1942 Santa Clara Broncos football team
After winning its first four games against Utah, Stanford, California, and Oregon State, Santa Clara was ranked No. 9 in the AP Poll. The team lost to No. 14 UCLA, then rebounded with three consecutive victories, including victories over rivals San Francisco and Saint Mary's. In the final game of the season, the Broncos lost to the powerful service team assembled at Saint Mary's Preflight School.


1942 Santa Clara Broncos football team, Postseason
Two Santa Clara players were recognized on the 1942 College Football All-America Team: end Al Beals received second-team honors from the Central Press Association; and quarterback Jesse Freitas received third-team honors from the Associated Press.


1942 Santa Clara Broncos football team, Postseason
In March 1943, coach Shaw cancelled spring football practice. At that point, 98% of the school's male students were in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, and their free time was occupied by Army training. Shaw noted that "fall football looks hopeless," and added that it was "improbable that we could get a football team from among the 4-F boys or those under 18."


1942 Santa Clara Broncos football team, Postseason
On August 18, 1943, the school announced that it was abandoning football for the duration of World War II. Athletic director George Barsi noted that 94% of the prior year's student body was in the armed services, and the shortage of manpower made it "inadvisable to field a team". The Broncos did not field a football team again until 1946.


1942 Santos FC season
The 1942 season was the thirty-first season for Santos FC.


1942 Second Air Force Bombers football team
The 1942 Second Air Force Bombers football team represented the Second Air Force during the 1942 college football season. The team, based at Fort George Wright in Spokane, Washington, compiled an 11–0–1 record and defeated the Hardin–Simmons Cowboys in the 1943 Sun Bowl.


1942 Second Air Force Bombers football team
Despite its undefeated record, the Second Air Force team and all other service teams were omitted from the football rankings. Washington State, ranked No. 16 in the final AP Poll, played the Second Air Force team to a 6–6 tie.


1942 Second Air Force Bombers football team
Red Reese, who coached football and basketball at Eastern Washington College before the war, was the team's head coach. The team was led by a backfield that included former Washington State quarterback Bill Sewell, fullback Vic Spadaccini from Minnesota, Hal Van Every, a triple-threat halfback who played for the Green Bay Packers before the war, and Johnny Holmes from Washington State. The linemen included ends Al Bodney and Bill Hornick, former Stanford center Tony Cavelli, Glen Conley of Washington and Don Williams of Texas at tackle, Tony Rosselli of Youngstown and Bill Holmes of Washington at guard.


1942 Sheffield Park by-election
The Sheffield Park by-election of 1942 was held on 27 August 1942. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Labour MP, George Lathan. It was won by the unopposed Labour candidate Thomas Burden.


1942 South American Basketball Championship
The 1942 South American Basketball Championship was the 10th edition of this tournament. It was held in Santiago, Chile and won by the Argentina national basketball team. It was the first time since the 1935 championship that the host had not won the competition. 5 teams competed despite the World War that was under way.


1942 South American Basketball Championship, Results, Preliminary round
Each team played the other four teams once, for a total of four games played by each team and 10 overall in the preliminary round.


1942 South American Basketball Championship, Results, Preliminary round
The tie for third place was resolved by head-to-head results, with Chile taking the bronze medal as they beat Brazil.


1942 South American Basketball Championship, Results, Preliminary round
As Argentina and Uruguay were tied for first place, a final game to determine the championship was required.


1942 South American Basketball Championship, Results, Final
Argentina and Uruguay played a final matchup after each finishing 3-1 in the preliminary round. Uruguay had won the preliminary meeting between the two, but Argentina proved victorious in the rematch to take the gold medal.


1942 South American Championship
The seventeenth edition of the South American Championship was held in Montevideo, Uruguay from January 10 to February 7.


1942 South American Championship
For the first time seven teams took part of the event; the participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.


1942 South American Championship
The tournament featured a match between Argentina and Ecuador in which Argentina's José Manuel Moreno surpassed the 500-goal mark for goals in Copa América history, scoring 5 in a 12–0 drubbing of Ecuador. As of 2015, the 12-goal difference of that match remains the widest ever in Copa Américas. José Manuel Moreno and Herminio Masantonio of Argentina were joint top scorers of the tournament, with 7 goals each.


