September 7, 1940 Claremont defeated East perth at Claremont.
Claremont won by 23 points and George Moloney again kicked a big score 8 goals 5 points.
The three outstanding players for Claremont were George Moloney, Jack Edmeades and Melvin “Mallee” Gibson.
George Moloney has now kicked 107 goals for the season taking him over the century mark.
