Finals
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd | |||||
| Playoff | ||||||||
| Newtown | 10-5 | Western Suburbs | 14 August 1956 | Redfern Oval | 20,920 | |||
| Semi Finals | ||||||||
| South Sydney | 45-7 | Western Suburbs | 18 August 1956 | Sydney Cricket Ground | Col Pearce | 51,775 | ||
| St. George | 30-25 | Balmain | 25 August 1956 | Sydney Cricket Ground | Col Pearce | 37,339 | ||
| Preliminary Final | ||||||||
| Balmain | 36-33 | South Sydney | 1 September 1956 | Sydney Cricket Ground | Darcy Lawler | 42,350 | ||
| Grand Final | ||||||||
| St. George | 18-12 | Balmain | 8 September 1956 | Sydney Cricket Ground | Darcy Lawler | 61,987 | ||
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