1956 VFL Season Round 15: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 28 July 1956 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round fifteen of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at Brunswick Street Oval. Bill Stephen captained the hosts. Noel McMahen captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Fitzroy (7.11.53) were defeated by Melbourne (11.15.81).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 28 July 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 13,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Melbourne
Score: 7.11.53 - 11.15.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 2 4 . 6 5 . 9 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
Melbourne 1 . 4 3 . 7 8 . 12 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Margin FITZ by 4 FITZ by 5 MELB by 21 MELB by 28 MELB by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Bill Stephen
Coach: Bill Stephen

Melbourne

Captain: Noel McMahen
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Woolfe

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Campbell, Graham ? ? 1 ?
4 Carr, Reg ? ? 0 ?
34 Cunningham, Matt ? ? 0 ?
11 Davey, Colin ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
35 Gotch, Graham ? ? 0 ?
23 Henderson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 0 ?
27 Knight, Graham ? ? 2 ?
14 MacGregor, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
5 Ongarello, Tony ? ? 0 ?
3 Pert, Brian ? ? 1 ?
22 Smith, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
18 Smith, Ron ? ? 0 ?
8 Stephen, Bill (c) ? ? 1 ?
12 Webb, Keith ? ? 1 ?
10 Williams, Vin ? ? 0 ?
13 Wright, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 11

Melbourne

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