1956 Round 5: Melbourne v Geelong

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday, May 12th, 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 47,270
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 6.20.56 - 6.12.48

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 7 3 . 13 5 . 18 6 . 20 6 . 20 (56)
Geelong 2 . 2 5 . 5 5 . 7 6 . 12 6 . 12 (48)
Margin MEL by 5 GEE by 4 MEL by 11 MEL by 8 MEL by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Norm Smith (Melbourne), Reg Hickey (Geelong)
Captain(s): Noel McMahen (Melbourne), Bob Davis (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Bill Barbour
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 ? ? 2 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
19 Carroll, Keith ? ? 0 ?
21 Cook, Peter ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
18 Johnson, Bob ? ? 1 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
16 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 1 ?
34 Lane, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 2 ?
8 Sandral, Jim ? ? 0 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 0 ?
15 Webb, Athol ? ? 0 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 6 20

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 0 ?
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 2 ?
18 Ferrari, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
23 Gazzard, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 Goldsmith, John ? ? 0 ?
10 Haygarth, John ? ? 0 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
35 McGrath, George ? ? 0 ?
20 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 2 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 2 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 0 ?
19 Umbers, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
37 Wiltshire, Bob ? ? 0 ?
3 Wooller, Fred ? ? 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
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Geelong Coach: Reg Hickey

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