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1956 Seconds season

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Captain - Brian Collopy
Vice Captain - Denis Jones
Best and Fairest - Graham Kerr
Second Best and Fairest - Colin Wilson
Most serviceable - Denis Jones
Outstanding service - Robert Hayes, Dick Atkinson, Brian Collopy, Tom Lay
Grand Final Trophy - John Lord, Ben Crameri

R: Gleeson, Marquis, Lay
Emg: Nash, Biggs, McGowan, Scott

Players

Ash, Atkinson, Boyle, Brenchley, Bull, Case, Clay, Collopy, Crameri, Cook, Brian Dempsey, Dunkerley, Dunsford, Fitzgerald, Germaine, Gleeson, Hamilton, Hayes, Jones, Kerr, Lay, G. Longney, Lord, Peter Marquis, McGivern, McLean, Mountain, Pinfold, Allan Rogerson, Ian Thorogood, Tossol, Williamson, Wilson

Emergencies only: Stan Biggs, Nash, McGowan, Scott

Round 1 - Saturday 14 April
Melbourne 16.17 d. Richmond 10.15
Goals - Bull 6, Cook 4, Atkinson 1, Wilson 1, Mountain 1, Brenchley 1, Longney 1, Collopy 1
Best - Bull, Tossol, Pinfold

Round 2- Saturday 21 April
Carlton 15.19 d. Melbourne 13.11
Goalkickers - Cook 4, Longney 2, Germaine 2, Brenchley 1, Dixon 1, Lay 1, Tossol 1, Collopy 1
Best - Pinfold, Cook, Tossol

Round 3 - Saturday 28 April
Melbourne 16.13 d. Footscray 11.12
Goals - Mountain 4, Tossol 4, Longney 3, Kerr 2, Rogerson 1, Lay 1, Dixon 1
Best - Sandrel, Wilson, Kerr

Round 4 - Saturday 5 May
Melbourne 12.10 d. Fitzroy 10.17
Goals - Tossol 3, Crameri 3, Longney 3, Kerr 2, Germaine 1
Best - Collopy, Jones, Hayes

Selected team
B: Thorogood, Jones, Wilson
HB: Hayes, Lord, Atkinson
C: Germaine, Collopy, Dunkerley
HF: Kerr, Crameri, Rogerson
F: Longney, Tossel, Mountain
R: Gleeson, Marquis, Lay
Emg: Nash, Biggs, McGowan, Scott

Round 5 - Saturday 12 May
Geelong 13.12 d. Melbourne 9.11
Goals - Longney 4, Kerr 2, Atkinson 1, Bull 1, Mountain 1
Best - Wilson, McGivern, Lord

Selected team
B: Pinfold, Jones, Lord
HB: Hayes, McGivern, Thorogood
C: Lay, Collopy, Dunkerley
HF: Kerr, Crameri, Tossol
F: Atkinson, Mountain, Longney
R: Wilson, Dempsey, Bull
Emg: Ash, Germaine, McGowan, Dunsford

Round 6- Saturday 19 May
Melbourne 17.21 d. North Melbourne 14.9
Goals - Unknown

Team
B: Thorogood, Jones, Atkinson
HB: Hayes, McGivern, Ash
C: Lay, Sandral, Dunkerley
HF: Collopy, Dempsey, Germaine
F: Kerr, Crameri, Mountain
Foll: Gleeson, Lord, Longney
Res: McGowan, Dunsford

Round 7 - Saturday 26 May
Melbourne 10.9 d. Collingwood 8.14
Goals - Unknown
Best - McLean, Thorogood, Jones

Round 8- Saturday 2 June
Melbourne 12.25 d. St Kilda 9.5
Goals - Unknown
Best - Hayes, Kerr, Thorogood

Round 9 - Saturday 9 June
Essendon 9.10 d. Melbourne 7.12
Goals - Crameri 2, Adams 1, Bull 1, Jones 1, Lord 1, Wilson 1
Best - Kerr, Wilson, Hayes

