1940 VFL Season Round 4: Carlton v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 18 May 1940 between Carlton and Melbourne during round four of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Melbourne at Princes Park. Brighton Diggins captained the hosts. Allan La Fontaine captained the visitors with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Brighton Diggins and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Carlton (13.12.90) were defeated by Melbourne (16.20.116).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Carlton v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 18 May 1940
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by Melbourne
Score: 13.12.90 - 16.20.116

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 3 . 3 5 . 8 8 . 9 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Melbourne 4 . 5 7 . 9 13 . 17 16 . 20 16 . 20 (116)
Margin MELB by 8 MELB by 13 MELB by 38 MELB by 26 MELB by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Brighton Diggins
Coach: Brighton Diggins

Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Thomas

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Anderson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Baxter, Ken ? ? 1 ?
3 Bennett, Jack ? ? 1 ?
6 Chitty, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Cooper, Ron ? ? 0 ?
12 Crisp, Mickey ? ? 0 ?
5 Diggins, Brighton (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Francis, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Gill, Frank ? ? 0 ?
32 Green, Bob ? ? 0 ?
11 Hale, Jack ? ? 2 ?
27 Mann, Cyril ? ? 0 ?
2 McIntyre, Don ? ? 0 ?
14 McLean, Rod ? ? 0 ?
16 Mooring, Jim ? ? 0 ?
26 Park, Jim ? ? 0 ?
24 Savage, Ron ? ? 1 ?
23 Schmidt, Paul ? ? 7 ?
28 Wrout, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 12

Melbourne

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

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