1956 VFA Season

This page displays the results for the 1956 season of the Victorian Football Association (currently known as the Victorian Football League).

It featured twenty rounds. Williamstown were the minor premiers.

The premiership ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Williamstown were the premiers, with Wally Carter as the premiership coach.

Premiership Details

Name: 1956 Victorian Football Association Season
Known As: 1956 VFA Season
Teams: 14
Rounds: 20
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 144

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Box Hill Box Hill City Oval Col Austen
Brighton Elsternwick Park
Brunswick Brunswick Park Jim Cleary
Camberwell Camberwell Sports Ground Ken Ross
Coburg Coburg City Oval
Moorabbin Moorabbin Oval
Northcote Northcote Park Bill Faul
Oakleigh Warrawee Park
Port Melbourne North Port Oval Frank Johnson
Prahran Toorak Park Jack Brenchley
Preston Coburg City Oval Bert Deacon
Sandringham Beach Road Oval Ted Fletcher
Williamstown WCG Wally Carter
Yarraville Yarraville Oval

Premiership Results

Premiers: Williamstown
Runners-Up: Port Melbourne
Minor Premiers: Williamstown

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Williamstown 1st 17 -0- 3 68 161.2% 1,725 1,070 239 291 140 230
Port Melbourne 2nd 16 -0- 4 64 155.8% 1,849 1,187 257 307 165 197
Brunswick 3rd 14 -0- 6 56 129.9% 1,637 1,260 234 233 170 240
Box Hill 4th 14 -0- 6 56 126.4% 1,359 1,075 185 249 145 205
Preston 5th 14 -0- 6 56 123.7% 1,542 1,247 218 234 173 209
Moorabbin 6th 12 -0- 8 48 125.0% 1,553 1,242 220 233 171 216
Sandringham 7th 9 -0- 11 36 89.5% 1,283 1,434 178 215 192 282
Yarraville 8th 9 -0- 11 36 87.1% 1,280 1,470 171 254 209 216
Coburg 9th 7 -1- 12 30 100.5% 1,655 1,647 233 257 234 243
Oakleigh 10th 7 -1- 12 30 71.4% 1,091 1,529 149 197 213 251
Brighton 11th 6 -1- 13 26 77.1% 1,343 1,743 187 221 242 291
Camberwell 12th 5 -0- 15 20 71.1% 1,199 1,687 167 197 238 259
Prahran 13th 4 -1- 15 18 65.3% 1,164 1,783 159 210 254 259
Northcote 14th 4 -0- 16 16 77.7% 1,065 1,371 141 219 192 219

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Williamstown 1st Premiers
Port Melbourne 2nd Runners-Up
Box Hill 3rd Defeated by Williamstown (Preliminary Final)
Brunswick 4th Defeated by Box Hill (Semi Final)
Preston 5th Did not qualify for finals
Moorabbin 6th Did not qualify for finals
Sandringham 7th Did not qualify for finals
Yarraville 8th Did not qualify for finals
Coburg 9th Did not qualify for finals
Oakleigh 10th Did not qualify for finals
Brighton 11th Did not qualify for finals
Camberwell 12th Did not qualify for finals
Prahran 13th Did not qualify for finals
Northcote 14th Did not qualify for finals

Premiership Fixture

Regular Season

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/04/1956 2:10 PM Box Hill v Camberwell Box Hill City Oval 106 - 76
SAT 14/04/1956 2:10 PM Northcote v Yarraville Northcote Park 38 - 27
SAT 14/04/1956 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Port Melbourne Warrawee Park 37 - 130
SAT 14/04/1956 2:10 PM Prahran v Brighton Toorak Park 65 - 114
SAT 14/04/1956 2:10 PM Preston v Coburg Coburg City Oval 86 - 99
SAT 14/04/1956 2:10 PM Sandringham v Brunswick Beach Road Oval 94 - 78
SAT 14/04/1956 2:10 PM Williamstown v Moorabbin WCG 69 - 27

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 1 -0- 0 4 351.4% 130 37
Williamstown 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 255.6% 69 27
Brighton 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 175.4% 114 65
Northcote 4th 1 -0- 0 4 140.7% 38 27
Box Hill 5th 1 -0- 0 4 139.5% 106 76
Sandringham 6th 1 -0- 0 4 120.5% 94 78
Coburg 7th 1 -0- 0 4 115.1% 99 86
Preston 8th 0 -0- 1 0 86.9% 86 99
Brunswick 9th 0 -0- 1 0 83.0% 78 94
Camberwell 10th 0 -0- 1 0 71.7% 76 106
Yarraville 11th 0 -0- 1 0 71.1% 27 38
Prahran 12th 0 -0- 1 0 57.0% 65 114
Moorabbin 13th 0 -0- 1 0 39.1% 27 69
Oakleigh 14th 0 -0- 1 0 28.5% 37 130

