1956 VFL Season Grand Final: Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 15 September 1956 between Melbourne and Collingwood in the grand final of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Collingwood at the MCG. Noel McMahen captained the hosts. Neil Mann captained the visitors with Jack Hamilton as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Phonse Kyne.

Melbourne (17.19.121) defeated Collingwood (6.12.48).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 15 September 1956
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 115,902

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Collingwood
Score: 17.19.121 - 6.12.48

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 4 6 . 11 10 . 16 17 . 19 17 . 19 (121)
Collingwood 3 . 3 4 . 3 5 . 6 6 . 12 6 . 12 (48)
Margin COLL by 5 MELB by 20 MELB by 40 MELB by 73 MELB by 73
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Noel McMahen
Coach: Norm Smith

Collingwood

Captain: Neil Mann
Vice-Captain: Jack Hamilton
Coach: Phonse Kyne

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Nash

Goal Umpires

N. Grant
E. O'Brien

Boundary Umpires

J. Hicks
H. Kent

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank WL ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron RR ? 3 ?
30 Beckwith, John BPL ? 0 ?
19 Carroll, Keith HBFR ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis RU ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian WR ? 0 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry SUB ? 0 ?
18 Johnson, Bob FPL ? 3 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor BPR ? 0 ?
16 Laidlaw, Clyde CHF ? 0 ?
34 Lane, Ralph SUB ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter FB ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel (c) CHB ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken C ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie HFFR ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian FPR ? 1 ?
8 Sandral, Jim HFFL ? 0 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart RO ? 5 ?
15 Webb, Athol FF ? 5 ?
25 Williams, Don HBFL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 17 19

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
13 Gabelich, Ray RU ? 0 ?
7 Greve, Bob FPR ? 1 ?
8 Hamilton, Jack (vc) SUB ? 0 ?
18 Hedt, Ken WL ? 0 ?
23 Jones, Bill RO ? 1 ?
9 Kingston, Ron HBFR ? 0 ?
12 Kupsch, Bob SUB ? 0 ?
3 Lucas, Peter HBFL ? 0 ?
1 Mann, Neil (c) FPL ? 0 ?
17 Merrett, Thorold WR ? 0 ?
21 Rymer, Laurie RR ? 0 ?
22 Serong, Bill HFFR ? 1 ?
29 Sharp, Lerrel BPL ? 0 ?
5 Smale, Ken FF ? 1 ?
26 Sullivan, Harry FB ? 0 ?
24 Tuck, Frank CHB ? 0 ?
36 Turner, Ken HFFL ? 1 ?
2 Twomey, Bill C ? 1 ?
31 Waller, Neville BPR ? 0 ?
27 Weideman, Murray CHF ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 12

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

Player Line-Up

Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
29 L. Sharp 26 H. Sullivan 31 N. Waller 1 D. Cordner 28 T. Gleeson
24 I. Ridley 15 A. Webb 18 B. Johnson 31 R. Barassi 34 R. Lane
FORWARD 12 S. Spencer

HALF-BACK



3 P. Lucas 24 F. Tuck 9 R. Kingston



11 L. Mithen 16 C. Laidlaw 8 J. Sandral



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



18 K. Hedt 2 B. Twomey 17 T. Merrett



9 B. Dixon 38 K. Melville 6 F. Adams FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 13 R. Gabelich 8 J. Hamilton (vc)
HALF-FORWARD 21 L. Rymer 12 B. Kupsch
36 K. Turner 27 M. Weideman 22 B. Serong 23 B. Jones

19 K. Carroll 35 N. McMahen (c) 25 D. Williams



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



1 N. Mann (c) 5 K. Smale 7 B. Greve



14 T. Johnson 3 P. Marquis 30 J. Beckwith



BACK



Collingwood Coach: Phonse Kyne