1940 VFL Season

Season Details

Name: 1940 VFL Season
Team(s): 12
Round(s): 18
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Match(es): 112

Season Results

Premiers: Melbourne
Runners-Up: Richmond
Minor Premiers: Melbourne
Brownlow Medallist(s): Des Fothergill (Collingwood), Herbie Matthews (South Melbourne)
Leading Goalkicker Medallist(s): Jack Titus (Richmond)

Team Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L & P%) Brownlow Leader(s) Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away)
Melbourne (P) 1st 14 -0- 4 125.8% Ron Baggott (11) Norm Smith (75)
Richmond (R) 2nd 12 -0- 6 120.0% George Smeaton (14) Jack Titus (92)
Essendon 3rd 12 -0- 6 108.2% Hugh Torney (24) Tom Reynolds (41)
Geelong 4th 11 -0- 7 102.9% George Dougherty (12) Jack Grant (46)
Carlton 5th 10 -0- 8 111.3% Jim Park (9) Paul Schmidt (55)
Footscray 6th 9 -0- 9 108.9% Norm Ware (20) Charlie Page (52)
Fitzroy 7th 9 -0- 9 92.3% Fred Hughson, Len Smith (9) Claude Curtin (56)
Collingwood 8th 8 -0- 10 100.6% Des Fothergill (32) Des Fothergill (56)
Hawthorn 9th 7 -0- 11 88.0% Stan Spinks (12) Alby Naismith (25)
South Melbourne 10th 7 -0- 11 87.3% Herbie Matthews (32) Lou Reiffel (33)
St Kilda 11th 5 -0- 13 86.8% Alan Killigrew (9) Bill Mohr (25)
North Melbourne 12th 4 -0- 14 75.1% Frank Stubbs (9) Sel Murray (58)

Umpire Results

Umpire Position Umpire(s)
Field Umpire 9
Goal Umpire 5
Boundary Umpire 5

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/04/1940 2:45 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 125 - 108 23,000
SAT 27/04/1940 2:45 PM Geelong v Carlton Corio Oval 72 - 99 12,000
SAT 27/04/1940 2:45 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 91 - 80 20,000
SAT 27/04/1940 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 80 - 92 18,000
SAT 27/04/1940 2:45 PM Richmond v Footscray Punt Road Oval 103 - 115 24,000
SAT 27/04/1940 2:45 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 161 - 89 14,000

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/05/1940 2:45 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 122 - 99 20,044
SAT 04/05/1940 2:45 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 79 - 94 11,000
SAT 04/05/1940 2:45 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 109 - 77 19,000
SAT 04/05/1940 2:45 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 111 - 66 25,000
SAT 04/05/1940 2:45 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Junction Oval 97 - 55 17,000
SAT 04/05/1940 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy Arden Street Oval 106 - 51 11,000

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/05/1940 2:45 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 141 - 102 30,867
SAT 11/05/1940 2:45 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Corio Oval 115 - 86 8,500
SAT 11/05/1940 2:45 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 127 - 90 23,000
SAT 11/05/1940 2:45 PM Essendon v South Melbourne Windy Hill 86 - 75 16,000
SAT 11/05/1940 2:45 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Junction Oval 84 - 65 15,500
SAT 11/05/1940 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Glenferrie Oval 102 - 129 16,000

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/05/1940 2:45 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 90 - 116 18,000
SAT 18/05/1940 2:45 PM Richmond v Geelong Punt Road Oval 117 - 72 13,000
SAT 18/05/1940 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 87 - 76 13,000
SAT 18/05/1940 2:45 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 70 - 92 16,000
SAT 18/05/1940 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn Lakeside Oval 145 - 106 9,000
SAT 18/05/1940 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 99 - 75 11,000

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/05/1940 2:45 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 114 - 98 20,043
SAT 25/05/1940 2:45 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Corio Oval 93 - 72 5,000
SAT 25/05/1940 2:45 PM St Kilda v Carlton Junction Oval 54 - 85 21,000
SAT 25/05/1940 2:45 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 90 - 73 12,000
SAT 25/05/1940 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Brunswick Street Oval 62 - 83 14,000
SAT 25/05/1940 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 53 - 66 13,000

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/06/1940 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 87 - 81 8,000
SAT 01/06/1940 2:30 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 66 - 74 12,000
SAT 01/06/1940 2:30 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 76 - 62 16,000
SAT 01/06/1940 2:30 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 85 - 83 11,000
SAT 01/06/1940 2:30 PM Richmond v St Kilda Punt Road Oval 112 - 76 20,000
SAT 01/06/1940 2:30 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Lakeside Oval 105 - 104 9,000

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/06/1940 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 49 - 106 5,000
SAT 08/06/1940 2:30 PM Geelong v Essendon Corio Oval 67 - 82 5,000
SAT 08/06/1940 2:30 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 90 - 80 13,000
SAT 08/06/1940 2:30 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 72 - 92 13,000
SAT 08/06/1940 2:30 PM Richmond v South Melbourne Punt Road Oval 94 - 85 10,000
SAT 08/06/1940 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Brunswick Street Oval 113 - 86 7,000

