1956 VFA season

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1956 VFA premiership season
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The 1956 Victorian Football Association season was the 75th season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Williamstown Football Club, after it defeated Port Melbourne in the Grand Final on 29 September by twenty-four points. It was Williamstown's eighth premiership, its third in a row (all won against Port Melbourne), and the third of five premierships won in six seasons from 1954 until 1959.

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Premiership

The home-and-home season was played over twenty matches, before the top four clubs contested a finals series under the Page–McIntyre system to determine the premiers for the season.

Ladder

1956 VFA ladder
TEAMPWLDPFPAPctPTS
1 Williamstown (P)20173017251070161.268
2 Port Melbourne 20164018491187155.864
3 Brunswick 20146016371260129.956
4 Box Hill 20146013591075126.456
5 Preston 20146015421247123.756
6 Moorabbin 20128015531242125.048
7 Sandringham 2091101283143489.536
8 Yarraville 2091101280147087.136
9 Coburg 20712116551647100.530
10 Oakleigh 2071211091152971.430
11 Brighton 2061311343174377.126
12 Camberwell 2051501199168771.120
13 Prahran 2041511164178365.318
14 Northcote 2041601065137177.716
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pct = Percentage; (P) = Premiers, PTS = Premiership pointsSource [1]

Finals

Semifinals
Saturday, 8 September Brunswick 12.18 (90)def. by Box Hill 15.15 (105) St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 10,900) [2]
Saturday, 15 September Williamstown 10.13 (73)def. by Port Melbourne 12.15 (87) St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 20,000) [3]
Preliminary Final
Saturday, 22 September Williamstown 12.14 (86)def. Box Hill 8.16 (64) St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 16,000) [4]
1956 VFA Grand Final
Saturday, 29 September Port Melbourne def. by Williamstown St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 28,000) [5]
5.6 (36)
8.11 (59)
9.14 (68)
 10.18 (78)		Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final		3.1 (19)
8.5 (53)
8.10 (58)
 14.18 (102)		Umpires: Jack Irving
Bonnett 4, Collins, Harvey, Johnson, McDonald, Miller, SykesGoalsMcPherson 6, Gear 2, Callahan, Fisher, Linton, Reed, Smith, Wookey
Atkinson (ankle), Laffey (leg)InjuriesCurran (hand)
  • Port Melbourne and Williamstown were tied on 10.16 (76) with ten minutes remaining, before Williamstown kicked four late goals.

Awards

Notable events

Perth Carnival

The Association competed in the 1956 Perth Carnival, and finished in last place with a record of 0–4. Port Melbourne's Frank Johnson captained the Association team, [7] and Northcote's Bill Faul served as coach. [8] Johnson was named as captain of the All-Australian team; no other Association players were named in the team. [9]

1956 Perth Carnival
Thursday, 14 June South Australia 16.14 (110)def. Victoria (VFA) 11.10 (76) Subiaco Oval [10]
Saturday, 16 June Victoria (VFL) 21.17 (143)def. Victoria (VFA) 3.5 (23) Subiaco Oval [11]
Tuesday, 19 June Tasmania 27.22 (184)def. Victoria (VFA) 12.12 (84) Subiaco Oval [12]
Thursday, 21 June Western Australia 22.20 (152)def. Victoria (VFA) 9.15 (69) Subiaco Oval [13]

Other notable events

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References

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  2. ↑ Noel Carrick (10 September 1956). "Box Hill becomes a danger in VFA final". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 32.
  3. ↑ Noel Carrick (17 September 1956). "Port's "sheer spirit" crushes Seagulls". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 32.
  4. ↑ Noel Carrick (24 September 1956). "Experience gives Seagulls VFA final". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 34.
  5. 1 2 Noel Carrick (1 October 1956). "Fitness in last 10 mins. gave flag to Seagulls". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 31.
  6. ↑ "Martin's easy win in Liston". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. 6 September 1956. p. 32.
  7. ↑ Kevin Hogan (14 June 1956). "V.F.A. picks strongest combination". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 36.
  8. ↑ "Faul switches to Moorabbin". The Sun News-Pictorial. 16 October 1956. p. 36.
  9. ↑ Kevin Hogan (25 June 1956). "All-Australian team is joke". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 34.
  10. ↑ Kevin Hogan (15 June 1956). "V.F.A. crippled by heavy injuries". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 31.
  11. ↑ Kevin Hogan (18 June 1956). "Carnival details". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 33.
  12. ↑ Kevin Hogan (20 June 1956). "Carnival details". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 36.
  13. ↑ Kevin Hogan (22 June 1956). "Carnival details". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 32.
  14. ↑ Dave Andersen (9 April 1955). "Preston to lose ground". The Argus. Melbourne. p. 37.
  15. ↑ Noel Carrick (20 April 1956). "Williamstown's 4 changes". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 30.
  16. ↑ Jack Dunn (17 July 1953). "Third VFA team to play as amateurs". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 28.
  17. ↑ "Northcote gets rise". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. 8 March 1956. p. 36.
  18. ↑ Noel Carrick (11 July 1956). "Yarraville men will play for 10/– a game". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 35.
  19. ↑ Noel Carrick (16 April 1956). "V.F.A. premiers fail to impress in easy victory". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 29.
  20. ↑ Noel Carrick (28 May 1956). "Williamstown topples from lead in V.F.A. surprise". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 30.
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