1940 VFL Season: Brownlow Medal

Top 10 Players

Rank Player Team(s) Vote(s) 3 2 1
1st Des Fothergill Collingwood 32 7 4 3
Herbie Matthews South Melbourne 32 7 4 3
3rd Hugh Torney Essendon 24 ? ? ?
4th Norm Ware Footscray 20 ? ? ?
5th Harry Hickey Footscray 15 ? ? ?
6th George Smeaton Richmond 14 ? ? ?
7th George Dougherty Geelong 12 ? ? ?
Jack Dyer Richmond 12 ? ? ?
Stan Spinks Hawthorn 12 ? ? ?
10th Ron Baggott Melbourne 11 ? ? ?
Wally Buttsworth Essendon 11 ? ? ?

*: Player was ineligible to receive the medal this season.

Team Summary

Rank Team Vote(s) Leader(s)
1st South Melbourne 65 Herbie Matthews (32)
Fitzroy 65 Fred Hughson, Len Smith (9)
3rd Footscray 61 Norm Ware (20)
4th Essendon 60 Hugh Torney (24)
5th Hawthorn 55 Stan Spinks (12)
6th Richmond 54 George Smeaton (14)
7th Carlton 52 Jim Park (9)
8th Melbourne 51 Ron Baggott (11)
Collingwood 51 Des Fothergill (32)
10th North Melbourne 47 Frank Stubbs (9)
11th Geelong 45 George Dougherty (12)
12th St Kilda 42 Alan Killigrew (9)