Match Recap
Round 5·Sat, 12-May-1956 2:15 PM·Western Oval·18,134 att.
Footscray
9.13 (67)
vs
South Melbourne
8.9 (57)
Footscray won by 10

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Footscray5.6 (36)6.7 (43)8.12 (60)9.13 (67)9.13 (67)
South Melbourne1.0 (6)4.4 (28)4.5 (29)8.9 (57)8.9 (57)

Footscray — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#5 Peter Box
#19 Brian Buckley
#8 Max Cross5
#18 Noel Dickson
#29 Ron Dixon
#22 Wally Donald
#7 Roger Duffy
#24 Jim Gallagher
#34 Brian Gilmore1
#25 Herb Henderson
#4 Ian Letcher
#21 Ron Porta
#33 Don Rawson
#28 Doug Reynolds2
#9 Don Ross
#31 Lionel Ryan
#17 Ron Stockman
#6 Charlie Sutton
#10 John Westacott
#3 Ted Whitten1

South Melbourne — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#23 Ron Clegg1
#9 Gerald Crough
#11 Jim Dorgan
#39 John Elder
#34 John Ferguson
#28 Ian Gillett
#2 Fred Goldsmith
#8 Bill Gunn5
#22 Kevin Hogan
#31 Jack Hudson
#1 Don Keyter
#35 John Ledwidge
#17 Don Matthews
#25 Hugh McLaughlin
#4 Ian Monks
#10 Bob Pratt
#7 Mick Sibun
#14 Bob Skilton2
#20 John Trethowan
#12 Marshall Younger