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1942 VFL grand final

Grand final of the 1942 Victorian Football League season

Field	Value
year	1942
competition	VFL
home	[[File:Essendon Football Club colours.svg	50px]]

home_score	19.18 (132)
away	[[File:Richmond Football Club colours (pre-2017).svg	50px]]

away_score	11.13 (79)
home_abbr	ESS
away_abbr	RIC
home_qtr1	2.6 (18)
home_qtr2	8.14 (62)
home_qtr3	14.16 (100)
home_qtr4	19.18 (132)
away_qtr1	2.4 (16)
away_qtr2	4.4 (28)
away_qtr3	5.10 (40)
away_qtr4	11.13 (79)
date	19 September 1942
attendance	49,000
stadium	Princes Park
last	1941
next	1943

The 1942 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and Richmond Football Club, held at the Princes Park in Melbourne on 19 September 1942. It was the 44th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1942 VFL season. The match, attended by 49,000 spectators, was won by Essendon by a margin of 53 points, marking that club's seventh premiership victory and first since 1924.

Teams

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	backpocket1 = Elton Plummer	fullback = Cec Ruddell	backpocket2 = Perc Bushby	Bob Flanigan]]	centrehalfback = Wally Buttsworth	Allan Hird]]	wing1 = Ernie Coward	centre = Laurie Dearle	wing2 = Jack Caesar	halfforwardflank1 = Gordon Abbott	centrehalfforward = Gordon Lane	Bill Hutchison]]	Tom Reynolds]]	fullforward = Ted Leehane	forwardpocket2 = Murray Exelby	Hugh Torney]]	ruckrover = Jack Cassin	rover = Dick Reynolds (c)	reserve1 = Sid Silk	reserve2 =	coach = Dick Reynolds}}		backpocket1 = Danny Guinane	George Smeaton]]	Joe Reilly]]	Jack Scott]]	Jack Sullivan]]	halfbackflank2 = Raymond Steele	wing1 = Leo Merrett	centre = Bernie Waldron	Bert Edwards]]	halfforwardflank1 = Brian Randall	centrehalfforward = Jack Symons	Bob Hay]]	forwardpocket1 = Bob Bawden	fullforward = Jack Titus	forwardpocket2 = Fred Burge	ruck = Jack Dyer (c)	Bill Morris]]	Dick Harris]]	reserve1 = Des Martin	reserve2 =	coach = Jack Dyer}}

Umpire – Eric Hawkins

Statistics

Goalkickers

References

AFL Tables: 1942 Grand Final

Info: Wikipedia Source

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