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South Melbourne vs Essendon

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Round: 6   Venue: Lake Oval   Date: Sat, 19-05-1956 2:15 pm   Crowd: 26,000  
South Melbourne 4.1.2510.3.6313.8.8615.8.98 C:  Herbie Matthews
Essendon 1.4.104.8.328.12.6011.20.86 C:  Dick Reynolds
  STH by 15STH by 31STH by 26STH by 12  

Match stats

South Melbourne Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
23 Clegg, Ron 1 28y 184d 157 114
9 Crough, Gerald 0 18y 144d 5 0
11 Dorgan, Jim 0 25y 175d 62 0
39 Elder, John 0 23y 316d 6 0
34 Ferguson, John 0 25y 7d 35 8
28 Gillett, Ian 2 27y 242d 94 108
2 Goldsmith, Fred 0 23y 273d 65 4
8 Gunn, Bill 4 24y 76d 60 76
24 Hicks, Ellis 0 21y 222d 4 1
22 Hogan, Kevin 0 21y 226d 26 16
31 Hudson, Jack 0 22y 71d 12 0
1 Keyter, Don 1 24y 249d 49 44
27 Lane, Eddie 0 26y 329d 92 126
17 Matthews, Don 0 19y 239d 6 0
18 McDonald, Gerry 0 24y 297d 35 0
10 Pratt, Bob 2 20y 56d 17 26
7 Sibun, Mick 0 27y 37d 100 82
14 Skilton, Bob 5 17y 193d 2 7
20 Trethowan, John 0 19y 204d 13 1
12 Younger, Marshall 0 16y 364d 6 1
  Rushed   8  
  Totals         15 8         22y 359d 846 614
Essendon Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
19 Bigelow, Doug 2 27y 307d 137 27
2 Booth, Stan 1 22y 168d 60 67
18 Burgess, Reg 0 21y 287d 41 2
20 Carstairs, Jim 0 26y 262d 64 25
1 Clarke, Jack 0 22y 310d 74 10
6 Dench, Doug 0 26y 111d 21 0
24 Fox, Robert 3 24y 199d 24 29
13 Gallagher, Fred 0 25y 139d 49 11
23 Harrington, Jack 1 25y 328d 55 11
14 Heenan, Jim 0 26y 0d 56 0
7 Hutchison, Bill 2 33y 21d 265 457
21 Knowles, Jack 0 24y 107d 42 0
8 Lalor, Ray 0 19y 263d 3 2
30 Leek, Geoff 0 24y 91d 68 31
25 McConnell, Roy 0 28y 272d 128 0
31 Mitchell, Hugh 2 21y 179d 45 79
17 Nixon, Max 0 24y 147d 1 0
34 Pascoe, Mal 0 23y 49d 46 6
9 Sewell, Greg 0 22y 324d 68 15
33 Towner, John 0 22y 182d 29 35
  Rushed   20  
  Totals         11 20         24y 260d 1276 807

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.