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Encyclopedia > 1940 VFL season

Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1940. This article is about the national league in Australian rules football. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...


See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list. AFL Logo This page is a chronological listing of Australian Football League premiers. ...

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Grand Final

Melbourne defeated Richmond 15.17 (107) to 10.8 (68), in front of a crowd of 69061 people. (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football). The Melbourne Football Club (MFC), nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League, based in Melbourne, Victoria. ... The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League. ... High marking is a key skill and spectator attribute of Aussie Rules Precise field and goal kicking using the oval shaped ball is the key skill in Aussie Rules Football Australian rules football, also known as Australian football, Aussie rules, or simply football or footy is a code of football...


Ladder

Team Won Lost Draw For Against % Points
1 Melbourne 14 4 0 2110 1677 125.8 56
2 Richmond 12 6 0 1787 1489 120.0 48
3 Essendon 12 6 0 1611 1489 108.2 48
4 Geelong 11 7 0 1645 1599 102.9 44
5 Carlton 10 8 0 1730 1555 111.3 40
6 Footscray 9 9 0 1696 1558 108.9 36
7 Fitzroy 9 9 0 1433 1563 92.3 36
8 Collingwood 8 10 0 1621 1611 100.6 32
9 Hawthorn 7 11 0 1549 1760 88.0 28
10 South Melbourne 7 11 0 1480 1696 87.3 28
11 St Kilda 5 13 0 1418 1634 86.8 20
12 North Melbourne 4 14 0 1381 1840 75.1 16

The Melbourne Football Club (MFC), nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League, based in Melbourne, Victoria. ... The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League. ... Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club that is part of the Australian Football League. ... The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is an Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League with a rich history. ... The Carlton Football Club is the sixth oldest Australian rules football club and the third oldest club in the Australian Football League. ... The Western Bulldogs, formerly known, and occasionally still referred to, as the Footscray Football Club, is an Australian Football League (AFL) club based at the Whitten Oval in Footscray, an inner western suburb of Melbourne. ... The Fitzroy Football Club, latterly known as the Lions, was formed in 1883 and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897. ... The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies after the black and white striped guernseys worn by the players, is an Australian rules football club, playing in the elite Australian Football League. ... The Hawthorn Hawks known formally as the Tassie Hawks from 07 onwards, are an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). ... The Sydney Swans is an Australian Football League (AFL) club based in Sydney, New South Wales. ... The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed The Saints, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League. ... The North Melbourne Football Club, is an Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League. ...

Notes

Jack Titus was an Australian Rules Football player who played in the VFL between 1926 and 1943 for the Richmond Football Club. ... The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League. ... The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal and colloquially as Charlie, is the medal awarded to the best and fairest player in the Australian Football League during the regular season (ie not including finals matches) as decided upon by umpires. ... Des Fothergill (born July 15, 1920) was a former Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL/AFL. From Collingwood Tech, Fothergill was a gifted sportsmen who made his VFL/AFL debut aged 16, for the Collingwood Football Club in 1937. ... Herbie Matthews (born 20 November 1913; died 8 June 1990) was an Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League. ...

References

  • Stephen Rogers and Ashley Brown (1998). Every Game Ever Played. 6th ed. Victoria: Penguin Books.
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