written by John Punshon
Sources: The Record (South Melbourne), Soccer News (a few issues only), The Sunshine Advocate, VASFA Year Book 1956, VASFA Year Book 1957.

Note: Victorian Colts home matches were played at various venues because Olympic Park was unavailable. Wilhelmina played some of their home matches at their new ground, Hawthorn South Reserve, Gardiner.

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Home Team		v		Away Team
Round One
Saturday, March 31, 1956. Middle Park.
Park Rangers Goals: Szendy, West, Brown	3	-	2	South Yarra Goals: Varrasso, Other scorer not known
Saturday, March 31, 1956. Middle Park.
South Melbourne United	6	-	1	George Cross
Saturday, March 31, 1956. Sunshine Park, Sunshine.
Sunshine City Boudrie, Sweeney, J Reid, Baker, Jack Henderson, Currell, Reddy, Stirling, Clayton, Donnelly, Sammy Kyle. [Selected team, Sunshine Advocate] Goal: Clayton	1	-	2	Geelong
Saturday, March 31, 1956. Survey Park, Burnley.
Wilhelmina	4	-	1	Hellenic
Saturday, March 31, 1956. Recreation Reserve, Yallourn.
Yallourn	6	-	2	Victorian Colts
Round Two
Monday, April 2, 1956. Geelong Friendly Societies Reserve, Eastern Park, Geelong.
Geelong	4	-	2	South Melbourne United
Monday, April 2, 1956. Princes Park, Carlton.
George Cross	0	-	0	Park Rangers
Monday, April 2, 1956. Royal Park, Parkville.
Hellenic	5	-	3	Sunshine City Goals: Currell x 3
Monday, April 2, 1956. Fawkner Park, South Yarra.
South Yarra	4	-	2	Yallourn
Monday, April 2, 1956.
Victorian Colts	1	-	3	Wilhelmina
Round Three
Saturday, April 7, 1956. Geelong Friendly Societies Reserve, Eastern Park, Geelong.
Geelong	5	-	0	George Cross
Saturday, April 7, 1956. Middle Park.
Park Rangers Peak, Belenors, Bailey, Batchelor, Kraus, Moat, Bill McManus, West, Paddy Mulcahy, Peter Moran, Don Brown. [Selected tam, The Record]	0	-	2	Yallourn
Saturday, April 7, 1956. Middle Park.
South Melbourne United Dal Mannering, Peter Hathaway, Bert Neill, Eric Heyes, Bruce Forsythe, Roy Eagleton, Billy Guy, Harry Harrison, Bert Senior, Graeme James. Coach: Jan Hemmerling. [Selected team, The Record]	4	-	2	Hellenic
Saturday, April 7, 1956. Sunshine Park, Sunshine.
Sunshine City Keogh, Sweeney, J Reid, Baker, Jack Henderson, Currell, T Reid, Reddy, Clayton, Donnelly, Sammy Kyle, P Whitmore, N Boudrie. [Selected team, Sunshine Advocate] Goals: Henderson, N Boudrie x 3, Donnelly, Kyle	6	-	0	Victorian Colts
Saturday, April 7, 1956. Survey Park, Burnley.
Wilhelmina	10	-	3	South Yarra
Round Four
Saturday, April 14, 1956. Royal Park, Parkville.
Hellenic	4	-	2	Geelong
Saturday, April 14, 1956. Middle Park.
Park Rangers Peak, Hogg, Bailey, Stacey, Stephenson, Kraus, Batchelor, Moat, Bill McManus, Paddy Mulcahy, Peter Moran, Smiles, West, Szendy, Tommy McGaughey, Graeme Orr. [Selected team, The Record] Goals: Mulcahy, Smiles	2	-	5	Wilhelmina Goals: Schipperheyn x 3, Other scorers not known
Saturday, April 14, 1956. Fawkner Park, South Yarra.
South Yarra	0	-	2	Sunshine City Keogh, Sweeney, J Reid, Baker, Jack Henderson, Currell, Reddy, T Reid, N Boudrie, Donnelly, Sammy Kyle. [Selected team, Sunshine Advocate] Goals: Currell, N Boudrie
Saturday, April 14, 1956. Middle Park.
