1940 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 1st (W-D-L: 14-0-4, P%: 125.8%)
Finals Performance: Premiers
Players: 34
Brownlow Leader(s): Ron Baggott (11)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Norm Smith (75)
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy Recipient(s): Ron Baggott

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Allan La Fontaine
Vice-Captain(s): Jack Mueller

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Anderson, Syd #36 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 3
Atkins, Jack #16 4 R03-R06 1
Baggott, Ron #15 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 47
Ball, Harold #11 13 R02-R05, R07-R10, R12, R14, SF, PF, GF 3
Barassi, Ron #31 14 R01-R03, R07-R16, GF 14
Baxter, Bill #3 14 R01-R02, R04, R06, R10-R14, R16-R18, SF, PF 0
Beames, Percy #24 15 R01-R09, R16-R18, SF, PF, GF 30
Daly, Gerry #27 2 R09, R16 0
Dowsing, Roy #2 11 R07-R13, R17-R18, SF, PF 15
Dullard, Adrian #34 2 R17-R18 1
Ellis, Noel #35 1 R17 0
Emselle, Richie #9 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 1
Fanning, Fred #6 5 R01, R04, R11, R13, GF 5
Fischer, Rowley #8 16 R01-R05, R07-R13, R15-R16, SF, PF 1
Furniss, Jack #26 5 R01, R17-R18, SF, PF 0
Gibb, Maurie #10 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 25
Hingston, Dick #32 12 R06-R11, R15-R18, PF, GF 0
Jones, Gordon #1 10 R01-R06, R14-R15, PF, GF 0
Jones, Les #13 4 R11-R12, R14-R15 3
Kimberley, Ron #21 1 R01 1
La Fontaine, Allan #17 19 R01-R10, R12-R16, R18, SF, PF, GF 6
Lock, Wally #18 15 R04-R11, R14-R18, SF, PF 0
Maher, Jack #14 6 R01, R05, R12-R14, R16 1
McGrath, Shane #22 5 R05-R08, R10 0
McLean, Col #25 11 R11-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Mueller, Jack #12 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 38
Murnane, Hugh #7 11 R02-R06, R08-R13 11
Neenan, Bernie #33 2 R14-R15 1
O'Keefe, Jack #29 13 R02-R03, R07-R15, R18, GF 9
Roberts, Frank #19 16 R01-R03, R05-R09, R11-R13, R15-R17, SF, GF 0
Rodda, Alby #30 16 R02-R07, R10, R13-R18, SF, PF, GF 22
Smith, Norm #4 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 86
Truscott, Keith #5 9 R01-R04, R06, R17-R18, SF, GF 9
Wartman, Ray #23 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 7

Team Line-Up

Back: Richie Emselle Frank Roberts Harold Ball
Half-Back: Col McLean Gordon Jones Dick Hingston
Centre: Ray Wartman Allan La Fontaine Syd Anderson
Half-Forward: Maurie Gibb Ron Baggott Keith Truscott
Forward: Fred Fanning Norm Smith Alby Rodda
Follower: Jack Mueller Jack O'Keefe Percy Beames
Interchange: Ron Barassi

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)
Hughes, Frank 21 16 -0- 5 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
27/04/1940 Round 1 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 17 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
04/05/1940 Round 2 Richmond HOME WIN MEL by 23 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
11/05/1940 Round 3 Footscray HOME WIN MEL by 39 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
18/05/1940 Round 4 Carlton AWAY WIN MEL by 26 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
25/05/1940 Round 5 Collingwood HOME WIN MEL by 16 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
01/06/1940 Round 6 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 6 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
08/06/1940 Round 7 North Melbourne AWAY WIN MEL by 57 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
17/06/1940 Round 8 Fitzroy HOME WIN MEL by 2 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
22/06/1940 Round 9 St Kilda AWAY WIN MEL by 11 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
29/06/1940 Round 10 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 3 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
06/07/1940 Round 11 South Melbourne AWAY WIN MEL by 52 Frank Hughes Jack Mueller
13/07/1940 Round 12 Essendon HOME WIN MEL by 68 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
20/07/1940 Round 13 Richmond AWAY WIN MEL by 7 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
27/07/1940 Round 14 Footscray AWAY WIN MEL by 19 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
10/08/1940 Round 15 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 37 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
17/08/1940 Round 16 Collingwood AWAY WIN MEL by 14 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
24/08/1940 Round 17 Hawthorn HOME WIN MEL by 114 Frank Hughes Jack Mueller
31/08/1940 Round 18 North Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 48 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
14/09/1940 Semi Final Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 6 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
21/09/1940 Preliminary Final Essendon HOME WIN MEL by 5 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
28/09/1940 Grand Final Richmond AWAY WIN MEL by 39 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine