1940 VFL Season: South Melbourne
These are the details of the premiership results for South Melbourne for the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used Lakeside Oval as their home ground, playing nine matches there (nine as hosts). The team finished the regular season in tenth place.
Team Details
Competition:
1940 VFL Season
Team:
South Melbourne
Club:
Sydney
Home Ground:
Lakeside Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
10th (W-D-L: 7-0-11, P%: 87.3)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bates, George | #10 | 3 | 0 | R03, R05-06 |
| Benison, Alf | #10 | 1 | 2 | R13 |
| Brown, Stan | #6 | 3 | 0 | R11, R13-14 |
| Chinn, Ian | #23 | 8 | 11 | R06-11, R13, R16 |
| Chirgwin, Dick | #13 | 1 | 0 | R02 |
| Cleary, Jim | #20 | 17 | 0 | R02-18 |
| Collard, George | #31 | 17 | 16 | R01-03, R05-18 |
| Couper, Norm | #13 | 5 | 1 | R11-13, R17-18 |
| Coyle, Reg | #28 | 17 | 0 | R01-10, R12-18 |
| Dineen, Ken | #16 | 11 | 16 | R01-04, R12-18 |
| Dudley, Merv | #18 | 3 | 7 | R16-18 |
| Evans, Owen | #24 | 12 | 28 | R01-04, R07-09, R14-18 |
| Fergeus, Jack | #8 | 2 | 1 | R11-12 |
| Graham, Jack | #22 | 17 | 18 | R01, R03-18 |
| Gray, Harry | #27 | 9 | 5 | R03-11 |
| Grossman, Don | #17 | 9 | 1 | R04-08, R15-18 |
| Hacker, Jack | #29 | 13 | 0 | R01-10, R12-14 |
| Hamilton, Gordon | #7 | 2 | 0 | R15-16 |
| Harris, Wilbur | #33 | 10 | 1 | R01-04, R08-10, R13-15 |
| Hill, Frank | #19 | 3 | 0 | R08-09, R15 |
| Jasper, Howard | #9 | 5 | 0 | R14-18 |
| Kelly, Brian | #31 | 9 | 0 | R02, R10, R12-18 |
| King, Billy | #12 | 2 | 1 | R13-14 |
| Leonard, Mick | #6 | 2 | 1 | R04-05 |
| Matthews, Herbie | #1 | 18 | 3 | R01-18 |
| Matthews, Norm | #2 | 13 | 5 | R03-05, R08-09, R11-18 |
| McKenzie, Jock | #26 | 11 | 25 | R02-12 |
| McNamara, Lindsay | #12 | 1 | 3 | R01 |
| McNamara, Pat | #12 | 12 | 1 | R01, R03-07, R09-13, R15 |
| McNaughton, Keith | #17 | 1 | 0 | R18 |
| Mitchell, Alex | #18 | 13 | 9 | R01-12, R14 |
| Mullenger, Allan | #21 | 7 | 0 | R01, R07-12 |
| Mullenger, Bobby | #6 | 1 | 1 | R02 |
| O'Halloran, Kevin | #17 | 2 | 3 | R02, R06 |
| Patterson, Sandy | #9 | 2 | 2 | R01, R03 |
| Quinn, Jack | #2 | 1 | 0 | R01 |
| Reiffel, Lou | #5 | 16 | 33 | R01-11, R14-18 |
| Richards, Reg | #11 | 16 | 6 | R01-07, R10-18 |
| Ritchie, Rex | #4 | 17 | 0 | R01-02, R04-18 |
| Smith, Keith | #15 | 7 | 0 | R01-07 |
| Traynor, Harold | #7 | 2 | 2 | R10-11 |
| Turner, Arthur | #15 | 2 | 0 | R16-17 |
| Virtue, Keith | #19 | 2 | 3 | R17-18 |
| Whitfield, Ted | #30 | 16 | 2 | R01-02, R05-18 |
| Williams, Jack | 1 | 0 | R12 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baggott, Jack | 18 | 7 | -0- | 11 | R01-18 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27/04/1940 | Round 1 | Collingwood | HOME | LOSS | COLL by 12 | Jack Baggott | Herbie Matthews |
| 04/05/1940 | Round 2 | Carlton | AWAY | LOSS | CARL by 32 | Jack Baggott | Herbie Matthews |
| 11/05/1940 | Round 3 | Essendon | AWAY | LOSS | ESSE by 11 | Jack Baggott | Herbie Matthews |
| 18/05/1940 | Round 4 | Hawthorn | HOME | WIN | SMLB by 39 | Jack Baggott | Herbie Matthews |
| 25/05/1940 | Round 5 | Geelong | AWAY | LOSS | GEEL by 21 | Jack Baggott | Herbie Matthews |
| 01/06/1940 | Round 6 | North Melbourne | HOME | WIN | SMLB by 1 | Jack Baggott | Herbie Matthews |
| 08/06/1940 | Round 7 | Richmond | AWAY | LOSS | RICH by 9 | Jack Baggott | Herbie Matthews |
| 15/06/1940 | Round 8 | St Kilda | HOME | WIN | SMLB by 5 | Jack Baggott | Herbie Matthews |
| 22/06/1940 | Round 9 | Fitzroy | AWAY | LOSS | FITZ by 13 | Jack Baggott | Herbie Matthews |
| 29/06/1940 | Round 10 | Footscray | AWAY | LOSS | FOOT by 59 | Jack Baggott | Herbie Matthews |
| 06/07/1940 | Round 11 | Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | MELB by 52 | Jack Baggott | Herbie Matthews |
| 13/07/1940 | Round 12 | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COLL by 86 | Jack Baggott | Herbie Matthews |
| 20/07/1940 | Round 13 | Carlton | HOME | WIN | SMLB by 15 | Jack Baggott | Herbie Matthews |
| 27/07/1940 | Round 14 | Essendon | HOME | WIN | SMLB by 2 | Jack Baggott | Herbie Matthews |
| 10/08/1940 | Round 15 | Hawthorn | AWAY | LOSS | HWTH by 6 | Jack Baggott | Herbie Matthews |
| 17/08/1940 | Round 16 | Geelong | HOME | WIN | SMLB by 4 | Jack Baggott | Herbie Matthews |
| 24/08/1940 | Round 17 | North Melbourne | AWAY | WIN | SMLB by 66 | Jack Baggott | Herbie Matthews |
| 31/08/1940 | Round 18 | Richmond | HOME | LOSS | RICH by 47 | Jack Baggott | Herbie Matthews |