1942 South American Championship, Final round
Each team played against each of the other teams. Two (2) points were awarded for a win, one (1) point for a draw and no (0) points for a defeat.


1942 South American Championship squads
The following squads were named for the 1942 South American Championship that took place in Uruguay.


1942 South Carolina Gamecocks football team
The 1942 South Carolina Gamecocks football team was an American football team that represented the University of South Carolina as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1942 season. In their fifth season under head coach Rex Enright, South Carolina compiled a 1–7–1 record. The only victory was over The Citadel.


1942 South Carolina gubernatorial election
The 1942 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1942, during World War II, to select the Governor of South Carolina. Olin D. Johnston won the Democratic primary and ran without opposition in the general election on account of South Carolina's effective status as a one-party state, winning a second non-consecutive term as Governor of South Carolina.


1942 South Carolina gubernatorial election, Democratic primary
The South Carolina Democratic Party held their primary for governor in the summer of 1942. The race was between former Governor Olin D. Johnston and Wyndham Meredith Manning, the third attempt for both candidates. Olin Johnston emerged victorious in a tight race and effectively became the next governor of South Carolina because there was no opposition in the general election.


1942 South Carolina gubernatorial election, General election
The general election was held on November 3, 1942 and Olin D. Johnston was elected the next governor of South Carolina without opposition. Being a non-presidential election and few contested races, turnout was much lower than the Democratic primary election.


1942 South Coast state by-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of South Coast on 14 November 1942. It was triggered by the death of Rupert Beale (Independent).


1942 South Coast state by-election, Aftermath
Jack Beale would go on to hold the seat for 30 years, as an Independent until 1948 when he joined the Liberals.


1942 South Dakota Coyotes football team
The 1942 South Dakota Coyotes football team was an American football team that represented the University of South Dakota in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1942 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Cletus Clinker, the team compiled a 5–3 record (4–2 against NCC opponents), finished in third place out of nine teams in the NCC, and was outscored by a total of 132 to 116. The team played its home games at Inman Field in Vermillion, South Dakota.


1942 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team
The 1942 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team was an American football team that represented South Dakota State University in the North Central Conference during the 1942 college football season. In its second season under head coach Thurlo McCrady, the team compiled a 4–4 record and was outscored by a total of 92 to 65.


1942 South Dakota gubernatorial election
The 1942 South Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1942. Incumbent Republican Governor Harlan J. Bushfield declined to seek re-election to a third term and instead successfully ran for the U.S. Senate. A crowded Republican primary developed to succeed him, and because no candidate received 35% of the vote, the nomination was decided at the state Republican convention, where former Attorney General Merrell Q. Sharpe, the second-place finisher in the primary, won the nomination. In the general election, Sharpe faced Democratic nominee Lewis W. Bicknell, the 1940 Democratic nominee for Governor. Aided by the national Republican landslide, Sharpe defeated Bicknell in a landslide.


1942 South Dakota gubernatorial election, Democratic Primary
Lewis W. Bicknell—a former Day County State's Attorney, former Chairman of the State Department of Public Welfare, and the 1940 Democratic nominee for Governor—announced that he would again run for Governor. He was the only Democratic candidate to file and he won the Democratic nomination for Governor unopposed, thereby removing the race from the primary ballot.


1942 South Dakota gubernatorial election, Republican Primary, Campaign
At the May 5, 1942, primary, all four candidates ended up with vote totals that were within six thousand votes of each other, and for the first time since 1930, no candidate received the requisite 35% of the vote. Merrell Q. Sharpe, who ran on a reform, "oust the state house" platform, was seen by many observers as having a lead coming into the convention, despite placing second in the primary. There was speculation that Sharpe's three other opponents would consolidate their forces to defeat him at the convention, but uncertainty as to whether they would do so.


1942 South Dakota gubernatorial election, Republican Primary, Campaign
Influential state Republicans, chief among them Governor Bushfield, declined to publicly intervene. At the convention, Sharpe took an early lead, and despite the speculation about anti-Sharpe consolidation, as Temmey and Scott collapsed, the vast majority of their votes went to Sharpe, not Bottom. On the third ballot, with Temmey's support halved and Scott's near zero, Sharpe easily won a majority, earning himself the nomination.