Victorian Colts	1	-	1	South Melbourne United Dal Mannering, Peter Hathaway, Bert Neill, Eric Heyes, Bruce Forsythe, Roy Eagleton, Ewan Denny, Bert Senior, Bill Cook, Colin Macleod, Graeme James. Coach: Jan Hemmerling. [Selected team, The Record]
Saturday, April 14, 1956. Recreation Reserve, Yallourn.
Yallourn	4	-	0	George Cross
Round Five
Saturday, April 21, 1956. Geelong Friendly Societies Reserve, Eastern Park, Geelong.
Geelong	4	-	1	Victorian Colts
Saturday, April 21, 1956. Princes Park, Carlton.
George Cross	3	-	7	Hellenic
Saturday, April 21, 1956. Middle Park.
South Melbourne United Dal Mannering, Bruce Forsythe, Bert Senior, Billy Guy, Peter Hathaway, Roy Eagleton, Ewan Denny, Bob Cottrill, Bill Cook, Colin Macleod, Graeme James. Coach: Jan Hemmerling. [Selected team, The Record]	3	-	3	South Yarra
Saturday, April 21, 1956. Sunshine Park, Sunshine.
Sunshine City Keogh, Sweeney, J Reid, P Whitmore, Jack Henderson, Currell, Reddy, Sammy Kyle, Baker, T Reid, N Boudrie. [Match report, Sunshine Advocate] Goals: Baker x 2	2	-	0	Park Rangers Peak, Hogg, Darrock, Stacey, Moat, Bailey, Bill McManus, Batchelor, Smiles, Peter Moran, Graeme Orr. [Match report, Sunshine Advocate]
Saturday, April 21, 1956. Survey Park, Burnley.
Wilhelmina	1	-	0	Yallourn
Round Six
Saturday, April 28, 1956. Middle Park.
Park Rangers Peak, Hogg, Bailey, Batchelor, Stacey, Stephenson, Moat, Tommy McGaughey, Bill McManus, Smiles, Kraus, Szendy, Peter Moran, West. [Selected team, Soccer News] Late inclusion: Carnegie. Goals: Carnegie, Mulcahy	2	-	9	South Melbourne United Dal Mannering, Bruce Forsythe, Billy Guy, Bert Senior, Peter Hathaway, Roy Eagleton, Ewan Denny, Bob Cottrill, Bill Cook, Colin Macleod, Graeme James. Coach: Jan Hemmerling. [Selected team, The Record] Goals: Denny x 2, Cook x 4, Cottrill, Macleod, Other scorer not known
Saturday, April 28, 1956. Fawkner Park, South Yarra.
South Yarra Campbell, Boudrie, Renato, Bain, Grant, Gibbons, Anastasia, Wales, Varrasso, van Schlam, Bolton. Res: Kavan, Curran, Lange. [Selected team, Soccer News]	1	-	6	Geelong Massesse, Salvalaggio, Bortoli, Majoura, Stoop, Franchini, Carletto, Tognon, Plessa, Bassi, Shaitner. Res: Constantini, Demuri, Pergoletti, Graff. [Selected team, Soccer News]
Saturday, April 28, 1956.
Victorian Colts Gaffse, McColl, Falahey, Horowitz, Petherick, Sargent, Oxton, Rankin, Potter, Bleeker, Bayley, Baker, Lamont. [Selected team, Soccer News]	0	-	1	Hellenic Paleoyiannides, Antipas, Tzinis, Nanos, Gizoris, Moshakis, Papapantos, Pikoulas, Rivans, Karayiannis, Atzious, Ripamonti, Papadopoulos, Talianas. [Selected team, Soccer News]
Saturday, April 28, 1956. Survey Park, Burnley.
Wilhelmina Van Egmond, Benedick, Peet, Mathyssen, Bakens, Remmers, Olifiers, Peter Schipperheyn, Huygen, Arie Luyten, Petersen, Teuben, Benedick. [Selected team, Soccer News]	5	-	3	George Cross
Saturday, April 28, 1956. Recreation Reserve, Yallourn.
