1956 VFL 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 VFL season.
Melbourne hosted Collingwood at 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
Back:
J. Beckwith, P. Marquis, T. Johnson
Half-back:
D. Williams, N. McMahen (capt.), K. Carroll
Centre:
F. Adams, K. Melville, B. Dixon
Half-forward:
J. Sandral, C. Laidlaw, L. Mithen
Forward:
B. Johnson, A. Webb, I. Ridley
Follower:
D. Cordner, R. Barassi, S. Spencer
Sub.:
T. Gleeson, R. Lane
Collingwood
Back:
L. Sharp, H. Sullivan, N. Waller
Half-back:
P. Lucas, F. Tuck, R. Kingston
Centre:
K. Hedt, B. Twomey, T. Merrett
Half-forward:
K. Turner, M. Weideman, B. Serong
Forward:
N. Mann (capt.), K. Smale, B. Greve
Follower:
R. Gabelich, L. Rymer, B. Jones
Sub.:
J. Hamilton (vice-capt.), B. Kupsch
Melbourne (17.19.121) defeated Collingwood (6.12.48).
Goalkickers
Melbourne: S. Spencer (5), A. Webb (5), R. Barassi (3), B. Johnson (3), I. Ridley
Collingwood: B. Greve, B. Jones, B. Serong, K. Smale, K. Turner, B. Twomey
As a result of this match, Melbourne were the premiers and Collingwood were the runners-up.
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 | ||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
Coaches:
Norm Smith
(Melbourne),
Phonse Kyne
(Collingwood)
Captains:
Noel McMahen
(Melbourne),
Neil Mann
(Collingwood)
Vice-Captains:
unknown
(Melbourne),
Jack Hamilton
(Collingwood)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
A. Nash
Goal Umpire:
N. Grant,
E. O'Brien
Boundary Umpire:
J. Hicks,
H. Kent
Player Statistics
Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| 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 |
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| 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 50sPlayer Line-Up
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| 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 | ||||||
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| 3 | P. Lucas | 24 | F. Tuck | 9 | R. Kingston |
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| 11 | L. Mithen | 16 | C. Laidlaw | 8 | J. Sandral |
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| 18 | K. Hedt | 2 | B. Twomey | 17 | T. Merrett |
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| 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 |
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| 19 | K. Carroll | 35 | N. McMahen (c) | 25 | D. Williams |
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| 1 | N. Mann (c) | 5 | K. Smale | 7 | B. Greve |
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| 14 | T. Johnson | 3 | P. Marquis | 30 | J. Beckwith |
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| Collingwood | Coach: Phonse Kyne | ||||||||||||||