1956 Dockerty Cup Results

written by John Punshon
Sources: The Age, The Sporting Globe, The Sun, The Sunshine Advocate, VASFA Year Book 1957.
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Home TeamvAway Team
Round One
Saturday, May 26, 1956
Bonegilla7-0Moe United
Saturday, May 26, 1956
Croatia7-4Bayswater
Saturday, May 26, 1956
Dandenong4-1Fairfield
Saturday, May 26, 1956
Frankston0-11Brunswick
Saturday, May 26, 1956
Geelong0-0South Yarra
Saturday, May 26, 1956
Goodchild0-7Heidelberg
Saturday, May 26, 1956
Hajduk3-0University
Saturday, May 26, 1956
Lions8-2General Motors Holden
Saturday, May 26, 1956
Newborough United2-5Richmond
Saturday, May 26, 1956
Park Rangers3-0Port Melbourne
Saturday, May 26, 1956
Pascoe Vale0-9Coburg
Saturday, May 26, 1956
Preston9-0Maccabi
Saturday, May 26, 1956
Sandringham City3-5Flinders Naval Depot
Saturday, May 26, 1956
South Melbourne4-2Hellenic
Saturday, May 26, 1956
St Albans3-0Traralgon
Saturday, May 26, 1956. Sunshine Park, Sunshine. Referee: W Carr.
Sunshine United
Smith, McCall, Dougherty, Hayden, Petherick, K Hitchings, Sharp, Holman, Armstrong, Pollock, D Hitchings.
Goal: Armstrong
1-2Sunshine City
Boudrie, Sweeney, J Reid, Baker, Henderson, Currell, Reddy, Johnson, Whitmore, Kyle, McLaughlin.
Goals: Johnson x 2
Saturday, May 26, 1956. Burke Rd South Reserve, Gardiner.
Wilhelmina
Goals: Luyten, De Bruyckere, Huygen, Other scorers not known
6-0George Cross
Saturday, May 26, 1956
Yallourn6-2Williamstown
Saturday, May 26, 1956
Yarra Park5-3Imperial Chemical Industries
Byes: Bendigo United, Box Hill, Brighton, Footscray City, Hakoah, JUST, Juventus, Moorabbin City, Moreland, Polonia, Prahran, Rosebud, Slavia-Port Melbourne
Round One Replay
Saturday, June 2, 1956
South Yarra1-2Geelong
Round Two
Saturday, June 16, 1956
Brighton2-0Park Rangers
Saturday, June 16, 1956
Coburg2-2Prahran
Saturday, June 16, 1956
Dandenong2-1Bonegilla
Saturday, June 16, 1956
Footscray City
Abandoned in the 80th minute with the score at 1-
Goal: Pitch invasion)
a-aSt Albans
Abandoned in the 80th minute with the score at 1-
Goal: Pitch invasion)
Saturday, June 16, 1956
Heidelberg1-0Brunswick
Saturday, June 16, 1956. Toorak Park, Armadale.
JUST6-4Lions
Goals: Ellams 3, Other scorer not known
Saturday, June 16, 1956. Showgrounds, Ascot Vale.
Juventus13-1Flinders Naval Depot
Saturday, June 16, 1956. Showgrounds, Ascot Vale.
Moreland 15-0Croatia
Saturday, June 16, 1956. Toorak Park, Armadale.
Polonia
Goals: Brkic x 2, Other scorers not known
5-0Geelong
Saturday, June 16, 1956. Referee: P McNulty.
Rosebud2-2Hajduk
Saturday, June 16, 1956
Slavia-Port Melbourne4-1Yarra Park
Saturday, June 16, 1956
South Melbourne
After Extra Time
2-1Box Hill
Saturday, June 16, 1956. Sunshine Park, Sunshine.
Sunshine City
Goal: Currell
1-1Moorabbin City
Saturday, June 16, 1956
Wilhelmina9-2Bendigo United
Saturday, June 16, 1956
Yallourn2-2Richmond
Sunday, June 17, 1956.
Hakoah4-0Preston
Round Two Replays
Saturday, July 7, 1956
Footscray City0-2St Albans
Saturday, July 7, 1956. Moorabbin. Referee: W Fawkes.
Moorabbin City
Mitchell, Gardner, Doubleday, Nagtzaar, Erskine, Yates, Richards, Carter, Halfhyde, Jordan, Knox.
1-5Sunshine City
Keogh, Sweeney, J Reid, Baker, Henderson, Johnson, Reddy, Kyle, Currell, Whitmore, Stirling.
Goals: Currell x 4, Reddy
Saturday, July 7, 1956
Prahran3-2Coburg
Saturday, July 7, 1956
Richmond3-4Yallourn
Round Three
Saturday, July 7, 1956
Dandenong3-6Moreland
Saturday, July 7, 1956. Murphy Reserve, Port Melbourne.
Slavia-Port Melbourne3-1Hajduk
Saturday, July 7, 1956. Hawthorn.
Wilhelmina
Goal: Huygen
1-1Juventus
Goal: Guardiani
Sunday, July 8, 1956. Middle Park Soccer Stadium, Middle Park.
Hakoah 10-1Heidelberg
Saturday, August 4, 1956. Dendy Park, Brighton East.
