1940 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 12-0-6, P%: 108.2%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Melbourne (Preliminary Final)
Players: 35
Brownlow Leader(s): Hugh Torney (24)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Tom Reynolds (41)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Hugh Torney

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Dick Reynolds
Vice-Captain(s): Hugh Torney

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Baker, Norm #7 17 R03-R05, R07-R18, SF, PF 0
Begley, Les #24 16 R01-R03, R05-R12, R14, R16-R18, PF 11
Bell, George #12 17 R04-R18, SF, PF 0
Betson, Norm #31 8 R08-R12, R15, R17, PF 12
Bryce, Ted #9 17 R03-R13, R15-R18, SF, PF 48
Bushby, Percy #35 7 R06-R10, R18, SF 12
Buttsworth, Wally #15 19 R01-R17, SF, PF 1
Caesar, Jack #5 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 3
Cassin, Jack #19 17 R01-R04, R06-R09, R12-R18, SF, PF 5
Challenger, Charlie #22 2 R04-R05 0
Coward, Ernie #1 17 R01, R04-R18, SF 1
Evans, Joe #16 2 R04, R16 0
Exelby, Murray #4 16 R01-R03, R08-R18, SF, PF 24
Green, Bill #32 3 R03-R05 6
Green, Fred #26 18 R01-R03, R05-R13, R15-R18, SF, PF 1
Griggs, Les #33 16 R01-R03, R05-R10, R13-R16, R18, SF, PF 5
Hird, Allan #6 6 R15-R18, SF, PF 0
Hunter, Jack #18 2 R11, R18 7
Lambert, Chris #18 9 R01-R04, R06-R09, PF 5
Lambert, Harold #17 9 R11-R14, R16-R18, SF, PF 0
Lane, Gordon #22 4 R12-R15 6
Luff, Bill #11 7 R01-R03, R05-R06, R11, R14 0
Maynes, Leo #10 6 R01-R04, R10-R11 2
McIvor, Ivor #30 2 R15-R16 0
Pattinson, George #25 6 R01-R05, R13 0
Plummer, Elton #8 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 0
Reynolds, Dick #3 17 R01-R02, R05-R07, R09-R18, SF, PF 21
Reynolds, Tom #29 17 R01-R07, R09-R17, SF 44
Ruddell, Cec #21 2 R01-R02 0
Smith, Max #23 7 R02, R06-R08, R14, R18, SF 0
Smith, Ron #2 2 R02-R03 0
Standfield, Bob #6 2 R01, R04 0
Torney, Hugh #20 18 R01-R08, R10-R15, R17-R18, SF, PF 1
Watts, Ray #28 17 R01-R10, R12-R17, PF 31
Wilson, Stan #14 15 R04-R14, R17-R18, SF, PF 2

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)
Reynolds, Dick 20 13 -0- 7 R01-R18, SF, PF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
27/04/1940 Round 1 Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 17 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
04/05/1940 Round 2 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 45 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
11/05/1940 Round 3 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 11 Dick Reynolds Hugh Torney
18/05/1940 Round 4 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 11 Dick Reynolds Hugh Torney
25/05/1940 Round 5 Hawthorn HOME WIN ESS by 17 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
01/06/1940 Round 6 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 2 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
08/06/1940 Round 7 Geelong AWAY WIN ESS by 15 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
15/06/1940 Round 8 Carlton HOME WIN ESS by 23 Dick Reynolds Hugh Torney
22/06/1940 Round 9 Richmond AWAY WIN ESS by 5 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
29/06/1940 Round 10 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESS by 2 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
06/07/1940 Round 11 North Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 23 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
13/07/1940 Round 12 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 68 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
20/07/1940 Round 13 Footscray HOME WIN ESS by 4 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
27/07/1940 Round 14 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 2 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
10/08/1940 Round 15 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 3 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
17/08/1940 Round 16 Hawthorn AWAY WIN ESS by 36 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
24/08/1940 Round 17 Collingwood HOME WIN ESS by 40 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
31/08/1940 Round 18 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 60 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
07/09/1940 Semi Final Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 18 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
21/09/1940 Preliminary Final Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 5 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds