1940 VFL Season Grand Final: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 28 September 1940 between Richmond and Melbourne in the grand final of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond "hosted" Melbourne at the MCG. Perce Bentley captained the hosts with Jack Dyer as vice-captain. Allan La Fontaine captained the visitors with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Richmond (10.8.68) were defeated by Melbourne (15.17.107).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 28 September 1940
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 70,330

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Melbourne
Score: 10.8.68 - 15.17.107

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 0 4 . 2 5 . 4 10 . 8 10 . 8 (68)
Melbourne 4 . 8 10 . 11 13 . 15 15 . 17 15 . 17 (107)
Margin MELB by 14 MELB by 45 MELB by 59 MELB by 39 MELB by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Perce Bentley
Vice-Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Perce Bentley

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Vice-Captain: Jack Mueller
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward

Goal Umpires

R. Treloar
W. Wetenhall

Boundary Umpires

N. Batty
J. Lancaster

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Bawden, Bob FPL ? 1 ?
1 Bentley, Perce (c) RU ? 0 ?
15 Cotter, Jack HBFR ? 0 ?
18 Crane, Jack CHF ? 1 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (vc) RU ? 0 ?
2 Edwards, Bert WR ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick FPR ? 5 ?
27 Hull, Ian CHB ? 0 ?
7 Martin, Ray HFFL ? 0 ?
10 McDonald, Alan WL ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo SUB ? 0 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin BPL ? 0 ?
2 Quinn, Jack RO ? 0 ?
24 Smeaton, George FB ? 0 ?
8 Smith, Laird HFFR ? 0 ?
4 Steele, Ray HBFL ? 0 ?
19 Symons, Jack BPR ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack FF ? 3 ?
13 Waldron, Bernie C ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 8

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Anderson, Syd WR ? 0 ?
15 Baggott, Ron CHF ? 2 ?
11 Ball, Harold BPR ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron SUB ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy RO ? 2 ?
9 Emselle, Richie BPL ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred FPL ? 1 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie HFFL ? 0 ?
32 Hingston, Dick HBFR ? 0 ?
1 Jones, Gordon CHB ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) C ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col HBFL ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) RU ? 0 ?
29 O'Keefe, Jack RU ? 2 ?
19 Roberts, Frank FB ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby FPR ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm FF ? 7 ?
5 Truscott, Keith HFFR ? 1 ?
23 Wartman, Ray WL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 17

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

Richmond Coach: Perce Bentley
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
9 R. Emselle 19 F. Roberts 11 H. Ball 1 P. Bentley (c) 22 L. Merrett
20 D. Harris 12 J. Titus 23 B. Bawden 17 J. Dyer (vc)

FORWARD 2 J. Quinn

HALF-BACK



25 C. McLean 1 G. Jones 32 D. Hingston



8 L. Smith 18 J. Crane 7 R. Martin



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



23 R. Wartman 17 A. La Fontaine (c) 36 S. Anderson



2 B. Edwards 13 B. Waldron 10 A. McDonald FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 12 J. Mueller (vc) 31 R. Barassi
HALF-FORWARD 29 J. O'Keefe

10 M. Gibb 15 R. Baggott 5 K. Truscott 24 P. Beames

15 J. Cotter 27 I. Hull 4 R. Steele



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



6 F. Fanning 4 N. Smith 30 A. Rodda



19 J. Symons 24 G. Smeaton 16 K. O'Neill



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Frank Hughes