Match Recap
Round 8·Mon, 4-Jun-1956 2:15 PM·Windy Hill·31,500 att.
Essendon
12.11 (83)
vs
Footscray
14.23 (107)
Footscray won by 24

Footscray defeated Essendon 107–83, by 24 points. The match turned in the third quarter, when Footscray outscored Essendon 44–12.

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Essendon4.2 (26)6.6 (42)8.6 (54)12.11 (83)12.11 (83)
Footscray4.5 (29)6.11 (47)12.19 (91)14.23 (107)14.23 (107)

Essendon — full stats

What do K, HB, I50, CP mean?
KKicks
HBHandballs
DDisposals (kicks + handballs)
MMarks
TTackles
GGoals
BBehinds
HOHit-outs (rucks tapping the ball from a bounce)
I50Inside-50s (ball moved into attacking zone)
CLClearances (first possession from a stoppage)
CPContested possessions
CGClangers (errors: bad kicks, turnovers, frees against)
BRBrownlow votes (3-2-1 best-on-ground, one match)
R50Rebound 50s (ball cleared from defensive zone)
TOG%Time on ground percentage

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PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#19 Doug Bigelow
#18 Reg Burgess
#1 Jack Clarke1
#6 Doug Dench
#12 Morton Diston
#24 Robert Fox
#13 Fred Gallagher
#3 John Gill
#23 Jack Harrington
#14 Jim Heenan
#7 Bill Hutchison
#21 Jack Knowles
#30 Geoff Leek
#4 Fred Lynch
#25 Roy McConnell
#31 Hugh Mitchell2
#17 Max Nixon1
#34 Mal Pascoe4
#9 Greg Sewell
#16 Graham Willey4

Footscray — full stats

What do K, HB, I50, CP mean?
KKicks
HBHandballs
DDisposals (kicks + handballs)
MMarks
TTackles
GGoals
BBehinds
HOHit-outs (rucks tapping the ball from a bounce)
I50Inside-50s (ball moved into attacking zone)
CLClearances (first possession from a stoppage)
CPContested possessions
CGClangers (errors: bad kicks, turnovers, frees against)
BRBrownlow votes (3-2-1 best-on-ground, one match)
R50Rebound 50s (ball cleared from defensive zone)
TOG%Time on ground percentage

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PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#5 Peter Box
#2 Jack Collins2
#8 Max Cross4
#18 Noel Dickson1
#22 Wally Donald
#7 Roger Duffy
#11 Arthur Edwards
#34 Brian Gilmore
#36 Byron Guthrie
#25 Herb Henderson
#1 John Kerr2
#21 Ron Porta
#33 Don Rawson
#28 Doug Reynolds
#9 Don Ross1
#31 Lionel Ryan1
#17 Ron Stockman
#10 John Westacott
#38 Kevin White
#3 Ted Whitten3