1940 VFL grand final

1940 VFL Grand Final
Melbourne Richmond 15.17 (107) 10.8 (68)
1 2 3 4 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)
Date	28 September 1940
Stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground
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.

Teams

Melbourne

Richmond

• Umpire - Alan Coward

Statistics

Goalkickers

References

• AFL Tables: 1940 Grand Final

See also

• 1940 VFL season