1956 VFL Season Round 18: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 18 August 1956 between Essendon and Geelong during round eighteen of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at Windy Hill. Bill Hutchison captained the hosts. Bob Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Essendon (14.13.97) defeated Geelong (9.15.69).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 18 August 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 16,500

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Geelong
Score: 14.13.97 - 9.15.69

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 3 5 . 5 9 . 10 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Geelong 1 . 2 5 . 9 6 . 13 9 . 15 9 . 15 (69)
Margin ESSE by 7 GEEL by 4 ESSE by 15 ESSE by 28 ESSE by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Geelong

Captain: Bob Davis
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Nunn

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 3 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Diston, Morton ? ? 0 ?
24 Fox, Robert ? ? 2 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 0 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 2 ?
23 Harrington, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Heenan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
21 Knowles, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 2 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
35 Shearman, Bob ? ? 1 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 0 ?
16 Willey, Graham ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 13

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 0 ?
32 Brown, Clive ? ? 0 ?
29 Bullen, Roger ? ? 2 ?
4 Davis, Bob (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Ferrari, Bruce ? ? 1 ?
23 Gazzard, Bob ? ? 0 ?
10 Haygarth, John ? ? 0 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
22 Le Deux, Fred ? ? 0 ?
20 O'Connell, John ? ? 2 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 3 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 1 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 0 ?
31 Sutcliffe, Max ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 0 ?
19 Umbers, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
37 Wiltshire, Bob ? ? 0 ?
3 Wooller, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 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