The 1940 VFL season was the 44th season of the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

(VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 27 April until 28 September, and comprised an 18-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs. The premiership was won by the Melbourne Football Club for the fourth time and second time consecutively, after it defeated by 39 points in the

1940 VFL Grand Final 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 ...

Premiership season

In 1940, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus one substitute player, known as the 19th man. A player could be substituted for any reason; however, once substituted, a player could not return to the field of play under any circumstances. Teams played each other in a home-and-away season of 18 rounds; matches 12 to 18 were the "home-and-way reverse" of matches 1 to 7. Once the 18 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1940 VFL ''Premiers'' were determined by the specific format and conventions of the

Page–McIntyre system The McIntyre System, or systems as there have been five of them, is a playoff system that gives an advantage to teams or competitors qualifying higher. The systems were developed by Ken McIntyre, an Australian lawyer, historian and English lect ...

Round 1

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 25.11 (161) , , 13.11 (89) ,

Glenferrie Oval Glenferrie Oval is an Australian rules football stadium located in Hawthorn, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the historic home of, and is synonymous with, the Hawthorn Football Club, who played there from 1903 and as a VFL/AFL ...

, 14,000 , 27 April 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.13 (91) , , 10.20 (80) ,

Brunswick Street Oval The WT Peterson Community Oval, best known as the Brunswick Street Oval and also as the Fitzroy Cricket Ground, is a cricket and Australian rules football ground located in Edinburgh Gardens in Fitzroy North, Victoria. History Australian Rules ...

, 20,000 , 27 April 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.17 (125) , , 16.12 (108) , Windy Hill , 23,000 , 27 April 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.19 (103) , , 17.13 (115) ,

Punt Road Oval Punt Road Oval, also known by naming rights sponsorship as the Swinburne Centre, is an Australian rules football ground and former cricket oval located within the Yarra Park precinct of East Melbourne, Victoria, situated a few hundred metres to ...

, 24,000 , 27 April 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.14 (80) , , 13.14 (92) ,

Lake Oval Lakeside Stadium is an Australian sports arena in the South Melbourne suburb of Albert Park. Comprising an athletics track and soccer stadium, it currently serves as the home ground and administrative base for association football club Sout ...

, 18,000 , 27 April 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.18 (72) , , 12.27 (99) ,

Corio Oval Corio Oval was an Australian rules football ground, located in Geelong, Victoria, and used by the Geelong Football Club in the VFA and the VFL from 1878 to 1915, and 1917 to 1940. Sited in Eastern Park, the oval was served by trams from 1930 wh ...

, 12,000 , 27 April 1940

Round 2

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.14 (122) , , 14.15 (99) ,

MCG The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as "The 'G", is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria. Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadium in the Southern Hem ...

, 20,044 , 4 May 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.13 (79) , , 14.10 (94) ,

Victoria Park Victoria Park may refer to: Places Australia * Victoria Park Nature Reserve, a protected area in Northern Rivers region, New South Wales * Victoria Park, Adelaide, a park and racecourse * Victoria Park, Brisbane, a public park and former golf ...

, 11,000 , 4 May 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.19 (109) , , 12.5 (77) , Princes Park , 19,000 , 4 May 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.25 (97) , , 7.13 (55) ,

Junction Oval Junction Oval (also known as the St Kilda Cricket Ground, or the CitiPower Centre due to sponsorship reasons) is a historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The oval's location near the St Kilda Jun ...

, 17,000 , 4 May 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.16 (106) , , 7.9 (51) , Arden Street Oval , 11,000 , 4 May 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.9 (111) , , 9.12 (66) ,

Western Oval Whitten Oval (also known as Victoria University Whitten Oval under a naming rights agreement) is a stadium in the inner-western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Barkly Street, West Footscray. It is the training and administ ...

