1956 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 1st (W-D-L: 16-0-2, P%: 146.0%)
Finals Performance: Premiers
Players: 27
Brownlow Leader(s): Ron Barassi, John Beckwith (13)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Ian Ridley (38)
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy Recipient(s): Stuart Spencer

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Noel McMahen
Vice-Captain(s): Ken Melville

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Adams, Frank #6 7 R10-R11, R14, R17-R18, SF, GF 3
Barassi, Ron #31 19 R01-R09, R11-R18, SF, GF 27
Beckwith, John #30 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 0
Bull, Tony #29 7 R02-R04, R06-R08, R10 1
Carroll, Keith #19 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 0
Case, Geoff #7 4 R01-R03, R15 0
Cook, Peter #21 7 R04-R06, R11, R14-R16 3
Cordner, Denis #1 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 2
Dixon, Brian #9 17 R01, R04-R10, R12-R18, SF, GF 5
Gleeson, Terry #28 10 R01, R03, R09-R10, R15-R18, SF, GF 2
Johnson, Bob #18 19 R01-R14, R16-R18, SF, GF 43
Johnson, Trevor #14 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 1
Jones, Dennis #27 2 R11-R12 1
Laidlaw, Clyde #16 18 R01-R13, R16-R18, SF, GF 5
Lane, Ralph #34 18 R01-R17, GF 2
Marquis, Peter #3 15 R05-R16, R18, SF, GF 4
McGivern, Geoff #17 13 R01-R04, R07-R08, R10, R12-R15, R18, SF 0
McLean, Ian #5 14 R01-R05, R09-R17 1
McMahen, Noel #35 19 R01-R11, R13-R18, SF, GF 2
Melville, Ken #38 19 R01-R03, R05-R18, SF, GF 1
Mithen, Laurie #11 18 R01-R09, R12-R18, SF, GF 8
Ridley, Ian #24 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 40
Sandral, Jim #8 15 R04-R05, R07-R13, R15-R18, SF, GF 2
Spencer, Stuart #12 19 R01-R09, R11-R18, SF, GF 42
Webb, Athol #15 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 28
Williams, Don #25 18 R01-R14, R17-R18, SF, GF 0
Wilson, Colin #33 2 R02, R06 0

Team Line-Up

Back: John Beckwith Peter Marquis Trevor Johnson
Half-Back: Don Williams Noel McMahen Keith Carroll
Centre: Frank Adams Ken Melville Brian Dixon
Half-Forward: Jim Sandral Clyde Laidlaw Laurie Mithen
Forward: Bob Johnson Athol Webb Ian Ridley
Follower: Denis Cordner Ron Barassi Stuart Spencer
Interchange: Terry Gleeson Ralph Lane

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)
Smith, Norm 20 18 -0- 2 R01-R18, SF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
14/04/1956 Round 1 Richmond AWAY WIN MEL by 33 Norm Smith Noel McMahen
21/04/1956 Round 2 Carlton AWAY WIN MEL by 43 Norm Smith Noel McMahen
28/04/1956 Round 3 Footscray AWAY WIN MEL by 26 Norm Smith Noel McMahen
05/05/1956 Round 4 Fitzroy HOME WIN MEL by 19 Norm Smith Noel McMahen
12/05/1956 Round 5 Geelong HOME WIN MEL by 8 Norm Smith Noel McMahen
19/05/1956 Round 6 North Melbourne AWAY WIN MEL by 42 Norm Smith Noel McMahen
26/05/1956 Round 7 Collingwood HOME WIN MEL by 18 Norm Smith Noel McMahen
02/06/1956 Round 8 St Kilda AWAY WIN MEL by 14 Norm Smith Noel McMahen
09/06/1956 Round 9 Essendon HOME WIN MEL by 68 Norm Smith Noel McMahen
23/06/1956 Round 10 South Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 23 Norm Smith Noel McMahen
30/06/1956 Round 11 Hawthorn AWAY WIN MEL by 38 Norm Smith Noel McMahen
07/07/1956 Round 12 Richmond HOME WIN MEL by 34 Norm Smith Ken Melville
14/07/1956 Round 13 Carlton HOME WIN MEL by 15 Norm Smith Noel McMahen
21/07/1956 Round 14 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 13 Norm Smith Noel McMahen
28/07/1956 Round 15 Fitzroy AWAY WIN MEL by 28 Norm Smith Noel McMahen
04/08/1956 Round 16 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 2 Norm Smith Noel McMahen
11/08/1956 Round 17 North Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 43 Norm Smith Noel McMahen
18/08/1956 Round 18 Collingwood AWAY WIN MEL by 13 Norm Smith Noel McMahen
01/09/1956 Semi Final Collingwood HOME WIN MEL by 16 Norm Smith Noel McMahen
15/09/1956 Grand Final Collingwood HOME WIN MEL by 73 Norm Smith Noel McMahen