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/04/1956 2:10 PM Brighton v Coburg Elsternwick Park 80 - 178
SAT 21/04/1956 2:10 PM Brunswick v Williamstown Brunswick Park 82 - 52
SAT 21/04/1956 2:10 PM Camberwell v Sandringham Camberwell Sports Ground 85 - 62
SAT 21/04/1956 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Northcote Moorabbin Oval 85 - 70
SAT 21/04/1956 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Prahran North Port Oval 116 - 71
SAT 21/04/1956 2:10 PM Preston v Box Hill Coburg City Oval 58 - 62
SAT 21/04/1956 2:10 PM Yarraville v Oakleigh Yarraville Oval 80 - 96

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 2 -0- 0 8 227.8% 246 108
Coburg 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 166.9% 277 166
Box Hill 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 125.4% 168 134
Williamstown 4th 1 -0- 1 4 111.0% 121 109
Brunswick 5th 1 -0- 1 4 109.6% 160 146
Northcote 6th 1 -0- 1 4 96.4% 108 112
Camberwell 7th 1 -0- 1 4 95.8% 161 168
Sandringham 8th 1 -0- 1 4 95.7% 156 163
Moorabbin 9th 1 -0- 1 4 80.6% 112 139
Brighton 10th 1 -0- 1 4 79.8% 194 243
Oakleigh 11th 1 -0- 1 4 63.3% 133 210
Preston 12th 0 -0- 2 0 89.4% 144 161
Yarraville 13th 0 -0- 2 0 79.9% 107 134
Prahran 14th 0 -0- 2 0 59.1% 136 230

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/04/1956 2:10 PM Box Hill v Brighton Box Hill City Oval 75 - 15
SAT 28/04/1956 2:10 PM Brunswick v Moorabbin Brunswick Park 67 - 79
SAT 28/04/1956 2:10 PM Coburg v Port Melbourne Coburg City Oval 57 - 112
SAT 28/04/1956 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Northcote Warrawee Park 62 - 46
SAT 28/04/1956 2:10 PM Prahran v Yarraville Toorak Park 78 - 52
SAT 28/04/1956 2:10 PM Sandringham v Preston Beach Road Oval 71 - 78
SAT 28/04/1956 2:10 PM Williamstown v Camberwell WCG 124 - 48

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 3 -0- 0 12 217.0% 358 165
Box Hill 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 163.1% 243 149
Williamstown 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 156.1% 245 157
Coburg 4th 2 -0- 1 8 120.1% 334 278
Moorabbin 5th 2 -0- 1 8 92.7% 191 206
Oakleigh 6th 2 -0- 1 8 76.2% 195 256
Brunswick 7th 1 -0- 2 4 100.9% 227 225
Preston 8th 1 -0- 2 4 95.7% 222 232
Sandringham 9th 1 -0- 2 4 94.2% 227 241
Northcote 10th 1 -0- 2 4 88.5% 154 174
Prahran 11th 1 -0- 2 4 75.9% 214 282
Camberwell 12th 1 -0- 2 4 71.6% 209 292
Brighton 13th 1 -0- 2 4 65.7% 209 318
Yarraville 14th 0 -0- 3 0 75.0% 159 212

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/05/1956 2:10 PM Brighton v Sandringham Elsternwick Park 61 - 107
SAT 05/05/1956 2:10 PM Camberwell v Brunswick Camberwell Sports Ground 65 - 127
SAT 05/05/1956 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Oakleigh Moorabbin Oval 115 - 28
SAT 05/05/1956 2:10 PM Northcote v Prahran Northcote Park 96 - 88
SAT 05/05/1956 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Box Hill North Port Oval 72 - 41
SAT 05/05/1956 2:10 PM Preston v Williamstown Coburg City Oval 68 - 69
SAT 05/05/1956 2:10 PM Yarraville v Coburg Yarraville Oval 59 - 104

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 4 -0- 0 16 208.7% 430 206
Williamstown 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 139.6% 314 225
Moorabbin 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 130.8% 306 234
Coburg 4th 3 -0- 1 12 130.0% 438 337
Box Hill 5th 3 -0- 1 12 128.5% 284 221
Brunswick 6th 2 -0- 2 8 122.1% 354 290
Sandringham 7th 2 -0- 2 8 110.6% 334 302
Northcote 8th 2 -0- 2 8 95.4% 250 262
Oakleigh 9th 2 -0- 2 8 60.1% 223 371
Preston 10th 1 -0- 3 4 96.3% 290 301
Prahran 11th 1 -0- 3 4 79.9% 302 378
Camberwell 12th 1 -0- 3 4 65.4% 274 419
Brighton 13th 1 -0- 3 4 63.5% 270 425
Yarraville 14th 0 -0- 4 0 69.0% 218 316

