Match Recap
Round 15·Sat, 28-Jul-1956 2:15 PM·Junction Oval·28,100 att.
St Kilda
6.11 (47)
vs
Essendon
7.7 (49)
Essendon won by 2

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
St Kilda1.5 (11)4.6 (30)6.10 (46)6.11 (47)6.11 (47)
Essendon1.0 (6)4.2 (26)5.4 (34)7.7 (49)7.7 (49)

St Kilda — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#18 Bud Annand
#5 Ivan Baumgartner1
#36 Peter Clancy
#16 Alan Dale
#12 Harold Davies
#6 Paul Dodd
#25 Keith Drinan
#24 Brian Gleeson
#14 Allan Jeans
#37 Bryan King
#33 Brian McCarthy
#35 Graham Minihan
#42 Brian Molony
#23 Brian Muir
#4 Ken Mulhall
#31 Bruce Murray1
#10 Neil Roberts
#34 Bill Waldron
#7 Brian Walsh
#15 William Young4

Essendon — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#19 Doug Bigelow
#2 Stan Booth
#18 Reg Burgess
#32 Don Carmichael
#20 Jim Carstairs
#1 Jack Clarke2
#29 Jack Clarkson1
#24 Robert Fox
#13 Fred Gallagher
#22 Jeff Gamble
#3 John Gill1
#14 Jim Heenan
#21 Jack Knowles
#30 Geoff Leek1
#31 Hugh Mitchell
#34 Mal Pascoe1
#9 Greg Sewell
#15 Bob Taylor
#33 John Towner
#16 Graham Willey1