1956 WANFL Premiership Season
The WAFL (West Australian Football League) is the premier League and governing body for Australian Football in Western Australia. Originally formed as the West Australian Football Association (WAFA) in 1885, the WAFL has undergone a variety of name changes since then, re-adopting its current name in 2001. The league currently consists of nine teams, which play each other in a 24-round season usually lasting from March to September, with the top five teams playing off in a finals series, culminating in a Grand Final.
1956 Ladder
| LP | Club | P | W | L | D | For | Agn | % | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Perth | 19 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1751 | 1453 | 120.51 | 56 |
| 2 | South Fremantle | 19 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1780 | 1650 | 107.88 | 52 |
| 3 | East Fremantle | 19 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1581 | 1366 | 115.74 | 48 |
| 4 | Perth | 19 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1609 | 1499 | 107.34 | 44 |
| 5 | West Perth | 19 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 1529 | 1531 | 99.87 | 32 |
| 6 | Claremont | 19 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 1569 | 1824 | 86.02 | 32 |
| 7 | Subiaco | 19 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 1519 | 1705 | 89.09 | 24 |
| 8 | Swan Districts | 19 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 1567 | 1877 | 83.48 | 16 |
| H&A | 76 | 76 | 76 | 0 | 12905 | 12905 | 100.00 | 304 | |
| Finals | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 589 | 589 | 100.00 | 16 | |
| Total | 80 | 80 | 80 | 0 | 13494 | 13494 | 100.00 | 320 |
1956 Round by Round
Round
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
1SF |
2SF |
PF |
GF
Round 1[Round Review]
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| West Perth | 2.2 | 3.7 | 9.11 | 12.15 | 87 | Sat 28-Apr-1956 12:00 pm | Leederville Oval | 7,500 | |
| Perth | 4.2 | 5.8 | 8.12 | 9.18 | 72 | West Perth won by 15 points | |||
| Subiaco | 7.3 | 7.4 | 9.4 | 12.7 | 79 | Sat 28-Apr-1956 12:00 pm | Subiaco Oval | 4,461 | |
| East Perth | 1.2 | 4.6 | 11.11 | 13.14 | 92 | East Perth won by 13 points | |||
| South Fremantle | 1.9 | 5.15 | 8.17 | 12.23 | 95 | Sat 28-Apr-1956 12:00 pm | Fremantle Oval | 6,013 | |
| Claremont | 5.3 | 9.3 | 13.6 | 14.7 | 91 | South Fremantle won by 4 points | |||
| Swan Districts | 5.3 | 8.9 | 8.12 | 14.15 | 99 | Sat 28-Apr-1956 12:00 pm | Bassendean Oval | 3,418 | |
| East Fremantle | 1.3 | 3.8 | 8.14 | 9.19 | 73 | Swan Districts won by 26 points | |||
Round 2[Round Review]
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| Perth | 1.1 | 5.6 | 7.7 | 10.8 | 68 | Sat 5-May-1956 12:00 pm | W.A.C.A. | 4,459 | |
| South Fremantle | 6.4 | 6.6 | 11.10 | 12.11 | 83 | South Fremantle won by 15 points | |||
| East Perth | 4.4 | 9.10 | 14.15 | 15.19 | 109 | Sat 5-May-1956 12:00 pm | Midland Junction Oval | 4,107 | |
| Swan Districts | 0.2 | 3.3 | 6.6 | 12.10 | 82 | East Perth won by 27 points | |||
| Claremont | 2.5 | 5.5 | 7.7 | 12.9 | 81 | Sat 5-May-1956 12:00 pm | Claremont Oval | 2,569 | |
| Subiaco | 0.0 | 3.7 | 5.8 | 8.9 | 57 | Claremont won by 24 points | |||
| East Fremantle | 1.3 | 5.3 | 6.6 | 10.9 | 69 | Sat 5-May-1956 12:00 pm | East Fremantle Oval | 3,251 | |
