1940 WANFL Season Grand Final: South Fremantle v Claremont

This is the match report for the match played on 12 October 1940 between South Fremantle and Claremont in the grand final of the 1940 season of the Western Australian National Football League. South Fremantle hosted Claremont at Subiaco Oval. George Moloney captained the visitors. The visitors were coached by Johnny Leonard.

South Fremantle (9.20.74) were defeated by Claremont (13.13.91).

Match Details

Season: 1940 WANFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: South Fremantle v Claremont
Date: Saturday 12 October 1940
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Subiaco Oval
Attendance: 18,876

Match Results

Outcome: South Fremantle def. by Claremont
Score: 9.20.74 - 13.13.91

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Fremantle 0 . 3 4 . 6 5 . 13 9 . 20 9 . 20 (74)
Claremont 4 . 7 5 . 10 9 . 12 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Margin CLMT by 28 CLMT by 10 CLMT by 23 CLMT by 17 CLMT by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

South Fremantle

Captain: unknown

Claremont

Captain: George Moloney
Coach: Johnny Leonard

Player Statistics

South Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Graham, Ernest ? ? ? ?
Jenkins, Frank ? ? ? ?
Lewington, Clive ? ? ? ?
Reilly, Corp ? ? ? ?
Truscott, Bill ? ? ? ?
Rushed ?
Total (5 players) 9 20

Claremont

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Byfield, Arnold ? ? ? ?
Compton, Hector ? ? ? ?
Edmeades, Jack ? ? ? ?
Gibson, Mallee ? ? ? ?
Grieve, lan ? ? ? ?
Guthrie, Hugh ? ? ? ?
Heusler, Reg ? ? ? ?
Hooper, Jackie ? ? ? ?
Hunt, Noel ? ? ? ?
Julian, Thorold ? ? ? ?
Kemp, Roy ? ? ? ?
Maitland, Harold ? ? ? ?
Moloney, George (c) ? ? ? ?
O'Neill, William ? ? ? ?
Reeves, Jack ? ? ? ?
Reid, Jim ? ? ? ?
Serjeant, Thomas ? ? ? ?
Shaw, Allan ? ? ? ?
Sutherland, William ? ? ? ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 13

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