1956 VFL Season Round 15: St Kilda v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 28 July 1956 between St Kilda and Essendon during round fifteen of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Essendon at Junction Oval. Keith Drinan captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Alan Killigrew and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

St Kilda (6.11.47) were defeated by Essendon (7.7.49).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: St Kilda v Essendon
Date: Saturday 28 July 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 28,100

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Essendon
Score: 6.11.47 - 7.7.49

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 1 . 5 4 . 6 6 . 10 6 . 11 6 . 11 (47)
Essendon 1 . 0 4 . 2 5 . 4 7 . 7 7 . 7 (49)
Margin STKL by 5 STKL by 4 STKL by 12 ESSE by 2 ESSE by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Keith Drinan
Coach: Alan Killigrew

Essendon

Captain: unknown
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Annand, Bud ? ? 0 ?
5 Baumgartner, Ivan ? ? 1 ?
36 Clancy, Peter ? ? 0 ?
16 Dale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
12 Davies, Harold ? ? 0 ?
6 Dodd, Paul ? ? 0 ?
25 Drinan, Keith (c) ? ? 0 ?
24 Gleeson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
14 Jeans, Allan ? ? 0 ?
37 King, Bryan ? ? 0 ?
33 McCarthy, Brian ? ? 0 ?
35 Minihan, Graham ? ? 0 ?
42 Molony, Brian ? ? 0 ?
23 Muir, Brian ? ? 0 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 0 ?
31 Murray, Bruce ? ? 1 ?
10 Roberts, Neil ? ? 0 ?
34 Waldron, Bill ? ? 0 ?
7 Walsh, Brian ? ? 0 ?
15 Young, Bill ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 11

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 0 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
32 Carmichael, Don ? ? 0 ?
20 Carstairs, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 2 ?
29 Clarkson, Jack ? ? 1 ?
24 Fox, Robert ? ? 0 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 0 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 1 ?
14 Heenan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Knowles, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 1 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
15 Taylor, Bob ? ? 0 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 0 ?
16 Willey, Graham ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 7

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