1956 VFL Season Round 4: Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 5 May 1956 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round four of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at Punt Road Oval. Noel McMahen captained the hosts. Bill Stephen captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Melbourne (10.19.79) defeated Fitzroy (9.6.60).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 5 May 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 23,000

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 10.19.79 - 9.6.60

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 8 5 . 10 6 . 16 10 . 19 10 . 19 (79)
Fitzroy 1 . 1 4 . 3 4 . 4 9 . 6 9 . 6 (60)
Margin MELB by 19 MELB by 13 MELB by 24 MELB by 19 MELB by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Noel McMahen
Coach: Norm Smith

Fitzroy

Captain: Bill Stephen
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Nash

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 1 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Bull, Tony ? ? 0 ?
19 Carroll, Keith ? ? 0 ?
21 Cook, Peter ? ? 1 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 1 ?
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 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 3 ?
8 Sandral, Jim ? ? 0 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 0 ?
15 Webb, Athol ? ? 1 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 19

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abrahams, Owen ? ? 3 ?
1 Chapman, James ? ? 1 ?
34 Cunningham, Matt ? ? 1 ?
11 Davey, Colin ? ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 1 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
4 Gervasoni, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
23 Henderson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 0 ?
24 Lane, Bryan ? ? 1 ?
14 MacGregor, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 MacKenzie, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
2 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
5 Ongarello, Tony ? ? 2 ?
3 Pert, Brian ? ? 0 ?
18 Smith, Ron ? ? 0 ?
8 Stephen, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Vernon, Rod ? ? 0 ?
10 Williams, Vin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 6

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