Match Recap
Round 18·Sat, 18-Aug-1956 2:15 PM·Windy Hill·16,500 att.
Essendon
14.13 (97)
vs
Geelong
9.15 (69)
Essendon won by 28

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Essendon2.3 (15)5.5 (35)9.10 (64)14.13 (97)14.13 (97)
Geelong1.2 (8)5.9 (39)6.13 (49)9.15 (69)9.15 (69)

Essendon — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#19 Doug Bigelow
#2 Stan Booth3
#18 Reg Burgess
#1 Jack Clarke
#12 Morton Diston
#24 Robert Fox2
#13 Fred Gallagher
#22 Jeff Gamble
#3 John Gill2
#23 Jack Harrington
#14 Jim Heenan
#7 Bill Hutchison
#21 Jack Knowles
#30 Geoff Leek2
#31 Hugh Mitchell1
#34 Mal Pascoe
#9 Greg Sewell
#35 Bob Shearman1
#33 John Towner
#16 Graham Willey3

Geelong — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#14 Les Borrack
#32 Clive Brown
#29 Roger Bullen2
#4 Bob Davis
#18 Bruce Ferrari1
#23 Bob Gazzard
#10 John Haygarth
#12 Ron Hovey
#22 Fred Le Deux
#20 John OConnell2
#17 John ONeill
#6 Peter Pianto3
#27 Noel Rayson1
#26 Norm Sharp
#31 Max Sutcliffe
#28 Neil Trezise
#19 Geoff Umbers
#21 Geoff Williams
#37 Bob Wiltshire
#3 Fred Wooller