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Melbourne vs Collingwood Match Centre

Saturday 1-Sep-1956
Final Semi Final
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith
80 11.14
64 8.16
Collingwood Coach: Phonse Kyne
Collingwood logo
M.C.G. Melbourne by 16 MEL by 16
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 6 Frank Adams — · Position unavailable 17 Geoff McGivern — · 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 3 Peter Marquis — · Position unavailable 31 Ron Barassi — · Position unavailable 12 Stuart Spencer — · Position unavailable 28 Terry Gleeson — · Position unavailable 14 Trevor Johnson — · Position unavailable
Away team

Collingwood

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

22 Bill Serong — · Position unavailable 2 Bill Twomey — · Position unavailable 7 Bob Greve — · Position unavailable 12 Bob Kupsch — · Position unavailable 24 Frank Tuck — · Position unavailable 26 Harry Sullivan — · Position unavailable 18 Ken Hedt — · Position unavailable 36 Ken Turner — · Position unavailable 21 Laurie Rymer — · Position unavailable 29 Lerrel Sharp — · Position unavailable 16 Max Davidson — · Position unavailable 27 Murray Weideman — · Position unavailable 1 Neil Mann — · Position unavailable 31 Neville Waller — · Position unavailable 3 Peter Lucas — · Position unavailable 13 Ray Gabelich — · Position unavailable 9 Ron Kingston — · Position unavailable 20 Ron Richards — · Position unavailable 17 Thorold Merrett — · Position unavailable 23 William Jones — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL1.42.25.33.580
COL1.42.35.30.664

Match Leaders

Goals
3
3 tied leaders
Bob JohnsonMEL
Behinds
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELCOL

Scoring / Attack

11Goals8
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

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How the match finished

Melbourne beat Collingwood by 16 points, 80–64.

Melbourne came from 1 point down at three-quarter time, outscoring Collingwood 23–6 in the final term to take the win.

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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