1956 Semi Final 2: Melbourne v Collingwood

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Semi Final 2
Teams: Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday, September 1st, 1956
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 91,680
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Collingwood
Score: 11.14.80 - 8.16.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 4 3 . 6 8 . 9 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Collingwood 1 . 4 3 . 7 8 . 10 8 . 16 8 . 16 (64)
Margin level COL by 1 COL by 1 MEL by 16 MEL by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Norm Smith (Melbourne), Phonse Kyne (Collingwood)
Captain(s): Noel McMahen (Melbourne), Neil Mann (Collingwood)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Harry Beitzel
Goal Umpire(s):
Boundary Umpire(s):
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Player Statistics (Basic)

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 1 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
19 Carroll, Keith ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 0 ?
18 Johnson, Bob ? ? 3 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
16 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 1 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 1 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 1 ?
8 Sandral, Jim ? ? 1 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 3 ?
15 Webb, Athol ? ? 0 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 11 14

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Davidson, Max ? ? 0 ?
13 Gabelich, Ray ? ? 0 ?
7 Greve, Bob ? ? 0 ?
18 Hedt, Ken ? ? 0 ?
23 Jones, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 Kingston, Ron ? ? 0 ?
12 Kupsch, Bob ? ? 1 ?
3 Lucas, Peter ? ? 0 ?
1 Mann, Neil ? ? 2 ?
17 Merrett, Thorold ? ? 0 ?
20 Richards, Ron ? ? 0 ?
21 Rymer, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
22 Serong, Bill ? ? 0 ?
29 Sharp, Lerrel ? ? 0 ?
26 Sullivan, Harry ? ? 0 ?
24 Tuck, Frank ? ? 0 ?
36 Turner, Ken ? ? 2 ?
2 Twomey, Bill ? ? 0 ?
31 Waller, Neville ? ? 0 ?
27 Weideman, Murray ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total 8 16

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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Collingwood Coach: Phonse Kyne

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