1940 VFL 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 VFL season.
Richmond "hosted" Melbourne at MCG.
Perce Bentley captained the hosts with Jack Dyer as vice-captain.
Allan La Fontaine captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.
Richmond
Back:
K. O'Neill, G. Smeaton, J. Symons
Half-back:
R. Steele, I. Hull, J. Cotter
Centre:
A. McDonald, B. Waldron, B. Edwards
Half-forward:
R. Martin, J. Crane, L. Smith
Forward:
B. Bawden, J. Titus, D. Harris
Follower:
P. Bentley (capt.), J. Dyer (vice-capt.), J. Quinn
Sub.:
L. Merrett
Melbourne
Back:
R. Emselle, F. Roberts, H. Ball
Half-back:
C. McLean, G. Jones, D. Hingston
Centre:
R. Wartman, A. La Fontaine (capt.), S. Anderson
Half-forward:
M. Gibb, R. Baggott, K. Truscott
Forward:
F. Fanning, N. Smith, A. Rodda
Follower:
J. Mueller, J. O'Keefe, P. Beames
Sub.:
R. Barassi
Richmond (10.8.68) were defeated by Melbourne (15.17.107).
Goalkickers
Richmond: D. Harris (5), J. Titus (3), B. Bawden, J. Crane
Melbourne: N. Smith (7), R. Baggott (2), P. Beames (2), J. O'Keefe (2), F. Fanning, K. Truscott
As a result of this match, Melbourne were the premiers and Richmond were the runners-up.
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
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
Coaches:
Perce Bentley
(Richmond),
Frank Hughes
(Melbourne)
Captains:
Perce Bentley
(Richmond),
Allan La Fontaine
(Melbourne)
Vice-Captains:
Jack Dyer
(Richmond),
unknown
(Melbourne)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
A. Coward
Goal Umpire:
R. Treloar,
W. Wetenhall
Boundary Umpire:
N. Batty,
J. Lancaster
Player Statistics
Richmond
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | 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 50sPlayer Line-Up
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| 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) |
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| 25 | C. McLean | 1 | G. Jones | 32 | D. Hingston |
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| 8 | L. Smith | 18 | J. Crane | 7 | R. Martin |
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| 23 | R. Wartman | 17 | A. La Fontaine (c) | 36 | S. Anderson |
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| 2 | B. Edwards | 13 | B. Waldron | 10 | A. McDonald | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
| CENTRE | 12 | J. Mueller | 31 | R. Barassi | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | 29 | J. O'Keefe |
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| 10 | M. Gibb | 15 | R. Baggott | 5 | K. Truscott | 24 | P. Beames |
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| 15 | J. Cotter | 27 | I. Hull | 4 | R. Steele |
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| 6 | F. Fanning | 4 | N. Smith | 30 | A. Rodda |
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| 19 | J. Symons | 24 | G. Smeaton | 16 | K. O'Neill |
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| Melbourne | Coach: Frank Hughes | ||||||||||||||