The 1956 WANFL season was the 72nd season of senior football in Perth, Western Australia.[1]

1956 WAFL season
Teams8
PremiersEast Perth
10th premiership
Minor premiersEast Perth
9th minor premiership
Matches played80
← 1955
1957 →

Ladder

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1956 ladder
Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 East Perth (P) 19 14 5 0 1751 1453 120.5 56
2 South Fremantle 19 13 6 0 1780 1650 107.9 52
3 East Fremantle 19 12 7 0 1581 1366 115.7 48
4 Perth 19 11 8 0 1609 1499 107.3 44
5 West Perth 19 8 11 0 1529 1531 99.9 32
6 Claremont 19 8 11 0 1569 1824 86.0 32
7 Subiaco 19 6 13 0 1519 1705 89.1 24
8 Swan Districts 19 4 15 0 1567 1877 83.5 16
Source: WAFL Footy Facts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Grand final

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1956 WANFL Grand Final
Saturday, 13 October (12:00 pm) East Perth def. South Fremantle Subiaco Oval (crowd: 34,959)
1.3
6.10
9.14
10.17 (77)
Q1
Q2
Q3
Final
3.0
4.1
5.5
9.10 (64)
Umpires: Len Gardner
Simpson Medal: Tony Parentich (South Fremantle)

References

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  1. ^ "australianfootball.com / 1956 WAFL Premiership Season".