Fitzroy 8 15 63 Windy Hill 21 500 27 April 1957 North Melbourne 9 13 67 Geelong 10 13 73 Arden Street Oval 12 000 27 April 1957 Melbourne 10 20 80 Collingwood 10 12 72 MCG 45 571 27 April 1957 South Melbourne 6 16 52 Carlton 10 16 76 Lake Oval 22 385 27 April 1957 Round 3 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date Fitzroy 12 16 88 St Kilda 9 11 65 Brunswick Street Oval 17 000 4 May 1957 South Melbourne 19 16 130 Richmond 13 9 87 Lake Oval 19 275 4 May 1957 North Melbourne 13 9 87 Hawthorn 11 12 78 Arden Street Oval 11 000 4 May 1957 Melbourne 11 20 86 Essendon 5 11 41 MCG 42 920 4 May 1957 Geelong 12 5 77 Collingwood 12 15 87 Kardinia Park 24 292 4 May 1957 Footscray 9 10 64 Carlton 7 9 51 Western Oval 34 878 4 May 1957 Round 4 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date Hawthorn 6 15 51 Melbourne 4 9 33 Glenferrie Oval 20 000 11 May 1957 Essendon 11 14 80 Footscray 4 14 38 Windy Hill 30 000 11 May 1957 Collingwood 14 9 93 South Melbourne 11 17 83 Victoria Park 32 500 11 May 1957 Carlton 15 12 102 Geelong 13 11 89 Princes Park 28 888 11 May 1957 St Kilda 16 5 101 North Melbourne 12 12 84 Junction Oval 20 000 11 May 1957 Richmond 16 10 106 Fitzroy 10 31 91 Punt Road Oval 16 500 11 May 1957 Round 5 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date Melbourne 17 17 119 St Kilda 13 12 90 MCG 35 682 18 May 1957 Geelong 9 10 64 Hawthorn 3 19 37 Kardinia Park 18 000 18 May 1957 Collingwood 12 12 84 Fitzroy 13 4 82 Victoria Park 29 783 18 May 1957 Carlton 16 22 118 Richmond 13 16 94 Princes Park 28 936 18 May 1957 North Melbourne 9 16 70 Footscray 9 14 68 Arden Street Oval 19 000 18 May 1957 South Melbourne 7 16 58 Essendon 14 16 100 Lake Oval 27 500 18 May 1957 Round 6 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date Melbourne 17 12 114 South Melbourne 6 15 51 MCG 28 250 25 May 1957 Footscray 14 14 98 Richmond 10 19 79 Western Oval 24 902 25 May 1957 Essendon 9 12 66 Hawthorn 11 8 74 Windy Hill 22 000 25 May 1957 St Kilda 10 13 73 Geelong 13 5 83 Junction Oval 24 000 25 May 1957 North Melbourne 13 13 91 Collingwood 10 16 76 Arden Street Oval 20 000 25 May 1957 Fitzroy 12 10 82 Carlton 14 12 96 Brunswick Street Oval 24 500 25 May 1957 Round 7 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date Collingwood 12 16 88 St Kilda 8 9 57 Victoria Park 23 458 1 June 1957 Carlton 13 9 87 Essendon 7 20 62 Princes Park 34 740 1 June 1957 South Melbourne 11 9 75 North Melbourne 11 13 79 Lake Oval 15 000 1 June 1957 Richmond 7 10 52 Melbourne 6 14 50 Punt Road Oval 16 000 1 June 1957 Hawthorn 11 11 77 Footscray 7 8 50 Glenferrie Oval 26 000 1 June 1957 Geelong 14 15 99 Fitzroy 17 11 113 Kardinia Park 17 240 1 June 1957 Round 8 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date Richmond 11 15 81 St Kilda 10 19 79 Punt Road Oval 21 000 8 June 1957 Fitzroy 10 11 71 North Melbourne 10 17 77 Brunswick Street Oval 15 000 8 June 1957 Essendon 21 12 138 Geelong 15 12 102 Windy Hill 22 000 8 June 1957 Carlton 10 11 71 Melbourne 14 15 99 Princes Park 31 096 8 June 1957 South Melbourne 9 14 68 Hawthorn 13 11 89 Lake Oval 18 200 8 June 1957 Footscray 12 17 89 Collingwood 6 4 40 Western Oval 34 742 8 June 1957 Round 9 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date Collingwood 12 13 85 Richmond 13 14 92 