Match Recap
Round 14·Sat, 27-Jul-1940 2:30 PM·Lake Oval·10,000 att.
South Melbourne
9.6 (60)
vs
Essendon
7.16 (58)
South Melbourne won by 2

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
South Melbourne3.1 (19)5.3 (33)8.4 (52)9.6 (60)9.6 (60)
Essendon5.2 (32)5.5 (35)6.13 (49)7.16 (58)7.16 (58)

South Melbourne — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#6 Stan Brown
#20 Jim Cleary
#31 George Collard1
#28 Reg Coyle
#16 Ken Dineen
#24 Owen Evans2
#22 Jack Graham2
#29 Jack Hacker
#33 Wilbur Harris
#9 Howard Jasper
#31 Brian Kelly
#12 Billy King
#1 Herbie Matthews
#2 Norm Matthews2
#18 Alex Mitchell
#5 Lou Reiffel1
#11 Reg Richards1
#4 Rex Ritchie
#30 Ted Whitfield

Essendon — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#7 Norm Baker
#24 Les Begley
#12 George Bell
#15 Wally Buttsworth
#5 Jack Caesar
#19 Jack Cassin1
#1 Ernie Coward
#4 Murray Exelby
#33 Les Griggs
#17 Harold Lambert
#22 Gordon Lane2
#11 William Luff
#8 Elton Plummer
#3 Dick Reynolds
#29 Tom Reynolds1
#23 Max Smith
#20 Hugh Torney
#28 Ray Watts2
#14 Stan Wilson1