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Melbourne vs Geelong Match Centre

Saturday 12-May-1956
Final Round 5
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith
56 6.20
48 6.12
Geelong Coach: Reg Hickey
Geelong logo
M.C.G. Melbourne by 8 MEL by 8
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

15 Athol Webb — · Position unavailable 18 Bob Johnson — · Position unavailable 9 Brian Dixon — · Position unavailable 16 Clyde Laidlaw — · Position unavailable 1 Denis Cordner — · Position unavailable 25 Don Williams — · Position unavailable 5 Ian McLean — · Position unavailable 24 Ian Ridley — · Position unavailable 8 Jim Sandral — · Position unavailable 30 John Beckwith — · Position unavailable 19 Keith Carroll — · Position unavailable 38 Ken Melville — · Position unavailable 11 Laurie Mithen — · Position unavailable 35 Noel McMahen — · Position unavailable 21 Peter Cook — · Position unavailable 3 Peter Marquis — · Position unavailable 34 Ralph Lane — · Position unavailable 31 Ron Barassi — · Position unavailable 12 Stuart Spencer — · Position unavailable 14 Trevor Johnson — · Position unavailable
Away team

Geelong

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

11 Bernie Smith — · Position unavailable 4 Bob Davis — · Position unavailable 23 Bob Gazzard — · Position unavailable 37 Bob Wiltshire — · Position unavailable 18 Bruce Ferrari — · Position unavailable 3 Fred Wooller — · Position unavailable 19 Geoff Umbers — · Position unavailable 21 Geoff Williams — · Position unavailable 35 George McGrath — · Position unavailable 25 John Goldsmith — · Position unavailable 10 John Haygarth — · Position unavailable 20 John OConnell — · Position unavailable 17 John ONeill — · Position unavailable 14 Les Borrack — · Position unavailable 28 Neil Trezise — · Position unavailable 27 Noel Rayson — · Position unavailable 26 Norm Sharp — · Position unavailable 6 Peter Pianto — · Position unavailable 12 Ron Hovey — · Position unavailable 8 Russell Renfrey — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL2.71.62.51.256
GEE2.23.30.21.548

Match Leaders

Goals
2
5 tied leaders
Ian RidleyMEL
Behinds
Not available yet
SuperCoach
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELGEE

Scoring / Attack

6Goals6
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Geelong by 8 points, 56–48.

Melbourne took a 11-point lead into the last quarter. Geelong cut that back to 8 by the final siren, scoring 11 points to 8 in the final term.

This match record does not include scoring sequence.

Match records and coverage

This summary uses the recorded scores; it cannot explain tactics or individual moments. Quarter comparisons are included only when all four quarters add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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