Match Recap
Round 10·Sat, 23-Jun-1956 2:15 PM·Windy Hill·17,000 att.
Essendon
12.20 (92)
vs
Hawthorn
10.11 (71)
Essendon won by 21

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Essendon2.4 (16)5.8 (38)8.14 (62)12.20 (92)12.20 (92)
Hawthorn5.2 (32)7.5 (47)9.10 (64)10.11 (71)10.11 (71)

Essendon — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#19 Doug Bigelow
#2 Stan Booth3
#18 Reg Burgess1
#6 Doug Dench
#12 Morton Diston
#24 Robert Fox
#13 Fred Gallagher
#22 Jeff Gamble1
#3 John Gill1
#14 Jim Heenan
#21 Jack Knowles
#8 Ray Lalor
#30 Geoff Leek1
#31 Hugh Mitchell1
#17 Max Nixon
#34 Mal Pascoe2
#9 Greg Sewell
#15 Bob Taylor
#33 John Towner
#16 Graham Willey2

Hawthorn — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#2 Graham Arthur
#9 George Barton
#6 Kevin Coghlan
#7 Frank Considine
#5 John Cooper
#32 Ian Egerton
#19 Bill Elsworth
#26 Don Gent
#13 Max Jose
#18 Peter Kanis1
#22 Brian Kann
#35 Norm Maginness
#3 John OMahoney1
#23 John Peck2
#20 Clayton Thompson2
#17 Noel Voigt
#16 Lance Wilkinson
#21 Ray Yeoman
#31 Garry Young4
#8 Maurie Young