Round 4, 1956 · Punt Road Oval · Saturday 5 May 1956, 2:15pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 26 | 40 | 52 | 79 |
| Fitzroy | 7 | 27 | 28 | 60 |
Crowd 23,000. Coaches: Norm Smith and Bill Stephen. Umpires: Allan Nash.
| Ian McLean | 5 | 0 |
| Geoff McGivern | 17 | 0 |
| Ralph Lane | 34 | 0 |
| Denis Cordner | 1 | 0 |
| Trevor Johnson | 14 | 0 |
| Clyde Laidlaw | 16 | 0 |
| Jim Sandral (debut) | 8 | 0 |
| Keith Carroll | 19 | 0 |
| John Beckwith | 30 | 0 |
| Don Williams | 25 | 0 |
| Stuart Spencer | 12 | 0 |
| Tony Bull | 29 | 0 |
| Noel McMahen | 35 | 0 |
| Brian Dixon | 9 | 1 |
| Peter Cook (debut) | 21 | 1 |
| Ron Barassi | 31 | 1 |
| Athol Webb | 15 | 1 |
| Laurie Mithen | 11 | 1 |
| Bob Johnson | 18 | 2 |
| Ian Ridley | 24 | 3 |
| Bob Henderson | 23 | 0 |
| Norm Johnstone | 17 | 0 |
| Ron Smith | 18 | 0 |
| Kevin Murray | 2 | 0 |
| Jack MacGregor | 14 | 0 |
| Bill Stephen | 8 | 0 |
| Vin Williams | 10 | 0 |
| Rod Vernon | 9 | 0 |
| Colin Davey | 11 | 0 |
| Brian Pert | 3 | 0 |
| Graeme MacKenzie | 29 | 0 |
| Alan Gale | 33 | 0 |
| Jack Gervasoni | 4 | 0 |
| Eddie Goodger | 15 | 0 |
| Bryan Lane | 24 | 1 |
| Matt Cunningham | 34 | 1 |
| Don Furness | 30 | 1 |
| James Chapman | 1 | 1 |
| Tony Ongarello | 5 | 2 |
| Owen Abrahams | 16 | 3 |
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179 meetings: Melbourne 88, Fitzroy 88, 3 drawn.
Melbourne by 63 · crowd 10,836
Melbourne by 81 · crowd 8,862
Melbourne by 46 · crowd 8,484
Fitzroy by 23 · crowd 22,605
Fitzroy by 1 · crowd 13,498
Melbourne by 22 · crowd 21,097