Round 7, 1956 · Kardinia Park (GMHBA Stadium) · Saturday 26 May 1956, 2:15pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geelong | 10 | 36 | 74 | 107 |
| Essendon | 26 | 28 | 48 | 57 |
Crowd 21,758. Coaches: Reg Hickey and Dick Reynolds. Umpires: Bob Nunn.
| Bob Gazzard | 23 | 0 |
| Clive Brown | 32 | 0 |
| Les Borrack | 14 | 0 |
| Russell Renfrey | 8 | 0 |
| Geoff Williams | 21 | 0 |
| John Helmer (debut) | 36 | 0 |
| Ron Hovey | 12 | 0 |
| George McGrath | 35 | 0 |
| Bernie Smith | 11 | 0 |
| Norm Sharp | 26 | 0 |
| Bob Wiltshire | 37 | 0 |
| John ONeill | 17 | 0 |
| Bob Davis | 4 | 1 |
| Fred Wooller | 3 | 1 |
| Peter Pianto | 6 | 1 |
| Bruce Bartle | 7 | 2 |
| Noel Rayson | 27 | 2 |
| Bruce Ferrari | 18 | 2 |
| Neil Trezise | 28 | 3 |
| John OConnell | 20 | 3 |
| Morton Diston | 12 | 0 |
| Doug Dench | 6 | 0 |
| Max Nixon | 17 | 0 |
| Fred Lynch | 4 | 0 |
| Jack Knowles | 21 | 0 |
| Jeff Gamble | 22 | 0 |
| Fred Gallagher | 13 | 0 |
| Doug Bigelow | 19 | 0 |
| Reg Burgess | 18 | 0 |
| Stan Booth | 2 | 0 |
| Greg Sewell | 9 | 0 |
| Mal Pascoe | 34 | 0 |
| Roy McConnell | 25 | 0 |
| Jim Heenan | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Carstairs | 20 | 0 |
| Hugh Mitchell | 31 | 1 |
| Bill Hutchison | 7 | 1 |
| Robert Fox | 24 | 1 |
| Geoff Leek | 30 | 1 |
| Jack Clarke | 1 | 4 |
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