The 1940 VFL season was the 44th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 27 April until 28 September, and comprised an 18-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs.
In 1940, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus one substitute player, known as the 19th man. A player could be substituted for any reason; however, once substituted, a player could not return to the field of play under any circumstances.
Teams played each other in a home-and-away season of 18 rounds; matches 12 to 18 were the "home-and-way reverse" of matches 1 to 7.
Once the 18 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1940 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the Page–McIntyre system.
In April 1940, Essendon adopted the nickname The Bombers.[1]
In Round 7, Melbourne set a new record for most behinds in a match, kicking 34 behinds in a score of 12.34 (106). This record stood until 1977.[2]
The Round 10 match between Melbourne and Geelong produced an aggregate score of 46.29 (305). It was the first VFL match ever to see an aggregate of more than 300 points scored.
The VFL suspended its round 15 matches and conducted a one-day lightning carnival, known as the Patriotic Premiership, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday 3 August 1940 to raise money for the war effort. Each match was played over a single twenty-minute period without time-on.[3]St Kilda 4.2 (26) defeated Richmond 0.2 (2) in the final. The carnival raised almost £3,000 for the war effort.
The ANFC decided to cancel the 1940 Interstate Carnival, which was scheduled to have been held in Hobart, because of the war.
In one of the most rugged seasons ever, 47 players were reported to the VFL Tribunal.[4]
In the last quarter of the Grand Final, Jack Titus scored a goal with his last kick, bringing his season's total to 100 goals.
The rules of the award stated that there was only one medal to be awarded in any one season. A count-back revealed that each had the same number of 3, 2, and 1 votes; and, although the controversy associated with such a criterion being applied in the case of Stan Judkins in 1930 meant that it was never used again, having played the whole 18 home-and-away matches each, they could not have been separated on the basis of the number of matches played anyway.
The VFL announced the tied result and neither player received a medallion, but as a consequence of its 1981 decision to change its rules relating to tied Brownlow Medal contests, the AFL awarded retrospective medals to Matthews and Fothergill in 1989.
The seconds premiership was won by Collingwood. Collingwood 6.16 (52) defeated Carlton 3.12 (30) in the Grand Final, played as a curtain-raiser to the seniors Grand Final on Saturday 28 September at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.[5]
Referencesedit
^Bombing to Victory, The Argus, (Wednesday, 10 April 1940), p. 17.
^"Collingwood Wins League Seconds' Final". The Argus. Melbourne. 30 September 1940. p. 9.
Hogan, P., The Tigers of Old, The Richmond Football Club, (Richmond), 1996. ISBN0-646-18748-1
Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN0-9591740-2-8
Rogers, S. & Brown, A., Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results 1897–1997 (Sixth Edition), Viking Books, (Ringwood), 1998. ISBN0-670-90809-6
Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. ISBN0-670-86814-0
1940 Patriotic Cup – BoylesFootballPhotos
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1940 VFL season at AFL Tables
1940 VFL season at Australian Football
January 01, 1970