1942 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1942 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 5–7, 1942 at Thompson Gym in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Duke Blue Devils won their third Southern Conference title, led by head coach Eddie Cameron.


1942 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
The top eight finishers of the conference's sixteen members were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of three rounds.


1942 Southern Illinois Maroons football team
The 1942 Southern Illinois Maroons football team was an American football team that represented Southern Illinois Normal University (now known as Southern Illinois University Carbondale) in the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1942 college football season. Under fourth-year head coach Glenn Martin, the team compiled a 2–4 record. The team played its home games at McAndrew Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois.


1942 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team
The 1942 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning (now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in the Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference during the 1942 college football season. In their first year under head coach Louis Whitman, the team compiled a 3–4 record.


1942 Spence Field Fliers football team
The 1942 Spence Field Fliers football team represented Spence Air Base during the 1942 college football season. Under Lieutenant R. I. Roberts, the Fliers compiled at least a 0–4 record, and were outscored by their opponents by at least a total of 134 to 6. A lot of information on the 1942 Spence Army Air Field team is unknown, and there are only scattered primary sources that outline the season and results for the football team.


1942 Spence Field Fliers football team
A few games can be verified as cancelled because teams like the 29th Infantry were already fighting in Europe by the time they were scheduled to play the air base, but others are completely unknown. Another game that is yet to be verified by any primary sources was against Jacksonville NAS on December 5th.


1942 Spennymoor by-election
The Spennymoor by-election, 1942 was a parliamentary by-election held on 21 July 1942 for the British House of Commons constituency of Spennymoor in County Durham.


1942 Spennymoor by-election
The seat had become vacant when the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Joseph Batey had resigned from the House of Commons on 6 July 1942, by the procedural device of accepting the post of Steward of the Manor of Northstead. Batey had held the seat since the 1922 general election.


1942 Spennymoor by-election, Candidates
The Labour party selected as its candidate the 54-year-old James Dixon Murray.


1942 Spennymoor by-election, Candidates
The parties in the war-time Coalition Government had agreed not to contest vacancies in seats held by other coalition parties, but other by-elections had been contested by independent candidates or those from minor parties. (The most recent was Maldon in June 1940, where an independent Labour candidate won what had previously been a safe seat for the Conservatives).


1942 Spennymoor by-election, Results
No other candidates were nominated in Spennymoor, so Murray was returned unopposed. He held the Spennymoor seat until the constituency's abolition for the 1950 general election.


1942 St. Louis Browns season
The 1942 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 3rd in the American League with a record of 82 wins and 69 losses.


1942 St. Louis Browns season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1942 St. Louis Browns season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1942 St. Louis Browns season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1942 St. Louis Browns season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1942 St. Louis Browns season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1942 St. Louis Cardinals season
The 1942 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 61st season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 51st season in the National League. The Cardinals went 106–48 during the season and finished first in the National League. In the World Series, they met the New York Yankees. They won the series in 5 games.


1942 St. Louis Cardinals season
Pitcher Mort Cooper won the MVP Award this year, with a 1.78 ERA, 22 wins, and 152 strikeouts.


1942 St. Louis Cardinals season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1942 St. Louis Cardinals season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1942 St. Louis Cardinals season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1942 St. Louis Cardinals season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1942 St. Louis Cardinals season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1942 St. Louis Cardinals season, 1942 World Series
NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL New York Yankees (1)


1942 St. Louis Cardinals season, Farm system
California League folded, June 28, 1942; KITTY League folded, June 19


1942 Stanford Indians football team
The 1942 Stanford Indians football team represented Stanford University in the 1942 college football season and was led by first-year head coach Marchmont Schwartz. With the United States now fully engaged in World War II, Stanford played three "home" games at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco in order to comply with wartime requirements to minimize the use of non-essential public transportation by holding events near population centers. The team also played four games at its usual home stadium, Stanford Stadium.


1942 Stanley Cup Finals
The 1942 Stanley Cup Finals was a best-of-seven series between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Detroit Red Wings. After losing the first three games, the Maple Leafs won the next four to win the series 4–3, winning their fourth Stanley Cup. It was the first Stanley Cup Finals in history to go seven games.


1942 Stanley Cup Finals, Paths to the Finals
Toronto defeated the New York Rangers in a best-of-seven 4–2 to advance to the Finals. The Red Wings had to play two best-of three series; winning 2–1 against the Montreal Canadiens, and 2–0 against the Boston Bruins to advance to the Finals.


1942 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries
This was a series that saw a remarkable comeback. Toronto came back from a 3–0 series deficit to win the best-of-seven Stanley Cup Final. The feat has only been duplicated three times in Stanley Cup play since, but never again in the Stanley Cup Finals.


1942 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries
The first game was held in Toronto. Detroit's Don Grosso opened the scoring in the second minute before John McCreedy tied it for Toronto. Sid Abel put the Wings ahead, only to have Sweeney Schriner tie it to leave the teams tied after the first period. Grosso scored again at the 14:11 mark of the second and the Wings held off the Leafs from there to win the opening game 3-2.


1942 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries
Detroit took the second game in Toronto by a score of 4–2. Don Grosso scored two goals again for the Red Wings. The Wings took the lead 2–0 after the first period on goals by Grosso and Mud Bruneteau. Schriner scored in the second for the Leafs to close the score to 2–1 after two periods. Grosso scored early in the third along with Gerry Brown to put the Wings ahead 4–1 before Wally Stanowski scored in the fifteenth minute for the Leafs. Detroit held off the Leafs from there to take the series lead 2–0.


1942 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries
In game three in Detroit, the Maple Leafs took an early 2–0 lead on goals by Lorne Carr, but the Wings evened the score before the end of the first period on goals by Gerry Brown and Joe Carveth. Late in the first period, Sid Abel had to leave the game with a possible fractured jaw. His replacement, Pat McReavy, scored the winning goal early in the second, and Syd Howe added another to put the Wings up 4–2 after two. Eddie Bush scored for the Wings in the third to push the final score to 5–2.


1942 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries
In the fourth game, held in Detroit, the Maple Leafs staved off elimination with a 4–3 victory. Toronto coach Hap Day pulled Gordie Drillon and Bucko McDonald, replacing them with Don Metz and Hank Goldup. There was no scoring in the first. Bruneteau and Abel scored to put the Wings ahead 2–0 before the second period was half over. The Leafs tied it up on goals by Bob Davidson and Carr to leave the teams even after two periods. Carl Liscombe scored in the fifth minute of the third to put the Wings ahead, but two minutes later Syl Apps tied it up. Nick Metz scored the winning goal for Toronto with seven minutes to play.


1942 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries
The game ended in a near-riot. In the final minute, Detroit's Eddie Wares drew a misconduct penalty and then a $50 fine for arguing and refusing to leave the ice. Referee Mel Harwood dropped the puck for the faceoff while Wares was still on the ice and promptly called a too-many-men penalty on Don Grosso. Grosso threw down his stick and gloves and was fined $25 by Harwood. At the end of the game Detroit coach Jack Adams then attacked Harwood, punching him in the face following an profanity-laced outburst. The fans booed the officiating, littering the ice with paper, peanuts, and even a woman's shoe. NHL president Frank Calder and referee Harwood were escorted out of the rink under police protection. Calder immediately suspended Adams indefinitely and imposed $100 fines on Grosso and Wares.


1942 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries
The teams returned to Toronto for the fifth game. Ebbie Goodfellow took over the coaching duties for the suspended Jack Adams. Leafs' coach Day had worked out Drillon and McDonald but chose to leave them out and his decision was vindicated. The game was a mismatch as the Leafs won 9–3 behind three goals and two assists from Don Metz. Nick Metz scored the first goal and Stanowski scored a second to put the Leafs ahead 2–0 after one period. In the second period, the Leafs scored five goals. Bob Goldham, followed by Schriner, Don Metz, Apps, and Don Metz again raised the score to 7–0 after two. In the third period, Howe put Detroit on the board but Don Metz and Apps scored before Alex Motter and Carl Liscombe scored for the Red Wings to finish the scoring.


1942 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries
Game six presented a chance for Detroit to win the Cup on home ice. Although the team had lost the momentum of the series, the Detroit players promised it would be a different outcome from game five, especially the first period, where the Wings had drawn penalties leading to two power-play goals by the Leafs. The teams both showed a lot of discipline in the game and no penalties were called. The closest to an incident came in the third period when Jack Stewart of the Wings and Bingo Kampman of the Leafs collided and almost came to blows. At that time a fan threw a three-pound perch to the ice.


