1943 VFL grand final

1943 VFL Grand Final
1943 VFL Grand Final
12.14 (86)	11.15 (81)
Date	25 September 1943
Stadium	Princes Park

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 47th 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 premiership victory.

Teams

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:

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

v t e Richmond Football Club 1943 VFL premiers
Richmond 12.14 (86) defeated Essendon 11.15 (81), at Princes Park
1. Durham 2. Edwards 3. Ablett 4. Steele 5. Barr-Kemp 6. Scott 9. Perkins 10. Cahill 13. Waldron 14. Oppy 16. Hunt 17. Dyer (c) 20. Harris 22. Merrett 23. Bawden 24. Broadstock 25. Quinn 29. Randall 31. Maguire
Coach: Dyer

v t e Richmond Football Club
Nickname: Tigers History Seasons Records Players Current squad Captains Coaches Awards Jack Dyer Medal Michael Roach Medal AFL coach: Adam Yze AFL captain: Toby Nankervis AFLW coach: Ryan Ferguson AFLW captain: Katie Brennan
VFL/AFL home grounds	Punt Road Oval (1908–1964) Melbourne Cricket Ground (1964–)
AFLW home grounds	Princes Park (2020–) Punt Road Oval (2021–)
VFA premierships (2)	1902 1905
VFL/AFL premierships (13)	1920 1921 1932 1934 1943 1967 1969 1973 1974 1980 2017 2019 2020
Runner-up (12)	1919 1924 1927 1928 1929 1931 1933 1940 1942 1944 1972 1982
Seasons (136) (non-club articles in italics)	1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Related articles	Dreamtime at the 'G VFL team Women's teams

v t e Essendon Football Club
Nickname: Bombers History Premierships Records Players Captains Coaches Honours Crichton Medal Leading goalkickers AFL coach: Brad Scott AFL captain: Dyson Heppell AFLW coach: Natalie Wood AFLW co-captains: Stephanie Cain & Bonnie Toogood
VFL/AFL home grounds	East Melbourne Cricket Ground (1897–1921) Windy Hill (1922–1991) Melbourne Cricket Ground (1992–) Docklands Stadium (2000–)
VFA premierships (4)	1891 1892 1893 1894
VFL/AFL premierships (16)	1897 1901 1911 1912 1923 1924 1942 1946 1949 1950 1962 1965 1984 1985 1993 2000
Runner-up (14)	1898 1902 1908 1941 1943 1947 1948 1951 1957 1959 1968 1983 1990 2001
VFA/VFL/AFL seasons (144)	1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
AFLW home grounds	North Port Oval (2022 (S7)) Windy Hill (2023–)
AFLW seasons (2)	2022 (S7) 2023
Related articles	Anzac Day match Archer–Hird Medal Carlton rivalry Dreamtime at the 'G The Hangar Line in the Sand Match Round 16, 2001 comeback against North Melbourne Supplements saga
Essendon did not participate in the 1916 and 1917 VFL seasons due to World War I (indicated in grey)

Teams

Statistics

Goalkickers

References

See also