1940 VFL Season: Carlton

Season Team Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Team: Carlton
Home Ground: Princes Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 5th (W-D-L: 10-0-8, P%: 111.3%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 31
Brownlow Leader(s): Jim Park (9)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Paul Schmidt (55)
John Nicholls Medal Recipient(s): Jim Francis

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Brighton Diggins

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Anderson, Frank #1 16 R01-R02, R04-R13, R15-R18 2
Bavin, Jack #33 5 R05, R10-R13 1
Baxter, Ken #4 15 R01-R15 13
Bennett, Jack #3 13 R04-R14, R17-R18 12
Bignell, Bernie #34 3 R06, R09, R18 0
Cameron, Gordon #9 10 R06-R09, R12-R17 1
Carney, Jack #7 14 R01-R02, R07-R18 3
Chandler, Dick #35 1 R12 1
Chitty, Bob #6 18 R01-R18 7
Cooper, Ron #19 11 R01-R09, R17-R18 6
Crisp, Mickey #12 16 R01-R08, R10-R17 11
Diggins, Brighton #5 4 R01-R04 1
Francis, Jim #10 18 R01-R18 6
Gill, Frank #21 5 R01-R04, R07 0
Green, Bob #32 18 R01-R18 8
Hale, Jack #11 18 R01-R18 17
Hollingshead, Harry #17 3 R01-R03 1
Jones, Jim #22 6 R03, R10-R13, R15 1
Mann, Cyril #27 13 R01, R03-R08, R11-R14, R16, R18 21
McInnes, Charlie #31 10 R02-R03, R11-R18 8
McIntyre, Don #2 12 R01-R05, R08-R09, R14-R18 0
McLean, Rod #14 14 R01-R11, R16-R18 2
McTaggart, Bert #20 8 R07, R09-R10, R14-R18 6
Mooring, Jim #16 17 R01-R11, R13-R18 7
Park, Jim #26 18 R01-R18 2
Price, Mick #30 3 R05, R08, R10 1
Sanger, Arthur #18 1 R06 0
Savage, Ron #24 11 R04-R06, R09-R16 7
Schmidt, Paul #23 18 R01-R18 55
Skinner, Jack #8 5 R14-R18 1
Wrout, Jack #28 18 R01-R18 38

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Diggins, Brighton 18 10 -0- 8 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
27/04/1940 Round 1 Geelong AWAY WIN CAR by 27 Brighton Diggins Brighton Diggins
04/05/1940 Round 2 South Melbourne HOME WIN CAR by 32 Brighton Diggins Brighton Diggins
11/05/1940 Round 3 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 37 Brighton Diggins Brighton Diggins
18/05/1940 Round 4 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 26 Brighton Diggins Brighton Diggins
25/05/1940 Round 5 St Kilda AWAY WIN CAR by 31 Brighton Diggins Mickey Crisp
01/06/1940 Round 6 Fitzroy HOME WIN CAR by 14 Brighton Diggins Mickey Crisp
08/06/1940 Round 7 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 10 Brighton Diggins Jim Francis
15/06/1940 Round 8 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 23 Brighton Diggins Jim Francis
22/06/1940 Round 9 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 4 Brighton Diggins Jim Francis
29/06/1940 Round 10 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 7 Brighton Diggins Jim Francis
06/07/1940 Round 11 Richmond AWAY WIN CAR by 11 Brighton Diggins Jim Francis
13/07/1940 Round 12 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 1 Brighton Diggins Jim Francis
20/07/1940 Round 13 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 15 Brighton Diggins Jim Francis
27/07/1940 Round 14 Collingwood HOME WIN CAR by 15 Brighton Diggins Jim Francis
10/08/1940 Round 15 Melbourne AWAY WIN CAR by 37 Brighton Diggins Jim Francis
17/08/1940 Round 16 St Kilda HOME WIN CAR by 40 Brighton Diggins Jim Francis
24/08/1940 Round 17 Fitzroy AWAY WIN CAR by 69 Brighton Diggins Jim Francis
31/08/1940 Round 18 Footscray HOME WIN CAR by 22 Brighton Diggins Jim Francis