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/05/1956 2:10 PM Box Hill v Yarraville Box Hill City Oval 123 - 35
SAT 12/05/1956 2:10 PM Brunswick v Preston Brunswick Park 51 - 64
SAT 12/05/1956 2:10 PM Camberwell v Moorabbin Camberwell Sports Ground 57 - 81
SAT 12/05/1956 2:10 PM Coburg v Northcote Coburg City Oval 84 - 60
SAT 12/05/1956 2:10 PM Prahran v Oakleigh Toorak Park 78 - 78
SAT 12/05/1956 2:10 PM Sandringham v Port Melbourne Beach Road Oval 77 - 87
SAT 12/05/1956 2:10 PM Williamstown v Brighton WCG 66 - 24

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 5 -0- 0 20 182.7% 517 283
Box Hill 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 159.0% 407 256
Williamstown 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 152.6% 380 249
Moorabbin 4th 4 -0- 1 16 133.0% 387 291
Coburg 5th 4 -0- 1 16 131.5% 522 397
Oakleigh 6th 2 -1- 2 10 67.0% 301 449
Brunswick 7th 2 -0- 3 8 114.4% 405 354
Sandringham 8th 2 -0- 3 8 105.7% 411 389
Preston 9th 2 -0- 3 8 100.6% 354 352
Northcote 10th 2 -0- 3 8 89.6% 310 346
Prahran 11th 1 -1- 3 6 83.3% 380 456
Camberwell 12th 1 -0- 4 4 66.2% 331 500
Brighton 13th 1 -0- 4 4 59.9% 294 491
Yarraville 14th 0 -0- 5 0 57.6% 253 439

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/05/1956 2:10 PM Brighton v Brunswick Elsternwick Park 79 - 124
SAT 19/05/1956 2:10 PM Northcote v Box Hill Northcote Park 56 - 57
SAT 19/05/1956 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Coburg Warrawee Park 74 - 65
SAT 19/05/1956 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Williamstown North Port Oval 87 - 92
SAT 19/05/1956 2:10 PM Prahran v Moorabbin Toorak Park 50 - 103
SAT 19/05/1956 2:10 PM Preston v Camberwell Coburg City Oval 92 - 83
SAT 19/05/1956 2:10 PM Yarraville v Sandringham Yarraville Oval 52 - 47

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 5 -0- 1 20 161.1% 604 375
Box Hill 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 148.7% 464 312
Moorabbin 3rd 5 -0- 1 20 143.7% 490 341
Williamstown 4th 5 -0- 1 20 140.5% 472 336
Coburg 5th 4 -0- 2 16 124.6% 587 471
Oakleigh 6th 3 -1- 2 14 73.0% 375 514
Brunswick 7th 3 -0- 3 12 122.2% 529 433
Preston 8th 3 -0- 3 12 102.5% 446 435
Sandringham 9th 2 -0- 4 8 103.9% 458 441
Northcote 10th 2 -0- 4 8 90.8% 366 403
Prahran 11th 1 -1- 4 6 76.9% 430 559
Camberwell 12th 1 -0- 5 4 69.9% 414 592
Yarraville 13th 1 -0- 5 4 62.8% 305 486
Brighton 14th 1 -0- 5 4 60.7% 373 615

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/05/1956 2:10 PM Brighton v Camberwell Elsternwick Park 71 - 64
SAT 26/05/1956 2:10 PM Brunswick v Port Melbourne Brunswick Park 49 - 67
SAT 26/05/1956 2:10 PM Coburg v Prahran Coburg City Oval 106 - 68
SAT 26/05/1956 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Preston Moorabbin Oval 61 - 70
SAT 26/05/1956 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Box Hill Warrawee Park 34 - 88
SAT 26/05/1956 2:10 PM Sandringham v Northcote Beach Road Oval 76 - 45
SAT 26/05/1956 2:10 PM Williamstown v Yarraville WCG 76 - 77

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Box Hill 1st 6 -0- 1 24 159.5% 552 346
Port Melbourne 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 158.3% 671 424
Moorabbin 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 134.1% 551 411
Williamstown 4th 5 -0- 2 20 132.7% 548 413
Coburg 5th 5 -0- 2 20 128.6% 693 539
Preston 6th 4 -0- 3 16 104.0% 516 496
Oakleigh 7th 3 -1- 3 14 67.9% 409 602
Brunswick 8th 3 -0- 4 12 115.6% 578 500
Sandringham 9th 3 -0- 4 12 109.9% 534 486
Northcote 10th 2 -0- 5 8 85.8% 411 479
Yarraville 11th 2 -0- 5 8 68.0% 382 562
Brighton 12th 2 -0- 5 8 65.4% 444 679
Prahran 13th 1 -1- 5 6 74.9% 498 665
Camberwell 14th 1 -0- 6 4 72.1% 478 663

