1943 VFL grand final

1943 VFL Grand Final
Essendon Richmond 11.15 (81) 12.14 (86)
1 2 3 4 ESS 2.4 (16) 4.9 (33) 8.13 (61) 11.15 (81) RIC 4.2 (26) 6.5 (41) 8.8 (56) 12.14 (86)
Date	25 September 1943
Stadium	Princes Park
Attendance	42,100
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The 1943 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Richmond Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Princes Park in Melbourne on 25 September 1943. It was the 45th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1943 VFL season. The match, attended by 42,100 spectators, was won by Richmond by a margin of 5 points, marking that club's fifth VFL premiership victory.

Teams

Richmond

Essendon

Richmond B: Raymond Steele Ron Durham Jack Scott HB: Ray Hunt Leo Maguire Bill Perkins C: Leo Merrett Jack Broadstock Bert Edwards HF: Roy Quinn Brian Randall Bernie Waldron F: Max Oppy Bob Bawden Dick Harris Foll: Jack Dyer (c) Arthur Barr-Kemp Laurie Cahill Res: Len Ablett Coach: Jack Dyer

Essendon B: Elton Plummer Cec Ruddell Perc Bushby HB: Jack Cockburn Wally Buttsworth Allan Hird C: Bill Hutchison Les Gardiner Ernie Coward HF: Laurie Dearle Gordon Lane Gordon Abbott F: Tom Reynolds Jack Cassin Keith Rawle Foll: Hugh Torney Norm Betson Dick Reynolds (c) Res: Gil Langley Coach: Dick Reynolds

• Umpire – Eric Hawkins

Statistics

Goalkickers

Richmond FC, premier team

Richmond: D Harris 7 J Dyer 3 B Bawden 1 J Broadstock 1

Essendon: T Reynolds 7 H Torney 2 G Lane 1 K Rawle 1

References

• AFL Tables: 1943 Grand Final

See also

• 1943 VFL season