Match Recap
Round 7·Sat, 26-May-1956 2:15 PM·Kardinia Park·21,758 att.
Geelong
15.17 (107)
vs
Essendon
8.9 (57)
Geelong won by 50

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Geelong1.4 (10)4.12 (36)10.14 (74)15.17 (107)15.17 (107)
Essendon4.2 (26)4.4 (28)7.6 (48)8.9 (57)8.9 (57)

Geelong — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#7 Bruce Bartle2
#14 Les Borrack
#32 Clive Brown
#4 Bob Davis1
#18 Bruce Ferrari2
#23 Bob Gazzard
#36 John Helmer
#12 Ron Hovey
#35 George McGrath
#20 John OConnell3
#17 John ONeill
#6 Peter Pianto1
#27 Noel Rayson2
#8 Russell Renfrey
#26 Norm Sharp
#11 Bernie Smith
#28 Neil Trezise3
#21 Geoff Williams
#37 Bob Wiltshire
#3 Fred Wooller1

Essendon — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#19 Doug Bigelow
#2 Stan Booth
#18 Reg Burgess
#20 Jim Carstairs
#1 Jack Clarke4
#6 Doug Dench
#12 Morton Diston
#24 Robert Fox1
#13 Fred Gallagher
#22 Jeff Gamble
#14 Jim Heenan
#7 Bill Hutchison1
#21 Jack Knowles
#30 Geoff Leek1
#4 Fred Lynch
#25 Roy McConnell
#31 Hugh Mitchell1
#17 Max Nixon
#34 Mal Pascoe
#9 Greg Sewell