The 1943 VFL Lightning Premiership was an

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knockout competition played entirely on Saturday 24, July. It was played during a week's break of the Victorian Football Leagues's

1943 VFL season The 1943 VFL season was the 47th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. As in 1942, only eleven of the league's twelve clubs competed, with remaining in recess ...

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

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had been contested in the VFL. Approximately 11,000 people attended the three match competition.

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won the competition by 8 points, defeating

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in the final.

Matches

Semi finals

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Grand final

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, 4.5 (29) , Princes Park , Saturday, 24 July

Matches

Semi finals

Grand final

See also