Brighton
Goals: Morton, McKee
2-0Yallourn
Saturday, August 4, 1956. Middle Park Soccer Stadium, Middle Park.
Polonia
Goals: Pittoni x 4, Copeland x 3, Scalamera
8-1Prahran
Goal: Petherick
Saturday, August 4, 1956. Sunshine Park, Sunshine.
Sunshine City
Goals: Murphy, Stirling, Own Goal
3-0JUST
Sunday, August 5, 1956. Middle Park Soccer Stadium, Middle Park.
South Melbourne
Goals: Cook x 4, James x 3, Mailing, Hathaway
9-1St Albans
Goal: Meyer
Round Three Replay
Saturday, August 4, 1956. Showgrounds, Ascot Vale.
Juventus
Goal: Sacco
1-5Wilhelmina
Goals: Huygen x 3, Teuben, Luyten
Quarter-Finals
Saturday, August 4, 1956. Murphy Reserve, Port Melbourne
Slavia-Port Melbourne
Goals: Katatko, Gottesman, Busidoni
3-4Moreland
After Extra Time
Goals: Oxton x 2, Hodgson, Smith
Saturday,. September 1, 1956. Elsternwick Park, Elwood.
Brighton
Goals: McKenzie, Alexander, Morton
3-2Sunshine City
Goals: Sweeney, Murphy
Saturday,. September 1, 1956. Middle Park Soccer Stadium, Middle Park.
Hakoah
Goals: Rice, Blackley
2-1South Melbourne
Dal Mannering, Bruce Forsythe, Peter Hathaway, Bill Annersley, Billy Guy, Roy Eagleton, Bob Cottrill, Syd Mailing, Bill Cook, Colin Macleod, Graeme James. Res: Coogan, Bert Neill. Coach: Jan Hemmerling. [Selected team, The Record]
Goal: Cook
Saturday,. September 1, 1956. Showgrounds, Ascot Vale.
Wilhelmina
Goals: Teuben, De Bruyckere
2-4Polonia
Goals: Czerkaski, Rubini Pen, Scalamera, Mathyssen Og
Semi-Finals
Saturday, September 8, 1956. Showgrounds, Ascot Vale.
Moreland
Norm Hobson, Eric Heath, G Innand, Faulkner, L Stott, Tony Goodman, Oxton, Don Hodgson, Finlay, Reg Hardman, Frank Loughran, Ted Smith.[12 names]
Goal: Finlay
1-1Hakoah
Aldo Vitti, Milan Vesovic, David McIntosh, Harry Sutherland, Tom Jack, Bill Harburn, Sid Thomas, Gordon Pynt, Harry Rice, John Blackley, Ralph Piercy.
Goal: Harburn
Saturday, September 15, 1956. Middle Park Soccer Stadium, Middle Park. Referee: W Carr.
Brighton
Arthur Scott, J Finlay, Cullen, Alf Stramm, Bob Morton, Andre Waitzer, Brian Thomas, Rudi Balabanski, J Garrett, Alexander, McKee, Jack Wilson, Ross McKenzie. [13 names]
Goal: Alexander
1-1Polonia
Hans Doenges, Harry Capobus, Henry Jakubowski, Bob Wemyss, Bill Lawrie, Plekan, George Pittoni, Igor Scalamera, Strahan, Czerkaski, Tony Rubini, Czerkiewicz. [12 names]
Goal: Pittoni
Semi-Final Replays
Saturday, September 22, 1956. Middle Park Soccer Stadium, Middle Park. Referee: W Carr.
Brighton
Arthur Scott, J Finlay, Cullen, Bob Morton, Andre Waitzer, Brian Thomas, J Garrett, Alexander, McKee, Jack Wilson, Ross McKenzie.
Goals: Garrett, McKenzie
2-1Polonia
Hans Doenges, Harry Capobus, Henry Jakubowski, Bob Wemyss, Bill Lawrie, Plekan, George Pittoni, Igor Scalamera, Strahan, Tony Rubini, Czerkiewicz. Res: Czerkaski.
Goal: Wemyss
Saturday, September 22, 1956. Middle Park Soccer Stadium, Middle Park. Referee: Celicia.
Hakoah
Aldo Vitti, Milan Vesovic (sent off), David McIntosh, Harry Sutherland, Tom Jack, Bill Harburn, Sid Thomas, Gordon Pynt, Harry Rice (sent off), John Blackley, Ralph Piercy.
Goals: Rice, Piercy
2-0Moreland
Norm Hobson, Eric Heath, G Innand, Faulkner (sent off), L Stott, Tony Goodman, Oxton, Don Hodgson, Finlay, Frank Loughran, Ted Smith.
Dockerty Cup Final 1956
Saturday, October 6, 1956. Showgrounds, Ascot Vale.
Brighton
Arthur Scott, J Finlay, Cullen, Bob Morton, Andre Waitzer, Arthur McCartney, J Garrett, Alexander, McKee, Jack Wilson, Brian Thomas. Res: Balabanski, Dallas.
0-2Hakoah
Aldo Vitti, Tom Jack, David McIntosh, Harry Sutherland, Angus Drennan, Bill Harburn, Sid Thomas, Gordon Pynt, Harry Rice, John Blackley, Ralph Piercy.
Goals: Sutherland 57' Pynt 77'