1956 SANFL Season: West Adelaide

These are the details of the premiership results for West Adelaide for the 1956 season of the South Australian National Football League. The team used Adelaide Oval as their home ground, playing eleven matches there (eight as hosts and three as visitors). The team finished the regular season in second place, securing a place in the finals series. After being defeated by Port Adelaide in the second semi final and defeating North Adelaide in the preliminary final, West Adelaide were defeated by Port Adelaide in the grand final, resulting in becoming the runners-up.

Team Details

Competition: 1956 SANFL Season
Team: West Adelaide
Home Ground: Adelaide Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 12-1-5, P%: 56.5)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds
Yeo, Alby 1 0 R03

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds
Cahill, Laurie 21 13 -1- 7 R01-18, SF, PF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
21/04/1956 Round 1 North Adelaide HOME WIN WADL by 3 Laurie Cahill unknown
28/04/1956 Round 2 South Adelaide AWAY LOSS SADL by 30 Laurie Cahill unknown
05/05/1956 Round 3 Glenelg HOME WIN WADL by 40 Laurie Cahill unknown
12/05/1956 Round 4 West Torrens AWAY DRAW drawn Laurie Cahill unknown
19/05/1956 Round 5 Sturt AWAY WIN WADL by 73 Laurie Cahill unknown
26/05/1956 Round 6 Port Adelaide AWAY LOSS PADL by 12 Laurie Cahill unknown
02/06/1956 Round 7 South Adelaide HOME WIN WADL by 38 Laurie Cahill unknown
09/06/1956 Round 8 Norwood HOME WIN WADL by 13 Laurie Cahill unknown
30/06/1956 Round 9 Sturt HOME WIN WADL by 78 Laurie Cahill unknown
07/07/1956 Round 10 North Adelaide AWAY WIN WADL by 42 Laurie Cahill unknown
14/07/1956 Round 11 Glenelg AWAY WIN WADL by 33 Laurie Cahill unknown
21/07/1956 Round 12 West Torrens HOME WIN WADL by 16 Laurie Cahill unknown
28/07/1956 Round 13 Port Adelaide AWAY LOSS PADL by 32 Laurie Cahill unknown
04/08/1956 Round 14 Norwood AWAY LOSS NRWD by 11 Laurie Cahill unknown
11/08/1956 Round 15 South Adelaide AWAY WIN WADL by 44 Laurie Cahill unknown
18/08/1956 Round 16 North Adelaide AWAY WIN WADL by 16 Laurie Cahill unknown
25/08/1956 Round 17 Port Adelaide HOME LOSS PADL by 5 Laurie Cahill unknown
01/09/1956 Round 18 Sturt HOME WIN WADL by 28 Laurie Cahill unknown
15/09/1956 Semi Final Port Adelaide AWAY LOSS PADL by 36 Laurie Cahill unknown
22/09/1956 Preliminary Final North Adelaide HOME WIN WADL by 20 Laurie Cahill unknown
29/09/1956 Grand Final Port Adelaide AWAY LOSS PADL by 16 Laurie Cahill unknown