Yallourn Edmondson, Saxelby, Morris, Gunn, Porritt, Neundlinger, Scott, McLean, Guy, H Saxelby, Campbell. [Selected team, Soccer News]	4	-	2	Sunshine City Boudrie, Sweeney, J Reid, Stirling, Jack Henderson, Currell, Reddy, Baker, Corr, T Reid, Sammy Kyle. Res: P Whitmore, Donnelly. [Selected team, Sunshine Advocate] Goals: Corr, Currell
Round Seven
Saturday, May 5, 1956. Geelong Friendly Societies Reserve, Eastern Park, Geelong. Referee: Fred Hutchinson.
Geelong Massesse, Salvalaggio, Bortoli, Majoura, Stoop, Franchini, Carletto, Tognon, Plessa, Bassi, Shaitner. Res: Constantini, Demuri, Pergoletti, Graff. [Selected team, Soccer News] Goals: Plessa x 6, Tognon, Other scorer not known	8	-	2	Park Rangers Peak, Hogg, Bailey, Batchelor, Stacey, Stephenson, Moat, Tommy McGaughey, Bill McManus, Smiles, Kraus, Szendy, Peter Moran, West. [Selected team, Soccer News]
Saturday, May 5, 1956. Princes Park, Carlton.
George Cross	3	-	2	Victorian Colts Gaffse, McColl, Falahey, Horowitz, Petherick, Sargent, Oxton, Rankin, Potter, Bleeker, Bayley, Baker, Lamont. [Selected team, Soccer News]
Saturday, May 5, 1956. Royal Park, Parkville.
Hellenic Paleoyiannides, Antipas, Efstathiou, Nanos, Gizoris, Moshakis, Papapantos, Papadopoulos, Pikoulas, Karayiannis, Tzinis. Res: Ripamonti, J Rivans, Talianas. [Selected team, Soccer News]	4	-	2	South Yarra Campbell, Boudrie, Renato, Bain, Grant, Gibbons, Anastasia, Wales, Varrasso, van Schlam, Bolton. Res: Kavan, Curran, Lange. [Selected team, Soccer News]
Saturday, May 5, 1956. Sunshine Park, Sunshine.
Sunshine City Keogh, Sweeney, J Reid, Baker, Jack Henderson, Currell, Stirling, Reddy, Corr, Sammy Kyle, Onvlee. [Match report, Sunshine Advocate]	0	-	0	Wilhelmina Van Egmond, Peet, Mathyssen, Remmers, Bakens, Olifiers, Peter Schipperheyn, Arie Luyten, Cliss, Huygen, Heffernan. [Match report, Sunshine Advocate]
Sunday, May 6, 1956. Middle Park.
South Melbourne United Dal Mannering, Bruce Forsythe, Bert Senior, Eric Heyes, Peter Hathaway, Roy Eagleton, Ewan Denny, Bob Cottrill, Bill Cook, Colin Macleod, Graeme James. Res: Billy Guy Coach: Jan Hemmerling. [Selected team, The Record].	3	-	4	Yallourn Clark, Gunn, Edmondson, Weir, Porritt, Neundlinger, H Saxelby, McLean, Guy, Brown, Campbell. Res: Morris. [Selected team, Soccer News]
Round Eight
Saturday, May 12, 1956. Middle Park.
Park Rangers	0	-	2	Hellenic
Saturday, May 12, 1956. Fawkner Park, South Yarra.
South Yarra	0	-	2	Victorian Colts
Saturday, May 12, 1956. Sunshine Park, Sunshine.
Sunshine City N Boudrie, Sweeney, J Reid, Baker, Jack Henderson, Currell, Mann, Reddy, P Whitmore, Sammy Kyle, Stirling. [Match report, Sunshine Advocate] Goals: Reddy x 2, Kyle x 2, Whitmore, Mann	6	-	0	George Cross Pisano, Grupetta, D'Amato, Mattock, J Farrugia, L Farrugia, De Bono, Catania, Buttigieg, J De Bono, Zammit. [Match report, Sunshine Advocate]
Saturday, May 12, 1956. Survey Park, Burnley.
