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Melbourne vs Richmond Match Centre

Saturday 28-Sep-1940
Final Grand Final
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Frank Hughes
107 15.17
68 10.8
Richmond Coach: Perce Bentley
Richmond logo
M.C.G. Melbourne by 39 MEL by 39
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

30 Alby Rodda — · Position unavailable 17 Allan La Fontaine — · Position unavailable 25 Col McLean — · Position unavailable 32 Dick Hingston — · Position unavailable 19 Frank Roberts — · Position unavailable 6 Fred Fanning — · Position unavailable 1 Gordon Jones — · Position unavailable 11 Harold Ball — · Position unavailable 12 Jack Mueller — · Position unavailable 29 Jack OKeefe — · Position unavailable 5 Keith Truscott — · Position unavailable 10 Maurie Gibb — · 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 31 Ron Barassi — · Position unavailable 36 Syd Anderson — · Position unavailable
Away team

Richmond

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 19

10 Alan McDonald — · Position unavailable 13 Bernie Waldron — · Position unavailable 2 Bert Edwards — · Position unavailable 23 Bob Bawden — · Position unavailable 20 Dick Harris — · Position unavailable 24 George Smeaton — · Position unavailable 27 Ian Hull — · Position unavailable 15 Jack Cotter — · Position unavailable 18 Jack Crane — · Position unavailable 17 Jack Dyer — · Position unavailable 2 Jack Quinn — · Position unavailable 19 Jack Symons — · Position unavailable 12 Jack Titus — · Position unavailable 16 Kevin ONeill — · Position unavailable 8 Laird Smith — · Position unavailable 22 Leo Merrett — · Position unavailable 1 Perce Bentley — · Position unavailable 7 Ray Martin — · Position unavailable 4 Ray Steele — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL4.86.33.42.2107
RIC3.01.21.25.468

Match Leaders

Goals
7
Norm SmithMEL
Behinds
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELRIC

Scoring / Attack

15Goals10
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Richmond by 39 points, 107–68.

Melbourne took a 59-point lead into the last quarter. Richmond cut that back to 39 by the final siren, scoring 34 points to 14 in the 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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