1940 VFL Season Round 9: St Kilda v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 June 1940 between St Kilda and Melbourne during round nine of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Melbourne at Junction Oval. Stan Lloyd captained the hosts. Allan La Fontaine captained the visitors with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ansell Clarke and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

St Kilda (16.16.112) were defeated by Melbourne (17.21.123).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: St Kilda v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 22 June 1940
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 13,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Melbourne
Score: 16.16.112 - 17.21.123

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 4 . 3 7 . 9 13 . 10 16 . 16 16 . 16 (112)
Melbourne 5 . 6 7 . 10 10 . 18 17 . 21 17 . 21 (123)
Margin MELB by 9 MELB by 1 STKL by 10 MELB by 11 MELB by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Stan Lloyd
Coach: Ansell Clarke

Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
26 Cliff, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Cranage, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
6 Fountain, Roy ? ? 1 ?
19 Garvin, Reg ? ? 0 ?
25 Hoppen, Ted ? ? 0 ?
7 Kelly, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Killigrew, Alan ? ? 0 ?
20 Lloyd, Stan (c) ? ? 0 ?
22 Maskell, Les ? ? 1 ?
27 Miller, Keith ? ? 0 ?
10 Mohr, Bill ? ? 7 ?
12 Rayment, Doug ? ? 3 ?
30 Regnier, Lance ? ? 2 ?
15 Vontom, Clarrie ? ? 1 ?
21 Walker, Ken ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilkie, Bob ? ? 0 ?
4 Williamson, Col ? ? 0 ?
24 Wilson, Ron ? ? 0 ?
14 Yewers, Jim ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 16

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Anderson, Syd ? ? 0 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 6 ?
11 Ball, Harold ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 1 ?
27 Daly, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 3 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
32 Hingston, Dick ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 0 ?
7 Murnane, Hugh ? ? 2 ?
29 O'Keefe, Jack ? ? 1 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 3 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 17 21

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