1956 SANFL Season Preliminary Final: West Adelaide v North Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 22 September 1956 between West Adelaide and North Adelaide in the preliminary final of the 1956 season of the South Australian National Football League. West Adelaide hosted North Adelaide at Adelaide Oval. The hosts were coached by Laurie Cahill and the visitors were coached by Colin Aamodt.

West Adelaide (9.17.71) defeated North Adelaide (7.9.51).

Match Details

Season: 1956 SANFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final
Teams: West Adelaide v North Adelaide
Date: Saturday 22 September 1956
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 28,584

Match Results

Outcome: West Adelaide def. North Adelaide
Score: 9.17.71 - 7.9.51

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
West Adelaide 1 . 4 2 . 7 7 . 12 9 . 17 9 . 17 (71)
North Adelaide 1 . 2 3 . 5 6 . 6 7 . 9 7 . 9 (51)
Margin WADL by 2 NADL by 4 WADL by 12 WADL by 20 WADL by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

West Adelaide

Captain: unknown
Coach: Laurie Cahill

North Adelaide

Captain: unknown
Coach: Colin Aamodt

Player Statistics

West Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Rushed ?
Total (0 players) 9 17

North Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Aldenhoven, Alan ? ? 0 1
5 Blunden, John ? ? 0 ?
7 Bunton, Haydn ? ? 0 ?
18 Constable, Brian ? ? 0 ?
21 Gilbourne, Don ? ? 0 ?
1 Griffin, Lyle ? ? 0 ?
6 Hewett, Ron ? ? 0 1
16 Hunter, John ? ? 0 ?
9 Lindner, Don ? ? 1 ?
2 McCann, Neil ? ? 0 ?
14 McKenzie, Bill ? ? 2 ?
8 Proud, Bob ? ? 0 2
19 Rogerson, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
17 Sheppard, Peter ? ? 0 ?
4 Stringer, Dean ? ? 0 ?
12 Tanner, Colin ? ? 1 2
3 Tidswell, John ? ? 0 ?
11 Westley, Malcolm ? ? 0 ?
15 Weston, Lloyd ? ? 0 1
10 Whitford, Malcolm ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 9

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s