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1944 VFL grand final

Grand final of the 1944 Victorian Football League season

Field	Value
year	1944
competition	VFL
home	[[File:Fitzroy Football Club colours (1940 to 1951).svg	50px]]

home_score	9.12 (66)
away	[[File:Richmond Football Club colours (pre-2017).svg	50px]]

away_score	7.9 (51)
home_abbr	FIT
away_abbr	RIC
home_qtr1	1.2 (8)
home_qtr2	4.8 (32)
home_qtr3	6.10 (46)
home_qtr4	9.12 (66)
away_qtr1	2.2 (14)
away_qtr2	3.2 (20)
away_qtr3	5.5 (35)
away_qtr4	7.9 (51)
date	30 September 1944
attendance	43,000
stadium	Junction Oval
last	1943
next	1945

The 1944 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Fitzroy Football Club and Richmond Football Club, held at the Junction Oval in Melbourne on 30 September 1944. It was the 46th annual grand final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1944 VFL season.

The match was won by Fitzroy by a margin of 15 points, marking that club's first premiership since 1922, and its eighth (and final) premiership and final grand final appearance. The match attracted 41,000 spectators, down on expectations owing in part to a one-day tram strike.

This was Fitzroy's last VFL premiership before they merged with the Brisbane Bears in 1997 to become the Brisbane Lions. Fitzroy did not win another senior premiership or contest another grand final throughout its time in the VFL/AFL.

Teams

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Umpire – Eric Hawkins

Statistics

Goalkickers

References

AFL Tables: 1944 Grand Final

References

P. J. Millard. (25 May 1945). "League to decide grounds for finals". The Herald.

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