1956 WANFL season

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

1956 WAFL season
Teams	8
Premiers	East Perth 10th premiership
Minor premiers	East Perth 9th minor premiership
Matches played	80
← 1955 1957 →

Ladder

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

Main article: 1956 WANFL Grand Final

	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)