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/06/1956 2:10 PM Box Hill v Coburg Box Hill City Oval 67 - 62
SAT 02/06/1956 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Brighton Moorabbin Oval 74 - 70
SAT 02/06/1956 2:10 PM Preston v Port Melbourne Coburg City Oval 66 - 42
MON 04/06/1956 2:10 PM Brunswick v Northcote Brunswick Park 56 - 32
MON 04/06/1956 2:10 PM Camberwell v Yarraville Camberwell Sports Ground 69 - 53
MON 04/06/1956 2:10 PM Sandringham v Prahran Beach Road Oval 80 - 63
MON 04/06/1956 2:10 PM Williamstown v Oakleigh WCG 114 - 18

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Box Hill 1st 7 -0- 1 28 151.7% 619 408
Williamstown 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 153.6% 662 431
Port Melbourne 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 145.5% 713 490
Moorabbin 4th 6 -0- 2 24 129.9% 625 481
Coburg 5th 5 -0- 3 20 124.6% 755 606
Preston 6th 5 -0- 3 20 108.2% 582 538
Brunswick 7th 4 -0- 4 16 119.2% 634 532
Sandringham 8th 4 -0- 4 16 111.8% 614 549
Oakleigh 9th 3 -1- 4 14 59.6% 427 716
Northcote 10th 2 -0- 6 8 82.8% 443 535
Camberwell 11th 2 -0- 6 8 76.4% 547 716
Yarraville 12th 2 -0- 6 8 68.9% 435 631
Brighton 13th 2 -0- 6 8 68.3% 514 753
Prahran 14th 1 -1- 6 6 75.3% 561 745

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/06/1956 2:10 PM Brighton v Preston Elsternwick Park 68 - 117
SAT 09/06/1956 2:10 PM Coburg v Moorabbin Coburg City Oval 70 - 71
SAT 09/06/1956 2:10 PM Northcote v Williamstown Northcote Park 15 - 58
SAT 09/06/1956 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Sandringham Warrawee Park 76 - 53
SAT 09/06/1956 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Camberwell North Port Oval 107 - 60
SAT 09/06/1956 2:10 PM Prahran v Box Hill Toorak Park 27 - 78
SAT 09/06/1956 2:10 PM Yarraville v Brunswick Yarraville Oval 70 - 85

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Box Hill 1st 8 -0- 1 32 160.2% 697 435
Williamstown 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 161.4% 720 446
Port Melbourne 3rd 7 -0- 2 28 149.1% 820 550
Moorabbin 4th 7 -0- 2 28 126.3% 696 551
Preston 5th 6 -0- 3 24 115.3% 699 606
Coburg 6th 5 -0- 4 20 121.9% 825 677
Brunswick 7th 5 -0- 4 20 119.4% 719 602
Oakleigh 8th 4 -1- 4 18 65.4% 503 769
Sandringham 9th 4 -0- 5 16 106.7% 667 625
Northcote 10th 2 -0- 7 8 77.2% 458 593
Camberwell 11th 2 -0- 7 8 73.8% 607 823
Yarraville 12th 2 -0- 7 8 70.5% 505 716
Brighton 13th 2 -0- 7 8 66.9% 582 870
Prahran 14th 1 -1- 7 6 71.4% 588 823

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/06/1956 2:10 PM Box Hill v Moorabbin Box Hill City Oval 70 - 65
SAT 16/06/1956 2:10 PM Northcote v Camberwell Northcote Park 50 - 52
SAT 16/06/1956 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Brighton North Port Oval 70 - 84
SAT 23/06/1956 2:10 PM Coburg v Sandringham Coburg City Oval 68 - 73
SAT 23/06/1956 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Brunswick Warrawee Park 65 - 123
SAT 23/06/1956 2:10 PM Prahran v Williamstown Toorak Park 87 - 95
SAT 23/06/1956 2:10 PM Yarraville v Preston Yarraville Oval 65 - 64

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Box Hill 1st 9 -0- 1 36 153.4% 767 500
Williamstown 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 152.9% 815 533
Port Melbourne 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 140.4% 890 634
Moorabbin 4th 7 -0- 3 28 122.5% 761 621
Brunswick 5th 6 -0- 4 24 126.2% 842 667
Preston 6th 6 -0- 4 24 113.7% 763 671
Coburg 7th 5 -0- 5 20 119.1% 893 750
Sandringham 8th 5 -0- 5 20 106.8% 740 693
Oakleigh 9th 4 -1- 5 18 63.7% 568 892
Camberwell 10th 3 -0- 7 12 75.5% 659 873
Yarraville 11th 3 -0- 7 12 73.1% 570 780
Brighton 12th 3 -0- 7 12 70.9% 666 940
Northcote 13th 2 -0- 8 8 78.8% 508 645
Prahran 14th 1 -1- 8 6 73.5% 675 918

