1956 VFL Season Round 2: Collingwood v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 21 April 1956 between Collingwood and South Melbourne during round two of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted South Melbourne at Victoria Park. Neil Mann captained the hosts with Jack Hamilton as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Phonse Kyne and the visitors were coached by Herbie Matthews.

Collingwood (12.18.90) defeated South Melbourne (7.11.53).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Collingwood v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 21 April 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 24,800

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. South Melbourne
Score: 12.18.90 - 7.11.53

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 3 . 2 6 . 9 10 . 15 12 . 18 12 . 18 (90)
South Melbourne 2 . 4 3 . 6 5 . 6 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
Margin COLL by 4 COLL by 21 COLL by 39 COLL by 37 COLL by 37
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

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

South Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Herbie Matthews

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Nunn

Boundary Umpires

J. McNiff

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Bromage, Keith ? ? 0 ?
6 Dorman, Brian ? ? 0 ?
14 Gooch, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
4 Gray, Brian ? ? 1 ?
7 Greve, Bob ? ? 1 ?
8 Hamilton, Jack (vc) ? ? 0 ?
18 Hedt, Ken ? ? 0 ?
23 Jones, Bill ? ? 2 ?
12 Kupsch, Bob ? ? 0 ?
3 Lucas, Peter ? ? 0 ?
1 Mann, Neil (c) ? ? 0 ?
17 Merrett, Thorold ? ? 0 ?
34 O'Bree, Dick ? ? 2 ?
22 Serong, Bill ? ? 1 ?
29 Sharp, Lerrel ? ? 0 ?
5 Smale, Ken ? ? 2 ?
24 Tuck, Frank ? ? 0 ?
2 Twomey, Bill ? ? 3 ?
25 Twomey, Mick ? ? 0 ?
27 Weideman, Murray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 18

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Clegg, Ron ? ? 3 ?
9 Crough, Gerald ? ? 0 ?
11 Dorgan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Ferguson, John ? ? 1 ?
2 Goldsmith, Fred ? ? 0 ?
24 Hicks, Ellis ? ? 0 ?
22 Hogan, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
31 Hudson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Keyter, Don ? ? 1 ?
27 Lane, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
35 Ledwidge, John ? ? 1 ?
17 Matthews, Don ? ? 0 ?
36 McCormack, Ken ? ? 0 ?
18 McDonald, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
25 McLaughlin, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
4 Monks, Ian ? ? 1 ?
33 Primmer, Frank ? ? 0 ?
20 Taylor, Jim ? ? 0 ?
20 Trethowan, John ? ? 0 ?
12 Younger, Marshall ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 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