1942 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries
The first period was described as "hard-hitting hockey" and the teams ended the period scoreless. Just 14 seconds after the start of the second, Don Metz stole the puck near the Detroit goal and beat Johnny Mowers to put the Leafs ahead. Turk Broda held off the Red Wings for the rest of the game to record the series' only shutout. Goldham and Billy Taylor scored goals 32 seconds apart late in the third period to clinch the game for the Maple Leafs, who now were being considered the favourites to win the series in the seventh game.


1942 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries
The seventh and deciding game was again a close game. Detroit survived a two-man disadvantage in the first period and the teams finished the period scoreless. Detroit's Syd Howe opened the scoring in the second period on a pretty passing play between Abel, Jimmy Orlando, and Howe. The Wings were determined to protect the lead and led after two periods 1–0. Toronto got its chance in the third period to tie the score when Orlando drew a tripping penalty on Apps. Just as the penalty expired, Schriner scored for Toronto in a goalmouth scramble to tie the game.


1942 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries
After the goal, Toronto picked up the pace, eventually out-shooting Detroit 16–7 in the third. Pete Langelle scored the series winner two minutes later in another goalmouth scramble. Schhriner scored the third goal for the Leafs at the 16:13 mark to close out the scoring and the unprecedented comeback win was complete.


1942 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries
It was the first time a crowd of over 16,000 attended a hockey game in Canada. 16,218 fans squeezed into Maple Leaf Gardens and remained for an hour after the game waiting for the Leafs to reappear from the dressing room after the game. Coach Day, who had played for the Leafs in their last win in 1932, deadpanned "We won it the hard way." He was asked if he had any doubts during the series, and replied "I had my doubts right up until that final bell rang."


1942 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries
Rookie Gaye Stewart, who had joined the club for the fifth game of the final, became the youngest player to win the Stanley Cup as he was still 18 years of age. John McCreedy completed his triple championship with the win. He was a member of the Winnipeg Monarchs' 1937 Memorial Cup win and won an Allan Cup with the Kirkland Lake Blue Devils.


1942 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup engraving
The 1942 Stanley Cup was presented to Maple Leafs captain Syl Apps by NHL President Frank Calder following the Maple Leafs 3–1 win over the Red Wings in game seven.


1942 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup engraving
The following Maple Leafs players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup


1942 Sugar Bowl
The 1942 edition of the Sugar Bowl featured the Missouri Tigers and the Fordham Rams. It was played at Tulane Stadium on New Orleans, Louisiana, on Thursday, January 1, 1942.


1942 Sugar Bowl
Those who watched the game were concerned by the entry of the United States into World War II following the attack on Pearl Harbor, which had occurred less than four weeks earlier. Despite this, the bowl game was played on schedule on New Year's Day 1942.


1942 Sugar Bowl
The game was played in a cold, driving rainstorm. During the first quarter, a blocked Tigers punt, turned back by Fordham tackle Alex Santilli, led to a two-point safety being scored by defensive end Stanley Ritinski. Nearly a touchdown, the referee ruled that the ball was not under control until after Ritinski slid over the end line.


1942 Sugar Bowl
As the rain continued, no further points were scored. The final score was Fordham 2, Missouri 0, the lowest possible combined point total for an untied American football game, which stands as a bowl game record for an untied game as of 2020 (there have been four scoreless ties). Fordham also won the game without a single forward pass completion; their total yardage was 137 yards, all gained on the ground.


1942 Sugar Bowl
The radio broadcast of the game was carried by the NBC Blue Network.


1942 Sun Bowl
The 1942 Sun Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the Texas Tech Red Raiders and the Tulsa Golden Hurricane.


1942 Sun Bowl, Background
Tulsa was champion of the Missouri Valley Conference, leading to their invitation to the Sun Bowl. This was their first ever bowl game appearance. The Red Raiders were 2nd in the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association. This was their first bowl game under new head coach Dell Morgan, and first bowl game since 1939.


