1956 Semi Final 1: Geelong v Footscray

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Semi Final 1
Teams: Geelong v Footscray
Date: Saturday, August 25th, 1956
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 79,402
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Footscray
Score: 6.5.41 - 5.13.43

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 2 6 . 2 6 . 4 6 . 5 6 . 5 (41)
Footscray 1 . 3 4 . 6 5 . 8 5 . 13 5 . 13 (43)
Margin GEE by 17 GEE by 8 GEE by 2 FOO by 2 FOO by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Reg Hickey (Geelong), Charlie Sutton (Footscray)
Captain(s): Bob Davis (Geelong), 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)

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Bartle, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 0 ?
30 Bow, Glen ? ? 0 ?
32 Brown, Clive ? ? 0 ?
29 Bullen, Roger ? ? 1 ?
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 0 ?
18 Ferrari, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
23 Gazzard, Bob ? ? 0 ?
1 Goggin, Matt ? ? 0 ?
10 Haygarth, John ? ? 0 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
20 O'Connell, John ? ? 1 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 0 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 1 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
31 Sutcliffe, Max ? ? 1 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 0 ?
3 Wooller, Fred ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total 6 5

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 1 ?
8 Cross, Max ? ? 4 ?
29 Dixon, Ron ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 0 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 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 ?
16 Smith, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 0 ?
17 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
10 Westacott, John ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 5 13

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

Geelong Coach: Reg Hickey
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Footscray Coach: Charlie Sutton

Score Timeline

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