1940 VFL Season Round 15: Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 10 August 1940 between Melbourne and Carlton during round fifteen of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Carlton at the MCG. Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. Jim Francis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Brighton Diggins.

Melbourne (14.12.96) were defeated by Carlton (20.13.133).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Saturday 10 August 1940
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 16,500

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Carlton
Score: 14.12.96 - 20.13.133

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 2 5 . 5 9 . 8 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Carlton 4 . 4 10 . 8 13 . 10 20 . 13 20 . 13 (133)
Margin CARL by 8 CARL by 33 CARL by 26 CARL by 37 CARL by 37
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

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

Carlton

Captain: Jim Francis
Coach: Brighton Diggins

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Sullivan

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Anderson, Syd ? ? 0 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 1 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 1 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 3 ?
32 Hingston, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Jones, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 1 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 3 ?
33 Neenan, Bernie ? ? 1 ?
29 O'Keefe, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 2 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 1 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 12

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Anderson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Baxter, Ken ? ? 0 ?
9 Cameron, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
7 Carney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Chitty, Bob ? ? 3 ?
12 Crisp, Mickey ? ? 2 ?
10 Francis, Jim (c) ? ? 4 ?
32 Green, Bob ? ? 1 ?
11 Hale, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Jones, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 McInnes, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
2 McIntyre, Don ? ? 0 ?
20 McTaggart, Bert ? ? 0 ?
16 Mooring, Jim ? ? 2 ?
26 Park, Jim ? ? 0 ?
24 Savage, Ron ? ? 1 ?
23 Schmidt, Paul ? ? 5 ?
8 Skinner, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Wrout, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 20 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