▁League , ▁st aged ▁to ▁determine ▁the ▁premiers ▁for ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 6 ▁V FL ▁season . ▁The ▁match ▁was ▁won ▁by ▁Melbourne ▁by ▁ 7 3 ▁points , ▁mark ing ▁that ▁club ' s ▁e ighth ▁premi ership ▁victory . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁the ▁second ▁success ive ▁year ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁two ▁teams ▁met ▁in ▁a ▁premi ership ▁dec ider , ▁with ▁Melbourne ▁having ▁won ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 5 ▁V FL ▁Grand ▁Final . ▁ ▁The ▁Grand ▁Final ▁was ▁attended ▁by ▁ 1 1 5 , 9 0 2 ▁spect ators , ▁easily ▁setting ▁a ▁new ▁record ▁as ▁the ▁largest ▁crowd ▁to ▁have ▁witness ed ▁a ▁premi ership ▁dec ider ▁in ▁V FL ▁Grand ▁Final ▁history , ▁breaking ▁the ▁record ▁of ▁ 9 6 , 4 8 6 ▁spect ators ▁who ▁witness ed ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 8 ▁V FL ▁Grand ▁Final . ▁The ▁capacity ▁of ▁the ▁ground ▁had ▁recently ▁been ▁expanded ▁with ▁a ▁new ▁grand stand ▁for ▁the ▁up coming ▁ 1 9 5 6 ▁Summer ▁Olympics , ▁but ▁the ▁ground ▁was ▁still ▁not ▁large ▁enough ▁to ▁comfort ably ▁or ▁safely ▁accommod ate ▁such ▁a ▁large ▁crowd ; ▁st air well s ▁and ▁a is les ▁were ▁full ▁of ▁people , ▁meaning ▁that ▁many ▁people ▁were ▁unable ▁to ▁leave ▁their ▁positions ▁to ▁use ▁rest rooms ▁during ▁the ▁game ; ▁and ▁many ▁people ▁had ▁restricted ▁views ▁of ▁the ▁game ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁crow ding , ▁resulting ▁in ▁some ▁spect ators ▁clim bing ▁onto ▁the ▁roof s ▁or