1957 VFA season

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1957 VFA premiership season
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The 1957 Victorian Football Association season was the 76th season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Moorabbin Football Club, after it defeated Port Melbourne in the Grand Final on 5 October by forty points. It was Moorabbin's first VFA premiership, won in its seventh season of competition. For Port Melbourne, it was the last of eight consecutive Grand Final appearances between 1950 and 1957, of which only the 1953 premiership was won. Minor premiers Williamstown went through the home-and-home season undefeated, but lost both finals to finish third; [1] it was the only premiership which the club did not win between 1954 and 1959.

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Premiership

The home-and-home season was played over twenty matches, before the top four clubs contested a finals series under the Page–McIntyre system to determine the premiers for the season.

Ladder

1957 VFA ladder
TEAMPWLDPFPAPctPTS
1 Williamstown 2020001784969184.180
2 Moorabbin (P)20155018761314142.860
3 Port Melbourne 20146019181372139.856
4 Preston 20137017841460122.252
5 Brunswick 20137014681292113.652
6 Coburg 20128016991408120.748
7 Box Hill 20119016541516109.144
8 Sandringham 2081111362152889.134
9 Camberwell 2081201529179085.432
10 Yarraville 2071211504152198.930
11 Prahran 2061311438199872.026
12 Oakleigh 2051501291173874.320
13 Northcote 2041601157192660.116
14 Brighton 2021711414204669.110
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pct = Percentage; (P) = Premiers, PTS = Premiership pointsSource [2]

Finals

Semifinals
Saturday, 14 September Port Melbourne 19.13 (127)def. Preston 7.9 (51) St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 18,500) [3]
Saturday, 21 September Williamstown 10.8 (68)def. by Moorabbin 9.16 (70) St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 8,000) [4]
Preliminary Final
Saturday, 28 September Williamstown 6.12 (48)def. by Port Melbourne 18.12 (120) St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 22,000) [5]
1957 VFA Grand Final
Saturday, 5 October Moorabbin def. Port Melbourne St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 26,000) [6]
4.4 (28)
7.6 (48)
10.10 (70)
 15.12 (102)		Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final		1.7 (13)
4.14 (38)
5.17 (47)
 7.20 (62)		Umpires: Jack Irving
Bull 3, Renwick 3, Green 2, Maine 2, Murphy 2, Bulmer, McGaw, MurrayGoalsEvans 2, Bonnett, Monks, Oldfield, Sykes, Withers
Peck (shin)Injuries Bonnett (concussion)

Awards

Notable events

Night football

The Association experimented with playing premiership matches at night during the 1957 season. Electric floodlighting had recently been installed at the South Melbourne Cricket Ground, and the Victorian Football League had run a successful post-season night premiership in 1956, so the Association secured the venue for its night premiership matches. Under the arrangement, the premier match of each round, as determined by the Association a couple of weeks in advance, was played at South Melbourne at 8pm on the Wednesday night prior to the main round. Thirteen of the fourteen clubs agreed to the arrangement, with only Preston dissenting. [9] The first such match was held on 17 April, with Williamstown 12.10 (82) defeating Moorabbin 9.12 (66), [10] and a large crowd of 14,000 saw Williamstown defeat Port Melbourne the following week. [11]

Inclement weather was the primary concern with the night matches, and there was a contingency to shift the match back to the Saturday if made necessary by conditions, which first occurred on 22 May; [12] recognising that the weather would likely deteriorate further during winter, the Association opted to cancel night matches for June and July, and eventually for the rest of the season – with the exception of an already scheduled interstate match against South Australia in July. [13] In addition to the weather, the disruption of training schedules and the uncertainty surrounding scheduling social events (which represented a large financial penalty when matches were postponed) were problems that some clubs raised after seeing the system in practice. [14]

Wednesday night premiership football returned in 1958, but was again limited to the autumn months before the weather interfered; [15] it did not return in 1959.

Interstate matches

The Association played three interstate matches during 1957: two against South Australia, and one against a combined team representing the two greater northern Tasmanian leagues (the Northern Tasmanian Football Association and the North West Football Union). Wally Carter (Williamstown) was the coach of the Association team. [16]

VFA interstate matches in 1957
Saturday, 13 July N.T.F.A.–N.W.F.U. 12.11 (83)def. by V.F.A. 18.8 (116) York Park, Launceston (crowd: 8,000) [17]
Tuesday, 23 July (night) V.F.A. 6.8 (44)def. by South Australia 11.12 (78) South Melbourne Cricket Ground (crowd: 3,500) [13]
Tuesday, 20 August (night) South Australia 20.17 (137)def. V.F.A. 8.8 (56) Norwood Oval, Adelaide (crowd: 9,000) [18]

Other notable events

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References

  1. ↑ Fiddian, Marc (1994). Boilovers, Thrillers and Grand Eras in League and Association Football. Pakenham, Victoria: Pakenham Gazette. p. 93. ISBN   1875475087.
  2. 1 2 Noel Carrick (9 September 1957). "Preston threat to Port in first semi". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 35.
  3. ↑ Noel Carrick (16 September 1957). "Half-backs and skipper win semi for Port". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 37.
  4. ↑ Michael Meeking (23 September 1957). "Williamstown falls to Moorabbin". The Age. Melbourne. p. 16.
  5. ↑ Michael Meeking (30 September 1957). "Port is fancied for V.F.A. pennant". The Age. Melbourne. p. 16.
  6. ↑ Noel Carrick (7 October 1957). "Fast Moorabbin teams well to win pennant". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 38.
  7. ↑ Noel Carrick (12 September 1957). "Ken Ross wins Liston award". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 44.
  8. ↑ "Runaway win in seconds". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. 7 October 1957. p. 37.
  9. ↑ "Lone V.F.A. club's 'no' to night football". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. 2 April 1957. p. 47.
  10. ↑ "Hard-hitting 'Town was too strong". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. 18 April 1957. p. 31.
  11. ↑ "'Town gets up by two points". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. 25 April 1957. p. 21.
  12. ↑ "Night game postponed". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. 23 May 1957. p. 36.
  13. 1 2 Noel Carrick (24 July 1957). "Burst by S.A. crushes V.F.A.". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 45.
  14. ↑ "V.F.A. cuts out night games". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. 4 June 1957. p. 35.
  15. ↑ "V.F.A. to end night matches". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. 8 May 1958. p. 51.
  16. ↑ Fiddian, Marc (2003), Seagulls over Williamstown, Williamstown, VIC: Williamstown Football Club, p. 96
  17. ↑ Half-Back (15 July 1957). "Big win over combined team boosts V.F.A. prestige". The Examiner. Launceston, Tasmania. p. 13.
  18. ↑ Gordon Schwartz (21 August 1957). "Crushing 81-point win to S.A.". The Advertiser. Adelaide, SA. p. 14.
  19. ↑ Noel Carrick (6 May 1957). "Yarraville waited 19 years for this win". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 51.
  20. ↑ Fiddian, Marc (2004), The VFA: a history of the Victorian Football Association, 1877–1995, p. 7
  21. ↑ "V.F.A. man gets ban for life". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. 2 July 1957. p. 32.
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