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NFC Match Results - 1956

Position: Fourth
Coach: Jack Oatey
Captain: John Marriott
Vice Captain: Ron Reimann
Club Champion: Ron Reimann
Top Goalkicker: Bob Fosdike - 33
Played: 19
Won: 10
Lost: 9

Round 1

Norwood v West Torrens Thebarton Oval, 21 April 1956
Norwood 3-1   5-12   8-15   10-18   78
West Torrens 3-5   4-6   9-8   11-14   80
Goals: Johnson 2 Young 2 Hall 2 Smith 2 Butler Von Einem
Position: 5th Attendance: 10250
- Ron Dickson - debut
- Ken Horsnell - debut
- William Johnson - debut
- Malcolm Smith - debut

Round 2

Norwood v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval, 25 April 1956
Norwood 2-6   3-8   7-11   7-15   57
Port Adelaide 2-4   5-10   8-13   13-18   96
Goals: Johnson 4 Dickson Koerner Don Olds
Position: 8th Attendance: 26981
- Dennis McAvaney - debut

Round 3

Norwood v Sturt Norwood Oval, 5 May 1956
Norwood 3-7   9-7   12-13   12-15   87
Sturt 2-2   4-3   9-4   12-9   81
Goals: Johnson 4 Fosdike 3 Don Olds 3 Hall Young
Position: 4th Attendance: 12000
- Peter Minervini - debut

Round 4

Norwood v Glenelg Glenelg Oval, 12 May 1956
Norwood 5-4   6-5   8-9   12-11   83
Glenelg 2-0   10-9   10-10   13-13   91
Goals: Butler 3 Johnson 2 Young 2 Don Olds 2 Fosdike Walker Sawley
Position: 7th Attendance: 7200
- Doug Olds - 182 games - club record
- Doug Young 50th game

Round 5

Norwood v North Adelaide Norwood Oval, 19 May 1956
Norwood 5-3   9-5   17-11   19-14   128
North Adelaide 4-0   6-4   11-7   13-12   90
Goals: Johnson 5 Nicholls 5 Don Olds 4 Fosdike 2 Skinner 2 Marriott
Position: 5th Attendance: 10000

Round 6

Norwood v South Adelaide Adelaide Oval, 26 May 1956
Norwood 3-2   7-8   10-12   13-16   94
South Adelaide 1-4   3-6   4-13   6-14   50
Goals: Johnson 3 Butler 2 Fosdike 2 Nicholls 2 Don Olds 2 Marriott Skinner
Position: 3rd Attendance: 10800

Round 7

Norwood v Port Adelaide Norwood Oval, 2 June 1956
Norwood 3-2   6-5   9-7   11-9   75
Port Adelaide 6-5   13-14   16-19   27-22   184
Goals: Johnson 2 Fosdike 2 Skinner 2 Don Olds 2 Butler Young Sawley
Position: 4th Attendance: 20000

Round 8

Norwood v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval, 9 June 1956
Norwood 4-2   5-2   6-5   7-8   50
West Adelaide 2-1   6-5   7-8   9-9   63
Goals: Johnson Butler Fosdike Vivian Sawley Minervini Skinner
Position: 5th Attendance: 13000
- Alan Carlaw - debut
1956 Perth Carnival Representatives - Peter Aish, Robert Fosdike, Graham Nicholls

Round 9

Norwood v North Adelaide Prospect Oval, 30 June 1956
Norwood 1-3   5-6   6-6   7-12   54
North Adelaide 2-1   2-2   6-6   6-7   43
Goals: Fosdike 3 Johnson Young Nicholls Skinner
Position: 4th Attendance: 8200

Round 10

Norwood v West Torrens Kensington Oval, 7 July 1956
Norwood 2-2   7-5   8-7   10-10   70
West Torrens 2-3   5-5   11-6   12-9   81
Goals: Fosdike 2 Nicholls 2 Johnson Butler Young Walker Sawley Skinner
Position: 4th Attendance: 8000
- Robert Edwards 100th game

