1956 VFL Season: St Kilda
These are the details of the premiership results for St Kilda for the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used Junction Oval as their home ground, playing nine matches there (nine as hosts). The team finished the regular season in eleventh place.
Team Details
Competition:
1956 VFL Season
Team:
St Kilda
Club:
St Kilda
Home Ground:
Junction Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
11th (W-D-L: 4-1-13, P%: 88.0)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annand, Bud | #18 | 16 | 8 | R01-03, R06-18 |
| Barrett, Ray | #28 | 5 | 3 | R01-03, R09-10 |
| Baumgartner, Ivan | #5 | 16 | 1 | R01-09, R12-18 |
| Bock, Colin | #27 | 3 | 0 | R03-04, R08 |
| Byrne, Jim | #34 | 3 | 0 | R01-03 |
| Callow, Allan | #29 | 3 | 2 | R05-06, R18 |
| Clancy, Peter | #36 | 14 | 14 | R03-16 |
| Cole, Fred | #40 | 1 | 1 | R10 |
| Cuthbertson, Alex | #41 | 1 | 0 | R08 |
| Dale, Alan | #16 | 13 | 1 | R06-18 |
| Davies, Harold | #12 | 17 | 0 | R02-18 |
| Dodd, Paul | #6 | 16 | 10 | R01-03, R05-07, R09-18 |
| Drinan, Keith | #25 | 16 | 0 | R01-09, R11-17 |
| Fountain, Ron | #11 | 1 | 0 | R01 |
| Giblett, Michael | #36 | 2 | 0 | R09-10 |
| Gleeson, Bill | #24 | 3 | 7 | R09-10, R18 |
| Gleeson, Brian | #24 | 15 | 12 | R04-18 |
| Hanrahan, Frank | #43 | 6 | 1 | R03-05, R09-11 |
| Jeans, Allan | #14 | 17 | 4 | R01-10, R12-18 |
| Jones, Geoff | #32 | 5 | 4 | R01-04, R07 |
| King, Bryan | #37 | 6 | 0 | R02-04, R15-17 |
| Linney, Neville | #1 | 9 | 8 | R01, R03-05, R08, R11-13, R16 |
| McCarthy, Brian | #33 | 12 | 0 | R02, R05-10, R14-18 |
| McDonald, Jack | #2 | 7 | 6 | R02-04, R06, R12, R17-18 |
| Mennie, Allan | #39 | 1 | 0 | R11 |
| Minihan, Graham | #35 | 12 | 1 | R01-02, R08, R10-18 |
| Molony, Brian | #42 | 13 | 2 | R01-07, R12-16, R18 |
| Morris, Hugh | #8 | 4 | 0 | R01, R04-05, R11 |
| Muir, Brian | #23 | 15 | 12 | R04-18 |
| Mulhall, Ken | #4 | 9 | 4 | R01, R06-09, R15-18 |
| Mulrooney, Jack | #9 | 8 | 1 | R01-02, R04-07, R09, R11 |
| Murray, Bruce | #31 | 12 | 4 | R02-03, R07, R10-18 |
| Peck, Graham | #44 | 3 | 1 | R08, R13-14 |
| Roberts, Neil | #10 | 17 | 0 | R01-09, R11-18 |
| Robson, John | #20 | 4 | 0 | R04-06, R11 |
| Stephenson, Jim | #19 | 2 | 1 | R01-02 |
| Stephenson, Max | #19 | 3 | 0 | R01, R10, R18 |
| Thompson, Norm | #40 | 5 | 1 | R07-08, R12-14 |
| Waldron, Bill | #34 | 8 | 0 | R05, R10-15, R17 |
| Walsh, Brian | #7 | 18 | 0 | R01-18 |
| Watt, Bob | #26 | 3 | 0 | R01-02, R17 |
| Young, Bill | #15 | 16 | 56 | R03-18 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killigrew, Alan | 18 | 4 | -1- | 13 | R01-18 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14/04/1956 | Round 1 | North Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | NMLB by 57 | Alan Killigrew | Keith Drinan |
| 21/04/1956 | Round 2 | Footscray | HOME | LOSS | FOOT by 28 | Alan Killigrew | Keith Drinan |
| 28/04/1956 | Round 3 | Carlton | HOME | LOSS | CARL by 22 | Alan Killigrew | Keith Drinan |
| 05/05/1956 | Round 4 | Essendon | AWAY | LOSS | ESSE by 40 | Alan Killigrew | Keith Drinan |
| 12/05/1956 | Round 5 | Hawthorn | HOME | LOSS | HWTH by 21 | Alan Killigrew | Keith Drinan |
| 19/05/1956 | Round 6 | Fitzroy | AWAY | LOSS | FITZ by 24 | Alan Killigrew | Keith Drinan |
| 26/05/1956 | Round 7 | Richmond | HOME | WIN | STKL by 20 | Alan Killigrew | Keith Drinan |
| 02/06/1956 | Round 8 | Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | MELB by 14 | Alan Killigrew | Keith Drinan |
| 09/06/1956 | Round 9 | South Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | SMLB by 15 | Alan Killigrew | Keith Drinan |
| 16/06/1956 | Round 10 | Collingwood | HOME | LOSS | COLL by 6 | Alan Killigrew | unknown |
| 30/06/1956 | Round 11 | Geelong | AWAY | LOSS | GEEL by 5 | Alan Killigrew | Keith Drinan |
| 07/07/1956 | Round 12 | North Melbourne | HOME | WIN | STKL by 78 | Alan Killigrew | Keith Drinan |
| 14/07/1956 | Round 13 | Footscray | AWAY | WIN | STKL by 1 | Alan Killigrew | Keith Drinan |
| 21/07/1956 | Round 14 | Carlton | AWAY | DRAW | drawn | Alan Killigrew | Keith Drinan |
| 28/07/1956 | Round 15 | Essendon | HOME | LOSS | ESSE by 2 | Alan Killigrew | Keith Drinan |
| 04/08/1956 | Round 16 | Hawthorn | AWAY | LOSS | HWTH by 17 | Alan Killigrew | Keith Drinan |
| 11/08/1956 | Round 17 | Fitzroy | HOME | LOSS | FITZ by 13 | Alan Killigrew | Keith Drinan |
| 18/08/1956 | Round 18 | Richmond | AWAY | WIN | STKL by 5 | Alan Killigrew | unknown |