| | Top level | Event type
Water Polo, Men – Match #1
| Date | 28 November 1956 — 14:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Olympic Park Swimming and Diving Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Referee | Julien Bauwens |  BEL |
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Goals | Period 1 Score | Period 2 Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Romania |  ROU | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| – | Australia |  AUS | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Romania
| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | – | Ivan Bordi | 0 | |||
| – | Zoltan Hospodar | 2 | ||||
| – | Alexandru Marinescu | 0 | ||||
| – | Gavril Nagy | 0 | ||||
| – | Francisc Șimon | 1 | ||||
| – | Alexandru Szabo | 1 | ||||
| – | Aurel Zahan | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 4 | |||||
| Coach | Vasile Daroczi | |||||
Australia
| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Peter Bennett | 1 | ||||
| – | Jake Foster | 0 | ||||
| – | Doug Laing | 0 | ||||
| – | Bill Orchard | 0 | ||||
| – | Ted Pierce | 1 | ||||
| – | Ray Smee | 0 | ||||
| – | Keith Whitehead | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 2 | |||||
| Coach | Colin French | |||||
Goals
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Peter Bennett | | ||
| – | Ted Pierce | | ||
| – | Zoltan Hospodar | | ||
| – | Zoltan Hospodar | | ||
| – | Francisc Șimon | | ||
| – | Alexandru Szabo | |