Round 11

Norwood v Sturt Unley Oval, 14 July 1956
Norwood 4-1   7-4   9-10   15-11   101
Sturt 0-6   3-9   4-10   5-14   44
Goals: Johnson 3 Nicholls 3 Vivian 3 Fosdike 2 Walker 2 Young Hall
Position: 4th Attendance: 7000
- Merv Keenihan - debut

Round 12

Norwood v Glenelg Norwood Oval, 21 July 1956
Norwood 4-5   7-7   9-12   13-15   93
Glenelg 4-2   5-4   9-6   11-8   74
Goals: Nicholls 4 Marriott 3 Fosdike 2 Young Nelson Vivian Walker
Position: 4th Attendance: 7000

Round 13

Norwood v South Adelaide Kensington Oval, 28 July 1956
Norwood 3-6   3-8   12-10   15-11   101
South Adelaide 2-2   5-8   6-9   11-14   80
Goals: Nicholls 5 Walker 3 Marriott 2 Fosdike 2 Vivian Koerner Nelson
Position: 4th Attendance: 6500
- Ron Salotti - debut

Round 14

Norwood v West Adelaide Norwood Oval, 4 August 1956
Norwood 4-3   6-6   7-14   11-17   83
West Adelaide 2-1   3-5   4-9   10-12   72
Goals: Fosdike 4 Nicholls 3 Walker 2 Young Skinner
Position: 4th Attendance: 10000

Round 15

Norwood v Port Adelaide Alberton Oval, 11 August 1956
Norwood 1-2   3-5   4-5   7-6   48
Port Adelaide 3-4   7-6   9-11   13-11   89
Goals: Fosdike 2 Walker 2 Marriott Young Nelson
Position: 4th Attendance: 11250
- Graham Nicholls 50th game

Round 16

Norwood v West Torrens Norwood Oval, 18 August 1956
Norwood 2-1   3-3   5-9   7-13   55
West Torrens 2-2   3-5   4-8   6-11   47
Goals: Walker 3 Koerner 2 Fosdike Skinner
Position: 4th Attendance: 7000

Round 17

Norwood v South Adelaide Norwood Oval, 25 August 1956
Norwood 2-1   5-5   8-8   10-14   74
South Adelaide 3-5   5-8   6-10   9-11   65
Goals: Marriott 6 Kite Fosdike Hall Edwards
Position: 4th Attendance: 5500
- Peter Aish 50th game
- Bob Skinner 50th game
- Bob Kite - debut

Round 18

Norwood v Glenelg Glenelg Oval, 1 September 1956
Norwood 3-3   5-4   6-6   6-6   42
Glenelg 4-2   5-7   7-7   10-17   77
Goals: Marriott Butler Fosdike Young Vivian Hall
Position: 4th Attendance: 3500

1st Semi Final

Norwood v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval, 8 September 1956
Norwood 2-0   4-6   4-10   5-11   41
North Adelaide 1-9   3-12   9-17   10-20   80
Goals: Fosdike 2 Vivian 2 Marriott
Position: 4th Attendance: 13580
- Bob Fosdike 100th game
- John McInnes - debut

Advertiser Cup

Norwood v South Adelaide Norwood Oval, 19 September 1956
Norwood n/a   n/a   n/a   13-20   98
South Adelaide n/a   n/a   n/a   6-12   48
Goals: Hall 4 Hoffman 3 Fosdike 2 Young 2 Vivian Vo Einem

Night Match

Norwood v Carlton Norwood Oval, 26 September 1956
Norwood n/a   n/a   n/a   13-11   89
Carlton n/a   n/a   n/a   9-18   72
Goals: Hall 3 Fosdike 3 Vivian 2 R.Skinner 2 Marriott Dickson Koerner

       
       

       
       

       
       

       
       

       
       

       
       

       
       

       
       

       
       

       
       

       
       

       
       

       
       

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