1940 VFL Season Round 7: North Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 8 June 1940 between North Melbourne and Melbourne during round seven of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Melbourne at Arden Street Oval. Len Thomas captained the hosts. Allan La Fontaine captained the visitors with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Len Thomas and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

North Melbourne (8.1.49) were defeated by Melbourne (12.34.106).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: North Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 8 June 1940
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 5,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Melbourne
Score: 8.1.49 - 12.34.106

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 2 . 0 6 . 1 8 . 1 8 . 1 8 . 1 (49)
Melbourne 3 . 6 5 . 15 10 . 23 12 . 34 12 . 34 (106)
Margin MELB by 12 MELB by 8 MELB by 34 MELB by 57 MELB by 57
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Len Thomas
Coach: Len Thomas

Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Batt

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Baker, John ? ? 0 ?
2 Bolger, Merv ? ? 0 ?
17 Carter, Wally ? ? 1 ?
6 Cordner, Jock ? ? 0 ?
13 Davies, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 1 ?
9 Findlay, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Harrison, Jack ? ? 1 ?
24 Hogan, Vin ? ? 0 ?
18 Kennedy, George ? ? 0 ?
15 McFarlane, Mick ? ? 0 ?
23 Montgomery, Bill ? ? 0 ?
26 Murray, Sel ? ? 3 ?
28 O'Brien, Dally ? ? 0 ?
3 Roulent, Tom ? ? 0 ?
12 Sitch, Roy ? ? 0 ?
7 Skinner, Charles ? ? 0 ?
21 Stubbs, Frank ? ? 0 ?
1 Thomas, Len (c) ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 1

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Anderson, Syd ? ? 0 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 1 ?
11 Ball, Harold ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 1 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 2 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
32 Hingston, Dick ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 0 ?
29 O'Keefe, Jack ? ? 1 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 2 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 4 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 34

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