1956 VFLS Season: Melbourne Seconds
These are the details of the premiership results for the Melbourne Seconds for the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League Seconds (currently known as the Australian Football League Reserves). The team used the MCG as their home ground, playing eleven matches there (ten as hosts and one as visitors). The team finished the regular season in second place, securing a place in the finals series. After defeating the South Melbourne Seconds in the second semi final, the Melbourne Seconds defeated the South Melbourne Seconds in the grand final, winning the premiership.
Team Details
Competition:
1956 VFLS Season
Team:
Melbourne Seconds
Home Ground:
MCG
Team Results
Ladder Position:
2nd (W-D-L: 13-0-5, P%: 130.4)
Finals Performance:
Premiers
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McKay, Roy | 20 | 15 | -0- | 5 | R01-18, SF, GF |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14/04/1956 | Round 1 | Richmond (S) | HOME | WIN | MLBS by 38 | Roy McKay | unknown |
| 21/04/1956 | Round 2 | Carlton (S) | HOME | LOSS | CARS by 20 | Roy McKay | unknown |
| 28/04/1956 | Round 3 | Footscray (S) | HOME | WIN | MLBS by 31 | Roy McKay | unknown |
| 05/05/1956 | Round 4 | Fitzroy (S) | AWAY | WIN | MLBS by 5 | Roy McKay | unknown |
| 12/05/1956 | Round 5 | Geelong (S) | AWAY | LOSS | GEES by 25 | Roy McKay | unknown |
| 19/05/1956 | Round 6 | North Melbourne (S) | HOME | WIN | MLBS by 30 | Roy McKay | unknown |
| 26/05/1956 | Round 7 | Collingwood (S) | AWAY | WIN | MLBS by 7 | Roy McKay | unknown |
| 02/06/1956 | Round 8 | St Kilda (S) | HOME | WIN | MLBS by 38 | Roy McKay | unknown |
| 09/06/1956 | Round 9 | Essendon (S) | AWAY | LOSS | ESSS by 10 | Roy McKay | unknown |
| 16/06/1956 | Round 10 | South Melbourne (S) | AWAY | LOSS | SMLS by 21 | Roy McKay | unknown |
| 30/06/1956 | Round 11 | Hawthorn (S) | HOME | LOSS | HWTS by 52 | Roy McKay | unknown |
| 07/07/1956 | Round 12 | Richmond (S) | AWAY | WIN | MLBS by 19 | Roy McKay | unknown |
| 14/07/1956 | Round 13 | Carlton (S) | AWAY | WIN | MLBS by 45 | Roy McKay | unknown |
| 21/07/1956 | Round 14 | Footscray (S) | AWAY | WIN | MLBS by 22 | Roy McKay | unknown |
| 28/07/1956 | Round 15 | Fitzroy (S) | HOME | WIN | MLBS by 55 | Roy McKay | unknown |
| 04/08/1956 | Round 16 | Geelong (S) | HOME | WIN | MLBS by 107 | Roy McKay | unknown |
| 11/08/1956 | Round 17 | North Melbourne (S) | AWAY | WIN | MLBS by 83 | Roy McKay | unknown |
| 18/08/1956 | Round 18 | Collingwood (S) | HOME | WIN | MLBS by 55 | Roy McKay | unknown |
| 01/09/1956 | Semi Final | South Melbourne (S) | AWAY | WIN | MLBS by 6 | Roy McKay | unknown |
| 15/09/1956 | Grand Final | South Melbourne (S) | HOME | WIN | MLBS by 38 | Roy McKay | unknown |