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The 1940 VFL season was the 44th season of the Victorian Football League VFL the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria The season featured twelve clubs ran from 27 April until 28 September and comprised an 18 game home and away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs 1940 VFL premiership seasonMelbourne Football Club premiersTeams12PremiersMelbourne4th premiershipMinor premiersMelbourne2nd minor premiershipBrownlow MedallistDes Fothergill Collingwood Herbie Matthews South Melbourne Leading Goalkicker MedallistJack Titus Richmond Matches played112Highest70 330 19391941 The premiership was won by the Melbourne Football Club for the fourth time and second time consecutively after it defeated Richmond by 39 points in the 1940 VFL Grand Final Contents 1 Background 2 Home and away season 2 1 Round 1 2 2 Round 2 2 3 Round 3 2 4 Round 4 2 5 Round 5 2 6 Round 6 2 7 Round 7 2 8 Round 8 2 9 Round 9 2 10 Round 10 2 11 Round 11 2 12 Round 12 2 13 Round 13 2 14 Round 14 2 15 Round 15 2 16 Round 16 2 17 Round 17 2 18 Round 18 3 Ladder 4 Finals series 4 1 Semi finals 4 2 Preliminary final 4 3 Grand final 5 Season notes 6 Awards 7 References 8 SourcesBackground editIn 1940 the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on the field players each plus one substitute player known as the 19th man A player could be substituted for any reason however once substituted a player could not return to the field of play under any circumstances Teams played each other in a home and away season of 18 rounds matches 12 to 18 were the home and way reverse of matches 1 to 7 Once the 18 round home and away season had finished the 1940 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the Page McIntyre system Home and away season editRound 1 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date Hawthorn 25 11 161 North Melbourne 13 11 89 Glenferrie Oval 14 000 27 April 1940 Fitzroy 13 13 91 St Kilda 10 20 80 Brunswick Street Oval 20 000 27 April 1940 Essendon 18 17 125 Melbourne 16 12 108 Windy Hill 23 000 27 April 1940 Richmond 14 19 103 Footscray 17 13 115 Punt Road Oval 24 000 27 April 1940 South Melbourne 11 14 80 Collingwood 13 14 92 Lake Oval 18 000 27 April 1940 Geelong 9 18 72 Carlton 12 27 99 Corio Oval 12 000 27 April 1940 Round 2 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date Melbourne 18 14 122 Richmond 14 15 99 MCG 20 044 4 May 1940 Collingwood 11 13 79 Geelong 14 10 94 Victoria Park 11 000 4 May 1940 Carlton 15 19 109 South Melbourne 12 5 77 Princes Park 19 000 4 May 1940 St Kilda 12 25 97 Hawthorn 7 13 55 Junction Oval 17 000 4 May 1940 North Melbourne 15 16 106 Fitzroy 7 9 51 Arden Street Oval 11 000 4 May 1940 Footscray 17 9 111 Essendon 9 12 66 Western Oval 25 000 4 May 1940 Round 3 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date Hawthorn 15 12 102 Richmond 19 15 129 Glenferrie Oval 16 000 11 May 1940 Essendon 12 14 86 South Melbourne 10 15 75 Windy Hill 16 000 11 May 1940 St Kilda 12 12 84 North Melbourne 9 11 65 Junction Oval 15 500 11 May 1940 Melbourne 20 21 141 Footscray 15 12 102 MCG 30 867 11 May 1940 Geelong 16 19 115 Fitzroy 13 8 86 Corio Oval 8 500 11 May 1940 Collingwood 18 19 127 Carlton 12 18 90 Victoria Park 23 000 11 May 1940 Round 4 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date Footscray 9 16 70 St Kilda 13 14 92 Western Oval 16 000 18 May 1940 Carlton 13 12 90 Melbourne 16 20 116 Princes Park 18 000 18 May 1940 South Melbourne 22 13 145 Hawthorn 16 10 106 Lake Oval 9 000 18 May 1940 Richmond 17 15 117 Geelong 11 6 72 Punt Road Oval 13 000 18 May 1940 Fitzroy 12 15 87 Essendon 10 16 76 Brunswick Street Oval 13 000 18 May 1940 North Melbourne 14 15 99 Collingwood 10 15 75 Arden Street Oval 11 000 18 May 1940 Round 5 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date Geelong 12 21 93 South Melbourne 10 12 72 Corio Oval 5 000 25 May 1940 Fitzroy 8 14 62 Richmond 12 11 83 Brunswick Street Oval 