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| Date | 30 September 1944 | |||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Junction Oval | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 43,000 | |||||||||||||||
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The1944 VFL Grand Final was anAustralian rules football game contested between theFitzroy Football Club andRichmond Football Club, held at theJunction Oval inMelbourne on 30 September 1944. It was the 46th annualgrand final of theVictorian Football League, staged to determine thepremiers for the1944 VFL season.
The match was won by Fitzroy by a margin of 15 points, marking that club's first premiership since1922, and its eighth (and final) premiership and final grand final appearance. The match attracted 41,000 spectators, down on expectations owing in part to a one-day tram strike.[1]
This was Fitzroy's last VFL premiership before they merged with theBrisbane Bears in 1997 to become theBrisbane Lions. Fitzroy did not win another senior premiership or contest another grand final throughout its time in the VFL/AFL.
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