| Venue: Princes Park | Date: Saturday June 1, 1957 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Win by 25 points | Umpire: Nash | Crowd: 34,740 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: D.Strauch 3, D.Beasy 2, G.Burke 2, K.Hands 2, L.Brereton 1, G.Donaldson 1, G.Gilchrist 1, D.Nicholls 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: | Injuries: J.Sullivan (suspected broken nose) replaced by L.Bereton at three quarter time, K.Clarke (cramp) replaced by B.Buckley last quarter | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
James (Carlton)
"John James played another spectacular match at half-back against Essendon. His marking was amazing at times, and his general ground play and faultless judgment enabled him to halt Essendon's advances repeatedly."(Age June 03)
Team
| B: | 15 Bruce Comben (acting vc) | 25 George Ferry | 2 John Nicholls |
| HB: | 19 Denis Zeunert | 3 Peter Webster | 10 John James |
| C: | 28 Graham Gilchrist | 27 Colin Holt | 23 John Chick |
| HF: | 12 Don Nicholls | 13 Graham Donaldson | 17 Doug Beasy |
| F: | 5 Gerald Burke | 22 Denis Strauch | 30 Jack Sullivan |
| Ruck: | 1 Ken Hands (c) | 16 Kevin Clarke | 7 Ron O'Dwyer |
| Res: | 4 Brian Buckley | 6 Leo Brereton | |
| Coach: | Jim Francis | ||
Image: Age June 03
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