1956 Preliminary Final: Collingwood v Footscray

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final
Teams: Collingwood v Footscray
Date: Saturday, September 8th, 1956
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 94,104
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Footscray
Score: 15.6.96 - 7.15.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 6 . 1 6 . 1 11 . 5 15 . 6 15 . 6 (96)
Footscray 3 . 0 5 . 8 6 . 9 7 . 15 7 . 15 (57)
Margin COL by 19 FOO by 1 COL by 26 COL by 39 COL by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Phonse Kyne (Collingwood), Charlie Sutton (Footscray)
Captain(s): Neil Mann (Collingwood), Wally Donald (Footscray)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Allan Nash
Goal Umpire(s):
Boundary Umpire(s):
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Player Statistics (Basic)

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Davidson, Max ? ? 0 ?
13 Gabelich, Ray ? ? 0 ?
7 Greve, Bob ? ? 1 ?
8 Hamilton, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Hedt, Ken ? ? 0 ?
23 Jones, Bill ? ? 1 ?
9 Kingston, Ron ? ? 0 ?
3 Lucas, Peter ? ? 0 ?
1 Mann, Neil ? ? 2 ?
17 Merrett, Thorold ? ? 1 ?
21 Rymer, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
22 Serong, Bill ? ? 0 ?
29 Sharp, Lerrel ? ? 0 ?
5 Smale, Ken ? ? 8 ?
26 Sullivan, Harry ? ? 0 ?
24 Tuck, Frank ? ? 0 ?
36 Turner, Ken ? ? 1 ?
2 Twomey, Bill ? ? 0 ?
31 Waller, Neville ? ? 0 ?
27 Weideman, Murray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 15 6

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
8 Cross, Max ? ? 2 ?
29 Dixon, Ron ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 1 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 1 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 0 ?
20 McRae, Peter ? ? 0 ?
21 Porta, Ron ? ? 0 ?
33 Rawson, Don ? ? 0 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
31 Ryan, Lionel ? ? 0 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 3 ?
17 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 7 15

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

Collingwood Coach: Phonse Kyne
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Footscray Coach: Charlie Sutton

Score Timeline

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