1956 VFL Season Round 11: North Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 30 June 1956 between North Melbourne and Footscray during round eleven of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Footscray at Arden Street Oval. Bob Brooker captained the hosts. Wally Donald captained the visitors with Jack Collins as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Charlie Gaudion and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

North Melbourne (5.9.39) were defeated by Footscray (6.13.49).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: North Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 30 June 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Footscray
Score: 5.9.39 - 6.13.49

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 0 . 1 4 . 6 5 . 6 5 . 9 5 . 9 (39)
Footscray 4 . 5 5 . 7 5 . 11 6 . 13 6 . 13 (49)
Margin FOOT by 28 FOOT by 7 FOOT by 5 FOOT by 10 FOOT by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Bob Brooker
Coach: Charlie Gaudion

Footscray

Captain: Wally Donald
Vice-Captain: Jack Collins
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Aylett, Allen ? ? 2 ?
18 Batchelor, Keith ? ? 0 ?
28 Brooker, Bob (c) ? ? 0 ?
16 Crampton, Colin ? ? 0 ?
9 Dean, Ken ? ? 0 ?
26 Dean, Norm ? ? 1 ?
12 Doolan, Neil ? ? 0 ?
6 Dugdale, John ? ? 0 ?
27 Dwyer, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
14 Eastmure, Gerald ? ? 0 ?
35 Edwards, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 English, Garry ? ? 0 ?
15 Files, Roy ? ? 1 ?
11 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 ?
23 Macquire, Fred ? ? 0 ?
32 Mantello, Albert ? ? 0 ?
5 O'Halloran, Jack ? ? 1 ?
31 Ritchie, Max ? ? 0 ?
7 Spencer, Jock ? ? 0 ?
24 Templar, Len ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 9

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
23 Collins, Bob ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack (vc) ? ? 2 ?
8 Cross, Max ? ? 1 ?
18 Dickson, Noel ? ? 1 ?
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 ? ? 1 ?
21 Porta, Ron ? ? 0 ?
33 Rawson, Don ? ? 0 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
16 Smith, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
17 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
10 Westacott, John ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 13

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