Preliminary final, 1940 · Melbourne Cricket Ground · Saturday 21 September 1940, 2:30pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 31 | 59 | 70 | 90 |
| Essendon | 22 | 56 | 65 | 85 |
Crowd 47,348. Coaches: Frank Hughes and Dick Reynolds. Umpires: Allan Coward.
| Bill Baxter | 3 | 0 |
| Syd Anderson | 36 | 0 |
| Jack Furniss | 26 | 0 |
| Ray Wartman | 23 | 0 |
| Col McLean | 25 | 0 |
| Wally Lock | 18 | 0 |
| Dick Hingston | 32 | 0 |
| Maurie Gibb | 10 | 0 |
| Rowley Fischer | 8 | 0 |
| Richie Emselle | 9 | 0 |
| Roy Dowsing | 2 | 0 |
| Harold Ball | 11 | 0 |
| Gordon Jones | 1 | 0 |
| Percy Beames | 24 | 1 |
| Allan La Fontaine | 17 | 1 |
| Jack Mueller | 12 | 2 |
| Ron Baggott | 15 | 2 |
| Alby Rodda | 30 | 3 |
| Norm Smith | 4 | 3 |
| Norm Betson | 31 | 0 |
| Stan Wilson | 14 | 0 |
| Chris Lambert | 18 | 0 |
| Harold Lambert | 17 | 0 |
| Allan Hird | 6 | 0 |
| Wally Buttsworth | 15 | 0 |
| Fred Green | 26 | 0 |
| Hugh Torney | 20 | 0 |
| Norm Baker | 7 | 0 |
| Les Begley | 24 | 0 |
| Jack Cassin | 19 | 0 |
| Jack Caesar | 5 | 0 |
| Elton Plummer | 8 | 0 |
| George Bell | 12 | 0 |
| Dick Reynolds | 3 | 1 |
| Les Griggs | 33 | 2 |
| Murray Exelby | 4 | 2 |
| Ray Watts | 28 | 3 |
| Ted Bryce | 9 | 4 |
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223 meetings: Melbourne 88, Essendon 133, 2 drawn.
Melbourne by 45 · crowd 41,438
Essendon by 45 · crowd 38,006
Essendon by 39 · crowd 45,039
Melbourne by 17 · crowd 52,866
Essendon by 27 · crowd 33,832
Melbourne by 29 · crowd 44,503