1956 VFL Season Round 11: Geelong v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 30 June 1956 between Geelong and St Kilda during round eleven of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted St Kilda at Kardinia Park. Bob Davis captained the hosts. Keith Drinan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Alan Killigrew.

Geelong (9.8.62) defeated St Kilda (8.9.57).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Geelong v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 30 June 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 11,052

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. St Kilda
Score: 9.8.62 - 8.9.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 0 . 1 3 . 4 7 . 5 9 . 8 9 . 8 (62)
St Kilda 1 . 6 2 . 6 4 . 8 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Margin STKL by 11 GEEL by 4 GEEL by 15 GEEL by 5 GEEL by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bob Davis
Coach: Reg Hickey

St Kilda

Captain: Keith Drinan
Coach: Alan Killigrew

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Arvidson

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Bartle, Bruce ? ? 1 ?
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 0 ?
29 Bullen, Roger ? ? 2 ?
4 Davis, Bob (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Ferrari, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
23 Gazzard, Bob ? ? 0 ?
1 Goggin, Matt ? ? 0 ?
10 Haygarth, John ? ? 0 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
22 Le Deux, Fred ? ? 0 ?
20 O'Connell, John ? ? 1 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 0 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 4 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 1 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
3 Wooller, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 8

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Annand, Bud ? ? 1 ?
36 Clancy, Peter ? ? 1 ?
16 Dale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
12 Davies, Harold ? ? 0 ?
6 Dodd, Paul ? ? 1 ?
25 Drinan, Keith (c) ? ? 0 ?
24 Gleeson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
43 Hanrahan, Frank ? ? 1 ?
1 Linney, Neville ? ? 0 ?
39 Mennie, Allan ? ? 0 ?
35 Minihan, Graham ? ? 0 ?
8 Morris, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
23 Muir, Brian ? ? 0 ?
9 Mulrooney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
31 Murray, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
10 Roberts, Neil ? ? 0 ?
20 Robson, John ? ? 0 ?
34 Waldron, Bill ? ? 0 ?
7 Walsh, Brian ? ? 0 ?
15 Young, Bill ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 9

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