1956 Round 4: Melbourne v Fitzroy

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday, May 5th, 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 23,000
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 10.19.79 - 9.6.60

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 8 5 . 10 6 . 16 10 . 19 10 . 19 (79)
Fitzroy 1 . 1 4 . 3 4 . 4 9 . 6 9 . 6 (60)
Margin MEL by 19 MEL by 13 MEL by 24 MEL by 19 MEL by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Norm Smith (Melbourne), Bill Stephen (Fitzroy)
Captain(s): Noel McMahen (Melbourne), Bill Stephen (Fitzroy)

Match Umpires

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

Brownlow Votes

3 - unknown/invalid 2 - unknown/invalid 1 - unknown/invalid

Player Statistics (Basic)

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 1 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Bull, Tony ? ? 0 ?
19 Carroll, Keith ? ? 0 ?
21 Cook, Peter ? ? 1 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 1 ?
18 Johnson, Bob ? ? 2 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
16 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
34 Lane, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 3 ?
8 Sandral, Jim ? ? 0 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 0 ?
15 Webb, Athol ? ? 1 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 10 19

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abrahams, Owen ? ? 3 ?
1 Chapman, James ? ? 1 ?
34 Cunningham, Matt ? ? 1 ?
11 Davey, Colin ? ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 1 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
4 Gervasoni, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
23 Henderson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 0 ?
24 Lane, Bryan ? ? 1 ?
14 MacGregor, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 MacKenzie, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
2 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
5 Ongarello, Tony ? ? 2 ?
3 Pert, Brian ? ? 0 ?
18 Smith, Ron ? ? 0 ?
8 Stephen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 Vernon, Rod ? ? 0 ?
10 Williams, Vin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 9 6

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
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