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 44th 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.
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| Date | 28 September 1940 | |||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 70,330 | |||||||||||||||
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This was Melbourne's second successive premiership, having defeated Collingwood in the 1939 VFL Grand Final.
Teams
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- Umpire - Alan Coward
Statistics
Goalkickers
Melbourne FC, premier team
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