1957 Fourths Score

Colin Orchard won the U17's Melbourne Boys League Best and Fairest award across the competition.
On 15 June: Barry Peatling and Rob Jones were selected in the combined Melbourne Boys' League team to play against Geelong at the Brighton Football Ground.
On 20 July - Bob Jones and Pat Halit were selected in the combined Melbourne Boys' League team to play the return representative match at Geelong.

 

Rd	Date	W/L	Richmond	Opponent Score	Venue	Goalkickers	Team
PM	6 April		South Melbourne		Goals: Warren 4, Thompson 4, Colin Orchard 2, Duncan 1	After a timid first quarter, the team settled down to first class football. Dashing and tear-through methods were employed by half-back flanker Fred Bayes.	Best: Barry Thompson, Warren, Bayes, Barry Peatling
1		W142	21.24 150	Footscray 4ths 1.2 8		Goals: Thompson 5, Croughan 4, O'Donnell 2, Peatling 2, Keyhoe 2, Murphy 2, Orchard 2, Jones 1, Davison 1	Bob Jones dominated the ruck work and created the breaks necessary for rovers T. Murphy and B. Peatling to capitalise upon. The half-back line of F. Bayes, Jim Renouf and R. O'Brien showed teamwork and backing up	Best: J. Renouf, T. Murphy, Orchard, R. Jones
2		Draw		South Melbourne	Punt Road	Goals: Keyhoe 2, Warren 2, Thompson 2, Davison 2	curtain raiser to 2nd XVIII	Trailing by six goals at half time, victory at that moment seemed beyond their reach, but with a brilliant last half burst the boys rallied and saved the game	Best: T. O'Donnell, N. Dunne, F. Bayes, T. Murphy, R. Jones (ex South Melb player)
3		W34	11.11 77	Melbourne 4ths 5.11 41	MCG	Goals: Kestles 3, Thompson 2, Peatling 2, Orchard 1, Croughan 1, Murphy 1, Jones 1	curtain raiser to 2nd XVIII	The standard was high, with the handpassing and play-on tactics being a feature of the Tigers' game. Bill Sharpe and Brian Kestles were new players who had been held up this season with clearance trouble.	Best: Jim Renouf, A. Lewis, Colin Orchard, K. Wright, W. Sharpe, Barry Peatling
4		W93	13.22 100	Richmond Citizens 1.1 7			Best: Robert O'Brien, Jim Renouf, O'Donnell, Murphy, Bayes.
5		BYE
6		W102	22.7 139	Richmond Scouts 5.7 37		Goals: Kestles 8, Peatling 4, Thompson 4, Halit 3, Jones 2, Croughan 1	Pat Hallit, a rover from Millgrove, was welcomed by team-mates when he played his first game and was judged best player on the ground.	Best: P. Halit, C. Orchard, T. Murphy, B. Kestles
7		W57	15.11 101	Hawthorn Colts 7.2 44		Goals: Kestles 5, Thompson 4, Halit 2, Jones 2, Davidson 1, Peatling 1	Pat Halit gave a brilliant display of stab and drop kicking for the smallest member of the team	Best: Halit, Orchard, Jones, Thompson, Peatling, Wright
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9		W27	7.13 55	Hawthorn Colts 4.4 28		Goals: Thompson 4, Halit 2, Murphy 1	Coach Allan Watson will give players a rest in training this week as most are recovering from bouts of the 'flu.	Best: Orchard, Kevin Steele (ruckman), Halit, Murphy, Bayes
10		L17	11.8 74	Melbourne 14.7 91		The first loss for the season would have been by a greater margin if not for the solid defence of Adrian Lewis at half-back and John Devitt at full-back.	Best: Bayes, Lewis, Devitt, Renouf, Peatling
11		W116	17.18 120	Richmond Citizens 0.4 4		Goals: Kestles 6	Exactly half of the score, 9.6 60, was posted in the last quarter.	Best: Greet, Orchard, Peatling, Kestles
12		W14	9.8 62	South Melbourne 4ths 6.13 49		Goals: Kestles 4, Murphy 3, Orchard 1, Thompson 1	Complete supremacy of the centre line gave Richmond 4ths a good victory over a strong South Melbourne side.	Best: Colin Orchard, Tony Murphy, Bill Sharpe, Croughan, Ken Wright, Bayes.
GF	31 August	L19		South Melbourne 4ths	Brunswick Football Ground		12:00 noon start. Best: Pat Halit, Barry Peatling, Tony Murphy.	This was the fourth successive Grand Final appearance by the 4ths and after losing the first two, the aim was to win two in a row, but it was a game in which nothing would go right.