| Venue: Princes Park | Date: Saturday August 17, 1957 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Win by 38 points | Umpire: W.Barbour. | Crowd: 25,945 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: L.Brereton 3, K.Hands 3, G.Burke 2, D.Beasy 1, G.Donaldson 1, D.Strauch 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: John Chick (Kicking Wally Clark) - 8 Matches; Ken Hands (Attempted Striking Brian Pert) - Not Guilty | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Injuries: K.Clarke (cramp) replaced by J.Nicholls at three quarter time. J.Chick (cramp) by J.Sullivan during final quarter. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
Team
| B: | 15 Bruce Comben (acting vc) | 25 George Ferry | 4 Brian Buckley |
| HB: | 19 Denis Zeunert | 3 Peter Webster | 10 John James |
| C: | 28 Graham Gilchrist | 12 Don Nicholls | 23 John Chick |
| HF: | 38 Allan White | 13 Graham Donaldson | 22 Denis Strauch |
| F: | 5 Gerald Burke | 14 Bob Crowe | 6 Leo Brereton |
| Ruck: | 1 Ken Hands (c) | 16 Kevin Clarke | 17 Doug Beasy |
| Res: | 2 John Nicholls | 30 Jack Sullivan | |
| Coach: | Jim Francis | ||
Milestones
Debut: Allan WhiteFootnote
Fitzroy's Tony Ongarello (1952-1960) played in this game. Tony is credited as being the last man to place kick a football in the VFL.This occured in 1955 against Geelong on the Brunswick Street Oval. He scored two goals that day with this type of kick.
The place kick was rarely seen even in the 1950's.
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