| West Perth | 0.0 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 4.9 | 33 | East Fremantle won by 36 points | |||
Round 3[Round Review]
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| South Fremantle | 0.2 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 9.12 | 66 | Sat 12-May-1956 12:00 pm | Fremantle Oval | 3,810 | |
| West Perth | 4.4 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 37 | South Fremantle won by 29 points | |||
| Perth | 5.3 | 7.7 | 10.11 | 10.12 | 72 | Sat 12-May-1956 12:00 pm | W.A.C.A. | 4,746 | |
| East Perth | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 10 | Perth won by 62 points | |||
| Swan Districts | 1.3 | 2.4 | 4.7 | 6.11 | 47 | Sat 12-May-1956 12:00 pm | Bassendean Oval | 2,667 | |
| Claremont | 1.3 | 2.5 | 5.7 | 7.9 | 51 | Claremont won by 4 points | |||
| Subiaco | 5.3 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 6.12 | 48 | Sat 12-May-1956 12:00 pm | Subiaco Oval | 1,636 | |
| East Fremantle | 2.1 | 9.4 | 10.7 | 11.11 | 77 | East Fremantle won by 29 points | |||
Round 4[Round Review]
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| Swan Districts | 4.2 | 6.5 | 10.8 | 14.14 | 98 | Sat 19-May-1956 12:00 pm | Bassendean Oval | 2,366 | |
| Subiaco | 3.4 | 6.5 | 10.8 | 15.15 | 105 | Subiaco won by 7 points | |||
| West Perth | 3.8 | 5.12 | 6.15 | 11.19 | 85 | Sat 19-May-1956 12:00 pm | Leederville Oval | 6,865 | |
| East Perth | 4.3 | 9.8 | 14.10 | 16.13 | 109 | East Perth won by 24 points | |||
| Perth | 4.3 | 5.7 | 10.11 | 14.18 | 102 | Sat 19-May-1956 12:00 pm | W.A.C.A. | 5,479 | |
| Claremont | 5.7 | 7.10 | 10.13 | 14.16 | 100 | Perth won by 2 points | |||
| South Fremantle | 5.5 | 7.11 | 11.16 | 15.18 | 108 | Sat 19-May-1956 12:00 pm | Fremantle Oval | 11,590 | |
| East Fremantle | 3.1 | 7.4 | 8.7 | 11.8 | 74 | South Fremantle won by 34 points | |||
Round 5[Round Review]
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| Subiaco | 5.2 | 8.5 | 13.7 | 15.7 | 97 | Sat 26-May-1956 12:00 pm | Subiaco Oval | 4,429 | |
| South Fremantle | 2.2 | 9.6 | 12.12 | 16.14 | 110 | South Fremantle won by 13 points | |||
| Perth | 0.4 | 2.6 | 10.8 | 12.10 | 82 | Sat 26-May-1956 12:00 pm | W.A.C.A. | 5,580 | |
| Swan Districts | 0.2 | 3.9 | 4.13 | 7.21 | 63 | Perth won by 19 points | |||
| Claremont | 3.2 | 8.4 | 11.6 | 17.13 | 115 | Sat 26-May-1956 12:00 pm | Claremont Oval | 5,723 | |
| West Perth | 3.2 | 6.8 | 10.13 | 12.13 | 85 | Claremont won by 30 points | |||
| East Fremantle | 2.4 | 6.4 | 8.5 | 12.8 | 80 | Sat 26-May-1956 12:00 pm | East Fremantle Oval | 7,197 | |
| East Perth | 1.2 | 3.6 | 7.8 | 9.8 | 62 | East Fremantle won by 18 points | |||
Round 6[Round Review]
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| West Perth | 3.7 | 8.11 | 10.16 | 15.18 | 108 | Sat 2-Jun-1956 12:00 pm | Leederville Oval | 5,501 | |
| Subiaco | 2.2 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 7.3 | 45 | West Perth won by 63 points | |||
| Claremont | 1.2 | 4.3 | 7.6 | 9.7 | 61 | Sat 2-Jun-1956 12:00 pm | Claremont Oval | 9,663 | |
| East Perth | 6.5 | 9.9 | 16.11 | 23.16 | 154 | East Perth won by 93 points | |||
| South Fremantle | 3.4 | 7.13 | 10.15 | 14.17 | 101 | Mon 4-Jun-1956 12:00 pm | Fremantle Oval | 4,397 | |
| Swan Districts | 5.4 | 8.5 | 13.8 | 14.12 | 96 | South Fremantle won by 5 points | |||
