| | Top level | Event type
Football, Men – Match #1
| Date | 4 December 1956 — 16:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Referee | Nikolay Latyshev |  URS |
| Linesman | Maurice Swain |  NZL |
| Linesman | Shigemaru Takenokoshi |  JPN |
| Attendance | 25,269 |
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Yugoslavia |  YUG | 4 | |
| – | India |  IND | 1 |
Yugoslavia
| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Yellow Cards | Red Cards | Penalty Kicks | Shots | Shots on Goal | Corner Kicks | Free Kicks | Offsides | Fouls Committed | After Half 1 | After Half 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 9 | Zlatko Papec | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 16 | Sava Antić | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 10 | Todor Veselinović | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 8 | Muhamed Mujić | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 7 | Luka Lipošinović | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 5 | Ivan Šantek | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 15 | Ljubiša Spajić | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 4 | Dobrosav Krstić | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 2 | Mladen Koščak | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 13 | Ibrahim Biogradlić | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Goalkeeper | 12 | Blagoja Vidinić | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Team Totals | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 4 | |||||
| Coach | Milovan Čirić | ||||||||||||||||
India
| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Yellow Cards | Red Cards | Penalty Kicks | Shots | Shots on Goal | Corner Kicks | Free Kicks | Offsides | Fouls Committed | After Half 1 | After Half 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 2 | Krishna Kittu | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 14 | Neville D'Souza | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 4 | Nikhil Nandy | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 5 | PK Banerjee | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 15 | Tulasidas Balaram | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 13 | Muhammad Salaam | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 11 | Muhammad Noor | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 6 | Mariappa Kempaiah | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 10 | Sheikh Abdul Latif | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 8 | Abdul Rehman | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Goalkeeper | 17 | Subramaniam Narayan | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Team Totals | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Coach | Abdul Rahim Syed | ||||||||||||||||
Goals
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 (2) | Neville D'Souza | | 0-1 | |
| 54 (2) | Zlatko Papec | | 1-1 | |
| 57 (2) | Todor Veselinović | | 2-1 | |
| 65 (2) | Zlatko Papec | | 3-1 | |
| 78 (2) | Muhammad Salaam | | 4-1 | own goal |