South Melbourne vs Essendon 19-May-1956 Lineups

Saturday 19-May-1956

Final Round 6

South Melbourne Coach: Herbie Matthews

98 15.8

86 11.20

Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds

The team sheet

Who takes the field

Attacking this way

Home team

South Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

8 Bill Gunn — 10 Bob Pratt — 14 Bob Skilton — 1 Don Keyter — 17 Don Matthews — 27 Eddie Lane — 24 Ellis Hicks — 2 Fred Goldsmith — 9 Gerald Crough — 18 Gerry McDonald — 28 Ian Gillett — 31 Jack Hudson — 11 Jim Dorgan — 39 John Elder — 34 John Ferguson — 20 John Trethowan — 22 Kevin Hogan — 12 Marshall Younger — 7 Mick Sibun — 23 Ron Clegg —

Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

7 Bill Hutchison — 19 Doug Bigelow — 6 Doug Dench — 13 Fred Gallagher — 30 Geoff Leek — 9 Greg Sewell — 31 Hugh Mitchell — 1 Jack Clarke — 23 Jack Harrington — 21 Jack Knowles — 20 Jim Carstairs — 14 Jim Heenan — 33 John Towner — 34 Mal Pascoe — 17 Max Nixon — 8 Ray Lalor — 18 Reg Burgess — 24 Robert Fox — 25 Roy McConnell — 2 Stan Booth —

Quarter Scores

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Total
SMO	4.1	6.2	3.5	2.0	98
ESS	1.4	3.4	4.4	3.8	86

Match Leaders

Goals

Bob SkiltonSMO

Behinds

Not available yet

SuperCoach

Not available yet

Tackles

Not available yet

Team Stats

SMOESS

Scoring / Attack

15Goals11

0Behinds0

0Behinds Rushed0

How the match finished

South Melbourne beat Essendon by 12 points, 98–86.

South Melbourne took a 26-point lead into the last quarter. Essendon cut that back to 12 by the final siren, scoring 26 points to 12 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. Period comparisons are included only when all recorded periods add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

Understanding historical coverage