1956 VFL Season Round 3: North Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 28 April 1956 between North Melbourne and Essendon during round three of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Essendon at Arden Street Oval. Bob Brooker captained the hosts. Bill Hutchison captained the visitors with Roy McConnell as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Charlie Gaudion and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

North Melbourne (9.11.65) were defeated by Essendon (15.17.107).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: North Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 28 April 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 9.11.65 - 15.17.107

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 5 6 . 7 8 . 9 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Essendon 3 . 2 6 . 10 11 . 11 15 . 17 15 . 17 (107)
Margin NMLB by 3 ESSE by 3 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 42 ESSE by 42
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Bob Brooker
Coach: Charlie Gaudion

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Vice-Captain: Roy McConnell
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Frood

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Aylett, Allen ? ? 1 ?
18 Batchelor, Keith ? ? 0 ?
20 Brady, John ? ? 0 ?
28 Brooker, Bob (c) ? ? 1 ?
9 Dean, Ken ? ? 0 ?
12 Doolan, Neil ? ? 1 ?
29 Dozzi, Dal ? ? 0 ?
6 Dugdale, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Eastmure, Gerald ? ? 0 ?
34 Easton, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
35 Edwards, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 English, Garry ? ? 0 ?
11 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 ?
10 Johnson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
32 Mantello, Albert ? ? 0 ?
21 McMahon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
5 O'Halloran, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 O'Sullivan, Peter ? ? 1 ?
7 Spencer, Jock ? ? 3 ?
24 Templar, Len ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 11

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 0 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
20 Carstairs, Jim ? ? 5 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 1 ?
16 Dale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 0 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 1 ?
23 Harrington, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Heenan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 3 ?
21 Knowles, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Lynch, Fred ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy (vc) ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 0 ?
28 Prest, Warren ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 1 ?
5 Suter, Bob ? ? 0 ?
16 Willey, Graham ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 17

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