1943 VFL Lightning Premiership

The 1943 VFL Lightning Premiership was an Australian rules football 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 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.

Semi finals

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 * Home team
 * Home team score
 * Away team
 * Away team score
 * Ground
 * Date
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 * Fitzroy
 * 5.4 (34)
 * Hawthorn
 * 3.6 (24)
 * Princes Park
 * Saturday, 24 July
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 * Essendon
 * 2.6 (18)
 * Richmond
 * 1.2 (8)
 * Princes Park
 * Saturday, 24 July

Grand final

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 * Home team
 * Home team score
 * Away team
 * Away team score
 * Ground
 * Date
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 * Fitzroy
 * 3.3 (21)
 * Essendon
 * 4.5 (29)
 * Princes Park
 * Saturday, 24 July