Match Recap
Round 17·Sat, 11-Aug-1956 2:15 PM·Windy Hill·13,000 att.
Essendon
11.10 (76)
vs
South Melbourne
7.16 (58)
Essendon won by 18

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Essendon2.3 (15)5.6 (36)7.9 (51)11.10 (76)11.10 (76)
South Melbourne1.2 (8)3.6 (24)5.10 (40)7.16 (58)7.16 (58)

Essendon — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#19 Doug Bigelow
#2 Stan Booth2
#18 Reg Burgess
#1 Jack Clarke
#12 Morton Diston
#13 Fred Gallagher
#22 Jeff Gamble
#3 John Gill
#23 Jack Harrington
#14 Jim Heenan
#7 Bill Hutchison5
#21 Jack Knowles
#30 Geoff Leek1
#25 Roy McConnell
#31 Hugh Mitchell
#34 Mal Pascoe
#9 Greg Sewell
#35 Bob Shearman
#33 John Towner
#16 Graham Willey3

South Melbourne — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#29 Neville Campbell
#23 Ron Clegg
#11 Jim Dorgan
#39 John Elder
#28 Ian Gillett
#2 Fred Goldsmith2
#22 Kevin Hogan
#31 Jack Hudson
#29 Bernie Jeffrey
#1 Don Keyter2
#6 Clarrie Lane
#17 Don Matthews
#36 Ken McCormack
#24 Ken Seymour2
#7 Mick Sibun
#14 Bob Skilton
#37 Gerald Tagliabue
#20 Jim Taylor
#20 John Trethowan
#12 Marshall Younger1