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Melbourne vs Hawthorn Match Centre

Saturday 24-Aug-1940
Final Round 17
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Frank Hughes
176 26.20
62 8.14
Hawthorn Coach: Bert Mills
Hawthorn logo
M.C.G. Melbourne by 114 MEL by 114
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 19

34 Adrian Dullard — · Position unavailable 30 Alby Rodda — · Position unavailable 3 Bill Baxter — · Position unavailable 25 Col McLean — · Position unavailable 32 Dick Hingston — · Position unavailable 19 Frank Roberts — · Position unavailable 26 Jack Furniss — · Position unavailable 12 Jack Mueller — · Position unavailable 5 Keith Truscott — · Position unavailable 10 Maurie Gibb — · Position unavailable 35 Noel Ellis — · Position unavailable 4 Norm Smith — · Position unavailable 24 Percy Beames — · Position unavailable 23 Ray Wartman — · Position unavailable 9 Richie Emselle — · Position unavailable 15 Ron Baggott — · Position unavailable 2 Roy Dowsing — · Position unavailable 36 Syd Anderson — · Position unavailable 18 Wally Lock — · Position unavailable
Away team

Hawthorn

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 19

28 Alan Barelli — · Position unavailable 1 Albert Naismith — · Position unavailable 4 Andrew Angwin — · Position unavailable 12 Bert Mills — · Position unavailable 19 Bill Pavey — · Position unavailable 3 Bob Williams — · Position unavailable 30 Brendan Brady — · Position unavailable 27 Dudley Bragg — · Position unavailable 32 Gordon Waters — · Position unavailable 6 Jack Barker — · Position unavailable 17 Jack Blackman — · Position unavailable 11 Jack Carmody — · Position unavailable 15 Jim Bohan — · Position unavailable 39 Laurie Peters — · Position unavailable 16 Len Pabst — · Position unavailable 29 Reg Bell — · Position unavailable 30 Reg Farrant — · Position unavailable 8 Stan Spinks — · Position unavailable 23 Tom Wellington — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL5.46.75.410.5176
HAW3.33.21.21.762

Match Leaders

Goals
8
Norm SmithMEL
Behinds
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SuperCoach
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELHAW

Scoring / Attack

26Goals8
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Hawthorn by 114 points, 176–62.

Melbourne extended a 62-point three-quarter-time lead with a 65–13 final term.

This match record does not include scoring sequence.

Match records and coverage

This summary uses the recorded scores; it cannot explain tactics or individual moments. Period comparisons are included only when all recorded periods add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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