, 25,000 , 4 May 1940

Round 3

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.12 (102) , , 19.15 (129) ,

, 16,000 , 11 May 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.14 (86) , , 10.15 (75) , Windy Hill , 16,000 , 11 May 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.12 (84) , , 9.11 (65) ,

, 15,500 , 11 May 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 20.21 (141) , , 15.12 (102) ,

, 30,867 , 11 May 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.19 (115) , , 13.8 (86) ,

, 8,500 , 11 May 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.19 (127) , , 12.18 (90) ,

, 23,000 , 11 May 1940

Round 4

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.16 (70) , , 13.14 (92) ,

, 16,000 , 18 May 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.12 (90) , , 16.20 (116) , Princes Park , 18,000 , 18 May 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 22.13 (145) , , 16.10 (106) ,

, 9,000 , 18 May 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.15 (117) , , 11.6 (72) ,

, 13,000 , 18 May 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.15 (87) , , 10.16 (76) ,

, 13,000 , 18 May 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.15 (99) , , 10.15 (75) , Arden Street Oval , 11,000 , 18 May 1940

Round 5

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.21 (93) , , 10.12 (72) ,

, 5,000 , 25 May 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.14 (62) , , 12.11 (83) ,

, 14,000 , 25 May 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.18 (90) , , 9.19 (73) , Windy Hill , 12,000 , 25 May 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.11 (53) , , 9.12 (66) , Arden Street Oval , 13,000 , 25 May 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.12 (114) , , 13.20 (98) ,

, 20,043 , 25 May 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 6.18 (54) , , 11.19 (85) ,

, 21,000 , 25 May 1940

Round 6

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.10 (112) , , 11.10 (76) ,

, 20,000 , 1 June 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.15 (87) , , 11.15 (81) ,

, 8,000 , 1 June 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.6 (66) , , 10.14 (74) ,

, 12,000 , 1 June 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.13 (85) , , 11.17 (83) ,

, 11,000 , 1 June 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.16 (76) , , 8.14 (62) , Princes Park , 16,000 , 1 June 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.9 (105) , , 16.8 (104) ,

, 9,000 , 1 June 1940

Round 7

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.16 (94) , , 12.13 (85) ,

, 10,000 , 8 June 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.11 (113) , , 12.14 (86) ,

, 7,000 , 8 June 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.1 (49) , , 12.34 (106) , Arden Street Oval , 5,000 , 8 June 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.13 (67) , , 10.22 (82) ,

, 5,000 , 8 June 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.12 (72) , , 13.14 (92) ,

, 13,000 , 8 June 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.18 (90) , , 12.8 (80) ,

, 13,000 , 8 June 1940

Round 8

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 6.13 (49) , , 10.15 (75) ,

, 20,000 , 15 June 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.9 (81) , , 10.16 (76) ,

, 12,000 , 15 June 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.15 (63) , , 13.20 (98) , Arden Street Oval , 5,000 , 15 June 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.17 (65) , , 15.20 (110) ,

, 10,000 , 15 June 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.14 (86) , , 8.15 (63) , Windy Hill , 16,000 , 15 June 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.15 (87) , , 12.13 (85) ,

, 19,737 , 17 June 1940

Round 9

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.18 (90) , , 6.10 (46) ,

, 4,000 , 22 June 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.30 (90) , , 10.17 (77) ,

, 12,000 , 22 June 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.20 (116) , , 18.12 (120) , Princes Park , 13,000 , 22 June 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.16 (112) , , 17.21 (123) ,

, 13,000 , 22 June 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.5 (77) , , 12.10 (82) ,

, 19,000 , 22 June 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.10 (100) , , 12.12 (84) ,

, 15,000 , 22 June 1940

Round 10

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.11 (89) , , 17.16 (118) , Arden Street Oval , 11,000 , 29 June 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.15 (105) , , 6.10 (46) ,

, 14,000 , 29 June 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.17 (89) , , 15.13 (103) ,

, 14,000 , 29 June 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.11 (89) , , 13.18 (96) , Princes Park , 10,000 , 29 June 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 22.19 (151) , , 24.10 (154) ,

, 15,265 , 29 June 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.18 (102) , , 15.14 (104) ,

