Round 6, 1956 · Lake Oval · Saturday 19 May 1956, 2:15pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Melbourne | 25 | 63 | 86 | 98 |
| Essendon | 10 | 32 | 60 | 86 |
Crowd 26,000. Coaches: Herbie Matthews and Dick Reynolds. Umpires: Robert Flanagan.
| Fred Goldsmith | 2 | 0 |
| Kevin Hogan | 22 | 0 |
| Ellis Hicks | 24 | 0 |
| Eddie Lane | 27 | 0 |
| Jim Dorgan | 11 | 0 |
| Gerry McDonald | 18 | 0 |
| John Ferguson | 34 | 0 |
| Marshall Younger | 12 | 0 |
| John Trethowan | 20 | 0 |
| Mick Sibun | 7 | 0 |
| Don Matthews | 17 | 0 |
| Gerald Crough | 9 | 0 |
| John Elder | 39 | 0 |
| Jack Hudson | 31 | 0 |
| Don Keyter | 1 | 1 |
| Ron Clegg | 23 | 1 |
| Ian Gillett | 28 | 2 |
| Bob Pratt | 10 | 2 |
| Bill Gunn | 8 | 4 |
| Bob Skilton | 14 | 5 |
| Doug Dench | 6 | 0 |
| John Towner | 33 | 0 |
| Max Nixon (debut) | 17 | 0 |
| Jack Knowles | 21 | 0 |
| Fred Gallagher | 13 | 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 |
| Jim Heenan | 14 | 0 |
| Jack Clarke | 1 | 0 |
| Ray Lalor | 8 | 0 |
| Jack Harrington | 23 | 1 |
| Stan Booth | 2 | 1 |
| Doug Bigelow | 19 | 2 |
| Bill Hutchison | 7 | 2 |
| Hugh Mitchell | 31 | 2 |
| Robert Fox | 24 | 3 |
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233 meetings: South Melbourne 97, Essendon 135, 1 drawn.
Sydney by 36 · crowd 24,767
Sydney by 14 · crowd 20,805
Essendon by 8 · crowd 43,799
Sydney by 39 · crowd 33,830
Sydney by 30 · crowd 34,954
Sydney by 2 · crowd 38,329