Round 5, 1956 · Western Oval (Whitten Oval) · Saturday 12 May 1956, 2:15pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Footscray | 36 | 43 | 60 | 67 |
| South Melbourne | 6 | 28 | 29 | 57 |
Crowd 18,134. Coaches: Charlie Sutton and Herbie Matthews. Umpires: Allan Nash.
| Peter Box | 5 | 0 |
| Noel Dickson | 18 | 0 |
| John Westacott | 10 | 0 |
| Ron Dixon | 29 | 0 |
| Ian Letcher | 4 | 0 |
| Charlie Sutton | 6 | 0 |
| Ron Stockman | 17 | 0 |
| Lionel Ryan | 31 | 0 |
| Ron Porta | 21 | 0 |
| Jim Gallagher | 24 | 0 |
| Brian Buckley | 19 | 0 |
| Herb Henderson | 25 | 0 |
| Roger Duffy | 7 | 0 |
| Wally Donald | 22 | 0 |
| Don Rawson | 33 | 0 |
| Don Ross | 9 | 0 |
| Ted Whitten | 3 | 1 |
| Brian Gilmore | 34 | 1 |
| Doug Reynolds | 28 | 2 |
| Max Cross (debut) | 8 | 5 |
| John Trethowan | 20 | 0 |
| John Elder | 39 | 0 |
| Fred Goldsmith | 2 | 0 |
| Don Matthews | 17 | 0 |
| Bob Pratt | 10 | 0 |
| Ian Monks | 4 | 0 |
| Hugh McLaughlin | 25 | 0 |
| Kevin Hogan | 22 | 0 |
| John Ledwidge | 35 | 0 |
| Jim Dorgan | 11 | 0 |
| Jack Hudson | 31 | 0 |
| Don Keyter | 1 | 0 |
| Mick Sibun | 7 | 0 |
| Gerald Crough | 9 | 0 |
| Ian Gillett | 28 | 0 |
| John Ferguson | 34 | 0 |
| Marshall Younger | 12 | 0 |
| Ron Clegg | 23 | 1 |
| Bob Skilton (debut) | 14 | 2 |
| Bill Gunn | 8 | 5 |
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171 meetings: Footscray 86, South Melbourne 84, 1 drawn.
Sydney by 35 · crowd 35,227
Sydney by 66 · crowd 29,523
Western Bulldogs by 9 · crowd 29,246
Western Bulldogs by 39 · crowd 36,028
Sydney by 14 · crowd 27,377
Sydney by 2 · crowd 26,221