1956 VFL Season Round 9: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 9 June 1956 between Melbourne and Essendon during round nine of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Noel McMahen captained the hosts. Bill Hutchison captained the visitors with Roy McConnell as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Melbourne (15.17.107) defeated Essendon (4.15.39).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 9 June 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 32,543

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 15.17.107 - 4.15.39

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 3 9 . 10 13 . 14 15 . 17 15 . 17 (107)
Essendon 0 . 4 0 . 7 1 . 11 4 . 15 4 . 15 (39)
Margin MELB by 11 MELB by 57 MELB by 75 MELB by 68 MELB by 68
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Noel McMahen
Coach: Norm Smith

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Robinson

Player Statistics

Melbourne

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

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 1 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Dench, Doug ? ? 0 ?
24 Fox, Robert ? ? 0 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 0 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Heenan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 2 ?
21 Knowles, Jack ? ? 0 ?
8 Lalor, Ray ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
25 McConnell, Roy (vc) ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
17 Nixon, Max ? ? 0 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
16 Willey, Graham ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 4 15

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