Match Recap
Round 5·Sat, 25-May-1940 2:45 PM·Windy Hill·12,000 att.
Essendon
12.18 (90)
vs
Hawthorn
9.19 (73)
Essendon won by 17

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Essendon2.4 (16)4.6 (30)12.14 (86)12.18 (90)12.18 (90)
Hawthorn2.2 (14)7.7 (49)7.7 (49)9.19 (73)9.19 (73)

Essendon — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#7 Norm Baker
#24 Les Begley1
#12 George Bell
#9 Ted Bryce3
#15 Wally Buttsworth
#5 Jack Caesar
#22 Charlie Challenger
#1 Ernie Coward
#32 Bill Green1
#26 Fred Green
#33 Les Griggs
#11 William Luff
#25 George Pattinson
#8 Elton Plummer
#3 Dick Reynolds2
#29 Tom Reynolds4
#20 Hugh Torney
#28 Ray Watts
#14 Stan Wilson1

Hawthorn — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#7 Harold Albiston
#4 Andrew Angwin
#6 Jack Barker1
#29 Reg Bell
#17 Jack Blackman
#15 Jim Bohan1
#27 Dudley Bragg
#34 Max Carmichael
#11 Jack Carmody3
#2 Wally Culpitt
#39 Vin Doherty
#25 George Dower
#12 Bert Mills
#22 Bill Moore2
#1 Albert Naismith1
#16 Len Pabst
#24 Frank Samblebe
#8 Stan Spinks
#9 Charlie Vanderbist1