Selected team
From: Adams, Ash, Atkinson, Bull, Collopy, Crameri, Dempsey, Dunkerley, Dunsford, Fitzgerald, Hayes, Jones, Kerr, Lay, Longney, Lord, McGivern, Mountain, Pinfold, Ross, Thorogood, Wilson

Round 10 - Saturday 16 June
South Melbourne 13.11 d. Melbourne 9.14
Goals - Kerr 3, Adams 2, Cook 1, Crameri 1, Gleeson 1, Mountain 1
Best - Adams, Lay, Gleeson

Round 11 - Saturday 30 June
Hawthorn 17.14 d. Melbourne 9.10

Round 12 - Saturday 7 July
Melbourne 12.13 d. Richmond 9.12
Goals - Unknown
Best - Cook, Gleeson, Wilson

Selected team
B: Pinfold, Hayes, Atkinson
HB: Thorogood, Wilson, Case
C: Lay, Kerr, Dunkerley
HF: Collopy, Cramer, Ash
F: Mountain, Brenchley, Longney
Foll: Gleeson, Lord, Bull
Res: Dunsford, Fitzgerald
Emg: Ross

Round 13 - Saturday 14 July
Melbourne 15.18 d. Carlton 9.9

Round 14 - Saturday 21 July
Melbourne 13.10 d. Footscray 8.18
Goals - Unknown
Best - Jones, Crameri, Lord

Selected side
B: Pinfold, Jones, Atkinson
HB: Thorogood, Lord, Sandral
C: Lay, Kerr, Dunkerly
HF: Case, Laidlaw, Collopy
F: Longney, Crameri, Mountain
Foll: Gleeson, Wilson, Bull
Res: Tossol, Hayes
Emg: Dunsford, Fitzgerald, Ross

Round 15 - Saturday 28 July
Melbourne 19.15 d. Fitzroy 11.8
Goals - Unknown
Best - Jones, Dunkerley, Atkinson

Round 16- Saturday 4 August
Melbourne 23.26 defeated Geelong 7.15
Goals - Crameri 7, Unknown 16
Best - Adams, Mountain, Crameri

Round 17 - Saturday 11 August
Melbourne 16.15 d. North Melbourne 3.10

Round 18 - Saturday 18 August
Melbourne 18.18 d. Collingwood 10.11
Goals - Crameri 6, Unknown 12
Best - Wilson, Atkinson, Cook

Semi Final - Saturday 1 September
Melbourne 7.23.65 d. South Melbourne 8.11.59
Goals: Crameri 2, Longney 2, Collopy 1, Bull 1, Atkinson 1
Best - Kerr, Pinfold, Bull.

Grand Final -
Melbourne 16.14.110 d. South Melbourne 10.12.72
Goals - Ben Crameri 7, Terry Mountain 3, Tony Bull 2, Peter Brenchley 1, G.Longney 1, Dick Atkinson 1, Brian Collopy 1
Best - Crameri, Lord, Kerr

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Top: H. Jeffrey, M. Gorman, G. Hamill, RW Read, M. Atkins, W. Stevens, HG Stanley
Second top: N. Leeson, T. Lay, G. Longney, T. Bull, B. Dunsford, G. Kerr, G. Pinfold, G. Leonard
Second bottom: A. Neal, S. Brownbill (chairman), N. Williamson, G. Ash, P. Brenchley, T. Mountain, T. Clay, J. Sandral, I. Dunkerley, GA Lenne (secretary), R. Geary
Botton: I. Thorogood, R. Hayes, C. Wilson, CR McKay (coach), B. Collopy (captain), G. Case, R. Atkinson
Absent officials: WS Hirst, M. Hutchins, V. Johns, W. Neal
Absent players: K. Boyle, P. Cook, B. Crameri, D. Jones (vice captain), J. Lord, P. Tossol

Notes
The Round 11 team in Argus shows Dunkerley as 'Don Kerley'.

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