Match Recap
Round 9·Sat, 9-Jun-1956 2:15 PM·M.C.G.·32,543 att.
Melbourne
15.17 (107)
vs
Essendon
4.15 (39)
Melbourne won by 68

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Melbourne2.3 (15)9.10 (64)13.14 (92)15.17 (107)15.17 (107)
Essendon0.4 (4)0.7 (7)1.11 (17)4.15 (39)4.15 (39)

Melbourne — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#31 Ron Barassi2
#30 John Beckwith
#19 Keith Carroll
#1 Denis Cordner
#9 Brian Dixon1
#28 Terry Gleeson
#18 Bob Johnson7
#14 Trevor Johnson
#16 Clyde Laidlaw
#34 Ralph Lane
#3 Peter Marquis
#5 Ian McLean1
#35 Noel McMahen
#38 Ken Melville
#11 Laurie Mithen
#24 Ian Ridley1
#8 Jim Sandral
#12 Stuart Spencer2
#15 Athol Webb1
#25 Don Williams

Essendon — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#19 Doug Bigelow
#2 Stan Booth1
#18 Reg Burgess
#1 Jack Clarke
#6 Doug Dench
#24 Robert Fox
#13 Fred Gallagher
#22 Jeff Gamble
#3 John Gill
#14 Jim Heenan
#7 Bill Hutchison2
#21 Jack Knowles
#8 Ray Lalor
#30 Geoff Leek1
#25 Roy McConnell
#31 Hugh Mitchell
#17 Max Nixon
#34 Mal Pascoe
#9 Greg Sewell
#16 Graham Willey