1940 VFA season explained

Competition:VFA Premiership season
Year:1940 VFA
Teams:12
Premiers:Port Melbourne
Count:4
Minor Premiers:Williamstown
Mpcount:2
Prevseason:1939
Nextseason: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.[1] 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.

Finals

Awards

Notable events

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: The Argus. Melbourne. Association to coninue (sic). 13 June 1940. 14.
  2. News: The Argus. Melbourne. Todd for V.F.A. – will play today. 20 April 1940. 1.
  3. News: The Argus. Melbourne. Record crowd sees Todd. 22 April 1940. 1.
  4. News: The Argus. Melbourne. 62,000 at V.F.A opening. 22 April 1940. 13. Rover.
  5. News: The Argus. Melbourne. Coburg's vital match. 9 August 1940. 14.
  6. News: The Argus. Melbourne. Northcote to protest. 11. 10 June 1940.
  7. News: The Argus. Melbourne. Brunswick determined. 22 July 1940. 9.
  8. Web site: VFL Rd7: Dolphins produce a Saturday night stunner. 8 May 2022. 6 June 2022. Australian Football League. Brendan Rhodes.