1956 Round 12: Melbourne v Richmond

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday, July 7th, 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 26,872
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Richmond
Score: 11.13.79 - 7.3.45

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 6 4 . 9 8 . 12 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Richmond 2 . 0 3 . 1 5 . 1 7 . 3 7 . 3 (45)
Margin level MEL by 14 MEL by 29 MEL by 34 MEL by 34
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Norm Smith (Melbourne), Max Oppy (Richmond)
Captain(s): Ken Melville (Melbourne), Des Rowe (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Bob Nunn
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 ?
19 Carroll, Keith ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 1 ?
18 Johnson, Bob ? ? 2 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
27 Jones, Dennis ? ? 1 ?
16 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
34 Lane, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 2 ?
8 Sandral, Jim ? ? 0 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 1 ?
15 Webb, Athol ? ? 2 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 11 13

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 2 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
34 Claxton, John ? ? 1 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 0 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 0 ?
17 Dummett, Bob ? ? 1 ?
23 Dunin, Frank ? ? 0 ?
14 McDonald, Ron ? ? 0 ?
16 McGaw, Ray ? ? 0 ?
22 Morcom, Stan ? ? 0 ?
38 Morris, Peter ? ? 0 ?
10 Naismith, Vic ? ? 1 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 1 ?
15 Rowe, Des ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 0 ?
8 Ryan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
26 Saddington, Col ? ? 1 ?
6 Sharp, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
11 Simpson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
20 Ward, Ken ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 7 3

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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Richmond Coach: Max Oppy

Score Timeline

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