1940 Preliminary Final: Melbourne v Essendon

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday, September 21st, 1940
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 47,348
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 12.18.90 - 12.13.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 7 8 . 11 9 . 16 12 . 18 12 . 18 (90)
Essendon 3 . 4 8 . 8 9 . 11 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Margin MEL by 9 MEL by 3 MEL by 5 MEL by 5 MEL by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Frank Hughes (Melbourne), Dick Reynolds (Essendon)
Captain(s): Allan La Fontaine (Melbourne), Dick Reynolds (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Allan Coward
Goal Umpire(s):
Boundary Umpire(s):
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Player Statistics (Basic)

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Anderson, Syd ? ? 0 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 2 ?
11 Ball, Harold ? ? 0 ?
3 Baxter, Bill ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 1 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
26 Furniss, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
32 Hingston, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Jones, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan ? ? 1 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 2 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 3 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 3 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 12 18

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Baker, Norm ? ? 0 ?
24 Begley, Les ? ? 0 ?
12 Bell, George ? ? 0 ?
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
9 Bryce, Ted ? ? 4 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 2 ?
26 Green, Fred ? ? 0 ?
33 Griggs, Les ? ? 2 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
18 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
17 Lambert, Harold ? ? 0 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick ? ? 1 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
28 Watts, Ray ? ? 3 ?
14 Wilson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 12 13

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CP: Contested Posessions, UP: Uncontested Posessions, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s, MF: Marks Inside 50, RB: Running Bounces, OP: One-Percenters, GA: Goal Assists

Player Line-Up

Melbourne Coach: Frank Hughes
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Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds

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