Grand final of the 1957 Victorian Football League season
1957 VFL Grand Final 1 2 3 4 MEL 6.2 (38) 9.9 (63) 12.11 (83) 17.14 (116) ESS 2.3 (15) 4.4 (28) 7.8 (50) 7.13 (55)
Date 21 September 1957 Stadium Melbourne Cricket Ground Attendance 100,324
The 1957 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Essendon Football Club , held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 21 September 1957. It was the 60th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League , staged to determine the premiers for the 1957 VFL season . The match, attended by 100,324 spectators, was won by Melbourne by 61 points, marking that club's ninth premiership victory.
This was Melbourne's fourth successive Grand Final appearance and third successive premiership. Ron Barassi starred for the Demons with five goals, four of them in the first half to put the game out of Essendon's reach. Melbourne's coach Norm Smith had previously participated in successive premierships as a player, from 1939 to 1941.
Statistics [ edit ] Goalkickers [ edit ] Melbourne :
Barassi 5 Ridley 4 Webb 3 B.Johnson 2 Tunbridge 2 Case 1 Essendon :
Gallagher 3 Birt 1 Clarke 1 Gill 1 Hebbard 1
Attendance [ edit ] References [ edit ] 1957 VFL Grand Final statistics The Official statistical history of the AFL 2004 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 0-670-86814-0 See also [ edit ]
VFL/AFL home grounds AFLW home grounds VFL/AFL premierships (13) Runner-up (5) AFLW premierships (1) Runner-up (1) Seasons (150)italics ) Women's seasons (7) Related articles Melbourne did not field a team from 1916–1918 due to the First World War
VFL/AFL home grounds VFA premierships (4) VFL/AFL premierships (16) Runner-up (14) VFA/VFL/AFL seasons (144) AFLW home grounds AFLW seasons (2) Related articles Essendon did not participate in the 1916 and 1917 VFL seasons due to
World War I (indicated in grey)
Clubs
Seasons Grand finals Venues Awards Major recurring Second-tier and
Related articles Known as the Victorian Football League from 1897–1989; no grand finals were held in 1897 and 1924
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