Victoria Park 32 280 15 June 1957 St Kilda 3 12 30 Essendon 9 21 75 Junction Oval 33 500 15 June 1957 North Melbourne 7 14 56 Carlton 8 15 63 Arden Street Oval 28 000 15 June 1957 Footscray 12 15 87 South Melbourne 8 12 60 Western Oval 28 450 17 June 1957 Melbourne 23 16 154 Geelong 14 10 94 MCG 48 001 17 June 1957 Hawthorn 15 14 104 Fitzroy 7 14 56 Glenferrie Oval 23 000 17 June 1957 Round 10 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date Geelong 10 8 68 South Melbourne 10 10 70 Kardinia Park 12 456 22 June 1957 Fitzroy 9 14 68 Footscray 14 14 98 Brunswick Street Oval 17 500 22 June 1957 North Melbourne 11 12 78 Melbourne 16 13 109 Arden Street Oval 14 000 22 June 1957 St Kilda 10 15 75 Hawthorn 8 11 59 Junction Oval 21 000 22 June 1957 Richmond 13 10 88 Essendon 7 19 61 Punt Road Oval 25 000 22 June 1957 Collingwood 14 16 100 Carlton 9 9 63 Victoria Park 33 345 22 June 1957 Round 11 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date Geelong 10 9 69 Richmond 14 8 92 Kardinia Park 18 177 29 June 1957 Essendon 11 14 80 North Melbourne 13 11 89 Windy Hill 18 500 29 June 1957 Carlton 13 14 92 St Kilda 7 13 55 Princes Park 21 454 29 June 1957 Melbourne 12 15 87 Footscray 7 9 51 MCG 49 512 29 June 1957 South Melbourne 15 19 109 Fitzroy 14 12 96 Lake Oval 16 200 29 June 1957 Hawthorn 10 14 74 Collingwood 13 15 93 Glenferrie Oval 27 000 29 June 1957 Round 12 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date North Melbourne 17 15 117 Richmond 10 13 73 Arden Street Oval 21 000 6 July 1957 Footscray 9 11 65 Geelong 9 10 64 Western Oval 23 578 6 July 1957 South Melbourne 11 15 81 St Kilda 9 17 71 Lake Oval 18 000 6 July 1957 Melbourne 24 14 158 Fitzroy 10 14 74 MCG 21 370 6 July 1957 Essendon 12 16 88 Collingwood 10 13 73 Windy Hill 26 500 6 July 1957 Hawthorn 7 10 52 Carlton 8 13 61 Glenferrie Oval 26 000 6 July 1957 Round 13 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date Geelong 12 15 87 North Melbourne 8 13 61 Kardinia Park 14 806 13 July 1957 Collingwood 7 7 49 Melbourne 6 13 49 Victoria Park 24 216 13 July 1957 Carlton 11 15 81 South Melbourne 10 5 65 Princes Park 20 572 13 July 1957 Richmond 11 12 78 Hawthorn 10 15 75 Punt Road Oval 22 000 13 July 1957 St Kilda 14 16 100 Footscray 14 8 92 Junction Oval 24 400 13 July 1957 Fitzroy 7 10 52 Essendon 9 18 72 Brunswick Street Oval 12 500 13 July 1957 Round 14 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date Richmond 10 13 73 South Melbourne 11 12 78 Punt Road Oval 21 000 27 July 1957 Hawthorn 7 13 55 North Melbourne 5 4 34 Glenferrie Oval 10 000 27 July 1957 Essendon 9 18 72 Melbourne 11 7 73 Windy Hill 22 500 27 July 1957 Collingwood 13 14 92 Geelong 6 8 44 Victoria Park 21 316 27 July 1957 Carlton 11 13 79 Footscray 7 10 52 Princes Park 31 810 27 July 1957 St Kilda 15 18 108 Fitzroy 8 8 56 Junction Oval 14 500 27 July 1957 Round 15 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date North Melbourne 13 11 89 St Kilda 14 9 93 Arden Street Oval 10 000 3 August 1957 Fitzroy 15 13 103 Richmond 13 13 91 Brunswick Street Oval 12 000 3 August 1957 Melbourne 8 18 66 Hawthorn 10 13 73 MCG 32 163 3 August 1957 Footscray 7 8 50 Essendon 12 11 83 Western Oval 24 942 3 August 1957 South Melbourne 9 13 67 Collingwood 12 19 91 Lake Oval 25 300 3 August 1957 