1942 VFL grand final

Grand final of the 1942 Victorian Football League season December 2017 December 2017 1942 VFL 50px 19.18 (132) 50px 11.13 (79) ESS RIC 2.6 (18) 8.14 (62) 14.16 (100) 19.18 (132) 2.4 (16) 4.4 (28) 5.10 (40) 11.13 (79) 19 September 1942 49,000 Princes Park 1941 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 _redrightsash _hoops_black 000000 ffffff FB0000 Essendon _goldrightsash _hoops_black 000000 000000 FFD200 Richmond #CC2031 Essendon Essendon Football Club #000000 Elton Plummer Cec Ruddell Perc Bushby Bob Flanigan Wally Buttsworth Allan Hird Ernie Coward Laurie Dearle Jack Caesar Gordon Abbott Gordon Lane Bill Hutchison Tom Reynolds Ted Leehane Murray Exelby Hugh Torney Jack Cassin Dick Reynolds (c) Sid Silk Dick Reynolds #FED102 Richmond Richmond Football Club #000000 Danny Guinane George Smeaton Joe Reilly Jack Scott Jack Sullivan Raymond Steele Leo Merrett Bernie Waldron Bert Edwards Brian Randall Jack Symons Bob Hay Bob Bawden Jack Titus Fred Burge Jack Dyer (c) Bill Morris Dick Harris Des Martin Jack Dyer Umpire – Eric Hawkins Statistics Goalkickers thumb|right|300px|Essendon FC, premiers Essendon: G Lane 6 D Reynolds 4 J Cassin 3 L Dearle 2 M Exelby 2 G Abbott 1 T Reynolds 1Richmond: D Harris 3 J Dyer 2 J Titus 2 B Hay 1 D Martin 1 L Merrett 1 B Randall 1 References AFL Tables: 1942 Grand Final See also 1942 VFL season Grand final Category:VFL/AFL Grand Finals Category:Essendon Football Club Category:Richmond Football Club VFL Grand Final