home team home team score        away team away team score            venue  crowd            date
0        melbourne     18.21 (129)  north melbourne      11.15 (81)              mcg   5500  31 august 1940
1         essendon     16.16 (112)          geelong       7.10 (52)       windy hill  13000  31 august 1940
2      collingwood     15.19 (109)         st kilda      10.15 (75)    victoria park   6000  31 august 1940
3          carlton     15.12 (102)        footscray      11.14 (80)     princes park   9000  31 august 1940
4  south melbourne       8.13 (61)         richmond     16.12 (108)        lake oval  17000  31 august 1940
5         hawthorn      13.16 (94)          fitzroy        5.8 (38)  glenferrie oval   5500  31 august 1940

Table as JSON:
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