1956 Round 14: Melbourne v Footscray

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday, July 21st, 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 47,947
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Footscray
Score: 7.17.59 - 10.12.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 0 . 5 3 . 10 6 . 14 7 . 17 7 . 17 (59)
Footscray 1 . 4 4 . 6 7 . 8 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Margin FOO by 5 FOO by 2 level FOO by 13 FOO by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Norm Smith (Melbourne), Charlie Sutton (Footscray)
Captain(s): Noel McMahen (Melbourne), Wally Donald (Footscray)

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
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
19 Carroll, Keith ? ? 0 ?
21 Cook, Peter ? ? 1 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
18 Johnson, Bob ? ? 1 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
34 Lane, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 1 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 0 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 3 ?
15 Webb, Athol ? ? 1 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 7 17

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 2 ?
8 Cross, Max ? ? 4 ?
18 Dickson, Noel ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 0 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 0 ?
40 Henriksen, Ron ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 2 ?
20 McRae, Peter ? ? 0 ?
21 Porta, Ron ? ? 0 ?
33 Rawson, Don ? ? 0 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 1 ?
16 Smith, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 1 ?
17 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
10 Westacott, John ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 10 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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Footscray Coach: Charlie Sutton

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