1956 VFL Season Round 16: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 4 August 1956 between Geelong and Melbourne during round sixteen of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Bob Davis captained the hosts. Noel McMahen captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Geelong (8.10.58) defeated Melbourne (8.8.56).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 4 August 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 29,687

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 8.10.58 - 8.8.56

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 0 . 5 3 . 9 5 . 9 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Melbourne 2 . 3 3 . 5 3 . 8 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Margin MELB by 10 GEEL by 4 GEEL by 13 GEEL by 2 GEEL by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bob Davis
Coach: Reg Hickey

Melbourne

Captain: Noel McMahen
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Nash

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Bartle, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 0 ?
29 Bullen, Roger ? ? 1 ?
4 Davis, Bob (c) ? ? 1 ?
18 Ferrari, Bruce ? ? 2 ?
23 Gazzard, Bob ? ? 0 ?
10 Haygarth, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Herbert, Harry ? ? 2 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
20 O'Connell, John ? ? 1 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 1 ?
38 Ryan, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
31 Sutcliffe, Max ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 0 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
37 Wiltshire, Bob ? ? 0 ?
3 Wooller, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 10

Melbourne

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

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