The 1957 VFL season was the 61st season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 20 April until 21 September, and comprised an 18-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs.
The premiership was won by the Melbourne Football Club for the ninth time and third time consecutively, after it defeated by 61 points in the 1957 VFL Grand Final.
Background In 1957, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man. A player could be substituted for any reason; however, once substituted, a player could not return to the field of play under any circumstances.
Teams played each other in a home-and-away season of 18 rounds; matches 12 to 18 were the "home-and-way reverse" of matches 1 to 7.
Once the 18 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1957 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the Page–McIntyre system.
Home-and-away season
Round 1
! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.16 (88) | | 7.17 (59) | Junction Oval | 37,000 | 20 April 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 8.10 (58) | | 13.15 (93) | Victoria Park | 30,000 | 20 April 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 10.6 (66) | | 15.12 (102) | Princes Park | 24,321 | 20 April 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 7.11 (53) | | 6.14 (50) | Brunswick Street Oval | 24,000 | 22 April 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 19.14 (128) | | 15.15 (105) | Punt Road Oval | 23,000 | 22 April 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.11 (77) | | 10.17 (77) | Kardinia Park | 34,844 | 22 April 1957
Round 2
! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 9.22 (76) | | 8.9 (57) | Glenferrie Oval | 21,000 | 27 April 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.13 (85) | | 7.11 (53) | Western Oval | 29,497 | 27 April 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.8 (74) | | 8.15 (63) | Windy Hill | 21,500 | 27 April 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 9.13 (67) | | 10.13 (73) | Arden Street Oval | 12,000 | 27 April 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 10.20 (80) | | 10.12 (72) | MCG | 45,571 | 27 April 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 6.16 (52) | | 10.16 (76) | Lake Oval | 22,385 | 27 April 1957
Round 3
! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.16 (88) | | 9.11 (65) | Brunswick Street Oval | 17,000 | 4 May 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 19.16 (130) | | 13.9 (87) | Lake Oval | 19,275 | 4 May 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 13.9 (87) | | 11.12 (78) | Arden Street Oval | 11,000 | 4 May 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.20 (86) | | 5.11 (41) | MCG | 42,920 | 4 May 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.5 (77) | | 12.15 (87) | Kardinia Park | 24,292 | 4 May 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 9.10 (64) | | 7.9 (51) | Western Oval | 34,878 | 4 May 1957
Round 4
! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 6.15 (51) | | 4.9 (33) | Glenferrie Oval | 20,000 | 11 May 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.14 (80) | | 4.14 (38) | Windy Hill | 30,000 | 11 May 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 14.9 (93) | | 11.17 (83) | Victoria Park | 32,500 | 11 May 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 15.12 (102) | | 13.11 (89) | Princes Park | 28,888 | 11 May 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 16.5 (101) | | 12.12 (84) | Junction Oval | 20,000 | 11 May 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 16.10 (106) | | 10.31 (91) | Punt Road Oval | 16,500 | 11 May 1957
Round 5
! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 17.17 (119) | | 13.12 (90) | MCG | 35,682 | 18 May 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 9.10 (64) | | 3.19 (37) | Kardinia Park | 18,000 | 18 May 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.12 (84) | | 13.4 (82) | Victoria Park | 29,783 | 18 May 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 16.22 (118) | | 13.16 (94) | Princes Park | 28,936 | 18 May 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 9.16 (70) | | 9.14 (68) | Arden Street Oval | 19,000 | 18 May 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 7.16 (58) | | 14.16 (100) | Lake Oval | 27,500 | 18 May 1957
Round 6
! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 17.12 (114) | | 6.15 (51) | MCG | 28,250 | 25 May 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 14.14 (98) | | 10.19 (79) | Western Oval | 24,902 | 25 May 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 9.12 (66) | | 11.8 (74) | Windy Hill | 22,000 | 25 May 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 10.13 (73) | | 13.5 (83) | Junction Oval | 24,000 | 25 May 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 13.13 (91) | | 10.16 (76) | Arden Street Oval | 20,000 | 25 May 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.10 (82) | | 14.12 (96) | Brunswick Street Oval | 24,500 | 25 May 1957
Round 7
! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.16 (88) | | 8.9 (57) | Victoria Park | 23,458 | 1 June 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 13.9 (87) | | 7.20 (62) | Princes Park | 34,740 | 1 June 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.9 (75) | | 11.13 (79) | Lake Oval | 15,000 | 1 June 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 7.10 (52) | | 6.14 (50) | Punt Road Oval | 16,000 | 1 June 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.11 (77) | | 7.8 (50) | Glenferrie Oval | 26,000 | 1 June 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 14.15 (99) | | 17.11 (113) | Kardinia Park | 17,240 | 1 June 1957
Round 8
! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.15 (81) | | 10.19 (79) | Punt Road Oval | 21,000 | 8 June 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 10.11 (71) | | 10.17 (77) | Brunswick Street Oval | 15,000 | 8 June 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 21.12 (138) | | 15.12 (102) | Windy Hill | 22,000 | 8 June 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 10.11 (71) | | 14.15 (99) | Princes Park | 31,096 | 8 June 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 9.14 (68) | | 13.11 (89) | Lake Oval | 18,200 | 8 June 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.17 (89) | | 6.4 (40) | Western Oval | 34,742 | 8 June 1957
