1956 VFL Season Round 12: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 7 July 1956 between Melbourne and Richmond during round twelve of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. Ken Melville captained the hosts. Des Rowe captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Max Oppy.

Melbourne (11.13.79) defeated Richmond (7.3.45).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 7 July 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 26,872

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Richmond
Score: 11.13.79 - 7.3.45

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 6 4 . 9 8 . 12 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Richmond 2 . 0 3 . 1 5 . 1 7 . 3 7 . 3 (45)
Margin level MELB by 14 MELB by 29 MELB by 34 MELB by 34
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Ken Melville
Coach: Norm Smith

Richmond

Captain: Des Rowe
Coach: Max Oppy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Nunn

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 1 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
19 Carroll, Keith ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 1 ?
18 Johnson, Bob ? ? 2 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
27 Jones, Dennis ? ? 1 ?
16 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
34 Lane, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken (c) ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 2 ?
8 Sandral, Jim ? ? 0 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 1 ?
15 Webb, Athol ? ? 2 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 13

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 2 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
34 Claxton, John ? ? 1 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 0 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 0 ?
17 Dummett, Bob ? ? 1 ?
23 Dunin, Frank ? ? 0 ?
14 McDonald, Ron ? ? 0 ?
16 McGaw, Ray ? ? 0 ?
22 Morcom, Stan ? ? 0 ?
38 Morris, Peter ? ? 0 ?
10 Naismith, Vic ? ? 1 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 1 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 0 ?
8 Ryan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
26 Saddington, Col ? ? 1 ?
6 Sharp, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
11 Simpson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
20 Ward, Ken ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 3

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