Round 1, 1956 · Lake Oval · Saturday 14 April 1956, 2:15pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Melbourne | 3 | 28 | 43 | 50 |
| Geelong | 9 | 28 | 56 | 77 |
Crowd 25,000. Coaches: Herbie Matthews and Reg Hickey. Umpires: John Frood.
| Don Matthews (debut) | 17 | 0 |
| Gerald Crough (debut) | 9 | 0 |
| Frank Primmer | 33 | 0 |
| Jack Hudson | 31 | 0 |
| Ron Taylor | 32 | 0 |
| Gerry McDonald | 18 | 0 |
| John Ferguson | 34 | 0 |
| Jim Taylor | 20 | 0 |
| Hugh McLaughlin | 25 | 0 |
| Kevin Hogan | 22 | 0 |
| Ellis Hicks (debut) | 24 | 0 |
| Jim Dorgan | 11 | 0 |
| Ken McCormack | 36 | 0 |
| Eddie Lane | 27 | 0 |
| Fred Goldsmith | 2 | 0 |
| Ron Clegg | 23 | 0 |
| Marshall Younger (debut) | 12 | 1 |
| Ian Monks | 4 | 2 |
| Ian Gillett | 28 | 2 |
| Don Keyter | 1 | 2 |
| Russell Renfrey | 8 | 0 |
| Peter Pianto | 6 | 0 |
| Bob Davis | 4 | 0 |
| George McGrath (debut) | 35 | 0 |
| Max Sutcliffe | 31 | 0 |
| Ron Hovey | 12 | 0 |
| Ken Beardsley | 34 | 0 |
| Bob Gazzard | 23 | 0 |
| John ONeill | 17 | 0 |
| Clive Brown | 32 | 0 |
| Les Borrack | 14 | 0 |
| Geoff Williams | 21 | 0 |
| Bernie Smith | 11 | 0 |
| Norm Sharp | 26 | 0 |
| Bob Wiltshire | 37 | 0 |
| Noel Rayson | 27 | 1 |
| John OConnell | 20 | 2 |
| Bruce Ferrari | 18 | 2 |
| Neil Trezise | 28 | 2 |
| Fred Wooller (debut) | 3 | 4 |
Hover a column heading for its full name. ↑ came on as a substitute, ↓ was substituted off.
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234 meetings: South Melbourne 104, Geelong 129, 1 drawn.
Geelong by 27 · crowd 35,869
Geelong by 43 · crowd 37,656
Sydney by 30 · crowd 44,714
Draw · crowd 32,098
Geelong by 93 · crowd 23,134
Geelong by 81 · crowd 100,024