1940 VFL Season Round 8: Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 17 June 1940 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round eight of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. Frank Curcio captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Dan Minogue.

Melbourne (12.15.87) defeated Fitzroy (12.13.85).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Monday 17 June 1940
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 19,737

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 12.15.87 - 12.13.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 3 8 . 6 11 . 8 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Fitzroy 5 . 3 7 . 6 11 . 9 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Margin FITZ by 24 MELB by 6 FITZ by 1 MELB by 2 MELB by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

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

Fitzroy

Captain: Frank Curcio
Coach: Dan Minogue

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Hutchinson

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Anderson, Syd ? ? 0 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 5 ?
11 Ball, Harold ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 1 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 0 ?
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) ? ? 1 ?
7 Murnane, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
29 O'Keefe, Jack ? ? 1 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 3 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 15

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Calverley, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
18 Curcio, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
33 Curtin, Claude ? ? 6 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
3 Forbes, Keith ? ? 2 ?
25 Hall, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
9 Hart, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
23 Hearn, Maurie ? ? 2 ?
8 Hillard, Norm ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred ? ? 0 ?
5 Hughson, Mick ? ? 0 ?
2 James, Shadrach ? ? 0 ?
13 McGain, Syd ? ? 0 ?
22 Price, Noel ? ? 0 ?
27 Sharp, Mickey ? ? 0 ?
29 Smith, Len ? ? 0 ?
26 Stackpole, Keith ? ? 2 ?
10 Treweek, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
22 Wright, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 13

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