1956 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 6th (W-D-L: 10-0-8, P%: 95.8%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 32
Brownlow Leader(s): Jack Clarke (10)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Graham Willey (33)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Bill Hutchison

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Bill Hutchison

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Bigelow, Doug #19 17 R01-R11, R13-R18 2
Booth, Stan #2 17 R01-R07, R09-R18 21
Burgess, Reg #18 17 R01-R12, R14-R18 3
Carmichael, Don #32 5 R12-R16 0
Carstairs, Jim #20 11 R01, R03-R07, R12-R16 6
Clarke, Jack #1 16 R01-R09, R11, R13-R18 10
Clarkson, Jack #29 2 R14-R15 1
Dale, Alan #16 3 R01-R03 0
Dench, Doug #6 9 R04-R12 0
Diston, Morton #12 7 R07-R08, R10-R12, R17-R18 0
Fox, Robert #24 15 R01-R02, R04-R12, R14-R16, R18 8
Gallagher, Fred #13 18 R01-R18 0
Gamble, Jeff #22 13 R02, R05, R07, R09-R18 4
Gill, John #3 14 R01-R04, R08-R11, R13-R18 11
Harrington, Jack #23 11 R01-R06, R08, R12-R13, R17-R18 3
Heenan, Jim #14 18 R01-R18 0
Hutchison, Bill #7 15 R01-R09, R11-R13, R16-R18 30
Knowles, Jack #21 16 R03-R18 0
Lalor, Ray #8 6 R04-R06, R09-R10, R13 2
Leek, Geoff #30 15 R01-R02, R05-R10, R12-R18 7
Lynch, Fred #4 6 R01-R04, R07-R08 0
McConnell, Roy #25 12 R01-R04, R06-R09, R11-R12, R16-R17 0
Mitchell, Hugh #31 18 R01-R18 16
Nixon, Max #17 6 R06-R11 1
Pascoe, Mal #34 17 R01-R11, R13-R18 13
Prest, Warren #28 1 R03 0
Sewell, Greg #9 18 R01-R18 2
Shearman, Bob #35 2 R17-R18 1
Suter, Bob #5 2 R03, R05 0
Taylor, Bob #15 7 R01-R02, R10, R12-R15 1
Towner, John #33 10 R06, R10-R18 1
Willey, Graham #16 16 R01-R05, R08-R18 33

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Reynolds, Dick 18 10 -0- 8 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
14/04/1956 Round 1 Carlton HOME WIN ESS by 28 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
21/04/1956 Round 2 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 22 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
28/04/1956 Round 3 North Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 42 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
05/05/1956 Round 4 St Kilda HOME WIN ESS by 40 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
12/05/1956 Round 5 Richmond HOME WIN ESS by 6 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
19/05/1956 Round 6 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 12 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
26/05/1956 Round 7 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 50 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
04/06/1956 Round 8 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 24 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
09/06/1956 Round 9 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 68 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
23/06/1956 Round 10 Hawthorn HOME WIN ESS by 21 Dick Reynolds unknown
30/06/1956 Round 11 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 54 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
07/07/1956 Round 12 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 40 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
14/07/1956 Round 13 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESS by 9 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
21/07/1956 Round 14 North Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 31 Dick Reynolds unknown
28/07/1956 Round 15 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESS by 2 Dick Reynolds unknown
04/08/1956 Round 16 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 12 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
11/08/1956 Round 17 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 18 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
18/08/1956 Round 18 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 28 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison