Match Recap
Round 16·Sat, 4-Aug-1956 2:15 PM·Punt Rd·18,500 att.
Richmond
13.13 (91)
vs
Essendon
11.13 (79)
Richmond won by 12

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Richmond5.4 (34)8.7 (55)9.11 (65)13.13 (91)13.13 (91)
Essendon2.4 (16)4.5 (29)6.9 (45)11.13 (79)11.13 (79)

Richmond — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#32 Ray Allsop1
#29 Ron Branton2
#33 Allan Cations
#34 John Claxton3
#7 Allan Cooke1
#35 Brian Davie
#17 Bob Dummett4
#23 Frank Dunin
#18 Tom Hafey
#14 Ron McDonald
#36 Frank Munro
#10 Vic Naismith
#24 Ray Poulter1
#15 Des Rowe
#8 Frank Ryan1
#26 Col Saddington
#6 Laurie Sharp
#11 Tom Simpson
#20 Ken Ward
#2 Roy Wright

Essendon — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#19 Doug Bigelow
#2 Stan Booth3
#18 Reg Burgess
#32 Don Carmichael
#20 Jim Carstairs
#1 Jack Clarke
#24 Robert Fox
#13 Fred Gallagher
#22 Jeff Gamble1
#3 John Gill1
#14 Jim Heenan
#7 Bill Hutchison4
#21 Jack Knowles
#30 Geoff Leek
#25 Roy McConnell
#31 Hugh Mitchell
#34 Mal Pascoe
#9 Greg Sewell
#33 John Towner
#16 Graham Willey2