| 1942 VFL Grand Final | 
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|   |  | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |   | ESS | 2.6 (18) | 8.14 (62) | 14.16 (100) | 19.18 (132) |   | RIC | 2.4 (16) | 4.4 (28) | 5.10 (40) | 11.13 (79) |  | 
| Date | 19 September 1942 | 
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| Stadium | Princes Park | 
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| Attendance | 49,000 | 
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 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 44th 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. 
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  Essendon FC, premiers
Essendon FC, premiers   | Essendon:  G Lane 6D Reynolds 4J Cassin 3L Dearle 2M Exelby 2G Abbott 1T Reynolds 1
 | Richmond:  D Harris 3J Dyer 2J Titus 2B Hay 1D Martin 1L Merrett 1B Randall 1
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| VFL/AFL home grounds |  | 
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| Essendon did not participate in the 1916 and 1917 VFL seasons due to World War I  (indicated in grey) | 
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| Known as the Victorian Football League from 1897–1989; no grand finals were held in 1897 and 1924 |