1940 VFL Season: North Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Team: North Melbourne
Home Ground: Arden Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 12th (W-D-L: 4-0-14, P%: 75.1%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 41
Brownlow Leader(s): Frank Stubbs (9)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Sel Murray (58)
Syd Barker Medal Recipient(s): Jim Adamson

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Jim Adamson, Len Thomas

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Adamson, Jim #8 17 R01-R06, R08-R18 0
Baker, John #19 6 R06-R07, R14, R16-R18 1
Bolger, Merv #2 3 R06-R07, R10 0
Bromley, Ray #16 2 R16-R17 0
Carter, Wally #17 10 R01-R09, R12 1
Casey, Vin #20 3 R16-R18 0
Cordner, Jock #6 8 R01-R08 0
Coward, George #30 9 R08-R15, R18 1
Davies, Laurie #13 9 R04-R09, R12-R13, R17 3
Dyer, Sid #5 13 R01-R09, R14-R16, R18 24
Findlay, Bill #9 18 R01-R18 32
Green, Harry #11 9 R01, R10-R12, R14-R18 6
Harrison, Jack #10 11 R01-R08, R11, R14-R15 12
Hasell, Neil #28 2 R16-R17 0
Hogan, Vin #24 1 R07 0
Jones, Herb #16 13 R01-R03, R09-R18 1
Jones, Trevor #27 1 R16 1
Kemp, Don #22 12 R02-R05, R10-R17 3
Kennedy, George #18 15 R01-R15 9
Kenny, Jack 1 R18 0
Lyons, Roy #20 4 R08-R11 0
McCorkell, Jock #14 15 R01-R05, R08-R13, R15-R18 0
McFarlane, Mick #15 7 R06-R07, R11, R13-R14, R16, R18 4
Montgomery, Bill #23 6 R06-R10, R18 0
Murray, Sel #26 14 R01-R14 58
O'Brien, Dally #28 14 R01-R09, R11-R14, R18 1
Parks, Ossy #29 11 R01-R05, R09-R14 0
Roulent, Tom #3 10 R02-R09, R15, R18 2
Ryan, Jack #15 5 R01-R05 2
Ryan, Reg #27 2 R15-R16 0
Sitch, Roy #12 16 R01, R03-R15, R17-R18 0
Skinner, Charles #7 12 R01-R07, R10-R14 0
Slater, Syd #2 6 R10-R13, R15, R17 2
Spratling, Col #31 8 R11-R18 3
Stewart, Jim #4 13 R01-R02, R08-R18 10
Stubbs, Frank #21 15 R02-R10, R13-R18 4
Thomas, Len #1 6 R01-R03, R06-R08 9
Tomkinson, Norm #25 2 R09-R10 2
Wells, Billy #24 6 R01, R04-R05, R15-R17 2
Willis, Geoff #25 5 R12-R13, R15-R17 0
Wynd, Ray 2 R17-R18 3

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)
Thomas, Len 7 2 -0- 5 R01-R07
Adamson, Jim 11 2 -0- 9 R08-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
27/04/1940 Round 1 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 72 Len Thomas unknown
04/05/1940 Round 2 Fitzroy HOME WIN NOR by 55 Len Thomas unknown
11/05/1940 Round 3 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 19 Len Thomas unknown
18/05/1940 Round 4 Collingwood HOME WIN NOR by 24 Len Thomas Jim Adamson
25/05/1940 Round 5 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 13 Len Thomas Jim Adamson
01/06/1940 Round 6 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 1 Len Thomas unknown
08/06/1940 Round 7 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 57 Len Thomas Len Thomas
15/06/1940 Round 8 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 35 Jim Adamson unknown
22/06/1940 Round 9 Carlton AWAY WIN NOR by 4 Jim Adamson Jim Adamson
29/06/1940 Round 10 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 29 Jim Adamson Jim Adamson
06/07/1940 Round 11 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 23 Jim Adamson Jim Adamson
13/07/1940 Round 12 Hawthorn HOME WIN NOR by 7 Jim Adamson Jim Adamson
20/07/1940 Round 13 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 46 Jim Adamson Jim Adamson
27/07/1940 Round 14 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 37 Jim Adamson Jim Adamson
10/08/1940 Round 15 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 40 Jim Adamson Jim Adamson
17/08/1940 Round 16 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 63 Jim Adamson Jim Adamson
24/08/1940 Round 17 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 66 Jim Adamson Jim Adamson
31/08/1940 Round 18 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 48 Jim Adamson Jim Adamson