| Perth | 2.1 | 4.2 | 9.5 | 9.8 | 62 | Mon 4-Jun-1956 12:00 pm | Subiaco Oval | 13,330 | |
| East Fremantle | 5.0 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 9.11 | 65 | East Fremantle won by 3 points | |||
Round 7[Round Review]
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| Swan Districts | 1.2 | 3.4 | 5.6 | 9.6 | 60 | Sat 9-Jun-1956 12:00 pm | Bassendean Oval | 3,231 | |
| West Perth | 2.3 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 8.9 | 57 | Swan Districts won by 3 points | |||
| East Perth | 2.4 | 5.11 | 9.11 | 14.13 | 97 | Sat 9-Jun-1956 12:00 pm | Perth Oval | 15,057 | |
| South Fremantle | 2.4 | 5.6 | 12.11 | 14.12 | 96 | East Perth won by 1 point | |||
| Subiaco | 1.6 | 4.14 | 4.17 | 7.19 | 61 | Sat 9-Jun-1956 12:00 pm | Subiaco Oval | 2,782 | |
| Perth | 4.2 | 4.3 | 9.10 | 11.12 | 78 | Perth won by 17 points | |||
| East Fremantle | 1.4 | 5.10 | 6.11 | 9.15 | 69 | Sat 9-Jun-1956 12:00 pm | East Fremantle Oval | 3,731 | |
| Claremont | 2.4 | 3.6 | 7.9 | 8.10 | 58 | East Fremantle won by 11 points | |||
Round 8[Round Review]
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| Perth | 4.5 | 6.8 | 14.12 | 16.13 | 109 | Sat 30-Jun-1956 12:00 pm | W.A.C.A. | 4,698 | |
| West Perth | 0.1 | 7.4 | 10.11 | 12.14 | 86 | Perth won by 23 points | |||
| East Perth | 3.4 | 6.5 | 12.9 | 17.14 | 116 | Sat 30-Jun-1956 12:00 pm | Perth Oval | 3,761 | |
| Subiaco | 1.1 | 7.5 | 8.6 | 10.8 | 68 | East Perth won by 48 points | |||
| South Fremantle | 1.5 | 5.12 | 7.16 | 10.20 | 80 | Sat 30-Jun-1956 12:00 pm | Fremantle Oval | 3,659 | |
| Claremont | 7.2 | 10.5 | 15.10 | 16.11 | 107 | Claremont won by 27 points | |||
| East Fremantle | 6.7 | 12.7 | 16.14 | 19.17 | 131 | Sat 30-Jun-1956 12:00 pm | East Fremantle Oval | 2,242 | |
| Swan Districts | 1.3 | 5.7 | 9.9 | 11.12 | 78 | East Fremantle won by 53 points | |||
Round 9[Round Review]
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| South Fremantle | 8.4 | 12.6 | 17.6 | 19.8 | 122 | Sat 7-Jul-1956 12:00 pm | Fremantle Oval | 3,315 | |
| Perth | 1.3 | 6.6 | 8.8 | 11.14 | 80 | South Fremantle won by 42 points | |||
| Swan Districts | 3.3 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 8.9 | 57 | Sat 7-Jul-1956 12:00 pm | Bassendean Oval | 2,486 | |
| East Perth | 2.5 | 9.9 | 14.14 | 20.16 | 136 | East Perth won by 79 points | |||
| Subiaco | 3.4 | 5.8 | 8.10 | 8.13 | 61 | Sat 7-Jul-1956 12:00 pm | Subiaco Oval | 2,361 | |
| Claremont | 2.3 | 4.6 | 5.10 | 6.11 | 47 | Subiaco won by 14 points | |||
| West Perth | 5.5 | 8.8 | 9.17 | 12.18 | 90 | Sat 7-Jul-1956 12:00 pm | Leederville Oval | 2,475 | |
| East Fremantle | 2.2 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 11.17 | 83 | West Perth won by 7 points | |||
Round 10[Round Review]
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| West Perth | 3.3 | 6.10 | 12.14 | 17.19 | 121 | Sat 14-Jul-1956 12:00 pm | Leederville Oval | 6,798 | |
| South Fremantle | 0.3 | 2.6 | 4.10 | 5.11 | 41 | West Perth won by 80 points | |||
| East Perth | 3.3 | 4.3 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 47 | Sat 14-Jul-1956 12:00 pm | Perth Oval | 7,357 | |
| Perth | 2.1 | 7.3 | 12.7 | 14.14 | 98 | Perth won by 51 points | |||
| Claremont | 4.7 | 8.11 | 10.19 | 13.22 | 100 | Sat 14-Jul-1956 12:00 pm | Claremont Oval | 2,443 | |
| Swan Districts | 1.3 | 5.7 | 6.10 | 11.15 | 81 | Claremont won by 19 points | |||
| East Fremantle | 1.1 | 6.11 | 9.15 | 9.20 | 74 | Sat 14-Jul-1956 12:00 pm | East Fremantle Oval | 2,760 | |
| Subiaco | 4.4 | 5.4 | 8.5 | 10.9 | 69 | East Fremantle won by 5 points | |||
Round 11[Round Review]
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| Subiaco | 4.4 | 10.6 | 15.8 | 20.13 | 133 | Sat 21-Jul-1956 12:00 pm | Subiaco Oval | 1,740 | |
| Swan Districts | 6.1 | 8.3 | 10.7 | 12.18 | 90 | Subiaco won by 43 points | |||
| East Perth | 2.5 | 5.12 | 6.14 | 7.17 | 59 | Sat 21-Jul-1956 12:00 pm | Perth Oval | 7,683 | |
| West Perth | 3.2 | 6.5 | 8.13 | 9.14 | 68 | West Perth won by 9 points | |||
| Claremont | 4.5 | 4.6 | 9.11 | 10.14 | 74 | Sat 21-Jul-1956 12:00 pm | Claremont Oval | 3,827 | |
| Perth | 0.1 | 4.7 | 5.14 | 9.18 | 72 | Claremont won by 2 points | |||
| East Fremantle | 3.0 | 7.2 | 8.2 | 14.5 | 89 | Sat 21-Jul-1956 12:00 pm | East Fremantle Oval | 6,983 | |
| South Fremantle | 2.5 | 2.9 | 5.14 | 6.18 | 54 | East Fremantle won by 35 points | |||
Round 12[Round Review]
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| South Fremantle | 3.1 | 8.6 | 11.12 | 15.13 | 103 | Sat 28-Jul-1956 12:00 pm | Fremantle Oval | 2,796 | |
| Subiaco | 2.4 | 6.5 | 10.11 | 13.12 | 90 | South Fremantle won by 13 points | |||
| Swan Districts | 1.2 | 1.2 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 38 | Sat 28-Jul-1956 12:00 pm | Bassendean Oval | 1,698 | |
| Perth | 1.0 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 8.11 | 59 | Perth won by 21 points | |||
| West Perth | 1.8 | 2.9 | 6.11 | 11.15 | 81 | Sat 28-Jul-1956 12:00 pm | Leederville Oval | 4,903 | |
| Claremont | 4.1 | 7.1 | 8.6 | 13.8 | 86 | Claremont won by 5 points | |||
| East Perth | 2.2 | 3.5 | 7.8 | 10.10 | 70 | Sat 28-Jul-1956 12:00 pm | Perth Oval | 5,578 | |
| East Fremantle | 2.1 | 2.3 | 4.7 | 6.9 | 45 | East Perth won by 25 points | |||
Round 13[Round Review]
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| Subiaco | 2.2 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 6.7 | 43 | Sat 4-Aug-1956 12:00 pm | Subiaco Oval | 3,511 | |
| West Perth | 1.3 | 4.3 | 8.8 | 10.9 | 69 | West Perth won by 26 points | |||
| Swan Districts | 3.1 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 14.14 | 98 | Sat 4-Aug-1956 12:00 pm | Bassendean Oval | 1,556 | |
| South Fremantle | 8.5 | 10.5 | 15.15 | 16.18 | 114 | South Fremantle won by 16 points | |||
| East Perth | 5.3 | 7.9 | 10.10 | 12.12 | 84 | Sat 4-Aug-1956 12:00 pm | Perth Oval | 6,809 | |
| Claremont | 2.1 | 3.2 | 10.5 | 11.6 | 72 | East Perth won by 12 points | |||
| East Fremantle | 2.1 | 5.4 | 8.8 | 12.10 | 82 | Sat 4-Aug-1956 12:00 pm | East Fremantle Oval | 4,601 | |
| Perth | 0.2 | 5.5 | 10.12 | 12.14 | 86 | Perth won by 4 points | |||
Round 14[Round Review]
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| West Perth | 3.3 | 3.5 | 8.10 | 12.12 | 84 | Sat 11-Aug-1956 12:00 pm | Leederville Oval | 3,928 | |
| Swan Districts | 3.5 | 7.9 | 10.13 | 14.14 | 98 | Swan Districts won by 14 points | |||
| South Fremantle | 3.5 | 4.6 | 6.8 | 7.10 | 52 | Sat 11-Aug-1956 12:00 pm | Fremantle Oval | 7,477 | |
| East Perth | 2.2 | 6.8 | 7.8 | 10.14 | 74 | East Perth won by 22 points | |||
| Perth | 3.2 | 5.3 | 12.8 | 16.11 | 107 | Sat 11-Aug-1956 12:00 pm | W.A.C.A. | 3,805 | |
| Subiaco | 4.2 | 11.6 | 13.7 | 14.8 | 92 | Perth won by 15 points | |||
| Claremont | 5.1 | 7.4 | 8.6 | 12.10 | 82 | Sat 11-Aug-1956 12:00 pm | Claremont Oval | 5,876 | |
| East Fremantle | 5.4 | 8.6 | 14.12 | 18.15 | 123 | East Fremantle won by 41 points | |||
Round 15[Round Review]
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| West Perth | 4.1 | 9.5 | 12.5 | 17.11 | 113 | Sat 18-Aug-1956 12:00 pm | Leederville Oval | 5,812 | |
| Perth | 0.4 | 5.7 | 9.10 | 10.11 | 71 | West Perth won by 42 points | |||
| Subiaco | 2.7 | 4.10 | 8.10 | 9.11 | 65 | Sat 18-Aug-1956 12:00 pm | Subiaco Oval | 4,317 | |
| East Perth | 2.0 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 12.14 | 86 | East Perth won by 21 points | |||
| Claremont | 4.0 | 13.3 | 16.8 | 16.11 | 107 | Sat 18-Aug-1956 12:00 pm | Claremont Oval | 5,002 | |
| South Fremantle | 1.6 | 4.9 | 6.12 | 12.22 | 94 | Claremont won by 13 points | |||
| East Fremantle | 4.1 | 7.3 | 12.7 | 16.10 | 106 | Sat 18-Aug-1956 12:00 pm | East Fremantle Oval | 2,985 | |
| Swan Districts | 1.3 | 4.6 | 7.8 | 8.11 | 59 | East Fremantle won by 47 points | |||
Round 16[Round Review]
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| Swan Districts | 4.4 | 6.9 | 6.12 | 13.15 | 93 | Sat 25-Aug-1956 12:00 pm | Bassendean Oval | 1,463 | |
| Subiaco | 3.3 | 6.4 | 15.11 | 16.16 | 112 | Subiaco won by 19 points | |||
| East Perth | 2.8 | 6.10 | 11.13 | 15.19 | 109 | Sat 25-Aug-1956 12:00 pm | Perth Oval | 7,754 | |
| West Perth | 1.0 | 2.6 | 5.9 | 9.10 | 64 | East Perth won by 45 points | |||
| Perth | 2.5 | 10.14 | 15.16 | 18.24 | 132 | Sat 25-Aug-1956 12:00 pm | W.A.C.A. | 6,075 | |
| Claremont | 2.1 | 3.4 | 7.6 | 8.8 | 56 | Perth won by 76 points | |||
| South Fremantle | 2.0 | 8.8 | 12.11 | 17.11 | 113 | Sat 25-Aug-1956 12:00 pm | Fremantle Oval | 7,773 | |
| East Fremantle | 3.7 | 4.8 | 8.9 | 10.12 | 72 | South Fremantle won by 41 points | |||
Round 17[Round Review]
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| South Fremantle | 3.1 | 7.6 | 11.7 | 19.11 | 125 | Sat 1-Sep-1956 12:00 pm | Fremantle Oval | 4,807 | |
| West Perth | 1.1 | 4.2 | 7.8 | 12.12 | 84 | South Fremantle won by 41 points | |||
| Perth | 7.4 | 11.7 | 18.13 | 23.16 | 154 | Sat 1-Sep-1956 12:00 pm | W.A.C.A. | 10,190 | |
| East Perth | 1.2 | 4.7 | 7.9 | 14.13 | 97 | Perth won by 57 points | |||
| Claremont | 6.2 | 10.3 | 12.6 | 16.11 | 107 | Sat 1-Sep-1956 12:00 pm | Claremont Oval | 1,720 | |
| Swan Districts | 7.6 | 10.9 | 15.15 | 24.17 | 161 | Swan Districts won by 54 points | |||
| Subiaco | 4.3 | 6.3 | 9.9 | 11.11 | 77 | Sat 1-Sep-1956 12:00 pm | Subiaco Oval | 2,690 | |
| East Fremantle | 5.3 | 6.6 | 9.8 | 13.14 | 92 | East Fremantle won by 15 points | |||
Round 18[Round Review]
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| Perth | 0.2 | 3.4 | 6.7 | 9.14 | 68 | Sat 8-Sep-1956 12:00 pm | W.A.C.A. | 11,715 | |
| South Fremantle | 2.8 | 3.9 | 13.11 | 16.12 | 108 | South Fremantle won by 40 points | |||
| East Perth | 3.1 | 5.4 | 10.9 | 15.12 | 102 | Sat 8-Sep-1956 12:00 pm | Perth Oval | 3,034 | |
| Swan Districts | 3.3 | 6.6 | 8.9 | 10.9 | 69 | East Perth won by 33 points | |||
| Subiaco | 6.5 | 8.11 | 13.16 | 15.18 | 108 | Sat 8-Sep-1956 12:00 pm | Subiaco Oval | 2,023 | |
| Claremont | 3.2 | 8.3 | 10.7 | 13.10 | 88 | Subiaco won by 20 points | |||
| West Perth | 2.4 | 5.6 | 9.10 | 11.15 | 81 | Sat 8-Sep-1956 12:00 pm | Leederville Oval | 3,219 | |
| East Fremantle | 2.3 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 9.8 | 62 | West Perth won by 19 points | |||
Round 19[Round Review]
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| West Perth | 3.6 | 6.11 | 10.15 | 13.18 | 96 | Sat 15-Sep-1956 12:00 pm | Leederville Oval | 3,163 | |
| Subiaco | 2.2 | 7.4 | 10.6 | 17.7 | 109 | Subiaco won by 13 points | |||
| Swan Districts | 5.6 | 5.9 | 15.9 | 15.10 | 100 | Sat 15-Sep-1956 12:00 pm | Bassendean Oval | 2,001 | |
| South Fremantle | 3.2 | 10.14 | 11.15 | 16.19 | 115 | South Fremantle won by 15 points | |||
| Claremont | 5.3 | 6.3 | 10.6 | 13.8 | 86 | Sat 15-Sep-1956 12:00 pm | Claremont Oval | 3,054 | |
| East Perth | 2.6 | 6.18 | 11.19 | 19.24 | 138 | East Perth won by 52 points | |||
| East Fremantle | 1.1 | 9.5 | 10.9 | 17.13 | 115 | Sat 15-Sep-1956 12:00 pm | East Fremantle Oval | 4,393 | |
| Perth | 1.0 | 1.2 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 37 | East Fremantle won by 78 points | |||
1956 Ladder
| LP | Club | P | W | L | D | For | Agn | % | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Perth | 19 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1751 | 1453 | 120.51 | 56 |
| 2 | South Fremantle | 19 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1780 | 1650 | 107.88 | 52 |
| 3 | East Fremantle | 19 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1581 | 1366 | 115.74 | 48 |
| 4 | Perth | 19 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1609 | 1499 | 107.34 | 44 |
| 5 | West Perth | 19 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 1529 | 1531 | 99.87 | 32 |
| 6 | Claremont | 19 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 1569 | 1824 | 86.02 | 32 |
| 7 | Subiaco | 19 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 1519 | 1705 | 89.09 | 24 |
| 8 | Swan Districts | 19 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 1567 | 1877 | 83.48 | 16 |
| H&A | 76 | 76 | 76 | 0 | 12905 | 12905 | 100.00 | 304 | |
| Finals | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 589 | 589 | 100.00 | 16 | |
| Total | 80 | 80 | 80 | 0 | 13494 | 13494 | 100.00 | 320 |
First Semi-final
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| East Fremantle | 1.3 | 5.8 | 6.9 | 14.13 | 97 | Sat 22-Sep-1956 12:00 pm | Subiaco Oval | 17,005 | |
| Perth | 4.4 | 6.7 | 9.9 | 9.10 | 64 | East Fremantle won by 33 points | |||
Second Semi-final
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| East Perth | 1.2 | 4.10 | 6.11 | 10.14 | 74 | Sat 29-Sep-1956 12:00 pm | Subiaco Oval | 24,228 | |
| South Fremantle | 4.1 | 6.1 | 10.4 | 10.7 | 67 | East Perth won by 7 points | |||
Preliminary Final
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| South Fremantle | 3.3 | 7.7 | 8.10 | 12.10 | 82 | Sat 6-Oct-1956 12:00 pm | Subiaco Oval | 24,608 | |
| East Fremantle | 4.6 | 4.10 | 7.13 | 8.16 | 64 | South Fremantle won by 18 points | |||
Grand Final
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| East Perth | 1.3 | 6.10 | 9.14 | 10.17 | 77 | Sat 13-Oct-1956 12:00 pm | Subiaco Oval | 37,630 | |
| South Fremantle | 3.0 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 9.10 | 64 | East Perth won by 13 points | |||