| Year: | 1942 |
| Competition: | VFL |
| Home: | |
| Home Score: | 19.18 (132) |
| Away: | |
| Away Score: | 11.13 (79) |
| Home Abbr: | ESS |
| Away Abbr: | RIC |
| Home Qtr1: | 2.6 (18) |
| Home Qtr2: | 8.14 (62) |
| Home Qtr3: | 14.16 (100) |
| Home Qtr4: | 19.18 (132) |
| Away Qtr1: | 2.4 (16) |
| Away Qtr2: | 4.4 (28) |
| Away Qtr3: | 5.10 (40) |
| Away Qtr4: | 11.13 (79) |
| Date: | 19 September 1942 |
| Attendance: | 49,000 |
| Stadium: | Princes Park |
| Last: | 1941 |
| Next: | 1943 |
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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