, 15,000 , 29 June 1940

Round 11

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.22 (94) , , 11.10 (76) ,

, 6,500 , 6 July 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.8 (110) , , 14.13 (97) ,

, 18,000 , 6 July 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 19.14 (128) , , 16.9 (105) , Windy Hill , 11,000 , 6 July 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.18 (78) , , 19.16 (130) ,

, 10,000 , 6 July 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.17 (77) , , 14.17 (101) ,

, 10,000 , 6 July 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.11 (65) , , 9.22 (76) ,

, 18,000 , 6 July 1940

Round 12

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.10 (82) , , 15.10 (100) ,

, 11,000 , 13 July 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 19.14 (128) , , 4.18 (42) ,

, 6,500 , 13 July 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.24 (90) , , 12.19 (91) , Princes Park , 9,000 , 13 July 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.11 (77) , , 9.16 (70) , Arden Street Oval , 3,000 , 13 July 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.11 (59) , , 6.12 (48) ,

, 10,000 , 13 July 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.20 (122) , , 7.12 (54) ,

, 18,640 , 13 July 1940

Round 13

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.17 (119) , , 8.15 (63) ,

, 8,000 , 20 July 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.17 (113) , , 9.13 (67) ,

, 10,000 , 20 July 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.17 (95) , , 13.13 (91) , Windy Hill , 17,000 , 20 July 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.9 (87) , , 13.16 (94) ,

, 21,000 , 20 July 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 23.18 (156) , , 12.19 (91) ,

, 8,500 , 20 July 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.11 (113) , , 14.14 (98) ,

, 8,000 , 20 July 1940

Round 14

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 6.11 (47) , , 13.6 (84) , Arden Street Oval , 4,500 , 27 July 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.19 (91) , , 15.20 (110) ,

, 12,000 , 27 July 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.27 (87) , , 8.12 (60) ,

, 17,000 , 27 July 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.18 (102) , , 13.9 (87) , Princes Park , 9,000 , 27 July 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.13 (79) , , 12.15 (87) ,

, 9,000 , 27 July 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.6 (60) , , 7.16 (58) ,

, 10,000 , 27 July 1940

Round 15

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.19 (79) , , 10.13 (73) ,

, 8,000 , 10 August 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.15 (87) , , 16.11 (107) ,

, 10,000 , 10 August 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.12 (72) , , 10.15 (75) , Windy Hill , 18,000 , 10 August 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.21 (93) , , 6.17 (53) ,

, 6,500 , 10 August 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.9 (87) , , 15.22 (112) ,

, 13,000 , 10 August 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.12 (96) , , 20.13 (133) ,

, 16,500 , 10 August 1940

Round 16

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.22 (124) , , 8.13 (61) ,

, 8,000 , 17 August 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.18 (90) , , 16.8 (104) ,

, 8,000 , 17 August 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.14 (92) , , 6.16 (52) , Princes Park , 6,000 , 17 August 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.19 (91) , , 13.9 (87) ,

, 7,000 , 17 August 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.15 (99) , , 10.11 (71) ,

, 22,000 , 17 August 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.18 (84) , , 18.12 (120) ,

, 9,000 , 17 August 1940

Round 17

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.5 (53) , , 16.23 (119) , Arden Street Oval , 5,000 , 24 August 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.17 (77) , , 20.15 (135) ,

, 14,000 , 24 August 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 26.20 (176) , , 8.14 (62) ,

, 8,722 , 24 August 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.17 (89) , , 11.18 (84) ,

, 10,000 , 24 August 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.20 (92) , , 6.16 (52) , Windy Hill , 13,000 , 24 August 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.11 (71) , , 21.14 (140) ,

, 20,000 , 24 August 1940

Round 18

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.21 (129) , , 11.15 (81) ,

, 5,500 , 31 August 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.16 (112) , , 7.10 (52) , Windy Hill , 13,000 , 31 August 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.19 (109) , , 10.15 (75) ,

, 6,000 , 31 August 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.12 (102) , , 11.14 (80) , Princes Park , 9,000 , 31 August 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.13 (61) , , 16.12 (108) ,

