1956 VFL Season Round 6: Hawthorn v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 19 May 1956 between Hawthorn and Footscray during round six of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Footscray at Glenferrie Oval. John Kennedy captained the hosts. Wally Donald captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Hale and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

Hawthorn (10.14.74) defeated Footscray (10.11.71).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Hawthorn v Footscray
Date: Saturday 19 May 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Glenferrie Oval
Attendance: 22,000

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Footscray
Score: 10.14.74 - 10.11.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 5 . 2 7 . 6 8 . 8 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
Footscray 3 . 2 7 . 5 8 . 11 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Margin HWTH by 12 HWTH by 1 FOOT by 3 HWTH by 3 HWTH by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: John Kennedy
Coach: Jack Hale

Footscray

Captain: Wally Donald
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Nunn

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Arthur, Graham HFFR ? 1 ?
6 Coghlan, Kevin FPR ? 2 ?
28 Considine, Maurie SUB ? 0 ?
5 Cooper, John HFFL ? 0 ?
32 Egerton, Ian BPR ? 0 ?
26 Gent, Don FB ? 0 ?
13 Jose, Max CHB ? 0 ?
1 Kaine, Les RR ? 1 ?
18 Kanis, Peter SUB ? 0 ?
22 Kann, Brian BPL ? 0 ?
10 Kennedy, John (c) RU ? 0 ?
35 Maginness, Norm HBFL ? 0 ?
15 O'Brien, Phil WL ? 1 ?
3 O'Mahoney, John C ? 0 ?
23 Peck, John FF ? 2 ?
27 Simmonds, Roy HBFR ? 0 ?
20 Thompson, Clayton CHF ? 0 ?
16 Wilkinson, Lance WR ? 0 ?
24 Woodley, Allan FPL ? 2 ?
21 Yeoman, Ray RO ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 14

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
37 Broadway, Ray ? ? 0 ?
8 Cross, Max ? ? 2 ?
18 Dickson, Noel ? ? 1 ?
29 Dixon, Ron ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally (c) ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 1 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 2 ?
4 Letcher, Ian ? ? 0 ?
21 Porta, Ron ? ? 0 ?
33 Rawson, Don ? ? 0 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
31 Ryan, Lionel ? ? 1 ?
10 Westacott, John ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 11

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

Player Line-Up

Hawthorn Coach: Jack Hale
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






10 J. Kennedy (c) 28 M. Considine
6 K. Coghlan 23 J. Peck 24 A. Woodley 1 L. Kaine 18 P. Kanis
FORWARD 21 R. Yeoman

HALF-BACK













2 G. Arthur 20 C. Thompson 5 J. Cooper



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













16 L. Wilkinson 3 J. O'Mahoney 15 P. O'Brien FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













27 R. Simmonds 13 M. Jose 35 N. Maginness



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













32 I. Egerton 26 D. Gent 22 B. Kann



BACK



Footscray Coach: Charlie Sutton