1940 VFA season

none December 2017 December 2017 VFA Premiership season 1940 VFA Port melbourne fc 1940.jpg 250px Port Melbourne FC, premiers 12 Port Melbourne 4 Williamstown 2 1939 1941 The 1940 Victorian Football Association season was the 62nd season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Port Melbourne Football Club, which defeated Prahran by 47 points in the Grand Final on 5 October. It was Port Melbourne's first VFA premiership since 1922, and its fourth overall. Premiership World War II had commenced in Europe in September 1939, and the Association opted to proceed with a full premiership season.The Argus Melbourne Association to coninue (sic) 13 June 1940 14 The home-and-home season was played over twenty matches, before the top four clubs contested a finals series under the Page–McIntyre system to determine the premiers for the season. Ladder main WDL Q 1940 VFA ladder true points y 4 2 WIL Williamstown PMB Port Melbourne PRA Prahran NBU Preston BRU Brunswick COB Coburg NOR Northcote CAM Camberwell BRI Brighton YAR Yarraville OAK Oakleigh SAN Sandringham 16 4 0 2400 1768 14 6 0 2368 1952 P 14 6 0 2246 1919 14 6 0 2106 1959 13 7 0 2101 1772 12 7 1 1965 1720 9 10 1 1967 2032 7 13 0 2250 2319 7 13 0 1980 2118 7 13 0 2019 2548 5 15 0 1888 2391 1 19 0 1753 2545 Premiers #CCFFCC A A A A 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for. complete The Argus 9 September 1940 Statistics – Association 9 Melbourne Finals Semifinals Saturday, 14 September Prahran 16.26 (122) H Preston 17.11 (113) Toorak Park 8,000 The Argus Melbourne Exciting V.F.A. semi-final 16 September 1940 11 Percy Taylor Saturday, 21 September Williamstown 13.14 (92) A Port Melbourne 24.14 (158) Toorak Park 12,000 The Argus Melbourne Williamstown routed 23 September 1940 11 Percy Taylor Preliminary Final Saturday, 30 September Williamstown 11.16 (88) A Prahran 15.21 (111) Toorak Park 8,000 The Argus Melbourne Association – Prahran wins pre-final 30 September 1940 9 Percy Taylor 1940 VFA Grand Final Saturday, 5 October Port Melbourne 4.8 (32) 11.12 (78) 17.18 (120) 23.22 (160) Freyer 12, Hurley 5, Robertson 4, Castles, Lahiff H Prahran 2.5 (17) 9.7 (61) 12.8 (80) 17.11 (113) Lyons 9, Hawkins 3, O'Donnell 2, White 2, Gravell Melbourne Cricket Ground 30,882 The Argus Melbourne Football – Pt. Melbourne premiers 7 October 1940 9 Hayes Awards Ted Freyer (Port Melbourne) was the leading goalkicker for the season, kicking 133 goals in the home-and-home season and 157 goals overall. This season, the Recorder Cup and the Association Medal, which had been parallel best and fairest awards for the Association since 1933, were merged into a single award; both trophies still existed, but they were both awarded to the same winner based on the voting system which had previously been used for the Association Medal. Brighton captain-coach Jack Davis, in his sixteenth and final season of senior football, was the winner for 1940, polling 38½ votes. Lance Collins (Coburg) was second with 34 votes, and Alby Morrison (Preston) was third with 31 votes. Coburg won the seconds premiership for the fourth consecutive season. Coburg 14.16 (100) defeated Brunswick 15.5 (95) in the Grand Final, played as a curtain raiser to the seniors Grand Final on Saturday 5 October at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Notable events Association clubs continued to aggressively recruit star players from the Victorian Football League, with the agreement between the two competitions relating to player transfers having ended in 1938. In one of the Association's highest profile recruiting coups of all time, Williamstown recruited 's Ron Todd, who had won the League goalkicking in both 1938 and 1939 and was thought to be one of the best full forwards that the League had ever seen.The Argus Melbourne Todd for V.F.A. – will play today 20 April 1940 1 With Todd in the team, Williamstown's membership increased from less than 1,000 to around 2,500,The Argus Melbourne Record crowd sees Todd 22 April 1940 1 and ground record crowds saw Todd play at Yarraville Oval (for Todd's first Association game) and at Preston.The Argus Melbourne 62,000 at V.F.A opening 22 April 1940 13 RoverThe Argus Melbourne Coburg's vital match 9 August 1940 14 Following Brunswick's six-point victory against Northcote on 8 June, Northcote protested the result on the basis that the timekeepers had rung the bell to end the third quarter ten minutes early. The match was declared void, and in the replay on 20 July, Brunswick 16.13 (109) defeated Northcote 14.16 (100) by nine points.The Argus Melbourne Northcote to protest 11 10 June 1940The Argus Melbourne Brunswick determined 22 July 1940 9 In the final round of home-and-home matches, Prahran 2.10 (22) trailed Brighton 11.8 (74) by 52 points at three-quarter time; then, with the aid of a strong wind, kicked ten goals to one in the final quarter to win 12.16 (88) to 12.9 (81). As of 2023, it remains the largest three-quarter time deficit overcome for victory in VFA/VFL history,https://www.afl.com.au/news/758021/vfl-rd7-dolphins-produce-a-saturday-night-stunner VFL Rd7: Dolphins produce a Saturday night stunner 8 May 2022 6 June 2022 Australian Football League Brendan Rhodes and the come-from-behind win saw Prahran stay ahead of Brunswick and in the final four. See also List of VFA/VFL Premiers References 2 Category:Victorian Football League seasons VFL