1940 VFL Season: Richmond

Season Team Details

Competition: 1940 VFL Season
Team: Richmond
Home Ground: Punt Road Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 12-0-6, P%: 120.0)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds
Ablett, Len #3 9 0 R01, R08-14, R16
Bawden, Bob #23 15 8 R01-07, R12-17, SF, GF
Bentley, Perce #1 19 32 R01-13, R15-18, SF, GF
Cosgrove, Bill #21 3 0 R01-02, R05
Cotter, Jack #15 19 0 R01-10, R12-18, SF, GF
Crane, Jack #18 18 21 R01-15, R18, SF, GF
Dyer, Jack #17 19 4 R01, R03-18, SF, GF
Edwards, Bert #2 20 4 R01-18, SF, GF
Harris, Dick #20 18 50 R01-07, R10-18, SF, GF
Hodges, Alby #35 1 0 R14
Hull, Ian #27 18 6 R01-15, R18, SF, GF
Martin, Ray #7 20 6 R01-18, SF, GF
McDonald, Alan #10 19 1 R01-11, R13-18, SF, GF
Merrett, Leo #22 11 3 R05-13, R15, GF
O'Connell, Maurie #5 7 8 R01-04, R12-14
O'Neill, Kevin #16 19 0 R01-15, R17-18, SF, GF
Perkins, Bill #9 1 0 R09
Priestley, Charlie #11 17 3 R02-14, R16-18, SF
Quinn, Jack #2 7 3 R11, R15-18, SF, GF
Quinn, Roy #25 1 0 R08
Reilly, Joe #34 7 0 R04-07, R16-18
Scott, Jack #6 17 8 R01-17
Smeaton, George #24 20 2 R01-18, SF, GF
Smith, Laird #8 20 19 R01-18, SF, GF
Steele, Ray #4 10 1 R01-04, R06, R16-18, SF, GF
Symons, Jack #19 13 5 R02-03, R08-11, R14-18, SF, GF
Titus, Jack #12 20 100 R01-18, SF, GF
Waldron, Bernie #13 12 1 R07-12, R15-18, SF, GF

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds
Bentley, Perce 20 13 -0- 7 R01-18, SF, GF

Team Line-Up

Back: Kevin O'Neill George Smeaton Jack Symons
Half-Back: Ray Steele Ian Hull Jack Cotter
Centre: Alan McDonald Bernie Waldron Bert Edwards
Half-Forward: Ray Martin Jack Crane Laird Smith
Forward: Bob Bawden Jack Titus Dick Harris
Follower: Perce Bentley Jack Dyer Jack Quinn

This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available complete positional records from this season.
Names in bold indicate that the player was named in this position at least ten times this season (exc. interchange).
Positional information from 1 out of 20 matches was used.

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
27/04/1940 Round 1 Footscray HOME LOSS FOOT by 12 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
04/05/1940 Round 2 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MELB by 23 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
11/05/1940 Round 3 Hawthorn AWAY WIN RICH by 27 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
18/05/1940 Round 4 Geelong HOME WIN RICH by 45 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
25/05/1940 Round 5 Fitzroy AWAY WIN RICH by 21 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
01/06/1940 Round 6 St Kilda HOME WIN RICH by 36 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
08/06/1940 Round 7 South Melbourne HOME WIN RICH by 9 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
15/06/1940 Round 8 Collingwood AWAY WIN RICH by 26 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
22/06/1940 Round 9 Essendon HOME LOSS ESSE by 5 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
29/06/1940 Round 10 North Melbourne AWAY WIN RICH by 29 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
06/07/1940 Round 11 Carlton HOME LOSS CARL by 11 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
13/07/1940 Round 12 Footscray AWAY WIN RICH by 18 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
20/07/1940 Round 13 Melbourne HOME LOSS MELB by 7 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
27/07/1940 Round 14 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HWTH by 8 Perce Bentley Jack Dyer
10/08/1940 Round 15 Geelong AWAY WIN RICH by 20 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
17/08/1940 Round 16 Fitzroy HOME WIN RICH by 28 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
24/08/1940 Round 17 St Kilda AWAY WIN RICH by 58 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
31/08/1940 Round 18 South Melbourne AWAY WIN RICH by 47 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
14/09/1940 Semi Final Melbourne AWAY WIN RICH by 6 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
28/09/1940 Grand Final Melbourne HOME LOSS MELB by 39 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley