1940 VFL Lightning Premiership
Round 1
Columns: Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Date
North Melbourne | 2.6 (18) | South Melbourne | 1.2 (8) | MCG | Saturday, 3 August | Hawthorn | 2.2 (14) | St Kilda | 3.2 (20) | MCG | Saturday, 3 August | Melbourne | 0.1 (1) | Richmond | 5.5 (35) | MCG | Saturday, 3 August | Collingwood | 2.4 (16) | Footscray | 4.2 (26) | MCG | Saturday, 3 August | Essendon | 3.1 (19) | Fitzroy | 4.2 (26) | MCG | Saturday, 3 August