1940 VFL Season Preliminary Final: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 21 September 1940 between Melbourne and Essendon in the preliminary final of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Melbourne (12.18.90) defeated Essendon (12.13.85).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 21 September 1940
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 47,348

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 12.18.90 - 12.13.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 7 8 . 11 9 . 16 12 . 18 12 . 18 (90)
Essendon 3 . 4 8 . 8 9 . 11 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Margin MELB by 9 MELB by 3 MELB by 5 MELB by 5 MELB by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

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

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Anderson, Syd ? ? 0 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 2 ?
11 Ball, Harold ? ? 0 ?
3 Baxter, Bill ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 1 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
26 Furniss, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
32 Hingston, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Jones, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 1 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 2 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 3 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 3 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 18

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Baker, Norm ? ? 0 ?
24 Begley, Les ? ? 0 ?
12 Bell, George ? ? 0 ?
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
9 Bryce, Ted ? ? 4 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 2 ?
26 Green, Fred ? ? 0 ?
33 Griggs, Les ? ? 2 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
18 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
17 Lambert, Harold ? ? 0 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 1 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
28 Watts, Ray ? ? 3 ?
14 Wilson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 13

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