1943 VFL Lightning Premiership
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The 1943 VFL Lightning Premiership was an Australian Football League
knockout competition played entirely on Saturday 24, July. It was played during a weeks break of the Victorian Football Leagues
's 1943 VFL season
between rounds 11 and 12 with all games being played at Princes Park. The competition was played as a wartime charities fundraiser between the league's top four clubs. This was the third time a lightning premiership had been contested in the VFL. Approximately 11,000 people attended the three match competition. Essendon
won the competition by 8 points, defeating Fitzroy
in the final.
| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Ground
| Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| Fitzroy
| 5.4 (34)
| Hawthorn
| 3.6 (24)
| Princes Park
| Saturday, 24 July
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| Essendon
| 2.6 (18)
| Richmond
| 1.2 (8)
| Princes Park
| Saturday, 24 July
| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Ground
| Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| Fitzroy
| 3.3 (21)
| Essendon
| 4.5 (29)
| Princes Park
| Saturday, 24 July
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
knockout competition played entirely on Saturday 24, July. It was played during a weeks break of the Victorian Football Leagues
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
's 1943 VFL season
1943 VFL season
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1943.-Influence of World War II:*Geelong were still unable to field a team due to the war, so the bye was retained.-New System:...
between rounds 11 and 12 with all games being played at Princes Park. The competition was played as a wartime charities fundraiser between the league's top four clubs. This was the third time a lightning premiership had been contested in the VFL. Approximately 11,000 people attended the three match competition. Essendon
Essendon Football Club
The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
won the competition by 8 points, defeating Fitzroy
Fitzroy Football Club
The Fitzroy Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Lions, is an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897...
in the final.
Semi finals
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Ground
| Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| Fitzroy
Fitzroy Football Club
The Fitzroy Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Lions, is an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897...
| 5.4 (34)
| Hawthorn
Hawthorn Football Club
The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
| 3.6 (24)
| Princes Park
| Saturday, 24 July
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| Essendon
Essendon Football Club
The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
| 2.6 (18)
| Richmond
Richmond Football Club
The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...
| 1.2 (8)
| Princes Park
| Saturday, 24 July
Grand final
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Ground
| Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| Fitzroy
Fitzroy Football Club
The Fitzroy Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Lions, is an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897...
| 3.3 (21)
| Essendon
Essendon Football Club
The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
| 4.5 (29)
| Princes Park
| Saturday, 24 July
See also
- List of Australian Football League night premiers
- Australian Football League pre-season competitionAustralian Football League pre-season competitionThe Australian Football League pre-season competition, which is known at present as the NAB Cup, is a competition held before the beginning of the Australian Football League premiership season...
- 1943 VFL season1943 VFL seasonResults and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1943.-Influence of World War II:*Geelong were still unable to field a team due to the war, so the bye was retained.-New System:...