14 000 25 May 1940 Essendon 12 18 90 Hawthorn 9 19 73 Windy Hill 12 000 25 May 1940 North Melbourne 7 11 53 Footscray 9 12 66 Arden Street Oval 13 000 25 May 1940 Melbourne 17 12 114 Collingwood 13 20 98 MCG 20 043 25 May 1940 St Kilda 6 18 54 Carlton 11 19 85 Junction Oval 21 000 25 May 1940 Round 6 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date Richmond 17 10 112 St Kilda 11 10 76 Punt Road Oval 20 000 1 June 1940 Hawthorn 12 15 87 Melbourne 11 15 81 Glenferrie Oval 8 000 1 June 1940 Footscray 10 6 66 Geelong 10 14 74 Western Oval 12 000 1 June 1940 Collingwood 12 13 85 Essendon 11 17 83 Victoria Park 11 000 1 June 1940 Carlton 10 16 76 Fitzroy 8 14 62 Princes Park 16 000 1 June 1940 South Melbourne 16 9 105 North Melbourne 16 8 104 Lake Oval 9 000 1 June 1940 Round 7 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date Richmond 13 16 94 South Melbourne 12 13 85 Punt Road Oval 10 000 8 June 1940 Fitzroy 17 11 113 Hawthorn 12 14 86 Brunswick Street Oval 7 000 8 June 1940 North Melbourne 8 1 49 Melbourne 12 34 106 Arden Street Oval 5 000 8 June 1940 Geelong 9 13 67 Essendon 10 22 82 Corio Oval 5 000 8 June 1940 St Kilda 10 12 72 Collingwood 13 14 92 Junction Oval 13 000 8 June 1940 Footscray 12 18 90 Carlton 12 8 80 Western Oval 13 000 8 June 1940 Round 8 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date Collingwood 6 13 49 Richmond 10 15 75 Victoria Park 20 000 15 June 1940 South Melbourne 12 9 81 St Kilda 10 16 76 Lake Oval 12 000 15 June 1940 North Melbourne 8 15 63 Geelong 13 20 98 Arden Street Oval 5 000 15 June 1940 Hawthorn 8 17 65 Footscray 15 20 110 Glenferrie Oval 10 000 15 June 1940 Essendon 12 14 86 Carlton 8 15 63 Windy Hill 16 000 15 June 1940 Melbourne 12 15 87 Fitzroy 12 13 85 MCG 19 737 17 June 1940 Round 9 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date Geelong 12 18 90 Hawthorn 6 10 46 Corio Oval 4 000 22 June 1940 Fitzroy 10 30 90 South Melbourne 10 17 77 Brunswick Street Oval 12 000 22 June 1940 Carlton 16 20 116 North Melbourne 18 12 120 Princes Park 13 000 22 June 1940 St Kilda 16 16 112 Melbourne 17 21 123 Junction Oval 13 000 22 June 1940 Richmond 12 5 77 Essendon 12 10 82 Punt Road Oval 19 000 22 June 1940 Footscray 15 10 100 Collingwood 12 12 84 Western Oval 15 000 22 June 1940 Round 10 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date North Melbourne 13 11 89 Richmond 17 16 118 Arden Street Oval 11 000 29 June 1940 Footscray 15 15 105 South Melbourne 6 10 46 Western Oval 14 000 29 June 1940 Collingwood 12 17 89 Fitzroy 15 13 103 Victoria Park 14 000 29 June 1940 Carlton 13 11 89 Hawthorn 13 18 96 Princes Park 10 000 29 June 1940 Melbourne 22 19 151 Geelong 24 10 154 MCG 15 265 29 June 1940 St Kilda 14 18 102 Essendon 15 14 104 Junction Oval 15 000 29 June 1940 Round 11 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date Geelong 12 22 94 St Kilda 11 10 76 Corio Oval 6 500 6 July 1940 Fitzroy 17 8 110 Footscray 14 13 97 Brunswick Street Oval 18 000 6 July 1940 Essendon 19 14 128 North Melbourne 16 9 105 Windy Hill 11 000 6 July 1940 South Melbourne 10 18 78 Melbourne 19 16 130 Lake Oval 10 000 6 July 1940 Hawthorn 10 17 77 Collingwood 14 17 101 Glenferrie Oval 10 000 6 July 1940 Richmond 9 11 65 Carlton 9 22 76 Punt Road Oval 18 000 6 July 1940 Round 12 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date Footscray 12 10 82 Richmond 15 10 100 Western Oval 11 000 13 July 1940 Collingwood 19 14 128 South Melbourne 4 18 42 Victoria Park 6 500 13 July 1940 Carlton 11 24 90 Geelong 12 19 91 Princes Park 9 000 13 July 1940 North Melbourne 11 11 77 Hawthorn 9 16 70 Arden Street Oval 3 000 13 July 1940 St Kilda 8 11 59 Fitzroy 6 12 48 Junction Oval 10 000 13 July 1940 Melbourne 17 20 122 Essendon 7 12 54 MCG 18 640 13 July 1940 Round 13 