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/06/1956 2:10 PM Brighton v Yarraville Elsternwick Park 69 - 54
SAT 30/06/1956 2:10 PM Brunswick v Prahran Brunswick Park 109 - 47
SAT 30/06/1956 2:10 PM Camberwell v Oakleigh Camberwell Sports Ground 61 - 50
SAT 30/06/1956 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Port Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 65 - 72
SAT 30/06/1956 2:10 PM Preston v Northcote Coburg City Oval 66 - 44
SAT 30/06/1956 2:10 PM Sandringham v Box Hill Beach Road Oval 45 - 49
SAT 30/06/1956 2:10 PM Williamstown v Coburg WCG 81 - 68

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Box Hill 1st 10 -0- 1 40 149.7% 816 545
Williamstown 2nd 9 -0- 2 36 149.1% 896 601
Port Melbourne 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 137.6% 962 699
Brunswick 4th 7 -0- 4 28 133.2% 951 714
Moorabbin 5th 7 -0- 4 28 119.2% 826 693
Preston 6th 7 -0- 4 28 115.9% 829 715
Coburg 7th 5 -0- 6 20 115.6% 961 831
Sandringham 8th 5 -0- 6 20 105.8% 785 742
Oakleigh 9th 4 -1- 6 18 64.8% 618 953
Camberwell 10th 4 -0- 7 16 78.0% 720 923
Brighton 11th 4 -0- 7 16 73.9% 735 994
Yarraville 12th 3 -0- 8 12 73.5% 624 849
Northcote 13th 2 -0- 9 8 77.6% 552 711
Prahran 14th 1 -1- 9 6 70.3% 722 1,027

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/07/1956 2:10 PM Box Hill v Williamstown Box Hill City Oval 58 - 41
SAT 07/07/1956 2:10 PM Coburg v Brunswick Coburg City Oval 64 - 76
SAT 07/07/1956 2:10 PM Northcote v Brighton Northcote Park 66 - 39
SAT 07/07/1956 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Preston Warrawee Park 53 - 60
SAT 07/07/1956 2:10 PM Prahran v Camberwell Toorak Park 59 - 63
SAT 07/07/1956 2:10 PM Sandringham v Moorabbin Beach Road Oval 59 - 44
SAT 07/07/1956 2:10 PM Yarraville v Port Melbourne Yarraville Oval 67 - 108

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Box Hill 1st 11 -0- 1 44 149.1% 874 586
Williamstown 2nd 9 -0- 3 36 142.2% 937 659
Port Melbourne 3rd 9 -0- 3 36 139.7% 1,070 766
Brunswick 4th 8 -0- 4 32 132.0% 1,027 778
Preston 5th 8 -0- 4 32 115.8% 889 768
Moorabbin 6th 7 -0- 5 28 115.7% 870 752
Sandringham 7th 6 -0- 6 24 107.4% 844 786
Coburg 8th 5 -0- 7 20 113.0% 1,025 907
Camberwell 9th 5 -0- 7 20 79.7% 783 982
Oakleigh 10th 4 -1- 7 18 66.2% 671 1,013
Brighton 11th 4 -0- 8 16 73.0% 774 1,060
Northcote 12th 3 -0- 9 12 82.4% 618 750
Yarraville 13th 3 -0- 9 12 72.2% 691 957
Prahran 14th 1 -1- 10 6 71.7% 781 1,090

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/07/1956 2:10 PM Brighton v Oakleigh Elsternwick Park 55 - 70
SAT 14/07/1956 2:10 PM Brunswick v Box Hill Brunswick Park 71 - 36
SAT 14/07/1956 2:10 PM Camberwell v Coburg Camberwell Sports Ground 53 - 87
SAT 14/07/1956 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Yarraville Moorabbin Oval 97 - 71
SAT 14/07/1956 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Northcote North Port Oval 124 - 73
SAT 14/07/1956 2:10 PM Preston v Prahran Coburg City Oval 76 - 40
SAT 14/07/1956 2:10 PM Williamstown v Sandringham WCG 132 - 51

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Box Hill 1st 11 -0- 2 44 138.5% 910 657
Williamstown 2nd 10 -0- 3 40 150.6% 1,069 710
Port Melbourne 3rd 10 -0- 3 40 142.3% 1,194 839
Brunswick 4th 9 -0- 4 36 134.9% 1,098 814
Preston 5th 9 -0- 4 36 119.4% 965 808
Moorabbin 6th 8 -0- 5 32 117.5% 967 823
Coburg 7th 6 -0- 7 24 115.8% 1,112 960
Sandringham 8th 6 -0- 7 24 97.5% 895 918
Oakleigh 9th 5 -1- 7 22 69.4% 741 1,068
Camberwell 10th 5 -0- 8 20 78.2% 836 1,069
Brighton 11th 4 -0- 9 16 73.4% 829 1,130
Northcote 12th 3 -0- 10 12 79.1% 691 874
Yarraville 13th 3 -0- 10 12 72.3% 762 1,054
Prahran 14th 1 -1- 11 6 70.4% 821 1,166

