1956 Games · 1956 Player Statistics

Essendon 97 – 69 Geelong

← · 1956 · Round 18 · 18/08/1956 2:15 · Windy Hill · Crowd 16500 · →

Essendon 2.3.155.5.359.10.6414.13.97
Geelong 1.2.85.9.396.13.499.15.69
Qrt margin ES by 7GE by 4ES by 15ES by 28
Qrt scores ES 15-8GE 31-20ES 29-10ES 33-20
Field umpires Bob Nunn (23)

Essendon Match Statistics (97) — Coach: Dick Reynolds

Season · Game by Game

# Player KI MK HB DI GL BH HO TK RB IF CL CG FF FA BR CP UP CM MI 1% BO GA %P
19 Doug Bigelow
2 Stan Booth 3
18 Reg Burgess
1 Jack Clarke
12 Morton Diston
24 Robert Fox 2
13 Fred Gallagher
22 Jeff Gamble
3 John Gill 2
23 Jack Harrington
14 Jim Heenan
7 Bill Hutchison
21 Jack Knowles
30 Geoff Leek 2
31 Hugh Mitchell 1
34 Mal Pascoe
9 Greg Sewell
35 Bob Shearman 1
33 John Towner
16 Graham Willey 3
Totals 14
Opposition 9

Geelong Match Statistics (69) — Coach: Reg Hickey

Season · Game by Game

# Player KI MK HB DI GL BH HO TK RB IF CL CG FF FA BR CP UP CM MI 1% BO GA %P
14 Les Borrack
32 Clive Brown
29 Roger Bullen 2
4 Bob Davis
18 Bruce Ferrari 1
23 Bob Gazzard
10 John Haygarth
12 Ron Hovey
22 Fred Le Deux
20 John OConnell 2
17 John ONeill
6 Peter Pianto 3
27 Noel Rayson 1
26 Norm Sharp
31 Max Sutcliffe
28 Neil Trezise
19 Geoff Umbers
21 Geoff Williams
37 Bob Wiltshire
3 Fred Wooller
Totals 9
Opposition 14

Essendon Player Details

# Player Age Career Games (W-D-L W%) Career Goals (Ave.) Essendon Games (W-D-L W%) Essendon Goals (Ave.)
19 Doug Bigelow 28y 32d 148 (102-1-45 69.26%) 27 (0.18) ← ← final game
2 Stan Booth 22y 259d 71 (42-0-29 59.15%) 81 (1.14) ← ←
18 Reg Burgess 22y 12d 52 (30-0-22 57.69%) 3 (0.06) ← ←
1 Jack Clarke 23y 35d 84 (45-1-38 54.17%) 17 (0.20) ← ←
12 Morton Diston 20y 82d 12 (5-0-7 41.67%) 2 (0.17) ← ← final game
24 Robert Fox 24y 290d 34 (19-0-15 55.88%) 32 (0.94) ← ←
13 Fred Gallagher 25y 230d 61 (35-1-25 58.20%) 11 (0.18) ← ←
22 Jeff Gamble 21y 86d 39 (25-0-14 64.10%) 14 (0.36) ← ←
3 John Gill 24y 121d 89 (58-1-30 65.73%) 63 (0.71) ← ←
23 Jack Harrington 26y 53d 60 (39-0-21 65.00%) 12 (0.20) ← ←
14 Jim Heenan 26y 91d 68 (37-1-30 55.15%) ← ←
7 Bill Hutchison 33y 112d 274 (183-5-86 67.70%) 474 (1.73) ← ←
21 Jack Knowles 24y 198d 54 (29-0-25 53.70%) ← ←
30 Geoff Leek 24y 182d 79 (49-0-30 62.03%) 38 (0.48) ← ←
31 Hugh Mitchell 21y 270d 57 (33-0-24 57.89%) 87 (1.53) ← ←
34 Mal Pascoe 23y 140d 57 (33-0-24 57.89%) 19 (0.33) ← ←
9 Greg Sewell 23y 49d 80 (47-0-33 58.75%) 15 (0.19) ← ←
35 Bob Shearman 16y 339d 2 (2-0-0 100.00%) 1 (0.50) ← ←
33 John Towner 22y 273d 38 (20-0-18 52.63%) 36 (0.95) ← ←
16 Graham Willey 23y 30d 17 (10-0-7 58.82%) 35 (2.06) ← ← final game
Totals (Ave. Age) 23y 327d 1376 (843-10-523 61.63%) 967 (0.70)
C Dick Reynolds 41y 59d 338 (228-6-104 68.34%) ←

Geelong Player Details

# Player Age Career Games (W-D-L W%) Career Goals (Ave.) Geelong Games (W-D-L W%) Geelong Goals (Ave.)
14 Les Borrack 23y 115d 42 (30-0-12 71.43%) 10 (0.24) ← ←
32 Clive Brown 22y 95d 23 (17-0-6 73.91%) 2 (0.09) ← ←
29 Roger Bullen 22y 31d 19 (13-0-6 68.42%) 15 (0.79) ← ←
4 Bob Davis 28y 67d 156 (105-1-50 67.63%) 129 (0.83) ← ←
18 Bruce Ferrari 20y 36d 26 (20-0-6 76.92%) 22 (0.85) ← ←
23 Bob Gazzard 20y 327d 29 (19-0-10 65.52%) ← ←
10 John Haygarth 22y 36d 12 (7-0-5 58.33%) 2 (0.17) ← ←
12 Ron Hovey 23y 359d 98 (75-1-22 77.04%) 19 (0.19) ← ←
22 Fred Le Deux 21y 258d 6 (4-0-2 66.67%) ← ←
20 John OConnell 24y 163d 32 (23-0-9 71.88%) 48 (1.50) ← ←
17 John ONeill 20y 354d 51 (37-0-14 72.55%) 8 (0.16) ← ←
6 Peter Pianto 26y 267d 105 (80-1-24 76.67%) 121 (1.15) ← ←
27 Noel Rayson 23y 86d 84 (60-1-23 72.02%) 192 (2.29) ← ←
26 Norm Sharp 22y 56d 84 (63-1-20 75.60%) 29 (0.35) ← ←
31 Max Sutcliffe 20y 19d 23 (17-0-6 73.91%) 12 (0.52) ← ←
28 Neil Trezise 25y 192d 134 (98-1-35 73.51%) 202 (1.51) ← ←
19 Geoff Umbers 22y 292d 7 (5-0-2 71.43%) 2 (0.29) ← ← final game
21 Geoff Williams 25y 274d 87 (65-0-22 74.71%) ← ←
37 Bob Wiltshire 23y 268d 28 (18-0-10 64.29%) 12 (0.43) ← ←
3 Fred Wooller 17y 302d 11 (9-0-2 81.82%) 8 (0.73) ← ←
Totals (Ave. Age) 22y 326d 1057 (765-6-286 72.66%) 833 (0.79)
C Reg Hickey 50y 144d 249 (170-2-77 68.67%) ←

Blank stat cells: not recorded that season, or zero. Player Details careers are as of this game; “←” in a club column means the player's whole career was with this club. Coach row (C) shows the coaching record through this game.