Wilhelmina	7	-	0	South Melbourne United Dal Mannering, Bruce Forsythe, Bert Senior, Syd Mailing, Billy Guy, Roy Eagleton, Ewan Denny, Bob Cottrill, Bill Cook, Colin Macleod, Graeme James. Coach: Jan Hemmerling. [Selected team, The Record]
Saturday, May 12, 1956. Recreation Reserve, Yallourn.
Yallourn	2	-	2	Geelong
Round Nine
Saturday, May 19, 1956. Geelong Friendly Societies Reserve, Eastern Park, Geelong.
Geelong	4	-	4	Wilhelmina
Saturday, May 19, 1956. Princes Park, Carlton.
George Cross	3	-	4	South Yarra
Saturday, May 19, 1956.
Victorian Colts	0	-	4	Park Rangers
Sunday, May 20, 1956. Middle Park.
South Melbourne United Dal Mannering, Bruce Forsythe, Bert Senior, Billy Guy, Roy Eagleton, Ewan Denny, Syd Mailing, Bob Cottrill, Bill Cook, Colin Macleod, Graeme James. Coach: Jan Hemmerling. [Selected team, The Record] Goal: Cook	1	-	1	Sunshine City N Boudrie, Sweeney, J Reid, Baker, Jack Henderson, Currell, Mann, Reddy, P Whitmore, Sammy Kyle, Stirling. [Selected team, Sunshine Advocate] Goal: Stirling
Saturday, September 8, 1956.
Hellenic	4	-	1	Yallourn
Round Ten
Saturday, June 9, 1956. Princes Park, Carlton.
George Cross	2	-	4	South Melbourne United Dal Mannering, Bruce Forsythe, Bert Senior, Syd Mailing, Billy Guy, Roy Eagleton, Ewan Denny, Bob Cottrill, Bill Cook, Colin Macleod, Graeme James. Coach: Jan Hemmerling. [Selected team, The Record]
Saturday, June 9, 1956. Royal Park, Parkville.
Hellenic	2	-	3	Wilhelmina
Saturday, June 9, 1956. Fawkner Park, South Yarra.
South Yarra Goals: Wales x 2, Other scorer not known	3	-	2	Park Rangers Goals: Starrett, Mulcahy
Saturday, June 9, 1956.
Victorian Colts	4	-	2	Yallourn
Saturday, September 8, 1956. Middle Park.
Geelong	4	-	4	Sunshine City Goals: Currell, Sweeney, Jack Henderson x 2
Round Eleven
Saturday, June 23, 1956. Middle Park.
Park Rangers Goal: Mulcahy	1	-	2	George Cross Goals: L Farrugia, J De Bono
Saturday, June 23, 1956. Middle Park.
South Melbourne United Dal Mannering, Bruce Forsythe, Peter Hathaway, Billy Guy, Roy Eagleton, Ewan Denny, Syd Mailing, Bob Cottrill, Bill Cook, Colin Macleod, Graeme James. Coach: Jan Hemmerling. [Selected team, The Record] Goals: James x 2, Cook, Cottrill	4	-	1	Geelong
Saturday, June 23, 1956. Sunshine Park, Sunshine.
Sunshine City Keogh, Sweeney, J Reid, P Whitmore, Jack Henderson, T Reid, Reddy, S Johnson, Baker, Currell, Stirling. [Selected team, Sunshine Advocate] Goal: Reddy	1	-	1	Hellenic
Saturday, June 23, 1956. Survey Park, Burnley.
Wilhelmina	8	-	1	Victorian Colts
Saturday, June 23, 1956. Recreation Reserve, Yallourn.
Yallourn	6	-	1	South Yarra
Round Twelve
Saturday, June 30, 1956. Princes Park, Carlton.
George Cross	1	-	2	Geelong
Saturday, June 30, 1956. Royal Park, Parkville.
