1956 VFL Season Round 1: North Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 14 April 1956 between North Melbourne and St Kilda during round one of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted St Kilda at Arden Street Oval. Bob Brooker captained the hosts. Keith Drinan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Gaudion and the visitors were coached by Alan Killigrew.

North Melbourne (15.8.98) defeated St Kilda (5.11.41).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: North Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 14 April 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 11,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. St Kilda
Score: 15.8.98 - 5.11.41

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 5 . 4 6 . 4 14 . 8 15 . 8 15 . 8 (98)
St Kilda 2 . 0 4 . 2 4 . 2 5 . 11 5 . 11 (41)
Margin NMLB by 22 NMLB by 14 NMLB by 66 NMLB by 57 NMLB by 57
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Bob Brooker
Coach: Charlie Gaudion

St Kilda

Captain: Keith Drinan
Coach: Alan Killigrew

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Goal Umpires

F. Spokes

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Aylett, Allen ? ? 1 ?
23 Barton, Bill ? ? 1 ?
18 Batchelor, Keith ? ? 0 ?
20 Brady, John ? ? 0 ?
28 Brooker, Bob (c) ? ? 0 ?
26 Dean, Norm ? ? 0 ?
12 Doolan, Neil ? ? 1 ?
6 Dugdale, John ? ? 2 ?
14 Eastmure, Gerald ? ? 2 ?
34 Easton, Kevin ? ? 4 ?
35 Edwards, Jack ? ? 0 ?
11 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 ?
10 Johnson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
32 Mantello, Albert ? ? 0 ?
1 Marendaz, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
21 McMahon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
5 O'Halloran, Jack ? ? 1 ?
19 O'Sullivan, Peter ? ? 0 ?
7 Spencer, Jock ? ? 2 ?
2 Teasdale, Noel ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 8

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Annand, Bud ? ? 0 ?
28 Barrett, Ray ? ? 0 ?
5 Baumgartner, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
34 Byrne, Jim ? ? 0 ?
6 Dodd, Paul ? ? 3 ?
25 Drinan, Keith (c) ? ? 0 ?
11 Fountain, Ron ? ? 0 ?
14 Jeans, Allan ? ? 0 ?
32 Jones, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
1 Linney, Neville ? ? 1 ?
35 Minihan, Graham ? ? 0 ?
42 Molony, Brian ? ? 0 ?
8 Morris, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 0 ?
9 Mulrooney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Roberts, Neil ? ? 0 ?
19 Stephenson, Jim ? ? 1 ?
19 Stephenson, Max ? ? 0 ?
7 Walsh, Brian ? ? 0 ?
26 Watt, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 11

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