Grand final, 1956 · Melbourne Cricket Ground · Saturday 15 September 1956, 2:50pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 16 | 47 | 76 | 121 |
| Collingwood | 21 | 27 | 36 | 48 |
Crowd 115,902. Coaches: Norm Smith and Phonse Kyne. Umpires: Allan Nash.
| Frank Adams | 6 | 0 |
| Don Williams | 25 | 0 |
| Ken Melville | 38 | 0 |
| Peter Marquis | 3 | 0 |
| Clyde Laidlaw | 16 | 0 |
| Trevor Johnson | 14 | 0 |
| Terry Gleeson | 28 | 0 |
| Brian Dixon | 9 | 0 |
| Keith Carroll | 19 | 0 |
| John Beckwith | 30 | 0 |
| Laurie Mithen | 11 | 0 |
| Noel McMahen | 35 | 0 |
| Ralph Lane | 34 | 0 |
| Denis Cordner | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Sandral | 8 | 0 |
| Ian Ridley | 24 | 1 |
| Bob Johnson | 18 | 3 |
| Ron Barassi | 31 | 3 |
| Stuart Spencer | 12 | 5 |
| Athol Webb | 15 | 5 |
| Laurie Rymer | 21 | 0 |
| Murray Weideman | 27 | 0 |
| Peter Lucas | 3 | 0 |
| Jack Hamilton | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Kupsch | 12 | 0 |
| Ken Hedt | 18 | 0 |
| Neville Waller | 31 | 0 |
| Ray Gabelich | 13 | 0 |
| Frank Tuck | 24 | 0 |
| Harry Sullivan | 26 | 0 |
| Neil Mann | 1 | 0 |
| Thorold Merrett | 17 | 0 |
| Lerrel Sharp | 29 | 0 |
| Ron Kingston | 9 | 0 |
| William Jones | 23 | 1 |
| Bob Greve | 7 | 1 |
| Bill Twomey | 2 | 1 |
| Ken Smale | 5 | 1 |
| Ken Turner | 36 | 1 |
| Bill Serong | 22 | 1 |
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249 meetings: Melbourne 86, Collingwood 158, 5 drawn.
Melbourne by 8 · crowd 88,019
Collingwood by 6 · crowd 60,611
Collingwood by 1 · crowd 77,761
Collingwood by 46 · crowd 53,957
Collingwood by 38 · crowd 84,659
Collingwood by 7 · crowd 92,636