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Basketball, Men – Match #2

Date	30 November 1956
Location	Royal Exhibition Building Annex, Melbourne, Victoria
Referee	Aleksandr Gorshkov	URS
Referee	Robert Blanchard	FRA
Attendance	3,126

Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Half #1	Half #2
–	Canada	CAN	83	30	53
–	Australia	AUS	38	18	20

Canada

Pos	Number	Competitor		Points	Disqualifications	Total Field Goals Made	Free Throws Made	Free Throw Attempts	FT%	Personal Fouls
	3	Don Macintosh		10	0	4	2	2	1.000	0
	4	Mel Brown		0	0	0	0	0	0.000	1
	5	Doug Brinham		4	0	2	0	0	0.000	1
	7	Ron Bissett		6	0	2	2	3	0.667	0
	8	Coulter Osborne		9	0	4	1	1	1.000	1
	10	Ron Stuart		8	0	3	2	3	0.667	3
	11	Bob Pickell		4	0	2	0	0	0.000	0
	12	John McLeod		18	0	7	4	4	1.000	0
	13	Bob Burtwell		20	0	9	2	2	1.000	1
	14	Ed Lucht		4	0	1	2	3	0.667	0
Team Totals				83	0	34	15	18	0.833	7
Coach		Lance Hudson

Australia

Pos	Number	Competitor		Points	Disqualifications	Total Field Goals Made	Free Throws Made	Free Throw Attempts	FT%	Personal Fouls
	3	Peter Demos		6	0	3	0	0	0.000	2
	4	Geoff Heskett		0	0	0	0	0	0.000	2
	7	Peter Bumbers		4	0	1	2	2	1.000	1
	8	Stan Dargis		3	0	1	1	1	1.000	0
	9	Inga Freidenfelds		6	0	1	4	4	1.000	5
	12	George Dancis		15	0	7	1	3	0.333	5
	16	Algis Ignatavicius		2	0	1	0	0	0.000	2
	19	Bruce Flick		2	0	1	0	0	0.000	1
Team Totals				38	0	15	8	10	0.800	18
Coach		Ken Watson