Round 9
! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.13 (85) | | 13.14 (92) | Victoria Park | 32,280 | 15 June 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 3.12 (30) | | 9.21 (75) | Junction Oval | 33,500 | 15 June 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 7.14 (56) | | 8.15 (63) | Arden Street Oval | 28,000 | 15 June 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.15 (87) | | 8.12 (60) | Western Oval | 28,450 | 17 June 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 23.16 (154) | | 14.10 (94) | MCG | 48,001 | 17 June 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 15.14 (104) | | 7.14 (56) | Glenferrie Oval | 23,000 | 17 June 1957
Round 10
! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 10.8 (68) | | 10.10 (70) | Kardinia Park | 12,456 | 22 June 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 9.14 (68) | | 14.14 (98) | Brunswick Street Oval | 17,500 | 22 June 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.12 (78) | | 16.13 (109) | Arden Street Oval | 14,000 | 22 June 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 10.15 (75) | | 8.11 (59) | Junction Oval | 21,000 | 22 June 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 13.10 (88) | | 7.19 (61) | Punt Road Oval | 25,000 | 22 June 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 14.16 (100) | | 9.9 (63) | Victoria Park | 33,345 | 22 June 1957
Round 11
! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 10.9 (69) | | 14.8 (92) | Kardinia Park | 18,177 | 29 June 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.14 (80) | | 13.11 (89) | Windy Hill | 18,500 | 29 June 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 13.14 (92) | | 7.13 (55) | Princes Park | 21,454 | 29 June 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.15 (87) | | 7.9 (51) | MCG | 49,512 | 29 June 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 15.19 (109) | | 14.12 (96) | Lake Oval | 16,200 | 29 June 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 10.14 (74) | | 13.15 (93) | Glenferrie Oval | 27,000 | 29 June 1957
Round 12
! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 17.15 (117) | | 10.13 (73) | Arden Street Oval | 21,000 | 6 July 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 9.11 (65) | | 9.10 (64) | Western Oval | 23,578 | 6 July 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.15 (81) | | 9.17 (71) | Lake Oval | 18,000 | 6 July 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 24.14 (158) | | 10.14 (74) | MCG | 21,370 | 6 July 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.16 (88) | | 10.13 (73) | Windy Hill | 26,500 | 6 July 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 7.10 (52) | | 8.13 (61) | Glenferrie Oval | 26,000 | 6 July 1957
Round 13
! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.15 (87) | | 8.13 (61) | Kardinia Park | 14,806 | 13 July 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 7.7 (49) | | 6.13 (49) | Victoria Park | 24,216 | 13 July 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.15 (81) | | 10.5 (65) | Princes Park | 20,572 | 13 July 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.12 (78) | | 10.15 (75) | Punt Road Oval | 22,000 | 13 July 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 14.16 (100) | | 14.8 (92) | Junction Oval | 24,400 | 13 July 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 7.10 (52) | | 9.18 (72) | Brunswick Street Oval | 12,500 | 13 July 1957
Round 14
! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 10.13 (73) | | 11.12 (78) | Punt Road Oval | 21,000 | 27 July 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 7.13 (55) | | 5.4 (34) | Glenferrie Oval | 10,000 | 27 July 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 9.18 (72) | | 11.7 (73) | Windy Hill | 22,500 | 27 July 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 13.14 (92) | | 6.8 (44) | Victoria Park | 21,316 | 27 July 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.13 (79) | | 7.10 (52) | Princes Park | 31,810 | 27 July 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 15.18 (108) | | 8.8 (56) | Junction Oval | 14,500 | 27 July 1957
Round 15
! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 13.11 (89) | | 14.9 (93) | Arden Street Oval | 10,000 | 3 August 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 15.13 (103) | | 13.13 (91) | Brunswick Street Oval | 12,000 | 3 August 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 8.18 (66) | | 10.13 (73) | MCG | 32,163 | 3 August 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 7.8 (50) | | 12.11 (83) | Western Oval | 24,942 | 3 August 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 9.13 (67) | | 12.19 (91) | Lake Oval | 25,300 | 3 August 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.19 (85) | | 6.7 (43) | Kardinia Park | 16,808 | 3 August 1957
Round 16
! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 6.6 (42) | | 8.13 (61) | Western Oval | 13,325 | 10 August 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 10.15 (75) | | 7.13 (55) | Windy Hill | 16,000 | 10 August 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 1.5 (11) | | 6.13 (49) | Junction Oval | 17,100 | 10 August 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 14.19 (103) | | 8.7 (55) | Glenferrie Oval | 12,000 | 10 August 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 8.14 (62) | | 8.13 (61) | Brunswick Street Oval | 22,000 | 10 August 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.9 (75) | | 7.9 (51) | Punt Road Oval | 22,000 | 10 August 1957
Round 17
! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 8.10 (58) | | 10.13 (73) | Kardinia Park | 12,759 | 17 August 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 13.14 (92) | | 11.13 (79) | Victoria Park | 20,310 | 17 August 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.13 (79) | | 5.11 (41) | Princes Park | 25,945 | 17 August 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.9 (75) | | 9.17 (71) | Lake Oval | 18,100 | 17 August 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 13.11 (89) | | 14.14 (98) | Punt Road Oval | 19,000 | 17 August 1957 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |