Results and statistics for the VFL/AFL season of 1956. VFL/AFL is the term used to refer to the competition established in 1897, which was originally known as the Victorian Football League. ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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Ladder

All teams played 18 games during the home and away season, for a total of 108. An additional 4 games were played during the finals series.

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Night Series Competition

The first night series were held under the floodlights at Lake Oval, South Melbourne, for the teams (5th to 12th on ladder) out of the finals at the end of the season. South Melbourne is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

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First Semi-Final

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Second Semi-Final

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Preliminary Final

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Grand Final

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Grand Final Teams

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Awards

• The Brownlow Medal was awarded to Peter Box of Footscray with 22 votes.
• The Wooden Spoon was "awarded" to North Melbourne

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Notes

• Melbourne is only the team that beats a same opposition in one season four times in the League history. The unlucky opposition was Collingwood
• The attendance in the Grand Final was the first 100,000 in the league history and the attendance record of 115,802 was held until the 1968 Grand Final. During the first quarter of Grand Final, the doors were shut to prevent the overcrowding following that many spectators sat along the boundary line. During the third quarter, the outer fence was broken in to allow 15,000 people flowing in. This would be an ultimate record of 130,000 watching the football match - unofficial highest-ever in Australia.

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Match attendance

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References

• Stephen Rodgers: Every Game Ever Played VFL/AFL Results 1897-1991 3rd Edition 1992. Penguin Books Australia ISBN 0 670 90526 7.
• Stats on VFL crowds