Match Recap
Round 2·Sat, 4-May-1940 2:45 PM·Western Oval·25,000 att.
Footscray
17.9 (111)
vs
Essendon
9.12 (66)
Footscray won by 45

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Footscray6.2 (38)7.3 (45)13.8 (86)17.9 (111)17.9 (111)
Essendon1.1 (7)5.5 (35)7.6 (48)9.12 (66)9.12 (66)

Footscray — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#5 George Bennett
#2 Alan Collins1
#15 Ted Ellis
#19 Reg Evenden
#13 Bob Flanigan
#20 Jim Greenham
#7 Harry Hickey
#27 Jim May2
#14 Jim Miller
#21 Len Murphy
#3 Arthur Olliver2
#26 Charlie Page5
#24 Ambrose Palmer
#10 Bill Ryan
#10 Joe Ryan3
#17 Leo Ryan
#28 Alf Sampson
#1 Jim Thoms4
#4 Norm Ware

Essendon — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#24 Les Begley
#15 Wally Buttsworth
#5 Jack Caesar
#19 Jack Cassin
#4 Murray Exelby2
#26 Fred Green
#33 Les Griggs
#18 Chris Lambert4
#11 William Luff
#10 Leo Maynes
#25 George Pattinson
#8 Elton Plummer
#3 Dick Reynolds1
#29 Tom Reynolds2
#21 Cec Ruddell
#23 Max Smith
#2 Ron Smith
#20 Hugh Torney
#28 Ray Watts