1956 Games · 1956 Player Statistics

Essendon 83 – 107 Western Bulldogs

← · 1956 · Round 8 · 04/06/1956 2:15 · Windy Hill · Crowd 31500 · →

Essendon 4.2.266.6.428.6.5412.11.83
Western Bulldogs 4.5.296.11.4712.19.9114.23.107
Qrt margin WB by 3WB by 5WB by 37WB by 24
Qrt scores WB 29-26WB 18-16WB 44-12ES 29-16
Field umpires Bill Barbour (90)

Essendon Match Statistics (83) — 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
18 Reg Burgess
1 Jack Clarke 1
6 Doug Dench
12 Morton Diston
24 Robert Fox
13 Fred Gallagher
3 John Gill
23 Jack Harrington
14 Jim Heenan
7 Bill Hutchison
21 Jack Knowles
30 Geoff Leek
4 Fred Lynch
25 Roy McConnell
31 Hugh Mitchell 2
17 Max Nixon 1
34 Mal Pascoe 4
9 Greg Sewell
16 Graham Willey 4
Totals 12
Opposition 14

Western Bulldogs Match Statistics (107) — Coach: Charlie Sutton

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
5 Peter Box
2 Jack Collins 2
8 Max Cross 4
18 Noel Dickson 1
22 Wally Donald
7 Roger Duffy
11 Arthur Edwards
34 Brian Gilmore
36 Byron Guthrie
25 Herb Henderson
1 John Kerr 2
21 Ron Porta
33 Don Rawson
28 Doug Reynolds
9 Don Ross 1
31 Lionel Ryan 1
17 Ron Stockman
10 John Westacott
38 Kevin White
3 Ted Whitten 3
Totals 14
Opposition 12

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 27y 323d 139 (96-1-42 69.42%) 27 (0.19) ← ←
18 Reg Burgess 21y 303d 43 (25-0-18 58.14%) 2 (0.05) ← ←
1 Jack Clarke 22y 326d 76 (40-1-35 53.29%) 15 (0.20) ← ←
6 Doug Dench 26y 127d 23 (14-0-9 60.87%) ← ←
12 Morton Diston 20y 7d 7 (2-0-5 28.57%) 2 (0.29) ← ←
24 Robert Fox 24y 215d 26 (15-0-11 57.69%) 30 (1.15) ← ←
13 Fred Gallagher 25y 155d 51 (29-1-21 57.84%) 11 (0.22) ← ←
3 John Gill 24y 46d 80 (52-1-27 65.63%) 56 (0.70) ← ←
23 Jack Harrington 25y 344d 56 (36-0-20 64.29%) 11 (0.20) ← ←
14 Jim Heenan 26y 16d 58 (31-1-26 54.31%) ← ←
7 Bill Hutchison 33y 37d 267 (180-5-82 68.35%) 458 (1.72) ← ←
21 Jack Knowles 24y 123d 44 (23-0-21 52.27%) ← ←
30 Geoff Leek 24y 107d 70 (43-0-27 61.43%) 32 (0.46) ← ←
4 Fred Lynch 20y 25d 6 (3-0-3 50.00%) ← ← final game
25 Roy McConnell 28y 288d 130 (87-1-42 67.31%) ← ←
31 Hugh Mitchell 21y 195d 47 (27-0-20 57.45%) 82 (1.74) ← ←
17 Max Nixon 24y 163d 3 (0-0-3 0.00%) 1 (0.33) ← ←
34 Mal Pascoe 23y 65d 48 (27-0-21 56.25%) 10 (0.21) ← ←
9 Greg Sewell 22y 340d 70 (41-0-29 58.57%) 15 (0.21) ← ←
16 Graham Willey 22y 321d 7 (4-0-3 57.14%) 16 (2.29) ← ←
Totals (Ave. Age) 24y 194d 1251 (775-11-465 62.39%) 768 (0.61)
C Dick Reynolds 40y 350d 328 (222-6-100 68.60%) ←

Western Bulldogs Player Details

# Player Age Career Games (W-D-L W%) Career Goals (Ave.) Western Bulldogs Games (W-D-L W%) Western Bulldogs Goals (Ave.)
5 Peter Box 24y 74d 82 (52-1-29 64.02%) 36 (0.44) ← ←
2 Jack Collins 26y 153d 108 (60-1-47 56.02%) 239 (2.21) ← ←
8 Max Cross 21y 329d 4 (2-0-2 50.00%) 14 (3.50) ← ←
18 Noel Dickson 22y 160d 8 (4-0-4 50.00%) 6 (0.75) ← ←
22 Wally Donald 29y 8d 175 (91-2-82 52.57%) 1 (0.01) ← ←
7 Roger Duffy 24y 252d 77 (42-1-34 55.19%) 85 (1.10) ← ←
11 Arthur Edwards 22y 0d 63 (35-1-27 56.35%) 23 (0.37) ← ←
34 Brian Gilmore 22y 332d 69 (40-1-28 58.70%) 52 (0.75) ← ←
36 Byron Guthrie 20y 159d 1 (1-0-0 100.00%) ← ← debut
25 Herb Henderson 25y 265d 97 (60-1-36 62.37%) ← ←
1 John Kerr 21y 325d 54 (32-1-21 60.19%) 69 (1.28) ← ←
21 Ron Porta 20y 1d 17 (8-0-9 47.06%) 1 (0.06) ← ←
33 Don Rawson 19y 143d 4 (2-0-2 50.00%) ← ←
28 Doug Reynolds 22y 274d 54 (33-1-20 62.04%) 15 (0.28) ← ←
9 Don Ross 22y 105d 82 (47-1-34 57.93%) 10 (0.12) ← ←
31 Lionel Ryan 21y 22d 26 (15-1-10 59.62%) 12 (0.46) ← ←
17 Ron Stockman 21y 290d 46 (30-1-15 66.30%) 1 (0.02) ← ←
10 John Westacott 22y 300d 9 (5-0-4 55.56%) ← ←
38 Kevin White 23y 75d 8 (4-0-4 50.00%) ← ←
3 Ted Whitten 22y 313d 90 (51-1-38 57.22%) 52 (0.58) ← ←
Totals (Ave. Age) 22y 325d 1074 (614-14-446 57.82%) 616 (0.57)
C Charlie Sutton 32y 62d 100 (58-1-41 58.50%) ←

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.