Match Recap
Round 15·Sat, 3-Aug-1957 2:15 PM·Western Oval·24,942 att.
Footscray
7.8 (50)
vs
Essendon
12.11 (83)
Essendon won by 33

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Footscray2.2 (14)4.3 (27)4.4 (28)7.8 (50)7.8 (50)
Essendon4.3 (27)5.6 (36)10.9 (69)12.11 (83)12.11 (83)

Footscray — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#2 Jack Collins5
#16 Bill Costello
#8 Max Cross1
#22 Wally Donald
#7 Roger Duffy1
#11 Arthur Edwards
#24 Jim Gallagher
#34 Brian Gilmore
#25 Herb Henderson
#14 Ron Henriksen
#29 Bernie Lee
#4 Brian Moloney
#4 Jack OHalloran
#21 Ron Porta
#33 Don Rawson
#9 Don Ross
Noel Ryan
#32 Harvey Stevens
#10 John Westacott
#3 Ted Whitten

Essendon — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#11 John Birt
#2 Stan Booth
#18 Reg Burgess
#1 Jack Clarke
#24 Robert Fox1
#22 Jeff Gamble
#3 John Gill2
#38 Bob Gluyas4
#4 Col Hebbard2
#14 Jim Heenan2
#7 Bill Hutchison
#21 Jack Knowles
#30 Geoff Leek1
#10 Leo Maloney
#31 Hugh Mitchell
#34 Mal Pascoe
#9 Greg Sewell
#35 Bob Shearman
#5 Bob Suter
#33 John Towner