1956 VFLS Season: South Melbourne Seconds
These are the details of the premiership results for the South Melbourne Seconds for the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League Seconds (currently known as the Australian Football League Reserves). The team used Lakeside Oval as their home ground, playing nine matches there (nine as hosts). The team finished the regular season in first place, securing the minor premiership, and in turn, a place in the finals series. After being defeated by the Melbourne Seconds in the second semi final and defeating the Richmond Seconds in the preliminary final, the South Melbourne Seconds were defeated by the Melbourne Seconds in the grand final, resulting in becoming the runners-up.
Team Details
Competition:
1956 VFLS Season
Team:
South Melbourne Seconds
Home Ground:
Lakeside Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
1st (W-D-L: 14-0-4, P%: 125.5)
Finals Performance:
Runners-Up
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14/04/1956 | Round 1 | Geelong (S) | AWAY | WIN | SMLS by 54 | unknown | unknown |
| 21/04/1956 | Round 2 | Collingwood (S) | HOME | WIN | SMLS by 32 | unknown | unknown |
| 28/04/1956 | Round 3 | Fitzroy (S) | HOME | WIN | SMLS by 21 | unknown | unknown |
| 05/05/1956 | Round 4 | Hawthorn (S) | AWAY | LOSS | HWTS by 51 | unknown | unknown |
| 12/05/1956 | Round 5 | Footscray (S) | HOME | WIN | SMLS by 17 | unknown | unknown |
| 19/05/1956 | Round 6 | Essendon (S) | AWAY | WIN | SMLS by 11 | unknown | unknown |
| 26/05/1956 | Round 7 | North Melbourne (S) | HOME | WIN | SMLS by 37 | unknown | unknown |
| 02/06/1956 | Round 8 | Richmond (S) | HOME | WIN | SMLS by 59 | unknown | unknown |
| 09/06/1956 | Round 9 | St Kilda (S) | AWAY | LOSS | STKS by 8 | unknown | unknown |
| 16/06/1956 | Round 10 | Melbourne (S) | HOME | WIN | SMLS by 21 | unknown | unknown |
| 30/06/1956 | Round 11 | Carlton (S) | AWAY | WIN | SMLS by 29 | unknown | unknown |
| 07/07/1956 | Round 12 | Geelong (S) | HOME | WIN | SMLS by 14 | unknown | unknown |
| 14/07/1956 | Round 13 | Collingwood (S) | AWAY | LOSS | COLS by 44 | unknown | unknown |
| 21/07/1956 | Round 14 | Fitzroy (S) | AWAY | WIN | SMLS by 15 | unknown | unknown |
| 28/07/1956 | Round 15 | Hawthorn (S) | HOME | WIN | SMLS by 38 | unknown | unknown |
| 04/08/1956 | Round 16 | Footscray (S) | AWAY | LOSS | FOOS by 6 | unknown | unknown |
| 11/08/1956 | Round 17 | Essendon (S) | HOME | WIN | SMLS by 9 | unknown | unknown |
| 18/08/1956 | Round 18 | North Melbourne (S) | AWAY | WIN | SMLS by 57 | unknown | unknown |
| 01/09/1956 | Semi Final | Melbourne (S) | HOME | LOSS | MLBS by 6 | unknown | unknown |
| 08/09/1956 | Preliminary Final | Richmond (S) | HOME | WIN | SMLS by 21 | unknown | unknown |
| 15/09/1956 | Grand Final | Melbourne (S) | AWAY | LOSS | MLBS by 38 | unknown | unknown |