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Geelong vs North Melbourne
| Round: 2 Venue: Kardinia Park Date: Sat, 21-04-1956 2:15 pm Crowd: 17,294 | |||||
| Geelong | 2.1.13 | 6.7.43 | 9.9.63 | 16.14.110 | C: Reg Hickey |
| North Melbourne | 2.4.16 | 2.4.16 | 2.9.21 | 2.10.22 | C: Charlie Gaudion |
| NTH by 3 | GEEL by 27 | GEEL by 42 | GEEL by 88 | ||
Match stats
| Geelong | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
| 34 | Beardsley, Ken | 1 | 20y 170d | 22 | 15 | |||||||||
| 14 | Borrack, Les | 0 | 22y 362d | 27 | 7 | |||||||||
| 4 | Davis, Bob | 2 | 27y 314d | 140 | 114 | |||||||||
| 18 | Ferrari, Bruce | 3 | 19y 283d | 10 | 6 | |||||||||
| 23 | Gazzard, Bob | 0 | 20y 208d | 13 | 0 | |||||||||
| 12 | Hovey, Ron | 0 | 23y 240d | 82 | 19 | |||||||||
| 2 | May, Les | 0 | 22y 15d | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 35 | McGrath, George | 0 | 20y 157d | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| 20 | O'Connell, John | 2 | 24y 44d | 16 | 24 | |||||||||
| 17 | O'Neill, John | 0 | 20y 235d | 37 | 6 | |||||||||
| 6 | Pianto, Peter | 0 | 26y 148d | 91 | 100 | |||||||||
| 8 | Renfrey, Russ | 0 | 32y 254d | 189 | 163 | |||||||||
| 26 | Sharp, Norm | 0 | 21y 303d | 70 | 24 | |||||||||
| 11 | Smith, Bernie | 0 | 28y 124d | 148 | 3 | |||||||||
| 31 | Sutcliffe, Max | 0 | 19y 266d | 17 | 11 | |||||||||
| 28 | Trezise, Neil | 3 | 25y 73d | 118 | 180 | |||||||||
| 19 | Umbers, Geoff | 0 | 22y 173d | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| 21 | Williams, Geoff | 0 | 25y 155d | 71 | 0 | |||||||||
| 37 | Wiltshire, Bob | 4 | 23y 149d | 16 | 11 | |||||||||
| 3 | Wooller, Fred | 1 | 18y 183d | 2 | 5 | |||||||||
| Rushed | 14 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 16 | 14 | 23y 120d | 1074 | 688 | |||||||||
| North Melbourne | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
| 17 | Aylett, Allen | 0 | 21y 363d | 75 | 86 | |||||||||
| 18 | Batchelor, Keith | 0 | 25y 200d | 23 | 17 | |||||||||
| 28 | Brooker, Bob | 0 | 29y 187d | 96 | 36 | |||||||||
| 9 | Dean, Ken | 0 | 17y 255d | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 26 | Dean, Norm | 0 | 22y 39d | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
| 12 | Doolan, Neil | 0 | 23y 85d | 40 | 11 | |||||||||
| 6 | Dugdale, John | 0 | 20y 44d | 8 | 4 | |||||||||
| 14 | Eastmure, Gerald | 0 | 21y 61d | 32 | 16 | |||||||||
| 34 | Easton, Kevin | 1 | 23y 197d | 24 | 28 | |||||||||
| 35 | Edwards, Jack | 0 | 25y 55d | 49 | 1 | |||||||||
| 4 | English, Garry | 0 | 21y 105d | 13 | 1 | |||||||||
| 11 | Hamilton, Peter | 0 | 24y 302d | 41 | 0 | |||||||||
| 10 | Johnson, Brian | 0 | 23y 212d | 43 | 6 | |||||||||
| 32 | Mantello, Albert | 0 | 21y 357d | 23 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1 | Marendaz, Charlie | 0 | 20y 232d | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| 21 | McMahon, Kevin | 0 | 25y 340d | 76 | 8 | |||||||||
| 5 | O'Halloran, Jack | 0 | 26y 287d | 69 | 49 | |||||||||
| 19 | O'Sullivan, Peter | 0 | 23y 335d | 49 | 1 | |||||||||
| 7 | Spencer, Jock | 1 | 27y 128d | 126 | 407 | |||||||||
| 2 | Teasdale, Noel | 0 | 18y 110d | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Rushed | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 2 | 10 | 23y 85d | 795 | 673 | |||||||||
Match highlights
Bob Brooker played his 100th V/AFL game: North Melbourne vs. Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R2)Ken Dean debuted for North Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R2)