1956 Grand Final: Melbourne v Collingwood

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday, September 15th, 1956
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 115,902
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Collingwood
Score: 17.19.121 - 6.12.48

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Melbourne	2	.	4	6	.	11	10	.	16	17	.	19	17	.	19	(121)
Collingwood	3	.	3	4	.	3	5	.	6	6	.	12	6	.	12	(48)
Margin	COL by 5			MEL by 20			MEL by 40			MEL by 73			MEL by 73
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Norm Smith (Melbourne), Phonse Kyne (Collingwood)
Captain(s): Noel McMahen (Melbourne), Neil Mann (Collingwood)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Allan Nash
Goal Umpire(s): Norman Grant, Edward O'Brien
Boundary Umpire(s): John Hicks, Herbert Kent
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Player Statistics (Basic)

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
6	Adams, Frank	WL	?	0	?
31	Barassi, Ron	RR	?	3	?
30	Beckwith, John	BPL	?	0	?
19	Carroll, Keith	HBFR	?	0	?
1	Cordner, Denis	RU	?	0	?
9	Dixon, Brian	WR	?	0	?
28	Gleeson, Terry	SUB	?	0	?
18	Johnson, Bob	FPL	?	3	?
14	Johnson, Trevor	BPR	?	0	?
16	Laidlaw, Clyde	CHF	?	0	?
34	Lane, Ralph	SUB	?	0	?
3	Marquis, Peter	FB	?	0	?
35	McMahen, Noel	CHB	?	0	?
38	Melville, Ken	C	?	0	?
11	Mithen, Laurie	HFFR	?	0	?
24	Ridley, Ian	FPR	?	1	?
8	Sandral, Jim	HFFL	?	0	?
12	Spencer, Stuart	RO	?	5	?
15	Webb, Athol	FF	?	5	?
25	Williams, Don	HBFL	?	0	?
Rushed					?
Total				17	19

Collingwood

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
13	Gabelich, Ray	RU	?	0	?
7	Greve, Bob	FPR	?	1	?
8	Hamilton, Jack	SUB	?	0	?
18	Hedt, Ken	WL	?	0	?
23	Jones, Bill	RO	?	1	?
9	Kingston, Ron	HBFR	?	0	?
12	Kupsch, Bob	SUB	?	0	?
3	Lucas, Peter	HBFL	?	0	?
1	Mann, Neil	FPL	?	0	?
17	Merrett, Thorold	WR	?	0	?
21	Rymer, Laurie	RR	?	0	?
22	Serong, Bill	HFFR	?	1	?
29	Sharp, Lerrel	BPL	?	0	?
5	Smale, Ken	FF	?	1	?
26	Sullivan, Harry	FB	?	0	?
24	Tuck, Frank	CHB	?	0	?
36	Turner, Ken	HFFL	?	1	?
2	Twomey, Bill	C	?	1	?
31	Waller, Neville	BPR	?	0	?
27	Weideman, Murray	CHF	?	0	?
Rushed					?
Total				6	12

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CP: Contested Posessions, UP: Uncontested Posessions, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s, MF: Marks Inside 50, RB: Running Bounces, OP: One-Percenters, GA: Goal Assists

Player Line-Up

Melbourne							Coach: Norm Smith
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	29	L. Sharp	26	H. Sullivan	31	N. Waller	1	D. Cordner	28	T. Gleeson
	24	I. Ridley	15	A. Webb	18	B. Johnson	31	R. Barassi	34	R. Lane
FORWARD							12	S. Spencer
HALF-BACK
	3	P. Lucas	24	F. Tuck	9	R. Kingston
	11	L. Mithen	16	C. Laidlaw	8	J. Sandral
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	18	K. Hedt	2	B. Twomey	17	T. Merrett
	9	B. Dixon	38	K. Melville	6	F. Adams	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							13	R. Gabelich	8	J. Hamilton
HALF-FORWARD							21	L. Rymer	12	B. Kupsch
	36	K. Turner	27	M. Weideman	22	B. Serong	23	B. Jones
	19	K. Carroll	35	N. McMahen (c)	25	D. Williams
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	1	N. Mann (c)	5	K. Smale	7	B. Greve
	14	T. Johnson	3	P. Marquis	30	J. Beckwith
BACK
Collingwood							Coach: Phonse Kyne

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