Match Recap
Round 17·Sat, 11-Aug-1956 2:15 PM·Western Oval·16,492 att.
Footscray
15.13 (103)
vs
Hawthorn
9.6 (60)
Footscray won by 43

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Footscray4.6 (30)8.8 (56)11.11 (77)15.13 (103)15.13 (103)
Hawthorn2.1 (13)6.1 (37)6.4 (40)9.6 (60)9.6 (60)

Footscray — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#5 Peter Box
#2 Jack Collins4
#8 Max Cross5
#29 Ron Dixon
#22 Wally Donald
#11 Arthur Edwards
#24 Jim Gallagher
#12 Alex Gardiner1
#1 John Kerr1
#20 Peter McRae
#21 Ron Porta
#33 Don Rawson
#28 Doug Reynolds
#9 Don Ross2
#31 Lionel Ryan
#32 Harvey Stevens2
#17 Ron Stockman
#10 John Westacott
#30 Don Whitten
#3 Ted Whitten

Hawthorn — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#9 George Barton
#6 Kevin Coghlan1
#5 John Cooper1
#29 Brendan Edwards
#19 Bill Elsworth
#36 Brian Falconer
#26 Don Gent
#34 George Hancock2
#11 Ian Hinks
#25 Geoff Howells
#22 Brian Kann
#35 Norm Maginness
#15 Phil OBrien
#3 John OMahoney
#23 John Peck3
#27 Roy Simmonds1
#20 Clayton Thompson
#16 Lance Wilkinson
#24 Allan Woodley
#21 Ray Yeoman1