1943 VFL Lightning Premiership
1943 VFL Lightning Premiership | |
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Season | 1943 |
Teams | 4 |
Winners | Essendon (1st title) |
Matches played | 3 |
The 1943 VFL Lightning Premiership was an Australian rules football 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.
Matches[]
Semi finals[]
Grand final[]
See also[]
- List of Australian Football League night premiers
- Australian Football League pre-season competition
- 1943 VFL season
Categories:
- 1943 in Australian rules football
- Australian Football League pre-season competition
- Australian rules football competition stubs