written by John Punshon
Sources: The Age, The Sporting Globe, The Sun, The Sunshine Advocate, VASFA Year Book 1957..

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Home Team		v		Away Team
Round One
Saturday, May 26, 1956
Bonegilla	7	-	0	Moe United
Saturday, May 26, 1956
Croatia	7	-	4	Bayswater
Saturday, May 26, 1956
Dandenong	4	-	1	Fairfield
Saturday, May 26, 1956
Frankston	0	-	11	Brunswick
Saturday, May 26, 1956
Geelong	0	-	0	South Yarra
Saturday, May 26, 1956
Goodchild	0	-	7	Heidelberg
Saturday, May 26, 1956
Hajduk	3	-	0	University
Saturday, May 26, 1956
Lions	8	-	2	General Motors Holden
Saturday, May 26, 1956
Newborough United	2	-	5	Richmond
Saturday, May 26, 1956
Park Rangers	3	-	0	Port Melbourne
Saturday, May 26, 1956
Pascoe Vale	0	-	9	Coburg
Saturday, May 26, 1956
Preston	9	-	0	Maccabi
Saturday, May 26, 1956
Sandringham City	3	-	5	Flinders Naval Depot
Saturday, May 26, 1956
South Melbourne	4	-	2	Hellenic
Saturday, May 26, 1956
St Albans	3	-	0	Traralgon
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	-	2	Sunshine 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	-	0	George Cross
Saturday, May 26, 1956
Yallourn	6	-	2	Williamstown
Saturday, May 26, 1956
Yarra Park	5	-	3	Imperial 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 Yarra	1	-	2	Geelong
Round Two
Saturday, June 16, 1956
Brighton	2	-	0	Park Rangers
Saturday, June 16, 1956
Coburg	2	-	2	Prahran
Saturday, June 16, 1956
Dandenong	2	-	1	Bonegilla
Saturday, June 16, 1956
Footscray City Abandoned in the 80th minute with the score at 1- Goal: Pitch invasion)	a	-	a	St Albans Abandoned in the 80th minute with the score at 1- Goal: Pitch invasion)
Saturday, June 16, 1956
Heidelberg	1	-	0	Brunswick
Saturday, June 16, 1956. Toorak Park, Armadale.
JUST	6	-	4	Lions Goals: Ellams 3, Other scorer not known
Saturday, June 16, 1956. Showgrounds, Ascot Vale.
Juventus	13	-	1	Flinders Naval Depot
Saturday, June 16, 1956. Showgrounds, Ascot Vale.
Moreland 1	5	-	0	Croatia
Saturday, June 16, 1956. Toorak Park, Armadale.
Polonia Goals: Brkic x 2, Other scorers not known	5	-	0	Geelong
Saturday, June 16, 1956. Referee: P McNulty.
Rosebud	2	-	2	Hajduk
Saturday, June 16, 1956
Slavia-Port Melbourne	4	-	1	Yarra Park
Saturday, June 16, 1956
South Melbourne After Extra Time	2	-	1	Box Hill
Saturday, June 16, 1956. Sunshine Park, Sunshine.
Sunshine City Goal: Currell	1	-	1	Moorabbin City
Saturday, June 16, 1956
Wilhelmina	9	-	2	Bendigo United
Saturday, June 16, 1956
Yallourn	2	-	2	Richmond
Sunday, June 17, 1956.
Hakoah	4	-	0	Preston
Round Two Replays
Saturday, July 7, 1956
Footscray City	0	-	2	St Albans
Saturday, July 7, 1956. Moorabbin. Referee: W Fawkes.
Moorabbin City Mitchell, Gardner, Doubleday, Nagtzaar, Erskine, Yates, Richards, Carter, Halfhyde, Jordan, Knox.	1	-	5	Sunshine City Keogh, Sweeney, J Reid, Baker, Henderson, Johnson, Reddy, Kyle, Currell, Whitmore, Stirling. Goals: Currell x 4, Reddy
Saturday, July 7, 1956
Prahran	3	-	2	Coburg
Saturday, July 7, 1956
Richmond	3	-	4	Yallourn
Round Three
Saturday, July 7, 1956
Dandenong	3	-	6	Moreland
Saturday, July 7, 1956. Murphy Reserve, Port Melbourne.
Slavia-Port Melbourne	3	-	1	Hajduk
Saturday, July 7, 1956. Hawthorn.
Wilhelmina Goal: Huygen	1	-	1	Juventus Goal: Guardiani
Sunday, July 8, 1956. Middle Park Soccer Stadium, Middle Park.
Hakoah 1	0	-	1	Heidelberg
Saturday, August 4, 1956. Dendy Park, Brighton East.
Brighton Goals: Morton, McKee	2	-	0	Yallourn
Saturday, August 4, 1956. Middle Park Soccer Stadium, Middle Park.
Polonia Goals: Pittoni x 4, Copeland x 3, Scalamera	8	-	1	Prahran Goal: Petherick
Saturday, August 4, 1956. Sunshine Park, Sunshine.
Sunshine City Goals: Murphy, Stirling, Own Goal	3	-	0	JUST
Sunday, August 5, 1956. Middle Park Soccer Stadium, Middle Park.
South Melbourne Goals: Cook x 4, James x 3, Mailing, Hathaway	9	-	1	St Albans Goal: Meyer
Round Three Replay
Saturday, August 4, 1956. Showgrounds, Ascot Vale.
Juventus Goal: Sacco	1	-	5	Wilhelmina Goals: Huygen x 3, Teuben, Luyten
Quarter-Finals
Saturday, August 4, 1956. Murphy Reserve, Port Melbourne
Slavia-Port Melbourne Goals: Katatko, Gottesman, Busidoni	3	-	4	Moreland After Extra Time Goals: Oxton x 2, Hodgson, Smith
Saturday,. September 1, 1956. Elsternwick Park, Elwood.
Brighton Goals: McKenzie, Alexander, Morton	3	-	2	Sunshine City Goals: Sweeney, Murphy
Saturday,. September 1, 1956. Middle Park Soccer Stadium, Middle Park.
Hakoah Goals: Rice, Blackley	2	-	1	South 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	-	4	Polonia 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	-	1	Hakoah 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	-	1	Polonia 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	-	1	Polonia 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	-	0	Moreland 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	-	2	Hakoah 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'