1942 VFL Grand Final

1942 VFL Grand Final
19.18 (132)	11.13 (79)
Date	19 September 1942
Stadium	Princes Park
Attendance	49,000

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 46th 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

Essendon

Richmond

Essendon
B:	Elton Plummer	Cec Ruddell	Perc Bushby
HB:	Bob Flanigan	Wally Buttsworth	Allan Hird
C:	Ernie Coward	Laurie Dearle	Jack Caesar
HF:	Gordon Abbott	Gordon Lane	Bill Hutchison
F:	Tom Reynolds	Ted Leehane	Murray Exelby
Foll:	Hugh Torney	Jack Cassin	Dick Reynolds (c)
Res:	Sid Silk
Coach:	Dick Reynolds

Richmond
B:	Danny Guinane	George Smeaton	Joe Reilly
HB:	Jack Scott	Jack Sullivan	Raymond Steele
C:	Leo Merrett	Bernie Waldron	Bert Edwards
HF:	Brian Randall	Jack Symons	Bob Hay
F:	Bob Bawden	Jack Titus	Fred Burge
Foll:	Jack Dyer (c)	Bill Morris	Dick Harris
Res:	Des Martin
Coach:	Jack Dyer

Umpire - Eric Hawkins

Statistics

Goalkickers

Essendon FC, premiers

Essendon:

G Lane 6
D Reynolds 4
J Cassin 3
L Dearle 2
M Exelby 2
G Abbott 1
T Reynolds 1

Richmond:

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

Essendon Football Club 1942 VFL premiers
Essendon 19.18 (132) defeated Richmond 11.13 (79), at Princes Park
1. Coward 3. D. Reynolds (c) 4. Exelby 5. Caesar 6. Hird 7. Hutchison 8. Plummer 10. Dearle 14. Leehane 15. Buttsworth 19. Cassin 20. Torney 21. Ruddell 22. Lane 25. Abbott 28. Silk 29. T. Reynolds 30. Flanigan 35. Bushby
Coach: D. Reynolds

Essendon Football Club
Nickname: Bombers History Premierships Records Players Captains Coaches Honours W. S. Crichton Medal Leading goalkickers AFL coach: Ben Rutten AFL captain: Dyson Heppell
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VFL/AFL premierships (16)	1897 1901 1911 1912 1923 1924 1942 1946 1949 1950 1962 1965 1984 1985 1993 2000
Seasons (140)	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
Related articles	Anzac Day match Archer–Hird Medal Carlton–Essendon rivalry Dreamtime at the 'G Line in the sand match Round 16, 2001 comeback vs. North Melbourne Supplements saga The Hangar
Essendon did not participate in the 1916 and 1917 VFL seasons due to the First World War (indicated in grey)

Richmond Football Club
Nickname: Tigers History Seasons Records Players Current squad Captains Coaches Awards Jack Dyer Medal Michael Roach Medal AFL coach: Damien Hardwick AFL captain: Trent Cotchin AFLW coach: Tom Hunter AFLW captain: Katie Brennan
VFL/AFL home grounds	Punt Road Oval (1908–1964) Melbourne Cricket Ground (1964–)
AFLW home grounds	Princes Park (2020–)
VFA premierships (2)	1902 1905
VFL/AFL premierships (13)	1920 1921 1932 1934 1943 1967 1969 1973 1974 1980 2017 2019 2020
Seasons (136)	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
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Known as the Victorian Football League from 1897–1989; no grand finals were held in 1897 and 1924

1942 VFL Grand Final

Teams

Statistics

Goalkickers

References

See also