1940 VFL Season Round 5: Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 25 May 1940 between Melbourne and Collingwood during round five of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Collingwood at the MCG. Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. In the absence of Jack Regan, vice-captain Phonse Kyne captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Melbourne (17.12.114) defeated Collingwood (13.20.98).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 25 May 1940
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 20,043

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Collingwood
Score: 17.12.114 - 13.20.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 6 9 . 7 13 . 12 17 . 12 17 . 12 (114)
Collingwood 1 . 4 7 . 11 9 . 14 13 . 20 13 . 20 (98)
Margin MELB by 26 MELB by 8 MELB by 22 MELB by 16 MELB by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

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

Collingwood

Captain: Phonse Kyne (acting)
Coach: Jock McHale

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 ? ? 4 ?
11 Ball, Harold ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 3 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 1 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
1 Jones, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
14 Maher, Jack ? ? 1 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 1 ?
7 Murnane, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 2 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 5 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 17 12

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Balfour, Don ? ? 0 ?
2 Barrett, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
29 Campbell, Colin ? ? 0 ?
5 Dawson, Stan ? ? 1 ?
5 Dowling, Ron ? ? 0 ?
6 Fothergill, Des ? ? 5 ?
7 Fricker, Pat ? ? 0 ?
9 Hill, Les ? ? 0 ?
11 Hocking, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
13 Knight, Jack ? ? 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 ? ? 2 ?
26 Whelan, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
27 Williams, Alan ? ? 0 ?
36 Williams, Ken ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 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