1940 VFLS Season: Melbourne Seconds
These are the details of the premiership results for the Melbourne Seconds for the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League Seconds (currently known as the Australian Football League Reserves). The team used the MCG as their home ground, playing nine matches there (nine as hosts). The team finished the regular season in fifth place.
Team Details
Competition:
1940 VFLS Season
Team:
Melbourne Seconds
Home Ground:
MCG
Team Results
Ladder Position:
5th (W-D-L: 12-0-6, P%: 125.3)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams, Bill | 18 | 12 | -0- | 6 | R01-18 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27/04/1940 | Round 1 | Essendon (S) | HOME | LOSS | ESSS by 5 | Bill Adams | unknown |
| 04/05/1940 | Round 2 | Richmond (S) | AWAY | WIN | MLBS by 92 | Bill Adams | unknown |
| 11/05/1940 | Round 3 | Footscray (S) | AWAY | WIN | MLBS by 7 | Bill Adams | unknown |
| 18/05/1940 | Round 4 | Carlton (S) | HOME | WIN | MLBS by 40 | Bill Adams | unknown |
| 25/05/1940 | Round 5 | Collingwood (S) | AWAY | LOSS | COLS by 54 | Bill Adams | unknown |
| 01/06/1940 | Round 6 | Hawthorn (S) | HOME | WIN | MLBS by 98 | Bill Adams | unknown |
| 08/06/1940 | Round 7 | North Melbourne (S) | HOME | WIN | MLBS by 130 | Bill Adams | unknown |
| 15/06/1940 | Round 8 | Fitzroy (S) | AWAY | LOSS | FITS by 69 | Bill Adams | unknown |
| 22/06/1940 | Round 9 | St Kilda (S) | HOME | WIN | MLBS by 46 | Bill Adams | unknown |
| 29/06/1940 | Round 10 | Geelong (S) | AWAY | LOSS | GEES by 44 | Bill Adams | unknown |
| 06/07/1940 | Round 11 | South Melbourne (S) | HOME | WIN | MLBS by 64 | Bill Adams | unknown |
| 13/07/1940 | Round 12 | Essendon (S) | AWAY | LOSS | ESSS by 28 | Bill Adams | unknown |
| 20/07/1940 | Round 13 | Richmond (S) | HOME | WIN | MLBS by 14 | Bill Adams | unknown |
| 27/07/1940 | Round 14 | Footscray (S) | HOME | WIN | MLBS by 6 | Bill Adams | unknown |
| 10/08/1940 | Round 15 | Carlton (S) | AWAY | WIN | MLBS by 40 | Bill Adams | unknown |
| 17/08/1940 | Round 16 | Collingwood (S) | HOME | LOSS | COLS by 56 | Bill Adams | unknown |
| 24/08/1940 | Round 17 | Hawthorn (S) | AWAY | WIN | MLBS by 33 | Bill Adams | unknown |
| 31/08/1940 | Round 18 | North Melbourne (S) | AWAY | WIN | MLBS by 56 | Bill Adams | unknown |