Match Recap
Round 16·Sat, 4-Aug-1956 2:15 PM·Kardinia Park·29,687 att.
Geelong
8.10 (58)
vs
Melbourne
8.8 (56)
Geelong won by 2

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Geelong0.5 (5)3.9 (27)5.9 (39)8.10 (58)8.10 (58)
Melbourne2.3 (15)3.5 (23)3.8 (26)8.8 (56)8.8 (56)

Geelong — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#7 Bruce Bartle
#14 Les Borrack
#29 Roger Bullen1
#4 Bob Davis1
#18 Bruce Ferrari2
#23 Bob Gazzard
#10 John Haygarth
#24 Harry Herbert2
#12 Ron Hovey
#20 John OConnell1
#17 John ONeill
#6 Peter Pianto1
#38 Bernie Ryan
#26 Norm Sharp
#11 Bernie Smith
#31 Max Sutcliffe
#28 Neil Trezise
#21 Geoff Williams
#37 Bob Wiltshire
#3 Fred Wooller

Melbourne — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#31 Ron Barassi
#30 John Beckwith
#19 Keith Carroll
#21 Peter Cook1
#1 Denis Cordner
#9 Brian Dixon
#28 Terry Gleeson
#18 Bob Johnson3
#14 Trevor Johnson
#16 Clyde Laidlaw
#34 Ralph Lane
#3 Peter Marquis
#5 Ian McLean
#35 Noel McMahen
#38 Ken Melville
#11 Laurie Mithen
#24 Ian Ridley2
#8 Jim Sandral
#12 Stuart Spencer2
#15 Athol Webb