Geelong 11 19 85 Carlton 6 7 43 Kardinia Park 16 808 3 August 1957 Round 16 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date Footscray 6 6 42 North Melbourne 8 13 61 Western Oval 13 325 10 August 1957 Essendon 10 15 75 South Melbourne 7 13 55 Windy Hill 16 000 10 August 1957 St Kilda 1 5 11 Melbourne 6 13 49 Junction Oval 17 100 10 August 1957 Hawthorn 14 19 103 Geelong 8 7 55 Glenferrie Oval 12 000 10 August 1957 Fitzroy 8 14 62 Collingwood 8 13 61 Brunswick Street Oval 22 000 10 August 1957 Richmond 11 9 75 Carlton 7 9 51 Punt Road Oval 22 000 10 August 1957 Round 17 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date Geelong 8 10 58 St Kilda 10 13 73 Kardinia Park 12 759 17 August 1957 Collingwood 13 14 92 North Melbourne 11 13 79 Victoria Park 20 310 17 August 1957 Carlton 11 13 79 Fitzroy 5 11 41 Princes Park 25 945 17 August 1957 South Melbourne 11 9 75 Melbourne 9 17 71 Lake Oval 18 100 17 August 1957 Richmond 13 11 89 Footscray 14 14 98 Punt Road Oval 19 000 17 August 1957 Hawthorn 13 7 85 Essendon 9 10 64 Glenferrie Oval 31 000 17 August 1957 Round 18 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date North Melbourne 10 20 80 South Melbourne 17 11 113 Arden Street Oval 10 000 24 August 1957 Melbourne 18 12 120 Richmond 10 11 71 MCG 35 751 24 August 1957 Footscray 8 11 59 Hawthorn 7 15 57 Western Oval 25 436 24 August 1957 Fitzroy 15 14 104 Geelong 10 20 80 Brunswick Street Oval 10 000 24 August 1957 St Kilda 14 12 96 Collingwood 7 14 56 Junction Oval 29 300 24 August 1957 Essendon 17 21 123 Carlton 9 8 62 Windy Hill 35 000 24 August 1957Ladder edit P Premiers Qualified for finals Team P W L D PF PA Pts 1 Melbourne P 18 12 5 1 1567 1129 138 8 50 2 Essendon 18 11 7 0 1447 1223 118 3 44 3 Hawthorn 18 11 7 0 1321 1132 116 7 44 4 Carlton 18 11 7 0 1341 1348 99 5 44 5 Collingwood 18 9 8 1 1390 1366 101 8 38 6 Footscray 18 9 8 1 1263 1275 99 1 38 7 Richmond 18 9 9 0 1506 1604 93 9 36 8 North Melbourne 18 8 10 0 1404 1477 95 1 32 9 St Kilda 18 8 10 0 1318 1394 94 5 32 10 South Melbourne 18 7 11 0 1349 1519 88 8 28 11 Fitzroy 18 6 12 0 1355 1611 84 1 24 12 Geelong 18 5 12 1 1368 1551 88 2 22 Rules for classification 1 premiership points 2 percentage 3 points forAverage score 77 0Source AFL TablesFinals series editSemi finals edit Team 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr Final Hawthorn 5 3 7 6 9 7 10 11 71 Carlton 0 2 1 4 2 7 6 12 48 Attendance 69 455 Team 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr Final Melbourne 2 4 2 6 6 15 8 19 67 Essendon 1 3 10 6 11 9 12 11 83 Attendance 70 232 Preliminary final edit Team 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr Final Melbourne 4 4 11 4 16 9 22 12 144 Hawthorn 1 4 4 8 9 9 11 10 76 Attendance 74 090 Grand final edit Main article 1957 VFL Grand Final Team 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr Final Essendon 2 3 4 4 7 8 7 13 55 Melbourne 6 2 9 9 12 11 17 14 116 Attendance 100 324Night Series Competition editThe night series were held under the floodlights at Lake Oval South Melbourne In all other years of the night competition i e 1956 1971 only teams that had finished 5th to 12th on ladder at the end of the home and away season competed i e teams which were not playing in any of the end of season finals matches In 