1956 VFL Season Round 3: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 28 April 1956 between Footscray and Melbourne during round three of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. In the absence of Charlie Sutton, vice-captain Wally Donald captained the hosts. Noel McMahen captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Footscray (5.11.41) were defeated by Melbourne (9.13.67).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 28 April 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 33,265

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Melbourne
Score: 5.11.41 - 9.13.67

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 6 2 . 8 5 . 10 5 . 11 5 . 11 (41)
Melbourne 1 . 2 3 . 4 5 . 6 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
Margin FOOT by 10 MELB by 2 FOOT by 4 MELB by 26 MELB by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Wally Donald (acting)
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Melbourne

Captain: Noel McMahen
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
27 Clough, Alan ? ? 0 ?
23 Collins, Bob ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 2 ?
18 Dickson, Noel ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally (ac) ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 2 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 0 ?
4 Letcher, Ian ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
31 Ryan, Lionel ? ? 1 ?
17 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
35 Thompson, Graham ? ? 0 ?
30 Whitten, Don ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 11

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 1 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Bull, Tony ? ? 0 ?
19 Carroll, Keith ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 0 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 0 ?
18 Johnson, Bob ? ? 2 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
16 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
34 Lane, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel (c) ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 2 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 3 ?
15 Webb, Athol ? ? 1 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 13

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