1940 VFL grand final

The 1940 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Richmond Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 28 September 1940. It was the 42nd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1940 VFL season. The match, attended by 70,330 spectators, was won by Melbourne by a margin of 39 points, marking that club's fourth premiership victory.

1940 VFL Grand Final
Melbourne Richmond 15.17 (107) 10.8 (68)
1 2 3 4 MEL 4.8 (32) 10.11 (71) 13.15 (93) 15.17 (107) RIC 3.0 (18) 4.2 (26) 5.4 (34) 10.8 (68)
Date	28 September 1940
Stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance	70,330
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This was Melbourne's second successive premiership, having defeated Collingwood in the 1939 VFL Grand Final.

Teams

Melbourne

Richmond

Melbourne B: Richie Emselle Frank Roberts Harold Ball HB: Col McLean Gordon Jones Dick Hingston C: Ray Wartman Allan La Fontaine (c) Syd Anderson HF: Maurie Gibb Ron Baggott Keith Truscott F: Fred Fanning Norm Smith Alby Rodda Foll: Jack Mueller Jack O'Keefe Percy Beames Res: Ron Barassi Coach: Checker Hughes

Richmond B: Kevin O'Neill George Smeaton Jack Symons HB: Raymond Steele Ian Hull Jack Cotter C: Alan McDonald Bernie Waldron Bert Edwards HF: Ray Martin Jack Crane Laird Smith F: Bob Bawden Jack Titus Dick Harris Foll: Percy Bentley (c) Jack Dyer Jack Quinn Res: Leo Merrett Coach: Percy Bentley

• Umpire – Alan Coward

Statistics

Goalkickers

Melbourne FC, premier team

Melbourne: N Smith 7 R Baggott 2 P Beames 2 J O'Keefe 2 F Fanning 1 K Truscott 1

Richmond: D Harris 5 J Titus 3 R Bawden 1 J Crane 1

References

• AFL Tables: 1940 Grand Final

See also

• 1940 VFL season