1942 Sun Bowl, Game summary
The game was scoreless until the last two minutes of the game. Tulsa was at the 25 yard line of the Red Raiders. Glenn Dobbs threw a pass to Saxon Judd, who ran into the end zone to give the Golden Hurricane a 6-0 lead, which turned out to be the winning score. Glen Dobbs went 20-of-31 passes for 201 yards, setting a Sun Bowl record. Tulsa had 15 first downs and 335 yards compared to Texas Tech's four first downs and 104 yards.


1942 Sun Bowl, Aftermath
Tulsa appeared in four straight bowl games before Frnka left for Tulane, winning two more conference titles. Texas Tech did not return to a bowl game until 1948, with their third Sun Bowl appearance. Tulsa has not returned to a Sun Bowl since this game.


1942 Svenska Cupen
Svenska Cupen 1942 was the second season of the main Swedish football Cup. The competition was concluded on 18 October 1942 with the Final, held at Råsunda Stadium, Solna in Stockholms län. GAIS won the final 2–1 against IF Elfsborg before an attendance of 10,013 spectators.


1942 Svenska Cupen, Second round
The 8 matches in this round were played on 10 and 12 July 1942.


1942 Svenska Cupen, Quarter-finals
The 4 matches in this round were played between 17 July and 19 July 1942.


1942 Svenska Cupen, Semi-finals
The semi-finals in this round were played on 23 August 1942.


1942 Svenska Cupen, Final
The final was played on 18 October 1942 at the Råsunda Stadium.


1942 Swedish Ice Hockey Championship
The 1942 Swedish Ice Hockey Championship was the 20th season of the Swedish Ice Hockey Championship, the national championship of Sweden. Hammarby IF won the championship.


1942 Swiss referendums
Two referendums were held in Switzerland during 1942. The first was held on 25 January on a popular initiative that would provide for the direct election of the Federal Council, as well as increasing the number of members. It was rejected by voters. The second was held on 3 May on a popular initiative "for the reorganisation of the National Council", and was also rejected.


1942 Swiss referendums, Background
The referendums were both popular initiatives, which required a double majority; a majority of the popular vote and majority of the cantons. The decision of each canton was based on the vote in that canton. Full cantons counted as one vote, whilst half cantons counted as half.


1942 Syracuse Orangemen football team
The 1942 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University in the 1942 college football season. The Orangemen were led by sixth-year head coach Ossie Solem and played their home games at Archbold Stadium in Syracuse, New York.


1942 São Paulo FC season
The 1942 football season was São Paulo's 13th season since club's existence.


1942 TCU Horned Frogs football team
The 1942 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 1942 college football season. The Horned Frogs finished the season 7–3 overall and 4–2 in the Southwest Conference. The team was coached by Dutch Meyer in his ninth year as head coach. The Frogs played their home games in Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on campus in Fort Worth, Texas.


1942 Tavistock by-election
The Tavistock by-election of 1942 was held on 2 April 1942. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Mark Patrick. It was won by the Conservative candidate Henry Studholme, who was unopposed due to the War-time electoral pact.


1942 Taça de Portugal Final
The 1942 Taça de Portugal Final was the final match of the 1941–42 Taça de Portugal, the 4th season of the Taça de Portugal, the premier Portuguese football cup competition organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The match was played on 12 July 1942 at the Estádio do Lumiar in Lisbon, and opposed two Primeira Liga sides: Belenenses and Vitória de Guimarães. Belenenses defeated Vitória de Guimarães 2–0 to claim their first Taça de Portugal.


1942 Temple Owls football team
The 1942 Temple Owls football team was an American football team that represented Temple University as an independent during the 1942 college football season. In its third season under head coach Ray Morrison, the team compiled a 2–5–3 record and was outscored by a total of 135 to 48. The team played its home games at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia.


1942 Temuka by-election
The 1942 Temuka by-election was a by-election for the electorate of Temuka held during the 26th New Zealand Parliament.


1942 Temuka by-election, Background
The by-election was held on 7 February 1942 after the death of Thomas David Burnett a National MP on 28 November 1942 during the parliamentary recess. A by-election was necessary although Labour did not stand a candidate as an independent candidate stood against the National candidate in this strongly National-held seat.


1942 Temuka by-election, Background
Donald Cyrus Davie stood as an independent candidate. He had previously contested Hurunui as a Labour candidate before resigning from the party over government taxation policies.


