Match Recap
Round 1·Sat, 27-Apr-1940 2:45 PM·Punt Rd·24,000 att.
Richmond
14.19 (103)
vs
Footscray
17.13 (115)
Footscray won by 12

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Richmond4.4 (28)7.9 (51)9.13 (67)14.19 (103)14.19 (103)
Footscray7.2 (44)10.7 (67)15.10 (100)17.13 (115)17.13 (115)

Richmond — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#3 Len Ablett
#23 Bob Bawden1
#1 Perce Bentley1
#21 Bill Cosgrove
#15 Jack Cotter
#18 Jack Crane
#17 Jack Dyer2
#2 Bert Edwards1
#20 Dick Harris2
#27 Ian Hull
#7 Ray Martin
#10 Alan McDonald
#5 Maurie OConnell2
#16 Kevin ONeill
#6 Jack Scott1
#24 George Smeaton
#8 Laird Smith
#4 Ray Steele
#12 Jack Titus4

Footscray — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#5 George Bennett
#2 Alan Collins3
#15 Ted Ellis
#19 Reg Evenden1
#13 Bob Flanigan
#20 Jim Greenham
#7 Harry Hickey
#23 Stan Livingstone
#27 Jim May
#14 Jim Miller1
#3 Arthur Olliver1
#26 Charlie Page9
#22 Roy Porter
#10 Bill Ryan1
#10 Joe Ryan
#18 Rob Sainsbury
#6 Paul Standfield
#1 Jim Thoms1
#4 Norm Ware