1956 VFL Season: St Kilda

Season Team Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Team: St Kilda
Home Ground: Junction Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 11th (W-D-L: 4-1-13, P%: 88.0%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 42
Brownlow Leader(s): Neil Roberts (12)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Bill Young (56)
Trevor Barker Award Recipient(s): Keith Drinan

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Keith Drinan

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Annand, Bud #18 16 R01-R03, R06-R18 8
Barrett, Ray #28 5 R01-R03, R09-R10 3
Baumgartner, Ivan #5 16 R01-R09, R12-R18 1
Bock, Colin #27 3 R03-R04, R08 0
Byrne, Jim #34 3 R01-R03 0
Callow, Allan #29 3 R05-R06, R18 2
Clancy, Peter #36 14 R03-R16 14
Cole, Fred #40 1 R10 1
Cuthbertson, Alex #41 1 R08 0
Dale, Alan #16 13 R06-R18 1
Davies, Harold #12 17 R02-R18 0
Dodd, Paul #6 16 R01-R03, R05-R07, R09-R18 10
Drinan, Keith #25 16 R01-R09, R11-R17 0
Fountain, Ron #11 1 R01 0
Giblett, Michael #36 2 R09-R10 0
Gleeson, Bill #24 3 R09-R10, R18 7
Gleeson, Brian #24 15 R04-R18 12
Hanrahan, Frank #43 6 R03-R05, R09-R11 1
Jeans, Allan #14 17 R01-R10, R12-R18 4
Jones, Geoff #32 5 R01-R04, R07 4
King, Bryan #37 6 R02-R04, R15-R17 0
Linney, Neville #1 9 R01, R03-R05, R08, R11-R13, R16 8
McCarthy, Brian #33 12 R02, R05-R10, R14-R18 0
McDonald, Jack #2 7 R02-R04, R06, R12, R17-R18 6
Mennie, Allan #39 1 R11 0
Minihan, Graham #35 12 R01-R02, R08, R10-R18 1
Molony, Brian #42 13 R01-R07, R12-R16, R18 2
Morris, Hugh #8 4 R01, R04-R05, R11 0
Muir, Brian #23 15 R04-R18 12
Mulhall, Ken #4 9 R01, R06-R09, R15-R18 4
Mulrooney, Jack #9 8 R01-R02, R04-R07, R09, R11 1
Murray, Bruce #31 12 R02-R03, R07, R10-R18 4
Peck, Graham #44 3 R08, R13-R14 1
Roberts, Neil #10 17 R01-R09, R11-R18 0
Robson, John #20 4 R04-R06, R11 0
Stephenson, Jim #19 2 R01-R02 1
Stephenson, Max #19 3 R01, R10, R18 0
Thompson, Norm #40 5 R07-R08, R12-R14 1
Waldron, Bill #34 8 R05, R10-R15, R17 0
Walsh, Brian #7 18 R01-R18 0
Watt, Bob #26 3 R01-R02, R17 0
Young, Bill #15 16 R03-R18 56

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)
Killigrew, Alan 18 4 -1- 13 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
14/04/1956 Round 1 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 57 Alan Killigrew Keith Drinan
21/04/1956 Round 2 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 28 Alan Killigrew Keith Drinan
28/04/1956 Round 3 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 22 Alan Killigrew Keith Drinan
05/05/1956 Round 4 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 40 Alan Killigrew Keith Drinan
12/05/1956 Round 5 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 21 Alan Killigrew Keith Drinan
19/05/1956 Round 6 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 24 Alan Killigrew Keith Drinan
26/05/1956 Round 7 Richmond HOME WIN STK by 20 Alan Killigrew Keith Drinan
02/06/1956 Round 8 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 14 Alan Killigrew Keith Drinan
09/06/1956 Round 9 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 15 Alan Killigrew Keith Drinan
16/06/1956 Round 10 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 6 Alan Killigrew unknown
30/06/1956 Round 11 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 5 Alan Killigrew Keith Drinan
07/07/1956 Round 12 North Melbourne HOME WIN STK by 78 Alan Killigrew Keith Drinan
14/07/1956 Round 13 Footscray AWAY WIN STK by 1 Alan Killigrew Keith Drinan
21/07/1956 Round 14 Carlton AWAY DRAW drawn Alan Killigrew Keith Drinan
28/07/1956 Round 15 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 2 Alan Killigrew Keith Drinan
04/08/1956 Round 16 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 17 Alan Killigrew Keith Drinan
11/08/1956 Round 17 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 13 Alan Killigrew Keith Drinan
18/08/1956 Round 18 Richmond AWAY WIN STK by 5 Alan Killigrew unknown