1940 VFL Season Round 16: Collingwood v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 17 August 1940 between Collingwood and Melbourne during round sixteen of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Melbourne at Victoria Park. Jack Regan captained the hosts with Phonse Kyne as vice-captain. Allan La Fontaine captained the visitors with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Collingwood (12.18.90) were defeated by Melbourne (16.8.104).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Collingwood v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 17 August 1940
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 8,000

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by Melbourne
Score: 12.18.90 - 16.8.104

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 3 . 2 6 . 5 10 . 13 12 . 18 12 . 18 (90)
Melbourne 4 . 3 9 . 4 10 . 4 16 . 8 16 . 8 (104)
Margin MELB by 7 MELB by 17 COLL by 9 MELB by 14 MELB by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Jack Regan
Vice-Captain: Phonse Kyne
Coach: Jock McHale

Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Campbell, Colin ? ? 1 ?
3 Campbell, Norm ? ? 0 ?
5 Dowling, Ron ? ? 0 ?
6 Fothergill, Des ? ? 4 ?
9 Hill, Les ? ? 0 ?
11 Hocking, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
13 Knight, Jack ? ? 1 ?
15 Kyne, Phonse (vc) ? ? 0 ?
25 Mears, Harry ? ? 0 ?
16 Morgan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
17 Murphy, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Noonan, Bill ? ? 1 ?
20 Pannam, Alby ? ? 2 ?
21 Pimm, Jack ? ? 1 ?
23 Regan, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
24 Ross, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 Williams, Alan ? ? 1 ?
36 Williams, Ken ? ? 1 ?
28 Woods, Bervin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 18

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Anderson, Syd ? ? 1 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 1 ?
3 Baxter, Bill ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 3 ?
27 Daly, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
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 ?
14 Maher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 2 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 1 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 6 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 8

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