Match Recap
Round 17·Sat, 24-Aug-1940 2:45 PM·M.C.G.·8,722 att.
Melbourne
26.20 (176)
vs
Hawthorn
8.14 (62)
Melbourne won by 114

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Melbourne5.4 (34)11.11 (77)16.15 (111)26.20 (176)26.20 (176)
Hawthorn3.3 (21)6.5 (41)7.7 (49)8.14 (62)8.14 (62)

Melbourne — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#36 Syd Anderson
#15 Ron Baggott3
#3 Bill Baxter
#24 Percy Beames6
#2 Roy Dowsing4
#34 Adrian Dullard
#35 Noel Ellis
#9 Richie Emselle
#26 Jack Furniss
#10 Maurie Gibb2
#32 Dick Hingston
#18 Wally Lock
#25 Col McLean
#12 Jack Mueller2
#19 Frank Roberts
#30 Alby Rodda1
#4 Norm Smith8
#5 Keith Truscott
#23 Ray Wartman

Hawthorn — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#4 Andrew Angwin
#28 Alan Barelli
#6 Jack Barker1
#29 Reg Bell
#17 Jack Blackman
#15 Jim Bohan4
#30 Brendan Brady
#27 Dudley Bragg
#11 Jack Carmody
#30 Reg Farrant
#12 Bert Mills1
#1 Albert Naismith
#16 Len Pabst1
#19 Bill Pavey
#39 Laurie Peters
#8 Stan Spinks
#32 Gordon Waters
#23 Tom Wellington
#3 Bob Williams1