1956 VFL Season Round 14: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 21 July 1956 between Melbourne and Footscray during round fourteen of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Noel McMahen captained the hosts. Wally Donald captained the visitors with Jack Collins as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

Melbourne (7.17.59) were defeated by Footscray (10.12.72).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 21 July 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 47,947

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Footscray
Score: 7.17.59 - 10.12.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 0 . 5 3 . 10 6 . 14 7 . 17 7 . 17 (59)
Footscray 1 . 4 4 . 6 7 . 8 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Margin FOOT by 5 FOOT by 2 level FOOT by 13 FOOT by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Noel McMahen
Coach: Norm Smith

Footscray

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Nash

Player Statistics

Melbourne

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

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack (vc) ? ? 2 ?
8 Cross, Max ? ? 4 ?
18 Dickson, Noel ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally (c) ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 0 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 0 ?
40 Henriksen, Ron ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 2 ?
20 McRae, Peter ? ? 0 ?
21 Porta, Ron ? ? 0 ?
33 Rawson, Don ? ? 0 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 1 ?
16 Smith, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 1 ?
17 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
10 Westacott, John ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 12

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