1940 VFL Season Round 18: Melbourne v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 31 August 1940 between Melbourne and North Melbourne during round eighteen of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted North Melbourne at the MCG. Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. Jim Adamson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Jim Adamson.

Melbourne (18.21.129) defeated North Melbourne (11.15.81).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Melbourne v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 31 August 1940
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 5,500

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. North Melbourne
Score: 18.21.129 - 11.15.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 7 7 . 13 11 . 17 18 . 21 18 . 21 (129)
North Melbourne 2 . 5 2 . 8 5 . 14 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Margin MELB by 2 MELB by 35 MELB by 39 MELB by 48 MELB by 48
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

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

North Melbourne

Captain: Jim Adamson
Coach: Jim Adamson (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Morgan

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Anderson, Syd ? ? 0 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 1 ?
3 Baxter, Bill ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 4 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 2 ?
34 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 1 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
26 Furniss, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 2 ?
32 Hingston, Dick ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 1 ?
29 O'Keefe, Jack ? ? 1 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 2 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 4 ?
5 Truscott, Keith ? ? 0 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 18 21

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Adamson, Jim (c) ? ? 0 ?
19 Baker, John ? ? 0 ?
20 Casey, Vin ? ? 0 ?
30 Coward, George ? ? 0 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 0 ?
9 Findlay, Bill ? ? 1 ?
11 Green, Harry ? ? 0 ?
16 Jones, Herb ? ? 1 ?
Kenny, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 McCorkell, Jock ? ? 0 ?
15 McFarlane, Mick ? ? 4 ?
23 Montgomery, Bill ? ? 0 ?
28 O'Brien, Dally ? ? 0 ?
3 Roulent, Tom ? ? 1 ?
12 Sitch, Roy ? ? 0 ?
31 Spratling, Col ? ? 1 ?
4 Stewart, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Stubbs, Frank ? ? 0 ?
Wynd, Ray ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 15

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