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/06/1940 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 63 - 98 5,000
SAT 15/06/1940 2:30 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 86 - 63 16,000
SAT 15/06/1940 2:30 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 81 - 76 12,000
SAT 15/06/1940 2:30 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 49 - 75 20,000
SAT 15/06/1940 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Glenferrie Oval 65 - 110 10,000
MON 17/06/1940 2:30 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 87 - 85 19,737

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/06/1940 2:30 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 112 - 123 13,000
SAT 22/06/1940 2:30 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Corio Oval 90 - 46 4,000
SAT 22/06/1940 2:30 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 116 - 120 13,000
SAT 22/06/1940 2:30 PM Richmond v Essendon Punt Road Oval 77 - 82 19,000
SAT 22/06/1940 2:30 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 90 - 77 12,000
SAT 22/06/1940 2:30 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 100 - 84 15,000

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/06/1940 2:30 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 151 - 154 15,265
SAT 29/06/1940 2:30 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 89 - 96 10,000
SAT 29/06/1940 2:30 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 102 - 104 15,000
SAT 29/06/1940 2:30 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 105 - 46 14,000
SAT 29/06/1940 2:30 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 89 - 103 14,000
SAT 29/06/1940 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 89 - 118 11,000

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/07/1940 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 78 - 130 10,000
SAT 06/07/1940 2:30 PM Geelong v St Kilda Corio Oval 94 - 76 6,500
SAT 06/07/1940 2:30 PM Richmond v Carlton Punt Road Oval 65 - 76 18,000
SAT 06/07/1940 2:30 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 128 - 105 11,000
SAT 06/07/1940 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Brunswick Street Oval 110 - 97 18,000
SAT 06/07/1940 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Glenferrie Oval 77 - 101 10,000

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/07/1940 2:30 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 122 - 54 18,640
SAT 13/07/1940 2:30 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 90 - 91 9,000
SAT 13/07/1940 2:30 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 59 - 48 10,000
SAT 13/07/1940 2:30 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 128 - 42 6,500
SAT 13/07/1940 2:30 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 82 - 100 11,000
SAT 13/07/1940 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 77 - 70 3,000

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/07/1940 2:30 PM Richmond v Melbourne Punt Road Oval 87 - 94 21,000
SAT 20/07/1940 2:30 PM Geelong v Collingwood Corio Oval 156 - 91 8,500
SAT 20/07/1940 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 113 - 98 8,000
SAT 20/07/1940 2:30 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 95 - 91 17,000
SAT 20/07/1940 2:30 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Glenferrie Oval 119 - 63 8,000
SAT 20/07/1940 2:30 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 113 - 67 10,000

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/07/1940 2:30 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 91 - 110 12,000
SAT 27/07/1940 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 87 - 60 17,000
SAT 27/07/1940 2:30 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 102 - 87 9,000
SAT 27/07/1940 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 60 - 58 10,000
SAT 27/07/1940 2:30 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 47 - 84 4,500
SAT 27/07/1940 2:30 PM Richmond v Hawthorn Punt Road Oval 79 - 87 9,000

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/08/1940 2:45 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 96 - 133 16,500
SAT 10/08/1940 2:45 PM Geelong v Richmond Corio Oval 87 - 107 10,000
SAT 10/08/1940 2:45 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 72 - 75 18,000
SAT 10/08/1940 2:45 PM St Kilda v Footscray Junction Oval 87 - 112 13,000
SAT 10/08/1940 2:45 PM Hawthorn v South Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 79 - 73 8,000
SAT 10/08/1940 2:45 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 93 - 53 6,500

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/08/1940 2:45 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 90 - 104 8,000
SAT 17/08/1940 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 91 - 87 7,000
SAT 17/08/1940 2:45 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 92 - 52 6,000
SAT 17/08/1940 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Glenferrie Oval 84 - 120 9,000
SAT 17/08/1940 2:45 PM Richmond v Fitzroy Punt Road Oval 99 - 71 22,000
SAT 17/08/1940 2:45 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 124 - 61 8,000

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/08/1940 2:45 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 176 - 62 8,722
SAT 24/08/1940 2:45 PM Geelong v Footscray Corio Oval 89 - 84 10,000
SAT 24/08/1940 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 71 - 140 20,000
SAT 24/08/1940 2:45 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 92 - 52 13,000
SAT 24/08/1940 2:45 PM St Kilda v Richmond Junction Oval 77 - 135 14,000
SAT 24/08/1940 2:45 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 53 - 119 5,000

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/08/1940 2:45 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 129 - 81 5,500
SAT 31/08/1940 2:45 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 112 - 52 13,000
SAT 31/08/1940 2:45 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 102 - 80 9,000
SAT 31/08/1940 2:45 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 109 - 75 6,000
SAT 31/08/1940 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Richmond Lakeside Oval 61 - 108 17,000
SAT 31/08/1940 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Glenferrie Oval 94 - 38 5,500

Finals Week 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/09/1940 2:30 PM Essendon v Geelong MCG 92 - 74 44,187

Finals Week 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/09/1940 2:30 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 101 - 107 54,763

Finals Week 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/09/1940 2:30 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 90 - 85 47,348

Finals Week 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/09/1940 2:50 PM Richmond v Melbourne MCG 68 - 107 70,330