Night Series Competition
The night series were held under the floodlights at Lake Oval, South Melbourne.
In all other years of the night competition (i.e., 1956-1971), only teams that had finished 5th to 12th on ladder at the end of the home-and-away season competed; i.e., teams which were not playing in any of the end of season finals matches.
In 1957, due to the perceived popularity of the competition's initial year (1956), all twelve VFL clubs played in the 1957 Night Series. The series was marred by bad weather, with two matches having to be abandoned. Only an average of 16,000 spectators attending each of the 11 matches that were played. In 1958, the competition reverted to the 1956 structure, where only teams finishing 5th to 12th on the ladder competed.
Final: South Melbourne 15.13 (103) defeated Geelong 8.4 (52)
Read more about this topic: 1957 VFL Season
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