Match Recap
Round 3·Sat, 11-May-1940 2:45 PM·M.C.G.·30,867 att.
Melbourne
20.21 (141)
vs
Footscray
15.12 (102)
Melbourne won by 39

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Melbourne3.3 (21)9.9 (63)14.16 (100)20.21 (141)20.21 (141)
Footscray2.3 (15)9.6 (60)14.10 (94)15.12 (102)15.12 (102)

Melbourne — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#36 Syd Anderson
#16 Jack Atkins
#15 Ron Baggott2
#11 Harold Ball1
#31 Ron Barassi
#24 Percy Beames1
#9 Richie Emselle
#8 Rowley Fischer1
#10 Maurie Gibb1
#1 Gordon Jones
#17 Allan La Fontaine
#12 Jack Mueller
#7 Hugh Murnane3
#29 Jack OKeefe
#19 Frank Roberts
#30 Alby Rodda2
#4 Norm Smith6
#5 Keith Truscott
#23 Ray Wartman3

Footscray — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#5 George Bennett
#2 Alan Collins3
#15 Ted Ellis
#19 Reg Evenden
#13 Bob Flanigan
#20 Jim Greenham
#7 Harry Hickey
#27 Jim May
#14 Jim Miller
#21 Len Murphy1
#3 Arthur Olliver1
#26 Charlie Page5
#24 Ambrose Palmer1
#22 Roy Porter
#10 Bill Ryan
#10 Joe Ryan3
#28 Alf Sampson
#1 Jim Thoms1
#4 Norm Ware