1956 VFL Season Semi Final 1: Geelong v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 25 August 1956 between Geelong and Footscray in the first semi final of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Footscray at the MCG. Bob Davis captained the hosts. Wally Donald captained the visitors with Jack Collins as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

Geelong (6.5.41) were defeated by Footscray (5.13.43).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: First Semi Final
Teams: Geelong v Footscray
Date: Saturday 25 August 1956
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 79,402

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Footscray
Score: 6.5.41 - 5.13.43

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Geelong	4	.	2	6	.	2	6	.	4	6	.	5	6	.	5	(41)
Footscray	1	.	3	4	.	6	5	.	8	5	.	13	5	.	13	(43)
Margin	GEEL by 17			GEEL by 8			GEEL by 2			FOOT by 2			FOOT by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bob Davis
Coach: Reg Hickey

Footscray

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Nash

Player Statistics

Geelong

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
7	Bartle, Bruce	?	?	0	?
14	Borrack, Les	?	?	0	?
30	Bow, Glen	?	?	0	?
32	Brown, Clive	?	?	0	?
29	Bullen, Roger	?	?	1	?
4	Davis, Bob (c)	?	?	0	?
18	Ferrari, Bruce	?	?	0	?
23	Gazzard, Bob	?	?	0	?
1	Goggin, Matt	?	?	0	?
10	Haygarth, John	?	?	0	?
12	Hovey, Ron	?	?	0	?
20	O'Connell, John	?	?	1	?
17	O'Neill, John	?	?	0	?
6	Pianto, Peter	?	?	0	?
27	Rayson, Noel	?	?	1	?
26	Sharp, Norm	?	?	0	?
11	Smith, Bernie	?	?	0	?
31	Sutcliffe, Max	?	?	1	?
28	Trezise, Neil	?	?	0	?
3	Wooller, Fred	?	?	2	?
Rushed					?
Total (20 players)				6	5

Footscray

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
5	Box, Peter	?	?	0	?
2	Collins, Jack (vc)	?	?	1	?
8	Cross, Max	?	?	4	?
29	Dixon, Ron	?	?	0	?
22	Donald, Wally (c)	?	?	0	?
7	Duffy, Roger	?	?	0	?
11	Edwards, Arthur	?	?	0	?
24	Gallagher, Jim	?	?	0	?
34	Gilmore, Brian	?	?	0	?
1	Kerr, John	?	?	0	?
20	McRae, Peter	?	?	0	?
21	Porta, Ron	?	?	0	?
33	Rawson, Don	?	?	0	?
28	Reynolds, Doug	?	?	0	?
9	Ross, Don	?	?	0	?
16	Smith, Kevin	?	?	0	?
32	Stevens, Harvey	?	?	0	?
17	Stockman, Ron	?	?	0	?
10	Westacott, John	?	?	0	?
3	Whitten, Ted	?	?	0	?
Rushed					?
Total (20 players)				5	13

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

Score Timeline

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Links

1956 VFL Season

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