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

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