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date Hawthorn 17 17 119 St Kilda 8 15 63 Glenferrie Oval 8 000 20 July 1940 Fitzroy 16 17 113 North Melbourne 9 13 67 Brunswick Street Oval 10 000 20 July 1940 Essendon 13 17 95 Footscray 13 13 91 Windy Hill 17 000 20 July 1940 Richmond 13 9 87 Melbourne 13 16 94 Punt Road Oval 21 000 20 July 1940 Geelong 23 18 156 Collingwood 12 19 91 Corio Oval 8 500 20 July 1940 South Melbourne 17 11 113 Carlton 14 14 98 Lake Oval 8 000 20 July 1940 Round 14 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date North Melbourne 6 11 47 St Kilda 13 6 84 Arden Street Oval 4 500 27 July 1940 Footscray 12 19 91 Melbourne 15 20 110 Western Oval 12 000 27 July 1940 Fitzroy 10 27 87 Geelong 8 12 60 Brunswick Street Oval 17 000 27 July 1940 Carlton 14 18 102 Collingwood 13 9 87 Princes Park 9 000 27 July 1940 Richmond 11 13 79 Hawthorn 12 15 87 Punt Road Oval 9 000 27 July 1940 South Melbourne 9 6 60 Essendon 7 16 58 Lake Oval 10 000 27 July 1940 Round 15 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date Hawthorn 10 19 79 South Melbourne 10 13 73 Glenferrie Oval 8 000 10 August 1940 Geelong 12 15 87 Richmond 16 11 107 Corio Oval 10 000 10 August 1940 Essendon 10 12 72 Fitzroy 10 15 75 Windy Hill 18 000 10 August 1940 Collingwood 12 21 93 North Melbourne 6 17 53 Victoria Park 6 500 10 August 1940 St Kilda 13 9 87 Footscray 15 22 112 Junction Oval 13 000 10 August 1940 Melbourne 14 12 96 Carlton 20 13 133 MCG 16 500 10 August 1940 Round 16 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date Footscray 17 22 124 North Melbourne 8 13 61 Western Oval 8 000 17 August 1940 Collingwood 12 18 90 Melbourne 16 8 104 Victoria Park 8 000 17 August 1940 Carlton 13 14 92 St Kilda 6 16 52 Princes Park 6 000 17 August 1940 South Melbourne 12 19 91 Geelong 13 9 87 Lake Oval 7 000 17 August 1940 Richmond 14 15 99 Fitzroy 10 11 71 Punt Road Oval 22 000 17 August 1940 Hawthorn 11 18 84 Essendon 18 12 120 Glenferrie Oval 9 000 17 August 1940 Round 17 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date North Melbourne 8 5 53 South Melbourne 16 23 119 Arden Street Oval 5 000 24 August 1940 St Kilda 10 17 77 Richmond 20 15 135 Junction Oval 14 000 24 August 1940 Melbourne 26 20 176 Hawthorn 8 14 62 MCG 8 722 24 August 1940 Geelong 12 17 89 Footscray 11 18 84 Corio Oval 10 000 24 August 1940 Essendon 12 20 92 Collingwood 6 16 52 Windy Hill 13 000 24 August 1940 Fitzroy 10 11 71 Carlton 21 14 140 Brunswick Street Oval 20 000 24 August 1940 Round 18 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date Melbourne 18 21 129 North Melbourne 11 15 81 MCG 5 500 31 August 1940 Essendon 16 16 112 Geelong 7 10 52 Windy Hill 13 000 31 August 1940 Collingwood 15 19 109 St Kilda 10 15 75 Victoria Park 6 000 31 August 1940 Carlton 15 12 102 Footscray 11 14 80 Princes Park 9 000 31 August 1940 South Melbourne 8 13 61 Richmond 16 12 108 Lake Oval 17 000 31 August 1940 Hawthorn 13 16 94 Fitzroy 5 8 38 Glenferrie Oval 5 500 31 August 1940Ladder edit P Premiers Qualified for finals Team P W L D PF PA Pts 1 Melbourne P 18 14 4 0 2110 1677 125 8 56 2 Richmond 18 12 6 0 1787 1489 120 0 48 3 Essendon 18 12 6 0 1611 1489 108 2 48 4 Geelong 18 11 7 0 1645 1599 102 9 44 5 Carlton 18 10 8 0 1730 1555 111 3 40 6 Footscray 18 9 9 0 1696 1558 108 9 36 7 Fitzroy 18 9 9 0 1443 1563 92 3 36 8 Collingwood 18 8 10 0 1621 1611 100 6 32 9 Hawthorn 18 7 11 0 1549 1760 88 0 28 10 South Melbourne 18 7 11 0 1480 1696 87 3 28 11 St Kilda 18 5 13 0 1418 1634 86 8 20 12 North Melbourne 18 4 14 0 1381 1840 75 1 16 Rules for classification 1 premiership points 2 percentage 3 points forAverage score 90 1Source AFL TablesFinals series editSemi finals edit Home team Score Away team Score Venue Crowd Date Essendon 13 14 92 Geelong 10 14 74 MCG 44 187 