1940 VFL Season: South Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Lakeside Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 10th (W-D-L: 7-0-11, P%: 87.3%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 45
Brownlow Leader(s): Herbie Matthews (32)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Lou Reiffel (33)
Bob Skilton Medal Recipient(s): Herbie Matthews

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Herbie Matthews

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Bates, George #10 3 R03, R05-R06 0
Benison, Alf #10 1 R13 2
Brown, Stan #6 3 R11, R13-R14 0
Chinn, Ian #23 8 R06-R11, R13, R16 11
Chirgwin, Dick #13 1 R02 0
Cleary, Jim #20 17 R02-R18 0
Collard, George #31 17 R01-R03, R05-R18 16
Couper, Norm #13 5 R11-R13, R17-R18 1
Coyle, Reg #28 17 R01-R10, R12-R18 0
Dineen, Ken #16 11 R01-R04, R12-R18 16
Dudley, Merv #18 3 R16-R18 7
Evans, Owen #24 12 R01-R04, R07-R09, R14-R18 28
Fergeus, Jack #8 2 R11-R12 1
Graham, Jack #22 17 R01, R03-R18 18
Gray, Harry #27 9 R03-R11 5
Grossman, Don #17 9 R04-R08, R15-R18 1
Hacker, Jack #29 13 R01-R10, R12-R14 0
Hamilton, Gordon #7 2 R15-R16 0
Harris, Wilbur #33 10 R01-R04, R08-R10, R13-R15 1
Hill, Frank #19 3 R08-R09, R15 0
Jasper, Howard #9 5 R14-R18 0
Kelly, Brian #31 9 R02, R10, R12-R18 0
King, Billy #12 2 R13-R14 1
Leonard, Mick #6 2 R04-R05 1
Matthews, Herbie #1 18 R01-R18 3
Matthews, Norm #2 13 R03-R05, R08-R09, R11-R18 5
McKenzie, Jock #26 11 R02-R12 25
McNamara, Lindsay #12 1 R01 3
McNamara, Pat #12 12 R01, R03-R07, R09-R13, R15 1
McNaughton, Keith #17 1 R18 0
Mitchell, Alex #18 13 R01-R12, R14 9
Mullenger, Allan #21 7 R01, R07-R12 0
Mullenger, Bobby #6 1 R02 1
O'Halloran, Kevin #17 2 R02, R06 3
Patterson, Sandy #9 2 R01, R03 2
Quinn, Jack #2 1 R01 0
Reiffel, Lou #5 16 R01-R11, R14-R18 33
Richards, Reg #11 16 R01-R07, R10-R18 6
Ritchie, Rex #4 17 R01-R02, R04-R18 0
Smith, Keith #15 7 R01-R07 0
Traynor, Harold #7 2 R10-R11 2
Turner, Arthur #15 2 R16-R17 0
Virtue, Keith #19 2 R17-R18 3
Whitfield, Ted #30 16 R01-R02, R05-R18 2
Williams, Jack 1 R12 0

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)
Baggott, Jack 18 7 -0- 11 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
27/04/1940 Round 1 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 12 Jack Baggott Herbie Matthews
04/05/1940 Round 2 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 32 Jack Baggott Herbie Matthews
11/05/1940 Round 3 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 11 Jack Baggott Herbie Matthews
18/05/1940 Round 4 Hawthorn HOME WIN SOU by 39 Jack Baggott Herbie Matthews
25/05/1940 Round 5 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 21 Jack Baggott Herbie Matthews
01/06/1940 Round 6 North Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 1 Jack Baggott Herbie Matthews
08/06/1940 Round 7 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 9 Jack Baggott Herbie Matthews
15/06/1940 Round 8 St Kilda HOME WIN SOU by 5 Jack Baggott Herbie Matthews
22/06/1940 Round 9 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 13 Jack Baggott Herbie Matthews
29/06/1940 Round 10 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 59 Jack Baggott Herbie Matthews
06/07/1940 Round 11 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 52 Jack Baggott Herbie Matthews
13/07/1940 Round 12 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 86 Jack Baggott Herbie Matthews
20/07/1940 Round 13 Carlton HOME WIN SOU by 15 Jack Baggott Herbie Matthews
27/07/1940 Round 14 Essendon HOME WIN SOU by 2 Jack Baggott Herbie Matthews
10/08/1940 Round 15 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 6 Jack Baggott Herbie Matthews
17/08/1940 Round 16 Geelong HOME WIN SOU by 4 Jack Baggott Herbie Matthews
24/08/1940 Round 17 North Melbourne AWAY WIN SOU by 66 Jack Baggott Herbie Matthews
31/08/1940 Round 18 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 47 Jack Baggott Herbie Matthews