vfl 1956 summary

season summary

same odminant teams except the dons drop to 6th behind the blues with the dees leading by 3 games over pies and cats with the dogs 4th. north finished last with 3 wins.

hawthorn summary

2nd highest finish yet with less wins then the two years before beating tigers in ruond 2. south in round 4. saints in round 5. dogs in round 6. roos in round 9. drew in round 15 with south beat saints in round 16 lions in round 18 to finish 7th.

finals summary

dogs stunned the cats for their first ever minor semi upset win but lost to the pies in the prelim who lost to the dees in the other finals for the dees 8th flag.

interesting footscray

average year lost to dees in round 3 pies in round 4. hawks in round 6 blues in round 7. before a 5 game winning streak ended by the saints in round 13. pies knokced them to 5th in round 15 and needed a miracle after losing to swans in round 16 which they got and did knock the cats ou before losing to pies.

premiers melbourne

last time it was 10-0 this time 13-0 only dogs in round 14 and cats in round 16 could beat them on hteir way back to back flags.

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