, 17,000 , 31 August 1940 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.16 (94) , , 5.8 (38) ,

, 5,500 , 31 August 1940

Ladder

Finals

Semi finals

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Score , Away team , Score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.14 (92) , , 10.14 (74) ,

, 44,187 , 7 September , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.17 (101) , , 16.11 (107) ,

, 54,763 , 14 September

Preliminary Final

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Score , Away team , Score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.18 (90) , , 12.13 (85) ,

, 47,348 , 21 September

Grand final

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defeated

Richmond Richmond most often refers to: * Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States * Richmond, London, a part of London * Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England * Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada * Richmond, California, ...

15.17 (107) to 10.8 (68), in front of a crowd of 69,061 people. (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football).

Awards

* The 1940 VFL Premiership team was

. * The VFL's leading goalkicker was Jack "Skinny" Titus of

with 92 goals (100 after finals). * The joint winners of the 1940

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were

Herbie Matthews Herbie Matthews (20 November 1913 – 8 June 1990) was an Australian rules footballer who played for South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was recruited to South Melbourne from suburban club Fairfield. His father, "Butch ...

South Melbourne South Melbourne is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km south of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Port Phillip local government area. South Melbourne recorded a population of 11,548 at ...

and

Des Fothergill Desmond Hugh Fothergill (15 July 1920 – 16 March 1996) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and for Williamstown Football Club in the Victorian Football Associatio ...

of Collingwood with 32 votes each. **The rules of the award stated that there was only one medal to be awarded in any one season. A count-back revealed that each had the same number of 3, 2, and 1 votes; and, although the controversy associated with such a criterion being applied in the case of Stan Judkins in 1930 meant that it was never used again, having played the whole 18 home-and-away matches each, they could not have been separated on the basis of the number of matches played anyway. **The VFL announced the tied result and neither player received a medallion, but as a consequence of its 1981 decision to change its rules relating to tied Brownlow Medal contests, the AFL awarded retrospective medals to

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and Fothergill in 1989. *

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took the "wooden spoon" in 1940. * The seconds premiership was won by . Collingwood 6.16 (52) defeated 3.12 (30) in the Grand Final, played as a curtain-raiser to the seniors Grand Final on Saturday 28 September at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Notable events

* In April 1940, Essendon adopted the nickname ''The Bombers''. * In Round 7, Melbourne set a new record for most behinds in a match, kicking 34 behinds in a score of 12.34 (106). This record stood until 1977. * The Round 10 match between Melbourne and Geelong produced an aggregate score of 46.29 (305). It was the first VFL match ever to see an aggregate of more than 300 points scored. * The VFL suspended its round 15 matches and conducted a one-day lightning carnival, known as the Patriotic Premiership, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday 3 August 1940 to raise money for the war effort. Each match was played over a single twenty-minute period without time-on. 4.2 (26) defeated 0.2 (2) in the final. The carnival raised almost £3,000 for the war effort. * The ANFC decided to cancel the 1940 Interstate Carnival, which was scheduled to have been held in Hobart, because of the war. * In one of the most rugged seasons ever, 47 players were reported to the VFL Tribunal.VFL Tribunal 1940
''Boyles Football Photos * In the last quarter of the Grand Final,

Jack Titus Jack "Skinny" Titus (9 March 1908 – 19 April 1978) was an Australian rules football player who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1926 and 1943 for the Richmond Football Club. In the golden era of the 1930s, Titus was one ...

scored a goal with his last kick, bringing his season's total to 100 goals.

Footnotes

References

* Hogan, P., ''The Tigers of Old'', The Richmond Football Club, (Richmond), 1996. * Maplestone, M., ''Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996'', Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. * Rogers, S. & Brown, A., ''Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results 1897–1997'' (Sixth Edition), Viking Books, (Ringwood), 1998. * Ross, J. (ed), ''100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported'', Viking, (Ringwood), 1996.

External links

1940 Season – AFL Tables

1940 Patriotic Cup
– BoylesFootballPhotos {{Australian Football League Australian Football League seasons

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