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/07/1956 2:10 PM Brighton v Prahran Elsternwick Park 69 - 76
SAT 21/07/1956 2:10 PM Brunswick v Sandringham Brunswick Park 70 - 41
SAT 21/07/1956 2:10 PM Camberwell v Box Hill Camberwell Sports Ground 46 - 78
SAT 21/07/1956 2:10 PM Coburg v Preston Coburg City Oval 56 - 103
SAT 21/07/1956 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Williamstown Moorabbin Oval 33 - 64
SAT 21/07/1956 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Oakleigh North Port Oval 59 - 39
SAT 21/07/1956 2:10 PM Yarraville v Northcote Yarraville Oval 97 - 54

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Box Hill 1st 12 -0- 2 48 140.5% 988 703
Williamstown 2nd 11 -0- 3 44 152.5% 1,133 743
Port Melbourne 3rd 11 -0- 3 44 142.7% 1,253 878
Brunswick 4th 10 -0- 4 40 136.6% 1,168 855
Preston 5th 10 -0- 4 40 123.6% 1,068 864
Moorabbin 6th 8 -0- 6 32 112.7% 1,000 887
Coburg 7th 6 -0- 8 24 109.9% 1,168 1,063
Sandringham 8th 6 -0- 8 24 94.7% 936 988
Oakleigh 9th 5 -1- 8 22 69.2% 780 1,127
Camberwell 10th 5 -0- 9 20 76.9% 882 1,147
Yarraville 11th 4 -0- 10 16 77.5% 859 1,108
Brighton 12th 4 -0- 10 16 74.5% 898 1,206
Northcote 13th 3 -0- 11 12 76.7% 745 971
Prahran 14th 2 -1- 11 10 72.6% 897 1,235

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/07/1956 2:10 PM Box Hill v Preston Box Hill City Oval 35 - 66
SAT 28/07/1956 2:10 PM Coburg v Brighton Coburg City Oval 99 - 99
SAT 28/07/1956 2:10 PM Northcote v Moorabbin Northcote Park 40 - 74
SAT 28/07/1956 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Yarraville Warrawee Park 58 - 60
SAT 28/07/1956 2:10 PM Prahran v Port Melbourne Toorak Park 62 - 123
SAT 28/07/1956 2:10 PM Sandringham v Camberwell Beach Road Oval 84 - 59
SAT 28/07/1956 2:10 PM Williamstown v Brunswick WCG 107 - 63

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 12 -0- 3 48 153.8% 1,240 806
Port Melbourne 2nd 12 -0- 3 48 146.4% 1,376 940
Box Hill 3rd 12 -0- 3 48 133.0% 1,023 769
Preston 4th 11 -0- 4 44 126.1% 1,134 899
Brunswick 5th 10 -0- 5 40 128.0% 1,231 962
Moorabbin 6th 9 -0- 6 36 115.9% 1,074 927
Sandringham 7th 7 -0- 8 28 97.4% 1,020 1,047
Coburg 8th 6 -1- 8 26 109.0% 1,267 1,162
Oakleigh 9th 5 -1- 9 22 70.6% 838 1,187
Yarraville 10th 5 -0- 10 20 78.8% 919 1,166
Camberwell 11th 5 -0- 10 20 76.4% 941 1,231
Brighton 12th 4 -1- 10 18 76.4% 997 1,305
Northcote 13th 3 -0- 12 12 75.1% 785 1,045
Prahran 14th 2 -1- 12 10 70.6% 959 1,358

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/08/1956 2:10 PM Brighton v Box Hill Elsternwick Park 101 - 91
SAT 04/08/1956 2:10 PM Camberwell v Williamstown Camberwell Sports Ground 69 - 132
SAT 04/08/1956 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Brunswick Moorabbin Oval 67 - 73
SAT 04/08/1956 2:10 PM Northcote v Oakleigh Northcote Park 42 - 55
SAT 04/08/1956 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Coburg North Port Oval 196 - 46
SAT 04/08/1956 2:10 PM Preston v Sandringham Coburg City Oval 106 - 52
SAT 04/08/1956 2:10 PM Yarraville v Prahran Yarraville Oval 104 - 21

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 13 -0- 3 52 159.4% 1,572 986
Williamstown 2nd 13 -0- 3 52 156.8% 1,372 875
Preston 3rd 12 -0- 4 48 130.4% 1,240 951
Box Hill 4th 12 -0- 4 48 128.0% 1,114 870
Brunswick 5th 11 -0- 5 44 126.7% 1,304 1,029
Moorabbin 6th 9 -0- 7 36 114.1% 1,141 1,000
Sandringham 7th 7 -0- 9 28 93.0% 1,072 1,153
Coburg 8th 6 -1- 9 26 96.7% 1,313 1,358
Oakleigh 9th 6 -1- 9 26 72.7% 893 1,229
Yarraville 10th 6 -0- 10 24 86.2% 1,023 1,187
Brighton 11th 5 -1- 10 22 78.7% 1,098 1,396
Camberwell 12th 5 -0- 11 20 74.1% 1,010 1,363
Northcote 13th 3 -0- 13 12 75.2% 827 1,100
Prahran 14th 2 -1- 13 10 67.0% 980 1,462

