1940 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 6th (W-D-L: 9-0-9, P%: 108.9%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 35
Brownlow Leader(s): Norm Ware (20)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Charlie Page (52)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Norm Ware

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Norm Ware

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Bennett, George #5 15 R01-R14, R16 0
Boniface, Alf #31 2 R06-R07 0
Cahill, Pat #8 14 R05-R18 12
Chirgwin, Dick #13 3 R16-R18 0
Collins, Alan #2 9 R01-R03, R13-R18 17
Crosling, Bill #29 4 R15-R18 5
Dolphin, Harry #32 14 R04-R17 0
Ellis, Ted #15 16 R01-R03, R05-R17 2
Evenden, Reg #19 17 R01-R05, R07-R18 4
Flanigan, Bob #13 6 R01-R04, R07-R08 0
Greenham, Jim #20 3 R01-R03 0
Hickey, Harry #7 18 R01-R18 23
Livingstone, Stan #23 2 R01, R04 0
May, Jim #27 5 R01-R05 3
McDonnell, Marty 1 R16 0
McPherson, Hughie #33 8 R08-R11, R13-R14, R17-R18 4
Miller, Jim #14 18 R01-R18 5
Murphy, Len #21 16 R02-R12, R14-R18 15
Olliver, Arthur #3 16 R01-R06, R09-R18 9
Page, Charlie #26 16 R01-R12, R15-R18 52
Palmer, Ambrose #24 14 R02-R15 15
Porter, Roy #22 3 R01, R03, R06 1
Power, Billy #34 5 R13-R16, R18 0
Robinson, Lloyd #6 1 R18 0
Ryan, Bill #10 13 R01-R03, R06-R15 15
Ryan, Joe #10 18 R01-R18 27
Ryan, Leo #17 15 R02, R04-R13, R15-R18 0
Sainsbury, Rob #18 9 R01, R04-R06, R08, R12-R13, R17-R18 0
Sampson, Alf #28 17 R02-R18 0
Spargo, Bob #16 2 R04-R05 0
Standfield, Paul #6 1 R01 0
Thoms, Jim #1 15 R01-R04, R07-R15, R17-R18 15
Tribe, George #30 3 R09-R11 1
Tribe, Tom #25 5 R05-R07, R12, R14 1
Ware, Norm #4 18 R01-R18 13

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)
Kelly, Joe 18 9 -0- 9 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
27/04/1940 Round 1 Richmond AWAY WIN FOO by 12 Joe Kelly Norm Ware
04/05/1940 Round 2 Essendon HOME WIN FOO by 45 Joe Kelly Norm Ware
11/05/1940 Round 3 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 39 Joe Kelly Norm Ware
18/05/1940 Round 4 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 22 Joe Kelly Norm Ware
25/05/1940 Round 5 North Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 13 Joe Kelly Norm Ware
01/06/1940 Round 6 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 8 Joe Kelly Norm Ware
08/06/1940 Round 7 Carlton HOME WIN FOO by 10 Joe Kelly Norm Ware
15/06/1940 Round 8 Hawthorn AWAY WIN FOO by 45 Joe Kelly Norm Ware
22/06/1940 Round 9 Collingwood HOME WIN FOO by 16 Joe Kelly Norm Ware
29/06/1940 Round 10 South Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 59 Joe Kelly Norm Ware
06/07/1940 Round 11 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 13 Joe Kelly Norm Ware
13/07/1940 Round 12 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 18 Joe Kelly Norm Ware
20/07/1940 Round 13 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 4 Joe Kelly Norm Ware
27/07/1940 Round 14 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 19 Joe Kelly Norm Ware
10/08/1940 Round 15 St Kilda AWAY WIN FOO by 25 Joe Kelly Norm Ware
17/08/1940 Round 16 North Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 63 Joe Kelly Norm Ware
24/08/1940 Round 17 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 5 Joe Kelly Norm Ware
31/08/1940 Round 18 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 22 Joe Kelly Norm Ware