1940 VFL Season Round 3: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 11 May 1940 between Melbourne and Footscray during round three of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. Norm Ware captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Joe Kelly.

Melbourne (20.21.141) defeated Footscray (15.12.102).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 11 May 1940
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 30,867

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 20.21.141 - 15.12.102

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 3 9 . 9 14 . 16 20 . 21 20 . 21 (141)
Footscray 2 . 3 9 . 6 14 . 10 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Margin MELB by 6 MELB by 3 MELB by 6 MELB by 39 MELB by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

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

Footscray

Captain: Norm Ware
Coach: Joe Kelly

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Morgan

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Anderson, Syd ? ? 0 ?
16 Atkins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 2 ?
11 Ball, Harold ? ? 1 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 1 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 1 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
1 Jones, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 0 ?
7 Murnane, Hugh ? ? 3 ?
29 O'Keefe, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 2 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 6 ?
5 Truscott, Keith ? ? 0 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 20 21

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 3 ?
15 Ellis, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
13 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 Greenham, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 0 ?
27 May, Jim ? ? 0 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Murphy, Len ? ? 1 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
26 Page, Charlie ? ? 5 ?
24 Palmer, Ambrose ? ? 1 ?
22 Porter, Roy ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 3 ?
28 Sampson, Alf ? ? 0 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 1 ?
4 Ware, Norm (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 12

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