1956 VFL Season Round 5: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 12 May 1956 between Melbourne and Geelong during round five of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Noel McMahen captained the hosts. Bob Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Melbourne (6.20.56) defeated Geelong (6.12.48).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 12 May 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 47,270

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 6.20.56 - 6.12.48

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 7 3 . 13 5 . 18 6 . 20 6 . 20 (56)
Geelong 2 . 2 5 . 5 5 . 7 6 . 12 6 . 12 (48)
Margin MELB by 5 GEEL by 4 MELB by 11 MELB by 8 MELB by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Noel McMahen
Coach: Norm Smith

Geelong

Captain: Bob Davis
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 2 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
19 Carroll, Keith ? ? 0 ?
21 Cook, Peter ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
18 Johnson, Bob ? ? 1 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
16 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 1 ?
34 Lane, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel (c) ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 2 ?
8 Sandral, Jim ? ? 0 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 0 ?
15 Webb, Athol ? ? 0 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 20

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 0 ?
4 Davis, Bob (c) ? ? 2 ?
18 Ferrari, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
23 Gazzard, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 Goldsmith, John ? ? 0 ?
10 Haygarth, John ? ? 0 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
35 McGrath, George ? ? 0 ?
20 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 2 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 2 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 0 ?
19 Umbers, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
37 Wiltshire, Bob ? ? 0 ?
3 Wooller, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 12

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