Hellenic	2	-	1	South Melbourne United Dal Mannering, Bruce Forsythe, Peter Hathaway, Billy Guy, Roy Eagleton, Ewan Denny, Syd Mailing, Bob Cottrill, Bill Cook, Colin Macleod, Graeme James. Coach: Jan Hemmerling. [Selected team, The Record] Goal: Cook
Saturday, June 30, 1956. Fawkner Park, South Yarra.
South Yarra	0	-	4	Wilhelmina
Saturday, June 30, 1956.
Victorian Colts	1	-	2	Sunshine City Keogh, Sweeney, J Reid, S Johnson, Jack Henderson, Stirling, Reddy, Baker, Currell, P Whitmore, Sammy Kyle. [Selected team, Sunshine Advocate] Goals: Kyle, Stirling
Date not known, 1956. Recreation Reserve, Yallourn.
Yallourn	4	-	0	Park Rangers
Round Thirteen
Saturday, July 14, 1956. Geelong Friendly Societies Reserve, Eastern Park, Geelong.
Geelong	2	-	1	Hellenic
Saturday, July 14, 1956. Princes Park, Carlton.
George Cross	4	-	2	Yallourn
Saturday, July 14, 1956. Middle Park.
South Melbourne United Dal Mannering, Bruce Forsythe, Peter Hathaway, Billy Guy, Roy Eagleton, Ewan Denny, Syd Mailing, Bob Cottrill, Bill Cook, Colin Macleod, Graeme James. Coach: Jan Hemmerling. [Selected team, The Record] Goals: Cook x 2, James	3	-	0	Victorian Colts
Saturday, July 14, 1956. Sunshine Park, Sunshine.
Sunshine City Keogh; Sweeney, J Reid; Baker, Jack Henderson, S Johnson; Reddy, Sammy Kyle, Currell, P Whitmore, Stirling. [Selected team, Sunshine Advocate]	1	-	1	South Yarra
Saturday, July 14, 1956. Survey Park, Burnley.
Wilhelmina	7	-	1	Park Rangers
Round Fourteen
Saturday, July 21, 1956. Royal Park, Parkville.
Hellenic	1	-	2	George Cross 2 Royal Park, Parkville.
Saturday, July 21, 1956. Middle Park. Referee: W Fawkes.
Park Rangers Peak, Logan, Moat, Tommy McGaughey, Stephenson, Bailey, Bill McManus, Carnegie, Paddy Mulcahy, Williams, Kay. [Match report, Sunshine Advocate] Goals: Carnegie, Mulcahy	2	-	5	Sunshine City Keogh; P Whitmore, J Reid; Baker, Jack Henderson, S Johnson; Reddy, Sammy Kyle, Currell, Sweeney, Stirling. [Match report, Sunshine Advocate] Goals: Stirling, Currell x 2, Sweeney, Kyle
Saturday, July 21, 1956. Fawkner Park, South Yarra.
South Yarra	2	-	2	South Melbourne United Dal Mannering, Bruce Forsythe, Peter Hathaway, Billy Guy, Roy Eagleton, Ewan Denny, Syd Mailing, Bob Cottrill, Bill Cook, Colin Macleod, Graeme James. Coach: Jan Hemmerling. [Selected team, The Record]
Saturday, July 21, 1956.
Victorian Colts	1	-	3	Geelong
Saturday, July 21, 1956. Recreation Reserve, Yallourn.
Yallourn	1	-	4	Wilhelmina
Round Fifteen
Saturday, July 28, 1956. Geelong Friendly Societies Reserve, Eastern Park, Geelong.
Geelong	5	-	0	South Yarra
Saturday, July 28, 1956. Middle Park.
George Cross	1	-	2	Wilhelmina
Saturday, July 28, 1956. Royal Park, Parkville.
Hellenic	3	-	2	Victorian Colts
Saturday, July 28, 1956. Middle Park.
South Melbourne United Dal Mannering, Bruce Forsythe, Peter Hathaway, Billy Guy, Roy Eagleton, Bill Annersley, Syd Mailing, Bob Cottrill, Bill Cook, Colin Macleod, Graeme James. Coach: Jan Hemmerling. [Selected team, The Record]	6	-	1	Park Rangers
Saturday, July 28, 1956. Sunshine Park, Sunshine.
