Round 17, 1956 · Windy Hill · Saturday 11 August 1956, 2:15pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essendon | 15 | 36 | 51 | 76 |
| South Melbourne | 8 | 24 | 40 | 58 |
Crowd 13,000. Coaches: Dick Reynolds and Herbie Matthews. Umpires: Allan Nash.
| Jeff Gamble | 22 | 0 |
| Fred Gallagher | 13 | 0 |
| Reg Burgess | 18 | 0 |
| Doug Bigelow | 19 | 0 |
| John Gill | 3 | 0 |
| Greg Sewell | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Heenan | 14 | 0 |
| Hugh Mitchell | 31 | 0 |
| Jack Knowles | 21 | 0 |
| Jack Harrington | 23 | 0 |
| Roy McConnell | 25 | 0 |
| Jack Clarke | 1 | 0 |
| John Towner | 33 | 0 |
| Bob Shearman (debut) | 35 | 0 |
| Morton Diston | 12 | 0 |
| Mal Pascoe | 34 | 0 |
| Geoff Leek | 30 | 1 |
| Stan Booth | 2 | 2 |
| Graham Willey | 16 | 3 |
| Bill Hutchison | 7 | 5 |
| Don Matthews | 17 | 0 |
| Bernie Jeffrey | 29 | 0 |
| John Elder | 39 | 0 |
| Clarrie Lane | 6 | 0 |
| Jack Hudson | 31 | 0 |
| Neville Campbell | 29 | 0 |
| Ian Gillett | 28 | 0 |
| Jim Taylor | 20 | 0 |
| John Trethowan | 20 | 0 |
| Bob Skilton | 14 | 0 |
| Kevin Hogan | 22 | 0 |
| Jim Dorgan | 11 | 0 |
| Mick Sibun | 7 | 0 |
| Ken McCormack | 36 | 0 |
| Ron Clegg | 23 | 0 |
| Gerald Tagliabue | 37 | 0 |
| Marshall Younger | 12 | 1 |
| Fred Goldsmith | 2 | 2 |
| Ken Seymour | 24 | 2 |
| Don Keyter | 1 | 2 |
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233 meetings: Essendon 135, South Melbourne 97, 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