1956 VFL Season: South Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Lakeside Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 9th (W-D-L: 6-1-11, P%: 88.1%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 42
Brownlow Leader(s): Jim Dorgan (15)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Bill Gunn (28)
Bob Skilton Medal Recipient(s): Jim Dorgan

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Ian Gillett

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Biggs, Stan #40 2 R09-R10 0
Campbell, Neville #29 1 R17 0
Clegg, Ron #23 16 R01-R13, R15-R17 15
Crough, Gerald #9 8 R01-R03, R05-R07, R15-R16 0
Dorgan, Jim #11 18 R01-R18 0
Elder, John #39 16 R03-R18 0
Evans, Barry #16 3 R08-R10 1
Ferguson, John #34 8 R01-R08 3
Gillett, Ian #28 13 R01, R04-R06, R10-R18 7
Goldsmith, Fred #2 16 R01-R09, R11, R13-R18 16
Grant, Trevor #21 7 R10-R12, R14-R16, R18 0
Gunn, Bill #8 8 R04-R09, R11-R12 28
Hicks, Ellis #24 5 R01-R03, R06-R07 1
Hogan, Kevin #22 16 R01-R14, R17-R18 3
Hudson, Jack #31 8 R01-R02, R04-R07, R16-R17 0
Jeffrey, Bernie #29 4 R13-R14, R16-R17 7
Keyter, Don #1 17 R01-R14, R16-R18 16
Lane, Clarrie #6 6 R03-R04, R09, R16-R18 5
Lane, Eddie #27 8 R01-R03, R06, R10-R11, R13-R14 5
Ledwidge, John #35 11 R02-R05, R09-R15 2
Leslie, Lewis #15 2 R12, R18 0
Matthews, Don #17 15 R01-R06, R08-R12, R14-R17 7
McCormack, Ken #36 8 R01-R03, R08, R15-R18 2
McDonald, Gerry #18 6 R01-R04, R06, R08 0
McLaughlin, Hugh #25 8 R01-R02, R04-R05, R12-R14, R16 0
McNeill, Neil #23 4 R03, R07-R08, R16 1
Melesso, Neil 3 R13-R15 0
Monks, Ian #4 12 R01-R02, R04-R05, R07, R11-R16, R18 7
Nelson, Daryl #5 4 R13-R15, R18 0
Oaten, Max #19 5 R09-R11, R14, R18 5
Pratt, Bob #10 11 R05-R13, R15, R18 6
Primmer, Frank #33 8 R01-R03, R07-R10, R18 0
Reed, Ray #30 1 R08 0
Ryan, Peter #32 2 R11-R12 0
Seymour, Ken #24 6 R13-R18 5
Sibun, Mick #7 15 R03-R13, R15-R18 6
Skilton, Bob #14 14 R05-R18 17
Tagliabue, Gerald #37 5 R09-R10, R12, R15, R17 0
Taylor, Jim #20 15 R01-R02, R04, R07-R18 1
Taylor, Ron #32 1 R01 0
Trethowan, John #20 16 R02-R15, R17-R18 1
Younger, Marshall #12 8 R01-R07, R17 2

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)
Matthews, Herbie 18 6 -1- 11 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
14/04/1956 Round 1 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 27 Herbie Matthews Ian Gillett
21/04/1956 Round 2 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 37 Herbie Matthews unknown
28/04/1956 Round 3 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 21 Herbie Matthews unknown
05/05/1956 Round 4 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 6 Herbie Matthews Ian Gillett
12/05/1956 Round 5 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 10 Herbie Matthews Ian Gillett
19/05/1956 Round 6 Essendon HOME WIN SOU by 12 Herbie Matthews Ian Gillett
26/05/1956 Round 7 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 39 Herbie Matthews unknown
04/06/1956 Round 8 Richmond AWAY WIN SOU by 3 Herbie Matthews unknown
09/06/1956 Round 9 St Kilda HOME WIN SOU by 15 Herbie Matthews unknown
23/06/1956 Round 10 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 23 Herbie Matthews Ian Gillett
30/06/1956 Round 11 Carlton HOME WIN SOU by 19 Herbie Matthews Ian Gillett
07/07/1956 Round 12 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 41 Herbie Matthews Ian Gillett
14/07/1956 Round 13 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 6 Herbie Matthews Ian Gillett
21/07/1956 Round 14 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 24 Herbie Matthews Ian Gillett
28/07/1956 Round 15 Hawthorn AWAY DRAW drawn Herbie Matthews Ian Gillett
04/08/1956 Round 16 Footscray HOME WIN SOU by 7 Herbie Matthews Ian Gillett
11/08/1956 Round 17 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 18 Herbie Matthews Ian Gillett
18/08/1956 Round 18 North Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 32 Herbie Matthews Ian Gillett