1956 VFL Season: Geelong

Season Team Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Team: Geelong
Home Ground: Kardinia Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 13-0-5, P%: 121.9%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Footscray (Semi Final)
Players: 35
Brownlow Leader(s): Peter Pianto (16)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Noel Rayson (40)
Carji Greeves Medal Recipient(s): Bernie Smith

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Bob Davis

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Bartle, Bruce #7 13 R03-R04, R07-R13, R15-R17, SF 3
Beardsley, Ken #34 5 R01-R03, R06, R10 1
Borrack, Les #14 18 R01-R07, R09-R18, SF 3
Bow, Glen #30 5 R12-R14, R17, SF 1
Brown, Clive #32 7 R01, R07-R09, R17-R18, SF 0
Bullen, Roger #29 11 R09-R18, SF 13
Cameron, Ken #16 2 R03-R04 0
Davis, Bob #4 19 R01-R18, SF 17
Ferrari, Bruce #18 19 R01-R18, SF 21
Gazzard, Bob #23 19 R01-R18, SF 0
Goggin, Matt #1 7 R10-R15, SF 0
Goldsmith, John #25 6 R03-R06, R09-R10 0
Haygarth, John #10 8 R05-R06, R10-R11, R15-R16, R18, SF 0
Helmer, John #36 2 R07-R08 0
Herbert, Harry #24 2 R16-R17 2
Hovey, Ron #12 19 R01-R18, SF 0
Le Deux, Fred #22 6 R06, R11-R14, R18 0
May, Les #2 4 R02, R06, R12-R13 0
McGrath, George #35 6 R01-R02, R05, R07-R09 0
Nicholls, Eric #33 1 R10 0
O'Connell, John #20 19 R01-R18, SF 29
O'Neill, John #17 17 R01-R09, R11-R14, R16-R18, SF 2
Pianto, Peter #6 17 R01-R05, R07-R09, R11-R18, SF 21
Rayson, Noel #27 16 R01, R04-R15, R17-R18, SF 41
Renfrey, Russ #8 14 R01-R14 2
Roberts, Jim #15 1 R06 0
Ryan, Bernie #38 4 R14-R17 1
Sharp, Norm #26 17 R01-R05, R07-R16, R18, SF 5
Smith, Bernie #11 18 R01-R17, SF 0
Sutcliffe, Max #31 9 R01-R02, R06, R14-R18, SF 2
Trezise, Neil #28 19 R01-R18, SF 27
Umbers, Geoff #19 6 R02-R05, R08, R18 2
Williams, Geoff #21 18 R01-R18 0
Wiltshire, Bob #37 14 R01-R10, R15-R18 5
Wooller, Fred #3 12 R01-R05, R07-R08, R11, R15-R16, R18, SF 10

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)
Hickey, Reg 18 13 -0- 5 R01-R09, R11-R18, SF
Davis, Bob 1 0 -0- 1 R10

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
14/04/1956 Round 1 South Melbourne AWAY WIN GEE by 27 Reg Hickey Bob Davis
21/04/1956 Round 2 North Melbourne HOME WIN GEE by 88 Reg Hickey Bob Davis
28/04/1956 Round 3 Hawthorn AWAY WIN GEE by 12 Reg Hickey Bob Davis
05/05/1956 Round 4 Richmond HOME WIN GEE by 32 Reg Hickey Bob Davis
12/05/1956 Round 5 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 8 Reg Hickey Bob Davis
19/05/1956 Round 6 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 41 Reg Hickey Bob Davis
26/05/1956 Round 7 Essendon HOME WIN GEE by 50 Reg Hickey Bob Davis
04/06/1956 Round 8 Fitzroy HOME WIN GEE by 22 Reg Hickey Bob Davis
09/06/1956 Round 9 Carlton AWAY WIN GEE by 1 Reg Hickey Bob Davis
16/06/1956 Round 10 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 22 Bob Davis Bob Davis
30/06/1956 Round 11 St Kilda HOME WIN GEE by 5 Reg Hickey Bob Davis
07/07/1956 Round 12 South Melbourne HOME WIN GEE by 41 Reg Hickey Bob Davis
14/07/1956 Round 13 North Melbourne AWAY WIN GEE by 82 Reg Hickey Bob Davis
21/07/1956 Round 14 Hawthorn HOME WIN GEE by 11 Reg Hickey Bob Davis
28/07/1956 Round 15 Richmond AWAY WIN GEE by 14 Reg Hickey Bob Davis
04/08/1956 Round 16 Melbourne HOME WIN GEE by 2 Reg Hickey Bob Davis
11/08/1956 Round 17 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 32 Reg Hickey Bob Davis
18/08/1956 Round 18 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 28 Reg Hickey Bob Davis
25/08/1956 Semi Final Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 2 Reg Hickey Bob Davis