1940 VFL Season Round 10: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 29 June 1940 between Melbourne and Geelong during round ten of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Allan Everett.

Melbourne (22.19.151) were defeated by Geelong (24.10.154).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 29 June 1940
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 15,265

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 22.19.151 - 24.10.154

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 9 . 6 13 . 11 17 . 17 22 . 19 22 . 19 (151)
Geelong 7 . 2 15 . 4 19 . 9 24 . 10 24 . 10 (154)
Margin MELB by 16 GEEL by 5 GEEL by 4 GEEL by 3 GEEL by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

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

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Allan Everett (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Morgan

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Anderson, Syd ? ? 0 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 5 ?
11 Ball, Harold ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 0 ?
3 Baxter, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 2 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 2 ?
32 Hingston, Dick ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 1 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 4 ?
7 Murnane, Hugh ? ? 3 ?
29 O'Keefe, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 1 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 4 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 22 19

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 0 ?
26 Bethune, Rupe ? ? 0 ?
31 Butcher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Dean, Leo ? ? 0 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 4 ?
10 Everett, Allan ? ? 0 ?
25 Glenister, Mick ? ? 0 ?
23 Glenister, Norm ? ? 7 ?
7 Gniel, George ? ? 0 ?
14 Grant, Jack ? ? 3 ?
12 Harwood, Bill ? ? 0 ?
29 Helmer, Clyde ? ? 3 ?
3 Howard, Stan ? ? 0 ?
22 Knight, Jim ? ? 1 ?
17 Lynch, Jack ? ? 3 ?
15 Mahon, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
2 Nash, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Taylor, Percy ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 24 10

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