1956 VFL Season Round 8: St Kilda v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 2 June 1956 between St Kilda and Melbourne during round eight of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Melbourne at Junction Oval. Keith Drinan captained the hosts. Noel McMahen captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alan Killigrew and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

St Kilda (6.11.47) were defeated by Melbourne (9.7.61).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: St Kilda v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 2 June 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 26,300

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Melbourne
Score: 6.11.47 - 9.7.61

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 1 . 7 1 . 9 4 . 11 6 . 11 6 . 11 (47)
Melbourne 1 . 2 5 . 3 7 . 5 9 . 7 9 . 7 (61)
Margin STKL by 5 MELB by 18 MELB by 12 MELB by 14 MELB by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Keith Drinan
Coach: Alan Killigrew

Melbourne

Captain: Noel McMahen
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Nunn

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Annand, Bud ? ? 0 ?
5 Baumgartner, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
27 Bock, Colin ? ? 0 ?
36 Clancy, Peter ? ? 1 ?
41 Cuthbertson, Alex ? ? 0 ?
16 Dale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
12 Davies, Harold ? ? 0 ?
25 Drinan, Keith (c) ? ? 0 ?
24 Gleeson, Brian ? ? 1 ?
14 Jeans, Allan ? ? 1 ?
1 Linney, Neville ? ? 0 ?
33 McCarthy, Brian ? ? 0 ?
35 Minihan, Graham ? ? 0 ?
23 Muir, Brian ? ? 1 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 0 ?
44 Peck, Graham ? ? 1 ?
10 Roberts, Neil ? ? 0 ?
40 Thompson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
7 Walsh, Brian ? ? 0 ?
15 Young, Bill ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 11

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Bull, Tony ? ? 0 ?
19 Carroll, Keith ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
18 Johnson, Bob ? ? 2 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 1 ?
16 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
34 Lane, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel (c) ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 2 ?
8 Sandral, Jim ? ? 1 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 1 ?
15 Webb, Athol ? ? 2 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 7

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