1942 Temuka by-election, Background, By-election date
In late November 1942 three MPs died (on 28, 29 and 30 November), two while on overseas military service. The date for the by-election(s) was a problem because of the post-Christmas break and because of the arrangements required for voting by servicemen overseas. Two by-elections were held on 7 February 1943 for Hauraki and Temuka where two independent candidates stood, but in Mid-Canterbury the widow of the sitting member was unopposed.


1942 Temuka by-election, Background, By-election date
The date of the resultant by-elections had been discussed by Peter Fraser the Prime Minister and Minister in charge of the Electoral Department, the clerk of writs J. W. Heenan, and the speaker Bill Barnard. They were all National seats, and the Labour Party did not contest these wartime elections, but as independent candidates stood in two electorates, two by-elections were required.


1942 Temuka by-election, Background, By-election date
The speaker could not call them until the death was registered (which took longer for overseas deaths), and the Government Printing Office was closed for the Christmas-New Year holiday from 25 December to 7 January, so gazette notices could not be issued in that period. The notification of vacancies by the speaker was on 6 December 1941. A full period of 17 days was required between nomination day and polling day; ten days was too short because of the requirement to record soldier’s votes from overseas. Heenan said that an election on Saturday 27 December was not possible although Saturday 31 January was; but Saturday 7 February 1942 was selected, with the last day for nominations 21 January and writs to be returned on 23 February. Warrants were issued on 13 January.


1942 Temuka by-election, Results
The count with a total of 5,658 votes cast gave Acland 4,142 (and a majority of 2,626), Davie 1,516 with no informal votes. With the low turnout and the absence of either a Labour or Democratic Labour candidate, the result is not significant.


1942 Tennessee Volunteers football team
The 1942 Tennessee Volunteers (variously Tennessee, UT, or the Vols) represented the University of Tennessee in the 1942 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach John Barnhill, in his second year, and played their home games at Shields–Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of nine wins, one loss and one tie (9–1–1 overall, 4–1 in the SEC), and concluded the season with a victory against Tulsa in the 1943 Sugar Bowl.


1942 Tennessee gubernatorial election
The 1942 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1942. Incumbent Democrat Prentice Cooper defeated Republican nominee C. N. Frazier with 70.15% of the vote.


1942 Texas A&M Aggies football team
The 1942 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University during the 1942 college football season.


1942 Texas Longhorns football team
The 1942 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1942 college football season.


1942 Texas Mines Miners football team
The 1942 Texas Mines Miners football team was an American football team that represented Texas School of Mines (now known as University of Texas at El Paso) as a member of the Border Conference during the 1942 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Walter Milner, the team compiled a 5–4 record (4–3 against Border Conference opponents), finished fifth in the conference, and outscored opponents by a total of 162 to 111.


1942 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team
The 1942 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech during the 1942 college football season. The team won its second Border Conference championship (shared with Hardin–Simmons).


1942 Texas gubernatorial election
The 1942 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1942.


1942 Texas gubernatorial election
Incumbent Democratic Governor Coke R. Stevenson defeated Republican nominee Caswell K. McDowell with 96.83% of the vote.


1942 Texas gubernatorial election, Nominations, Democratic primary
The Democratic primary election was held on July 25, 1942. By winning over 50% of the vote, Stevenson avoided a run-off which would have been held on August 22, 1942.


1942 Texas gubernatorial election, Nominations, Republican nomination
The Republican state convention was held at San Angelo on August 10 and 11, 1942.


1942 The Citadel Bulldogs football team
The 1942 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 1942 college football season. Bo Rowland served as head coach for the third season. The Bulldogs played as members of the Southern Conference and played home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium. No team would be fielded again until 1946 due to World War II.


1942 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship
The 1942 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship was the 52nd staging of the Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Tipperary County Board in 1887.


1942 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship
Thurles Sarsfields won the championship after an 8-05 to 0-01 defeat of Killenaule in the final. It was their 13th championship title overall and their first title since 1939.


1942 Titleholders Championship
The 1942 Titleholders Championship was contested from March 31 to April 2 at Augusta Country Club. It was the 6th edition of the Titleholders Championship.