1957 due to the perceived popularity of the competition s initial year 1956 all twelve VFL clubs played in the 1957 Night Series The series was marred by bad weather with two matches having to be abandoned Only an average of 16 000 spectators attending each of the 11 matches that were played In 1958 the competition reverted to the 1956 structure where only teams finishing 5th to 12th on the ladder competed Final South Melbourne 15 13 103 defeated Geelong 8 4 52 Season notes editFollowing the successful introduction of televised sport in 1956 the VFL decides to allow the live broadcast of the last quarter of three VFL matches each Saturday afternoon Experiments conducted in 1956 involving three closed circuit telecasts of three of the finals matches and the live broadcast of the Olympic Games demonstration match had shown that it was possible to from wide shots to close ups quickly enough to provide effective viewing Each station s telecast had a principal commentator Tony Charlton HSV 7 Ken Dakin ABV 2 and Ian Johnson GTV 9 In Round 4 Richmond defeated Fitzroy by 15 points despite having fifteen fewer scoring shots This remains the greatest deficit in scoring shots by a winning side though equalled by Geelong against Collingwood in 1977 In August learning from the success of the Olympic Games and in an attempt to counter the problems of overnight queues outside the Melbourne Cricket Ground prior to each final the VFL sold reserved tickets through the mail for the finals series It was also anticipated that this would greatly assist country people who could now book seats and accommodation well in advance Hawthorn made the final four for the first time since their VFL debut in 1925 ending the longest finals drought in VFL AFL history thirty two years and 595 matches Allan Nash becomes the last umpire to officiate in all games of a finals series 1 Awards editThe 1957 VFL Premiership team was Melbourne The VFL s leading goalkicker was Jack Collins of Footscray who kicked 74 goals The winner of the 1957 Brownlow Medal was Brian Gleeson of St Kilda with 24 votes The McClelland Trophy was won by Essendon with 173 points Minor premiers Melbourne finished second with 164 2 Geelong took the wooden spoon in 1957 The seconds premiership was won by North Melbourne North Melbourne 14 13 97 defeated Fitzroy 13 15 93 in the Grand Final held as a curtain raiser to the firsts Grand Final on 21 September 3 References edit Atkinson Graeme 1989 3AW Book of Footy Records South Melbourne Magistra Publishing Company Pty Ltd p 278 ISBN 1863210091 Club title to Dons The Sun News Pictorial Melbourne 26 August 1957 p 32 John Craven 21 September 1957 North seconds just hold on for flag The Herald Melbourne p 21 Rogers S amp Brown A Every Game Ever Played VFL AFL Results 1897 1997 Sixth Edition Viking Books Ringwood 1998 ISBN 0 670 90809 6 Ross J ed 100 Years of Australian Football 1897 1996 The Complete Story of the AFL All the Big Stories All the Great Pictures All the Champions Every AFL Season Reported Viking Ringwood 1996 ISBN 0 670 86814 0Sources edit1957 VFL season at AFL Tables 1957 VFL season at Australian Football Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1957 VFL season amp oldid 1164658806, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
