Match Recap
Round 1·Sat, 14-Apr-1956 2:15 PM·Windy Hill·30,000 att.
Essendon
9.13 (67)
vs
Carlton
5.9 (39)
Essendon won by 28

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Essendon1.3 (9)4.6 (30)7.9 (51)9.13 (67)9.13 (67)
Carlton1.1 (7)4.1 (25)4.7 (31)5.9 (39)5.9 (39)

Essendon — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#19 Doug Bigelow
#2 Stan Booth2
#18 Reg Burgess
#20 Jim Carstairs
#1 Jack Clarke2
#16 Alan Dale
#24 Robert Fox
#13 Fred Gallagher
#3 John Gill1
#23 Jack Harrington1
#14 Jim Heenan
#7 Bill Hutchison
#30 Geoff Leek
#4 Fred Lynch
#25 Roy McConnell
#31 Hugh Mitchell3
#34 Mal Pascoe
#9 Greg Sewell
#15 Bob Taylor
#16 Graham Willey

Carlton — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#17 Doug Beasy
#36 Kevin Bergin
#4 Bob Bosustow
#23 John Chick
#16 Kevin Clarke
#15 Bruce Comben
#34 Bob Crowe1
#13 Graham Donaldson
#14 Vin English
#24 Vic Garra
#28 Graham Gilchrist1
#1 Ken Hands
#10 John James
#11 Laurie Kerr1
#9 Jack Mills1
#36 Frank Munro1
#21 Ron Robertson
#6 Keith Robinson
#3 Peter Webster
#19 Denis Zeunert