1956 VFA Season: Brighton
These are the details of the premiership results for Brighton for the 1956 season of the Victorian Football Association (currently known as the Victorian Football League). The team used Elsternwick Park as their home ground, playing ten matches there (ten as hosts). The team finished the regular season in eleventh place.
Team Details
Competition:
1956 VFA Season
Team:
Brighton
Club:
Brighton-Caulfield
Home Ground:
Elsternwick Park
Team Results
Ladder Position:
11th (W-D-L: 6-1-13, P%: 77.1)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14/04/1956 | Round 1 | Prahran | AWAY | WIN | BRGH by 49 | unknown | unknown |
| 21/04/1956 | Round 2 | Coburg | HOME | LOSS | COBG by 98 | unknown | unknown |
| 28/04/1956 | Round 3 | Box Hill | AWAY | LOSS | BOXH by 60 | unknown | unknown |
| 05/05/1956 | Round 4 | Sandringham | HOME | LOSS | SNDH by 46 | unknown | unknown |
| 12/05/1956 | Round 5 | Williamstown | AWAY | LOSS | WILL by 42 | unknown | unknown |
| 19/05/1956 | Round 6 | Brunswick | HOME | LOSS | BRNW by 45 | unknown | unknown |
| 26/05/1956 | Round 7 | Camberwell | HOME | WIN | BRGH by 7 | unknown | unknown |
| 02/06/1956 | Round 8 | Moorabbin | AWAY | LOSS | MRBN by 4 | unknown | unknown |
| 09/06/1956 | Round 9 | Preston | HOME | LOSS | PRST by 49 | unknown | unknown |
| 16/06/1956 | Round 10 | Port Melbourne | AWAY | WIN | BRGH by 14 | unknown | unknown |
| 30/06/1956 | Round 11 | Yarraville | HOME | WIN | BRGH by 15 | unknown | unknown |
| 07/07/1956 | Round 12 | Northcote | AWAY | LOSS | NCOT by 27 | unknown | unknown |
| 14/07/1956 | Round 13 | Oakleigh | HOME | LOSS | OAKL by 15 | unknown | unknown |
| 21/07/1956 | Round 14 | Prahran | HOME | LOSS | PRAH by 7 | unknown | unknown |
| 28/07/1956 | Round 15 | Coburg | AWAY | DRAW | drawn | unknown | unknown |
| 04/08/1956 | Round 16 | Box Hill | HOME | WIN | BRGH by 10 | unknown | unknown |
| 11/08/1956 | Round 17 | Sandringham | AWAY | LOSS | SNDH by 6 | unknown | unknown |
| 18/08/1956 | Round 18 | Williamstown | HOME | LOSS | WILL by 40 | unknown | unknown |
| 25/08/1956 | Round 19 | Brunswick | AWAY | LOSS | BRNW by 64 | unknown | unknown |
| 01/09/1956 | Round 20 | Camberwell | AWAY | WIN | BRGH by 8 | unknown | unknown |