Match Recap
Round 5·Sat, 18-May-1957 2:15 PM·Lake Oval·27,500 att.
South Melbourne
7.16 (58)
vs
Essendon
14.16 (100)
Essendon won by 42

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
South Melbourne3.6 (24)5.10 (40)6.12 (48)7.16 (58)7.16 (58)
Essendon2.2 (14)4.11 (35)5.13 (43)14.16 (100)14.16 (100)

South Melbourne — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#2 Percy Appleyard
#27 Colin Colquhoun
#9 Gerald Crough
#11 Jim Dorgan
#28 Ian Gillett
#2 Fred Goldsmith5
#8 Bill Gunn
#31 Jack Hudson
#1 Don Keyter
#17 Don Matthews
#3 Brian McGowan1
#25 Hugh McLaughlin
#19 Max Oaten1
#39 Bill Power
#24 Ken Seymour
#14 Bob Skilton
#15 John Svenson
#20 Jim Taylor
#20 John Trethowan
#12 Marshall Younger

Essendon — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#11 John Birt2
#2 Stan Booth2
#18 Reg Burgess
#1 Jack Clarke1
#26 Brian Donohoe
#24 Robert Fox
#13 Fred Gallagher6
#22 Jeff Gamble
#3 John Gill1
#7 Bill Hutchison2
#21 Jack Knowles
#30 Geoff Leek
#10 Leo Maloney
#31 Hugh Mitchell
#15 Alby Murdoch
#34 Mal Pascoe
#9 Greg Sewell
#35 Bob Shearman
#5 Bob Suter
#33 John Towner