Sunshine City Keogh; P Whitmore, J Reid; Baker, Jack Henderson, S Johnson; Reddy, Sammy Kyle, Currell, Sweeney, Stirling. [Selected team, Sunshine Advocate] Goals: Currell x 2, Stirling	3	-	0	Yallourn
Round Sixteen
Saturday, August 11, 1956. Middle Park.
Park Rangers	1	-	8	Geelong
Saturday, August 11, 1956. Fawkner Park, South Yarra.
South Yarra	0	-	4	Hellenic
Saturday, August 11, 1956.
Victorian Colts	1	-	2	George Cross
Saturday, August 11, 1956. Hawthorn South Reserve, Gardiner. Referee: W Fawkes.
Wilhelmina Van Egmond, Mathysen, Peet, Olifiers, Bakens, Remmers, Peter Schipperheyn, Luyten, Huygen, Mike De Bruyckere, Teuben. [Match report, Sunshine Advocate] Goals: Teuben, Schipperheyn, Teuben, Other scorers not known	5	-	3	Sunshine City Keogh; P Whitmore, J Reid; Baker, Jack Henderson, S Johnson; Reddy, Murphy, Currell, Sweeney, Stirling. [Match report, Sunshine Advocate] Goals: Murphy, Stirling, Currell
Sunday, August 12, 1956. Recreation Reserve, Yallourn.
Yallourn	0	-	3	South Melbourne United Dal Mannering, Bruce Forsythe, Peter Hathaway, Billy Guy, Roy Eagleton, Bill Annersley, Syd Mailing, Bob Cottrill, Bill Cook, Colin Macleod, Graeme James. Coach: Jan Hemmerling. [Selected team, The Record] Goals: Cook x 3
Round Seventeen
Saturday, August 18, 1956. Geelong Friendly Societies Reserve, Eastern Park, Geelong.
Geelong	3	-	2	Yallourn
Saturday, August 18, 1956. Princes Park, Carlton.
George Cross Camilleri, D'Amato, Gruppeta, L Farrugia, Farrugia, C Zammit, De Bono, Zammit, Catania, De Bono, Buttigieg. [Match report, Sunshine Advocate] Goals: Buttigieg, De Bono	2	-	1	Sunshine City Boudrie; Sweeney, J Reid; Baker, Jack Henderson, S Johnson; Reddy, Sammy Kyle, Currell, Murphy, Stirling. [Match report, Sunshine Advocate] Goal: Murphy
Saturday, August 18, 1956. Royal Park, Parkville.
Hellenic 1	0	-	3	Park Rangers
Saturday, August 18, 1956. Middle Park.
South Melbourne United	0	-	6	Wilhelmina
Saturday, August 18, 1956.
Victorian Colts	1	-	2	South Yarra
Round Eighteen
Saturday, August 25, 1956. Middle Park.
Park Rangers	1	-	1	Victorian Colts
Saturday, August 25, 1956. Fawkner Park, South Yarra.
South Yarra	3	-	1	George Cross
Saturday, August 25, 1956. Sunshine Park, Sunshine. Referee: A Celicia.
Sunshine City Boudrie; P Whitmore, J Reid; Stirling, Jack Henderson, S Johnson; Reddy, Murphy, Currell, Sweeney, Sammy Kyle. [Match report, Sunshine Advocate] Goals: Jack Henderson, Sweeney, Johnson	3	-	1	South Melbourne United Dal Mannering, Bert Neill, Peter Hathaway, Bill Annersley, Billy Guy, Roy Eagleton, Ewan Denny, Syd Mailing, Colin Macleod, Coogan, Graeme James. Coach: Jan Hemmerling. [Match report, Sunshine Advocate] Goal: James
Saturday, August 25, 1956. Survey Park, Burnley.
Wilhelmina	4	-	1	Geelong
Saturday, August 25, 1956. Recreation Reserve, Yallourn.
Yallourn	6	-	0	Hellenic