Round 1, 1956 · Windy Hill · Saturday 14 April 1956, 2:15pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essendon | 9 | 30 | 51 | 67 |
| Carlton | 7 | 25 | 31 | 39 |
Crowd 30,000. Coaches: Dick Reynolds and Jim Francis. Umpires: Allan Nash.
| Graham Willey | 16 | 0 |
| Bob Taylor | 15 | 0 |
| Fred Lynch (debut) | 4 | 0 |
| Fred Gallagher | 13 | 0 |
| Robert Fox | 24 | 0 |
| Alan Dale | 16 | 0 |
| Jim Carstairs | 20 | 0 |
| Reg Burgess | 18 | 0 |
| Greg Sewell | 9 | 0 |
| Mal Pascoe | 34 | 0 |
| Roy McConnell | 25 | 0 |
| Geoff Leek | 30 | 0 |
| Bill Hutchison | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Heenan | 14 | 0 |
| Doug Bigelow | 19 | 0 |
| John Gill | 3 | 1 |
| Jack Harrington | 23 | 1 |
| Stan Booth | 2 | 2 |
| Jack Clarke | 1 | 2 |
| Hugh Mitchell | 31 | 3 |
| Graham Donaldson | 13 | 0 |
| Denis Zeunert | 19 | 0 |
| Kevin Clarke | 16 | 0 |
| John Chick | 23 | 0 |
| Bruce Comben | 15 | 0 |
| Keith Robinson | 6 | 0 |
| Ken Hands | 1 | 0 |
| Kevin Bergin | 36 | 0 |
| Doug Beasy | 17 | 0 |
| Peter Webster | 3 | 0 |
| Vic Garra (debut) | 24 | 0 |
| Ron Robertson | 21 | 0 |
| John James | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Bosustow | 4 | 0 |
| Vin English | 14 | 0 |
| Frank Munro | 36 | 1 |
| Bob Crowe | 34 | 1 |
| Laurie Kerr | 11 | 1 |
| Jack Mills | 9 | 1 |
| Graham Gilchrist | 28 | 1 |
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256 meetings: Essendon 119, Carlton 131, 6 drawn.
Carlton by 5 · crowd 76,745
Carlton by 34 · crowd 41,150
Carlton by 8 · crowd 74,280
Carlton by 26 · crowd 88,510
Essendon by 34 · crowd 83,638
Carlton by 26 · crowd 65,440