1940 VFL Season: Richmond

Season Team Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Team: Richmond
Home Ground: Punt Road Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 12-0-6, P%: 120.0%)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up
Players: 28
Brownlow Leader(s): George Smeaton (14)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jack Titus (92)
Jack Dyer Medal Recipient(s): Jack Dyer

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Perce Bentley

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Ablett, Len #3 9 R01, R08-R14, R16 0
Bawden, Bob #23 15 R01-R07, R12-R17, SF, GF 8
Bentley, Perce #1 19 R01-R13, R15-R18, SF, GF 32
Cosgrove, Bill #21 3 R01-R02, R05 0
Cotter, Jack #15 19 R01-R10, R12-R18, SF, GF 0
Crane, Jack #18 18 R01-R15, R18, SF, GF 21
Dyer, Jack #17 19 R01, R03-R18, SF, GF 4
Edwards, Bert #2 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 4
Harris, Dick #20 18 R01-R07, R10-R18, SF, GF 50
Hodges, Alby #35 1 R14 0
Hull, Ian #27 18 R01-R15, R18, SF, GF 6
Martin, Ray #7 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 6
McDonald, Alan #10 19 R01-R11, R13-R18, SF, GF 1
Merrett, Leo #22 11 R05-R13, R15, GF 3
O'Connell, Maurie #5 7 R01-R04, R12-R14 8
O'Neill, Kevin #16 19 R01-R15, R17-R18, SF, GF 0
Perkins, Bill #9 1 R09 0
Priestley, Charlie #11 17 R02-R14, R16-R18, SF 3
Quinn, Jack #2 7 R11, R15-R18, SF, GF 3
Quinn, Roy #25 1 R08 0
Reilly, Joe #34 7 R04-R07, R16-R18 0
Scott, Jack #6 17 R01-R17 8
Smeaton, George #24 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 2
Smith, Laird #8 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 19
Steele, Ray #4 10 R01-R04, R06, R16-R18, SF, GF 1
Symons, Jack #19 13 R02-R03, R08-R11, R14-R18, SF, GF 5
Titus, Jack #12 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 100
Waldron, Bernie #13 12 R07-R12, R15-R18, SF, GF 1

Team Line-Up

Back: Kevin O'Neill George Smeaton Jack Symons
Half-Back: Ray Steele Ian Hull Jack Cotter
Centre: Alan McDonald Bernie Waldron Bert Edwards
Half-Forward: Ray Martin Jack Crane Laird Smith
Forward: Bob Bawden Jack Titus Dick Harris
Follower: Perce Bentley Jack Dyer Jack Quinn
Interchange: Leo Merrett

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)
Bentley, Perce 20 13 -0- 7 R01-R18, SF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
27/04/1940 Round 1 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 12 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
04/05/1940 Round 2 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 23 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
11/05/1940 Round 3 Hawthorn AWAY WIN RIC by 27 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
18/05/1940 Round 4 Geelong HOME WIN RIC by 45 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
25/05/1940 Round 5 Fitzroy AWAY WIN RIC by 21 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
01/06/1940 Round 6 St Kilda HOME WIN RIC by 36 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
08/06/1940 Round 7 South Melbourne HOME WIN RIC by 9 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
15/06/1940 Round 8 Collingwood AWAY WIN RIC by 26 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
22/06/1940 Round 9 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 5 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
29/06/1940 Round 10 North Melbourne AWAY WIN RIC by 29 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
06/07/1940 Round 11 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 11 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
13/07/1940 Round 12 Footscray AWAY WIN RIC by 18 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
20/07/1940 Round 13 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 7 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
27/07/1940 Round 14 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 8 Perce Bentley Jack Dyer
10/08/1940 Round 15 Geelong AWAY WIN RIC by 20 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
17/08/1940 Round 16 Fitzroy HOME WIN RIC by 28 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
24/08/1940 Round 17 St Kilda AWAY WIN RIC by 58 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
31/08/1940 Round 18 South Melbourne AWAY WIN RIC by 47 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
14/09/1940 Semi Final Melbourne AWAY WIN RIC by 6 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
28/09/1940 Grand Final Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 39 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley