Scottish League Table for Tue 16 Apr 1957 |
| <-- 15 04 1957 | 1957 | 17 04 1957 --> |
| Pos | Prev | Diff | Team | G | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | Avg | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Heart Of Midlothian | 32 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 76 | 48 | 28 | 1.5833 | 49 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Rangers | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 80 | 39 | 41 | 2.0513 | 47 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Raith Rovers | 31 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 82 | 51 | 31 | 1.6078 | 39 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Kilmarnock | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 56 | 39 | 17 | 1.4359 | 39 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Aberdeen | 30 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 72 | 53 | 19 | 1.3585 | 34 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Motherwell | 31 | 15 | 4 | 12 | 66 | 58 | 8 | 1.1379 | 34 |
| 7 | 7 | 0 | Hibernian | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 68 | 54 | 14 | 1.2593 | 32 |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | Celtic | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 50 | 39 | 11 | 1.2821 | 30 |
| 9 | 9 | 0 | Dundee | 31 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 52 | 55 | -3 | .9455 | 30 |
| 10 | 10 | 0 | Partick Thistle | 29 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 41 | 43 | -2 | .9535 | 29 |
| 11 | 11 | 0 | Airdrieonians | 31 | 12 | 4 | 15 | 72 | 82 | -10 | .8780 | 28 |
| 12 | 12 | 0 | St Mirren | 31 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 52 | 64 | -12 | .8125 | 27 |
| 13 | 13 | 0 | Queens Park | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 46 | 48 | -2 | .9583 | 26 |
| 14 | 14 | 0 | Falkirk | 31 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 43 | 65 | -22 | .6615 | 24 |
| 15 | 17 | 2 | Dunfermline Athletic | 31 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 50 | 67 | -17 | .7463 | 23 |
| 16 | 15 | -1 | Queen of the South | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 52 | 89 | -37 | .5843 | 23 |
| 17 | 16 | -1 | East Fife | 32 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 53 | 80 | -27 | .6625 | 22 |
| 18 | 18 | 0 | Ayr United | 32 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 43 | 80 | -37 | .5375 | 18 |
| Games played on this date | |||||||
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| Comp | Rd | Home Team | F | Away Team | A | ||
L 1 |
Queen's Park | 1 |
Dunfermline | 3 |
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