1940 VFL Season Round 4: North Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 18 May 1940 between North Melbourne and Collingwood during round four of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Collingwood at Arden Street Oval. Jim Adamson captained the hosts. In the absence of Jack Regan, vice-captain Phonse Kyne captained the visitors with Jack Ross as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Len Thomas and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

North Melbourne (14.15.99) defeated Collingwood (10.15.75).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: North Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 18 May 1940
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 11,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Collingwood
Score: 14.15.99 - 10.15.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 6 . 5 7 . 10 11 . 14 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
Collingwood 1 . 3 6 . 9 6 . 13 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Margin NMLB by 32 NMLB by 7 NMLB by 31 NMLB by 24 NMLB by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Jim Adamson
Coach: Len Thomas

Collingwood

Captain: Phonse Kyne (acting)
Vice-Captain: Jack Ross (acting)
Coach: Jock McHale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Batt

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Adamson, Jim (c) ? ? 0 ?
17 Carter, Wally ? ? 0 ?
6 Cordner, Jock ? ? 0 ?
13 Davies, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 0 ?
9 Findlay, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Harrison, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Kemp, Don ? ? 3 ?
18 Kennedy, George ? ? 0 ?
14 McCorkell, Jock ? ? 0 ?
26 Murray, Sel ? ? 8 ?
28 O'Brien, Dally ? ? 0 ?
29 Parks, Ossy ? ? 0 ?
3 Roulent, Tom ? ? 0 ?
15 Ryan, Jack ? ? 2 ?
12 Sitch, Roy ? ? 0 ?
7 Skinner, Charles ? ? 0 ?
21 Stubbs, Frank ? ? 1 ?
24 Wells, Billy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 15

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Balfour, Don ? ? 0 ?
29 Campbell, Colin ? ? 0 ?
3 Campbell, Norm ? ? 0 ?
5 Dawson, Stan ? ? 2 ?
5 Dowling, Ron ? ? 0 ?
6 Fothergill, Des ? ? 2 ?
7 Fricker, Pat ? ? 0 ?
11 Hocking, Gordon ? ? 2 ?
13 Knight, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Knott, Dan ? ? 2 ?
15 Kyne, Phonse (ac) ? ? 1 ?
16 Morgan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
17 Murphy, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Naismith, Herb ? ? 0 ?
19 Newman, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
20 Pannam, Alby ? ? 1 ?
21 Pimm, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Ross, Jack (avc) ? ? 0 ?
27 Williams, Alan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 15

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