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Grand final of the 1940 Victorian Football League season
1940 VFL Grand Final |
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MEL |
4.8 (32) |
10.11 (71) |
13.15 (93) |
15.17 (107) |
RIC |
3.0 (18) |
4.2 (26) |
5.4 (34) |
10.8 (68) |
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Date | 28 September 1940 |
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Stadium |
Melbourne Cricket Ground |
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Attendance | 70,330 |
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The 1940 VFL Grand Final was an
Australian rules football game contested between the
Melbourne Football Club and
Richmond Football Club, held at the
Melbourne Cricket Ground in
Melbourne on 28 September 1940. It was the 42nd annual
Grand Final of the
Victorian Football League, staged to determine the
premiers for the
1940 VFL season. The match, attended by 70,330 spectators, was won by Melbourne by a margin of 39 points, marking that club's fourth premiership victory.
This was Melbourne's second successive premiership, having defeated
Collingwood in the
1939 VFL Grand Final.
Melbourne FC, premier team
Melbourne:
- N Smith 7
- R Baggott 2
- P Beames 2
- J O'Keefe 2
- F Fanning 1
- K Truscott 1
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Richmond:
- D Harris 5
- J Titus 3
- R Bawden 1
- J Crane 1
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Melbourne did not field a team from 1916–1918 due to the First World War |
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Known as the Victorian Football League from 1897–1989; no grand finals were held in 1897 and 1924 |