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/08/1956 2:10 PM Box Hill v Port Melbourne Box Hill City Oval 45 - 49
SAT 11/08/1956 2:10 PM Brunswick v Camberwell Brunswick Park 87 - 57
SAT 11/08/1956 2:10 PM Coburg v Yarraville Coburg City Oval 87 - 93
SAT 11/08/1956 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Moorabbin Warrawee Park 59 - 68
SAT 11/08/1956 2:10 PM Prahran v Northcote Toorak Park 53 - 50
SAT 11/08/1956 2:10 PM Sandringham v Brighton Beach Road Oval 81 - 75
SAT 11/08/1956 2:10 PM Williamstown v Preston WCG 84 - 43

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 14 -0- 3 56 158.6% 1,456 918
Port Melbourne 2nd 14 -0- 3 56 157.2% 1,621 1,031
Brunswick 3rd 12 -0- 5 48 128.1% 1,391 1,086
Box Hill 4th 12 -0- 5 48 126.1% 1,159 919
Preston 5th 12 -0- 5 48 124.0% 1,283 1,035
Moorabbin 6th 10 -0- 7 40 114.2% 1,209 1,059
Sandringham 7th 8 -0- 9 32 93.9% 1,153 1,228
Yarraville 8th 7 -0- 10 28 87.6% 1,116 1,274
Coburg 9th 6 -1- 10 26 96.5% 1,400 1,451
Oakleigh 10th 6 -1- 10 26 73.4% 952 1,297
Brighton 11th 5 -1- 11 22 79.4% 1,173 1,477
Camberwell 12th 5 -0- 12 20 73.6% 1,067 1,450
Prahran 13th 3 -1- 13 14 68.3% 1,033 1,512
Northcote 14th 3 -0- 14 12 76.1% 877 1,153

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/08/1956 2:10 PM Brighton v Williamstown Elsternwick Park 56 - 96
SAT 18/08/1956 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Camberwell Moorabbin Oval 90 - 44
SAT 18/08/1956 2:10 PM Northcote v Coburg Northcote Park 98 - 87
SAT 18/08/1956 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Prahran Warrawee Park 60 - 49
SAT 18/08/1956 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Sandringham North Port Oval 109 - 18
SAT 18/08/1956 2:10 PM Preston v Brunswick Coburg City Oval 67 - 87
SAT 18/08/1956 2:10 PM Yarraville v Box Hill Yarraville Oval 77 - 68

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 15 -0- 3 60 164.9% 1,730 1,049
Williamstown 2nd 15 -0- 3 60 159.3% 1,552 974
Brunswick 3rd 13 -0- 5 52 128.2% 1,478 1,153
Box Hill 4th 12 -0- 6 48 123.2% 1,227 996
Preston 5th 12 -0- 6 48 120.3% 1,350 1,122
Moorabbin 6th 11 -0- 7 44 117.8% 1,299 1,103
Yarraville 7th 8 -0- 10 32 88.9% 1,193 1,342
Sandringham 8th 8 -0- 10 32 87.6% 1,171 1,337
Oakleigh 9th 7 -1- 10 30 75.2% 1,012 1,346
Coburg 10th 6 -1- 11 26 96.0% 1,487 1,549
Brighton 11th 5 -1- 12 22 78.1% 1,229 1,573
Camberwell 12th 5 -0- 13 20 72.1% 1,111 1,540
Northcote 13th 4 -0- 14 16 78.6% 975 1,240
Prahran 14th 3 -1- 14 14 68.8% 1,082 1,572

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/08/1956 2:10 PM Box Hill v Northcote Box Hill City Oval 66 - 45
SAT 25/08/1956 2:10 PM Brunswick v Brighton Brunswick Park 113 - 49
SAT 25/08/1956 2:10 PM Camberwell v Preston Camberwell Sports Ground 31 - 82
SAT 25/08/1956 2:10 PM Coburg v Oakleigh Coburg City Oval 117 - 45
SAT 25/08/1956 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Prahran Moorabbin Oval 160 - 29
SAT 25/08/1956 2:10 PM Sandringham v Yarraville Beach Road Oval 47 - 52
SAT 25/08/1956 2:10 PM Williamstown v Port Melbourne WCG 92 - 61

