1956 VFL Season Round 4: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 5 May 1956 between Essendon and St Kilda during round four of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted St Kilda at Windy Hill. Bill Hutchison captained the hosts with Roy McConnell as vice-captain. Keith Drinan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Alan Killigrew.

Essendon (18.9.117) defeated St Kilda (9.23.77).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 5 May 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 16,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. St Kilda
Score: 18.9.117 - 9.23.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 9 . 3 13 . 4 15 . 5 18 . 9 18 . 9 (117)
St Kilda 3 . 3 5 . 8 7 . 16 9 . 23 9 . 23 (77)
Margin ESSE by 36 ESSE by 44 ESSE by 37 ESSE by 40 ESSE by 40
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

St Kilda

Captain: Keith Drinan
Coach: Alan Killigrew

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Nunn

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 3 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
20 Carstairs, Jim ? ? 1 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Dench, Doug ? ? 0 ?
24 Fox, Robert ? ? 0 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 0 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 2 ?
23 Harrington, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Heenan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 4 ?
21 Knowles, Jack ? ? 0 ?
8 Lalor, Ray ? ? 2 ?
4 Lynch, Fred ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy (vc) ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
16 Willey, Graham ? ? 6 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 18 9

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Baumgartner, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
27 Bock, Colin ? ? 0 ?
36 Clancy, Peter ? ? 3 ?
12 Davies, Harold ? ? 0 ?
25 Drinan, Keith (c) ? ? 0 ?
24 Gleeson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
43 Hanrahan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
14 Jeans, Allan ? ? 0 ?
32 Jones, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
37 King, Bryan ? ? 0 ?
1 Linney, Neville ? ? 1 ?
2 McDonald, Jack ? ? 2 ?
42 Molony, Brian ? ? 1 ?
8 Morris, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
23 Muir, Brian ? ? 2 ?
9 Mulrooney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Roberts, Neil ? ? 0 ?
20 Robson, John ? ? 0 ?
7 Walsh, Brian ? ? 0 ?
15 Young, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 23

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