Match Recap
Round 1·Sat, 14-Apr-1956 2:15 PM·Western Oval·26,617 att.
Footscray
14.14 (98)
vs
Fitzroy
10.9 (69)
Footscray won by 29

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Footscray3.3 (21)8.9 (57)8.10 (58)14.14 (98)14.14 (98)
Fitzroy3.2 (20)4.4 (28)9.9 (63)10.9 (69)10.9 (69)

Footscray — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#5 Peter Box
#23 Bob Collins
#2 Jack Collins3
#18 Noel Dickson1
#22 Wally Donald
#7 Roger Duffy4
#11 Arthur Edwards
#24 Jim Gallagher
#34 Brian Gilmore1
#25 Herb Henderson
#1 John Kerr1
#4 Ian Letcher
#28 Doug Reynolds
#9 Don Ross
#31 Lionel Ryan2
#14 Kevin Smith2
#17 Ron Stockman
#6 Charlie Sutton
#10 John Westacott
#38 Kevin White

Fitzroy — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#34 Matt Cunningham1
#11 Colin Davey
#30 Don Furness
#33 Alan Gale1
#31 Max Galpin
#4 Jack Gervasoni
#15 Eddie Goodger
#23 Bob Henderson
#17 Norm Johnstone
#24 Bryan Lane1
#14 Jack MacGregor1
#29 Graeme MacKenzie
#2 Kevin Murray
#5 Tony Ongarello2
#3 Brian Pert1
#24 Ken Seymour
#21 Leo Smyth
#8 Bill Stephen
#9 Rod Vernon2
#12 Keith Webb1