Match Recap
Round 16·Sat, 17-Aug-1940 2:45 PM·Glenferrie Oval·9,000 att.
Hawthorn
11.18 (84)
vs
Essendon
18.12 (120)
Essendon won by 36

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Hawthorn4.4 (28)6.7 (43)9.15 (69)11.18 (84)11.18 (84)
Essendon4.2 (26)12.4 (76)13.9 (87)18.12 (120)18.12 (120)

Hawthorn — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#4 Andrew Angwin
#5 Colin Austen
#28 Alan Barelli3
#6 Jack Barker
#17 Jack Blackman
#15 Jim Bohan1
#30 Brendan Brady1
#27 Dudley Bragg
#38 Wally Bristowe
#11 Jack Carmody1
#2 Wally Culpitt
#12 Bert Mills
#1 Albert Naismith4
#16 Len Pabst
#19 Bill Pavey
#24 Frank Samblebe
#8 Stan Spinks
#32 Gordon Waters
#3 Bob Williams1

Essendon — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#7 Norm Baker
#24 Les Begley1
#12 George Bell
#9 Ted Bryce2
#15 Wally Buttsworth
#5 Jack Caesar
#19 Jack Cassin1
#1 Ernie Coward
#16 Joe Evans
#4 Murray Exelby2
#26 Fred Green
#33 Les Griggs1
#6 Allan Hird
#17 Harold Lambert
#30 Ivor McIvor
#8 Elton Plummer
#3 Dick Reynolds4
#29 Tom Reynolds
#28 Ray Watts7