| Date | 23 November 1956 — 14:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Umpire 1 | Ernst-Ludwig Nack |  GER |
| Umpire 2 | K. Hamilton |  NZL |
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Goals | After Half 1 | After Half 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Australia |  AUS | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| – | Kenya |  KEN | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Australia| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 1 | Ian Dick | 1 | |||
| Forward | 2 | Mel Pearce | 0 | |||
| Forward | 4 | Eric Pearce | 1 | |||
| Forward | 6 | Ray Whiteside | 0 | |||
| Halfback | 3 | Gordon Pearce | 0 | |||
| Halfback | 9 | Keith Leeson | 0 | |||
| Halfback | 12 | Kevin Carton | 0 | |||
| Halfback | 13 | Dennis Kemp | 0 | |||
| Fullback | 14 | Desmond Spackman | 0 | |||
| Fullback | 15 | Alan Barblett | 0 | |||
| Goalkeeper | 18 | Louis Hailey | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 2 | |||||
| Coach | Fred Browne | |||||
Kenya| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Alu Mendonca | 0 | ||||
| 2 | Anthony Vaz | 0 | ||||
| 3 | Balbir Singh Sidhu | 0 | ||||
| 7 | Gursaran Singh Sehmi | 0 | ||||
| 10 | Hardev Singh Kular | 0 | ||||
| 9 | Reynold D'Souza | 0 | ||||
| 1 | Roland Frank | 0 | ||||
| 4 | Peter Dalgado | 0 | ||||
| 5 | Surjeet Singh Deol | 0 | ||||
| 6 | Tejinder Singh Rao | 0 | ||||
| 8 | Tejparkash Singh Brar | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Coach | Mahan Singh | |||||
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 (1) | Ian Dick | | 1-0 | ||
| 64 (2) | Eric Pearce | | 2-0 |
