1956 REP Australian National Football Carnival
Until fairly recently elite level Australian football meant interstate football. Moreover, it was primarily, indeed almost exclusively, in the interstate arena that football could in any serious way be argued to be a genuinely national sport. Since the transmutation of the VFL into the AFL, however, the overwhelming majority of Australia's elite footballers have participated in a single, national (or near-national) club competition, and the importance of senior interstate footy has diminished. Nevertheless, its overall significance in terms of the sport's development - and, indeed, arguably its very survival - cannot be over-stressed.
1956 Ladder
LP |
Club |
P |
W |
L |
D |
For |
Agn |
% |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victoria | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 542 | 247 | 219.43 | 16 |
| 2 | Western Australia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 403 | 350 | 115.14 | 12 |
| 3 | Tasmania (Rep) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 434 | 405 | 107.16 | 8 |
| 4 | South Australia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 302 | 342 | 88.30 | 4 |
| 5 | VFA | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 252 | 589 | 42.78 | 0 |
| H&A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1933 | 1933 | 100.00 | 40 | |
| Total | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1933 | 1933 | 100.00 | 40 |
1956 Round by Round
Round
1
Round 1[Round Review]
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| South Australia | — | — | — | 16.14 | 110 | Mon 11-Jun-1956 2:10 pm | Subiaco Oval | ||
| VFA | — | — | — | 11.10 | 76 | South Australia won by 34 points | |||
| Western Australia | 8.3 | 9.5 | 13.14 | 14.19 | 103 | Mon 11-Jun-1956 2:10 pm | Subiaco Oval | ||
| Tasmania (Rep) | 2.0 | 4.8 | 6.10 | 11.14 | 80 | Western Australia won by 23 points | |||
| Victoria | — | — | — | 21.17 | 143 | Mon 11-Jun-1956 2:10 pm | Subiaco Oval | ||
| VFA | — | — | — | 3.5 | 23 | Victoria won by 120 points | |||
| Western Australia | 1.1 | 3.5 | 8.6 | 11.9 | 75 | Mon 11-Jun-1956 2:10 pm | Subiaco Oval | ||
| South Australia | 1.5 | 3.5 | 6.7 | 9.10 | 64 | Western Australia won by 11 points | |||
| Tasmania (Rep) | — | — | — | 27.22 | 184 | Mon 11-Jun-1956 2:10 pm | Subiaco Oval | ||
| VFA | — | — | — | 12.12 | 84 | Tasmania (Rep) won by 100 points | |||
| Victoria | — | — | — | 14.27 | 111 | Mon 11-Jun-1956 2:10 pm | Subiaco Oval | ||
| South Australia | — | — | — | 9.7 | 61 | Victoria won by 50 points | |||
| Western Australia | 4.5 | 13.11 | 19.17 | 22.20 | 152 | Mon 11-Jun-1956 2:10 pm | Subiaco Oval | ||
| VFA | 5.3 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 9.15 | 69 | Western Australia won by 83 points | |||
| Victoria | — | — | — | 22.19 | 151 | Mon 11-Jun-1956 2:10 pm | Subiaco Oval | ||
| Tasmania (Rep) | — | — | — | 14.6 | 90 | Victoria won by 61 points | |||
| Tasmania (Rep) | — | — | — | 10.20 | 80 | Mon 11-Jun-1956 2:10 pm | Subiaco Oval | ||
| South Australia | — | — | — | 8.19 | 67 | Tasmania (Rep) won by 13 points | |||
| Victoria | 7.2 | 10.8 | 16.13 | 20.17 | 137 | Mon 11-Jun-1956 2:10 pm | Subiaco Oval | ||
| Western Australia | 1.6 | 3.8 | 4.14 | 9.19 | 73 | Victoria won by 64 points | |||
1956 Ladder
LP |
Club |
P |
W |
L |
D |
For |
Agn |
% |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victoria | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 542 | 247 | 219.43 | 16 |
| 2 | Western Australia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 403 | 350 | 115.14 | 12 |
| 3 | Tasmania (Rep) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 434 | 405 | 107.16 | 8 |
| 4 | South Australia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 302 | 342 | 88.30 | 4 |
| 5 | VFA | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 252 | 589 | 42.78 | 0 |
| H&A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1933 | 1933 | 100.00 | 40 | |
| Total | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1933 | 1933 | 100.00 | 40 |