Written by Alan Garside, Greg Stock and John Punshon. For more details see credits
| With Australia hosting the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne the Australian olympic squad toured the country playing a number of warm-up games to select a squad and prepare for the tournament. | ||||
| Played : July 14 1956 | Venue : Bayswater Oval, Perth, Australia | |||
| Australia Bill Henderson, Bob Bignell, John Pettigrew, Bob Wemyss, Al Warren, Cliff Sander, Don Brown, Spencer Kitching, Col Kitching, Graham McMillan, Brian Vogler Goals : C Kitching 17, ??, Vogler 43, S Kitching 65 |
4 | - | 1 | Western Australia Frank Franken, Noel Adair, Ron Adair, Bill Adair, R Churchward, Tom Clayton, R Lynn, W McBirnie, Con Purser, D Stewart, D West Goal : B Adair |
| Attendance : 5240 | ||||
| Played : July 18 1956 | Venue : Norwood Oval, Adelaide, Australia | |||
| Australia (Lineup and Scorers Not Known) |
3 | - | 2 | South Australia Jim McCabe, Charlie Di Bartolo, V Ciampi, J Mather, M Lucchesi, G Chiappin, N Ragno, H Welk, A Beattie, B Esca, A Costalunga Goals : (Scorers Not Known) |
| The result for this match is currently not known. Any help to update this page would be greatly appreciated. | ||||
| Played : July 21 1956 | Venue : South Hobart Ground, Tasmania, Australia | |||
| Australia Bill Henderson, Bob Bignell (c), John Pettigrew, Bill Harborn, Bob Wemyss, Al Waren, Cliff Sander, Don Brown, Frank Loughran, Col Kitching, Brian Vogler |
U | - | U | Tasmania H Wise, T Clark, C Robertson, Alec Rattray (c), J Lancaster, B Wood, J Vessinger, Graham Arnott, E Worsey, T Patterson, D Kenna |
| Referee : G Evans Linesmen : A Mackie, S Kelly Manager : D L Smith (Tasmania), Richard Telfer (Australia) | ||||
| Played : Sunday July 22 1956 | Venue : South Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia | |||
| Australia (Lineup Incomplete) Don Brown, Graham McMillan, Colin Kitching Goals : Brown, McMillan, Kitching |
3 | - | 0 | Victoria (Lineup Not Known) |
| Played : August 4 1956 | Venue : Heath Park, Brisbane, Australia | |||
| Australia Bill Henderson, Bob Bignall, Bill Harburn, Bob Wemyss, John Pettigrew, Bob Young, Peter Stone, Jack Lennard, Alex Beattie, Ray Neal, Malcolm Wild Goals : Scorers unknown |
2 | - | 5 | Queensland John Speare, Gordon Kathage, Alan Duncan, Norm Rule, Alec Warren, Cliff Sander, Gordon Nunn, Spencer Kitching, Graham McMillan, Brian Vogler Goals : Scorers unknown |
| Played : August 5 1956 | Venue : Sydney Sports Ground, Australia | |||
| Australia (Lineup incomplete) Bill Henderson, Bob Bignall, John Pettigrew, Bob Wemyss, Cliff Sanders, Don Brown, Frank Loughran, Peter Stone, Ted Smith Goals : Loughran x2, Stone |
3 | - | 4 | New South Wales (Lineup incomplete) Bill Taylor, Charlie Stewart, Ray Neal, Bob Young, Bill Williams Goals : Stewart x3, Neal 73 |
| Coach : Bernard Bryant (NSW) | ||||
| Played : August 18 1956 | Venue : Sydney Sports Ground, Australia | |||
| Australia (Lineup Incomplete) Graham McMillan Goal : McMillan |
1 | - | 3 | New South Wales (Lineup Incomplete) Ray Neal, Bruce Morrow Goals: Neal 5, 62pk, Morrow 25 |
| Played : August 19 1956 | Venue : Crystal Palace, Wallsend, Australia | |||
| Australia (Lineup Incomplete) Graham McMillan Goal : McMillan |
1 | - | 0 | New South Wales (Lineup Not Known) |