7 September Melbourne 14 17 101 Richmond 16 11 107 MCG 54 763 14 September Preliminary final edit Home team Score Away team Score Venue Crowd Date Melbourne 12 18 90 Essendon 12 13 85 MCG 47 348 21 September Grand final edit Main article 1940 VFL Grand FinalSeason notes editIn April 1940 Essendon adopted the nickname The Bombers 1 In Round 7 Melbourne set a new record for most behinds in a match kicking 34 behinds in a score of 12 34 106 This record stood until 1977 2 The Round 10 match between Melbourne and Geelong produced an aggregate score of 46 29 305 It was the first VFL match ever to see an aggregate of more than 300 points scored The VFL suspended its round 15 matches and conducted a one day lightning carnival known as the Patriotic Premiership at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday 3 August 1940 to raise money for the war effort Each match was played over a single twenty minute period without time on 3 St Kilda 4 2 26 defeated Richmond 0 2 2 in the final The carnival raised almost 3 000 for the war effort The ANFC decided to cancel the 1940 Interstate Carnival which was scheduled to have been held in Hobart because of the war In one of the most rugged seasons ever 47 players were reported to the VFL Tribunal 4 In the last quarter of the Grand Final Jack Titus scored a goal with his last kick bringing his season s total to 100 goals Awards editThe 1940 VFL Premiership team was Melbourne The VFL s leading goalkicker was Jack Skinny Titus of Richmond with 92 goals 100 after finals The joint winners of the 1940 Brownlow Medal were Herbie Matthews of South Melbourne and Des Fothergill of Collingwood with 32 votes each The rules of the award stated that there was only one medal to be awarded in any one season A count back revealed that each had the same number of 3 2 and 1 votes and although the controversy associated with such a criterion being applied in the case of Stan Judkins in 1930 meant that it was never used again having played the whole 18 home and away matches each they could not have been separated on the basis of the number of matches played anyway The VFL announced the tied result and neither player received a medallion but as a consequence of its 1981 decision to change its rules relating to tied Brownlow Medal contests the AFL awarded retrospective medals to Matthews and Fothergill in 1989 North Melbourne took the wooden spoon in 1940 The seconds premiership was won by Collingwood Collingwood 6 16 52 defeated Carlton 3 12 30 in the Grand Final played as a curtain raiser to the seniors Grand Final on Saturday 28 September at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 5 References edit Bombing to Victory The Argus Wednesday 10 April 1940 p 17 Australian Football League Most Behinds Taylor Percy 2 August 1940 Unique competition The Argus Melbourne p 14 VFL Tribunal 1940 Boyles Football Photos Collingwood Wins League Seconds Final The Argus Melbourne 30 September 1940 p 9 Hogan P The Tigers of Old The Richmond Football Club Richmond 1996 ISBN 0 646 18748 1 Maplestone M Flying Higher History of the Essendon Football Club 1872 1996 Essendon Football Club Melbourne 1996 ISBN 0 9591740 2 8 Rogers S amp Brown A Every Game Ever Played VFL AFL Results 1897 1997 Sixth Edition Viking Books Ringwood 1998 ISBN 0 670 90809 6 Ross J ed 100 Years of Australian Football 1897 1996 The Complete Story of the AFL All the Big Stories All the Great Pictures All the Champions Every AFL Season Reported Viking Ringwood 1996 ISBN 0 670 86814 0 1940 Patriotic Cup BoylesFootballPhotosSources edit1940 VFL season at AFL Tables 1940 VFL season at Australian Football Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1940 VFL season amp oldid 1164658404, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
