Match Recap
Preliminary Final·Sat, 8-Sep-1956 2:30 PM·M.C.G.·94,104 att.
Collingwood
15.6 (96)
vs
Footscray
7.15 (57)
Collingwood won by 39

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Collingwood6.1 (37)6.1 (37)11.5 (71)15.6 (96)15.6 (96)
Footscray3.0 (18)5.8 (38)6.9 (45)7.15 (57)7.15 (57)

Collingwood — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#16 Max Davidson
#13 Ray Gabelich
#7 Bob Greve1
#8 Jack Hamilton
#18 Ken Hedt
#23 William Jones1
#9 Ron Kingston
#3 Peter Lucas
#1 Neil Mann2
#17 Thorold Merrett1
#21 Laurie Rymer1
#22 Bill Serong
#29 Lerrel Sharp
#5 Ken Smale8
#26 Harry Sullivan
#24 Frank Tuck
#36 Ken Turner1
#2 Bill Twomey
#31 Neville Waller
#27 Murray Weideman

Footscray — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#5 Peter Box
#2 Jack Collins
#8 Max Cross2
#29 Ron Dixon
#22 Wally Donald
#7 Roger Duffy1
#11 Arthur Edwards
#24 Jim Gallagher
#34 Brian Gilmore1
#25 Herb Henderson
#1 John Kerr
#20 Peter McRae
#21 Ron Porta
#33 Don Rawson
#28 Doug Reynolds
#9 Don Ross
#31 Lionel Ryan
#32 Harvey Stevens3
#17 Ron Stockman
#3 Ted Whitten