1956 VFL Season: North Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Team: North Melbourne
Home Ground: Arden Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 12th (W-D-L: 3-0-15, P%: 69.6%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 41
Brownlow Leader(s): Bob Brooker, Laurie Dwyer (8)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jock Spencer (40)
Syd Barker Medal Recipient(s): Jack Edwards

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Bob Brooker

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Aylett, Allen #17 17 R01-R05, R07-R18 17
Barton, Bill #23 1 R01 1
Batchelor, Keith #18 16 R01-R15, R18 0
Brady, John #20 8 R01, R03, R08-R09, R15-R18 4
Brooker, Bob #28 13 R01-R13 5
Burt, Bobby #8 4 R05-R06, R10, R12 0
Crampton, Colin #16 3 R11-R13 0
Crewes, Ian #26 2 R05-R06 0
Dean, Ken #9 10 R02-R04, R10-R11, R13, R15-R18 2
Dean, Norm #26 10 R01-R02, R10-R14, R16-R18 6
Doolan, Neil #12 6 R01-R03, R06-R07, R11 3
Dozzi, Dal #29 4 R03, R15-R17 0
Dugdale, John #6 18 R01-R18 14
Dwyer, Laurie #27 12 R07-R18 2
Eastmure, Gerald #14 15 R01-R06, R08, R10-R15, R17-R18 10
Easton, Kevin #34 6 R01-R06 6
Edwards, Jack #35 17 R01-R12, R14-R18 0
English, Garry #4 16 R02-R14, R16-R18 1
Files, Roy #15 4 R10-R13 5
Ford, John #25 5 R14-R18 0
Hamilton, Peter #11 14 R01-R14 0
James, Ron #3 3 R05, R07, R09 0
Johnson, Brian #10 3 R01-R03 0
Joiner, John #36 1 R14 0
Macquire, Fred #23 10 R04-R12, R16 1
Mantello, Albert #32 17 R01-R12, R14-R18 1
Marendaz, Charlie #1 6 R01-R02, R08-R10, R13 0
Martyn, Bryan #30 11 R04-R08, R13-R18 3
McLean, Tom #16 1 R15 0
McMahon, Kevin #21 10 R01-R09, R13 0
Neeson, Norm #25 1 R04 0
O'Halloran, Jack #5 18 R01-R18 11
O'Sullivan, Peter #19 10 R01-R04, R12, R14-R18 4
Reddick, Bill #33 5 R07-R10, R13 0
Ritchie, Max #31 9 R06-R12, R14-R15 1
Russell, James #15 8 R04-R05, R09, R14-R18 0
Spencer, Jock #7 17 R01-R09, R11-R18 40
Teasdale, Noel #2 11 R01-R02, R05-R07, R13-R18 2
Templar, Len #24 15 R03-R04, R06-R18 5
Tobin, Des #8 1 R18 0
Wilson, Keith #26 2 R16-R17 0

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)
Gaudion, Charlie 18 3 -0- 15 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
14/04/1956 Round 1 St Kilda HOME WIN NOR by 57 Charlie Gaudion Bob Brooker
21/04/1956 Round 2 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 88 Charlie Gaudion Bob Brooker
28/04/1956 Round 3 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 42 Charlie Gaudion Bob Brooker
05/05/1956 Round 4 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 8 Charlie Gaudion Bob Brooker
12/05/1956 Round 5 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 15 Charlie Gaudion Bob Brooker
19/05/1956 Round 6 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 42 Charlie Gaudion Bob Brooker
26/05/1956 Round 7 South Melbourne HOME WIN NOR by 39 Charlie Gaudion Bob Brooker
02/06/1956 Round 8 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 42 Charlie Gaudion Bob Brooker
09/06/1956 Round 9 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 25 Charlie Gaudion Bob Brooker
16/06/1956 Round 10 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 10 Charlie Gaudion Bob Brooker
30/06/1956 Round 11 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 10 Charlie Gaudion Bob Brooker
07/07/1956 Round 12 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 78 Charlie Gaudion Bob Brooker
14/07/1956 Round 13 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 82 Charlie Gaudion Bob Brooker
21/07/1956 Round 14 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 31 Charlie Gaudion unknown
28/07/1956 Round 15 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 50 Charlie Gaudion unknown
04/08/1956 Round 16 Fitzroy HOME WIN NOR by 49 Charlie Gaudion unknown
11/08/1956 Round 17 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 43 Charlie Gaudion unknown
18/08/1956 Round 18 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 32 Charlie Gaudion unknown