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1943 VFA season

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1943 VFA premiership season
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The 1943 Victorian Football Association season was not played owing to World War II, which was at its peak at the time.

Abandonment of the season

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World War II commenced in Europe in September 1939, and had spread to the Pacific in December 1941. The Association had continued with a full program of football in the 1940 and 1941 seasons – with the sole exception that Sandringham had competed as an amateur club in the latter season[1] – but had cancelled the 1942 season when it became clear that the competition would distract from the war effort.[2]

By 1943, the state of war had not changed, and the Association decided on 22 February that it would not resume the premiership for the season.[3] The Association premiership would not again be staged until 1945.

References

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  1. ^ "Association teams – Preston's haul". The Argus. Melbourne, VIC. 12 April 1941. p. 16.
  2. ^ "Association against football". The Argus. Melbourne, VIC. 21 April 1942. p. 6.
  3. ^ "No Association football". The Argus. Melbourne, VIC. 23 February 1943. p. 9.