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 16 -0- 3 64 158.8% 1,644 1,035
Port Melbourne 2nd 15 -0- 4 60 157.0% 1,791 1,141
Brunswick 3rd 14 -0- 5 56 132.4% 1,591 1,202
Box Hill 4th 13 -0- 6 52 124.2% 1,293 1,041
Preston 5th 13 -0- 6 52 124.2% 1,432 1,153
Moorabbin 6th 12 -0- 7 48 128.9% 1,459 1,132
Yarraville 7th 9 -0- 10 36 89.6% 1,245 1,389
Sandringham 8th 8 -0- 11 32 87.7% 1,218 1,389
Coburg 9th 7 -1- 11 30 100.6% 1,604 1,594
Oakleigh 10th 7 -1- 11 30 72.2% 1,057 1,463
Brighton 11th 5 -1- 13 22 75.8% 1,278 1,686
Camberwell 12th 5 -0- 14 20 70.4% 1,142 1,622
Northcote 13th 4 -0- 15 16 78.1% 1,020 1,306
Prahran 14th 3 -1- 15 14 64.1% 1,111 1,732

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/09/1956 2:10 PM Box Hill v Oakleigh Box Hill City Oval 66 - 34
SAT 01/09/1956 2:10 PM Camberwell v Brighton Camberwell Sports Ground 57 - 65
SAT 01/09/1956 2:10 PM Northcote v Sandringham Northcote Park 45 - 65
SAT 01/09/1956 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Brunswick North Port Oval 58 - 46
SAT 01/09/1956 2:10 PM Prahran v Coburg Toorak Park 53 - 51
SAT 01/09/1956 2:10 PM Preston v Moorabbin Coburg City Oval 110 - 94
SAT 01/09/1956 2:10 PM Yarraville v Williamstown Yarraville Oval 35 - 81

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 17 -0- 3 68 161.2% 1,725 1,070
Port Melbourne 2nd 16 -0- 4 64 155.8% 1,849 1,187
Brunswick 3rd 14 -0- 6 56 129.9% 1,637 1,260
Box Hill 4th 14 -0- 6 56 126.4% 1,359 1,075
Preston 5th 14 -0- 6 56 123.7% 1,542 1,247
Moorabbin 6th 12 -0- 8 48 125.0% 1,553 1,242
Sandringham 7th 9 -0- 11 36 89.5% 1,283 1,434
Yarraville 8th 9 -0- 11 36 87.1% 1,280 1,470
Coburg 9th 7 -1- 12 30 100.5% 1,655 1,647
Oakleigh 10th 7 -1- 12 30 71.4% 1,091 1,529
Brighton 11th 6 -1- 13 26 77.1% 1,343 1,743
Camberwell 12th 5 -0- 15 20 71.1% 1,199 1,687
Prahran 13th 4 -1- 15 18 65.3% 1,164 1,783
Northcote 14th 4 -0- 16 16 77.7% 1,065 1,371

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Williamstown 1st 17 -0- 3 68 161.2% 1,725 1,070 239 291 140 230
Port Melbourne 2nd 16 -0- 4 64 155.8% 1,849 1,187 257 307 165 197
Brunswick 3rd 14 -0- 6 56 129.9% 1,637 1,260 234 233 170 240
Box Hill 4th 14 -0- 6 56 126.4% 1,359 1,075 185 249 145 205
Preston 5th 14 -0- 6 56 123.7% 1,542 1,247 218 234 173 209
Moorabbin 6th 12 -0- 8 48 125.0% 1,553 1,242 220 233 171 216
Sandringham 7th 9 -0- 11 36 89.5% 1,283 1,434 178 215 192 282
Yarraville 8th 9 -0- 11 36 87.1% 1,280 1,470 171 254 209 216
Coburg 9th 7 -1- 12 30 100.5% 1,655 1,647 233 257 234 243
Oakleigh 10th 7 -1- 12 30 71.4% 1,091 1,529 149 197 213 251
Brighton 11th 6 -1- 13 26 77.1% 1,343 1,743 187 221 242 291
Camberwell 12th 5 -0- 15 20 71.1% 1,199 1,687 167 197 238 259
Prahran 13th 4 -1- 15 18 65.3% 1,164 1,783 159 210 254 259
Northcote 14th 4 -0- 16 16 77.7% 1,065 1,371 141 219 192 219

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/09/1956 2:10 PM Brunswick v Box Hill Junction Oval 90 - 105 10,000
SAT 15/09/1956 2:10 PM Williamstown v Port Melbourne Junction Oval 73 - 87 20,000

Final Round 1 Ladder

Team Pos.
Port Melbourne 1st
Williamstown 2nd
Box Hill 3rd
Brunswick 4th

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/09/1956 2:10 PM Williamstown v Box Hill Junction Oval 86 - 64 16,000

Final Round 2 Ladder

Team Pos.
Port Melbourne 1st
Williamstown 2nd
Box Hill 3rd
Brunswick 4th

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/09/1956 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Williamstown Junction Oval 78 - 102 28,000

Final Round 3 Ladder

Team Pos.
Williamstown 1st
Port Melbourne 2nd
Box Hill 3rd
Brunswick 4th