| Year: | 1943 |
| Competition: | VFL |
| Home: | |
| Home Score: | 11.15 (81) |
| Away: | |
| Away Score: | 12.14 (86) |
| Home Abbr: | ESS |
| Away Abbr: | RIC |
| Home Qtr1: | 2.4 (16) |
| Home Qtr2: | 4.9 (33) |
| Home Qtr3: | 8.13 (61) |
| Home Qtr4: | 11.15 (81) |
| Away Qtr1: | 4.2 (26) |
| Away Qtr2: | 6.5 (41) |
| Away Qtr3: | 8.8 (56) |
| Away Qtr4: | 12.14 (86) |
| Date: | 25 September 1943 |
| Attendance: | 42,100 |
| Stadium: | Princes Park |
| Last: | 1942 |
| Next: | 1944 |
The 1943 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Richmond Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Princes Park in Melbourne on 25 September 1943. It was the 45th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1943 VFL season. The match, attended by 42,100 spectators, was won by Richmond by a margin of 5 points, marking that club's fifth VFL premiership victory.
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