1942 Toledo Rockets football team
The 1942 Toledo Rockets football team was an American football team that represented Toledo University in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1942 college football season. In their seventh and final season under head coach Clarence Spears, the Rockets compiled a 4–4–1 record.


1942 Toledo Rockets football team
The team's key players included freshman Emlen Tunnell, an African-American halfback who was later inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. In the opening game against Kent State, Tunnell ran for two touchdowns and passed for two more. Tunnell sustained a broken neck in the October 24 game against Marshall. Tunnell joined the Coast Guard in 1943 and did not return to Toledo after the war


1942 Toronto municipal election
Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1942. Incumbent Frederick J. Conboy was acclaimed as mayor.


1942 Toronto municipal election, Toronto mayor
For the second election in a row no one chose to run against incumbent Frederick J. Conboy and he was acclaimed as mayor.


1942 Toronto municipal election, Board of Control
The Board of Control election was marked by former mayor Ralph Day attempting to return to the Board, but he placed fifth as all four incumbents were reelected.


1942 Toronto municipal election, City council
Results taken from the January 2, 1942 Globe and Mail and might not exactly match final tallies.


1942 Toronto municipal election, Vacancy
Ward 6 Alderman D.C. MacGregor died on November 28, 1942 and was not replaced.


1942 Tour de Hongrie
The 1942 Tour de Hongrie was the 12th edition of the Tour de Hongrie cycle race and was held from 27 to 29 June 1942. The race started in Budapest and finished in Nagyvárad. The race was won by Ferenc Barvik.


1942 Tour de Suisse
The 1942 Tour de Suisse was the ninth edition of the Tour de Suisse cycle race and was held from 29 July to 2 August 1942. The race started and finished in Zürich. The race was won by Ferdinand Kübler.


1942 Transjordanian general election
General elections were held in Transjordan on 20 October 1942.


1942 Transjordanian general election, Electoral system
The 1928 basic law provided for a unicameral Legislative Council. The 16 elected members were joined by the six-member cabinet, which included the Prime Minister. The term length was set at three years.


1942 Transjordanian general election, Results, By-election
Following the death of Refefan Al-Majali on 24 January 1945, M'arek Al-Majali was elected as a replacement on 1 September. Majed al-Adwan died 2 June 1946, with Noffan al-So'ud elected to replace him on 16 September.


1942 Transjordanian general election, Aftermath
Five governments were formed during the term of the Legislative Council, which was extended by two years to last until 1947.


1942 Tschammerpokal
The 1942 Tschammerpokal was the 8th season of the annual German football cup competition. During this competition, 64 teams competed in the final tournament stage of six rounds. At the finals, which were held on 15 November 1942, the Olympiastadion 1860 Munich defeated Schalke 04 2–0.


1942 Tschammerpokal Final
The 1942 Tschammerpokal Final decided the winner of the 1942 Tschammerpokal, the 8th season of Germany's knockout football cup competition. It was played on 15 November 1942 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. A total of 80,000 spectators watched the match, making it the highest attended German cup final in history. 1860 Munich won the match 2–0 against Schalke 04, to claim their 1st cup title.


1942 Tschammerpokal Final, Route to the final
The Tschammerpokal began the final stage with 64 teams in a single-elimination knockout cup competition. There were a total of five rounds leading up to the final. Teams were drawn against each other, and the winner after 90 minutes would advance. If still tied, 30 minutes of extra time was played. If the score was still level, a replay would take place at the original away team's stadium. If still level after 90 minutes, 30 minutes of extra time was played. If the score was still level, a second replay would take place at the original home team's stadium. If still level after 90 minutes, 30 minutes of extra time was played. If the score was still level, a drawing of lots would decide who would advance to the next round.


1942 Tschammerpokal Final, Route to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away; N: neutral).


1942 Tulane Green Wave football team
The 1942 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1942 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Claude Simons Jr., the Green Wave played their home games at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans. Tulane finished the season with an overall record of 4–5 and a mark of 1–4 in conference play, placing tenth in the SEC.


1942 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team
The 1942 Tulsa Golden Hurricane team represented the University of Tulsa during the 1942 college football season. In their second year under head coach Henry Frnka, the Golden Hurricane compiled a 10–0 record (5–0 against Missouri Valley Conference opponents) in the regular season before losing to Tennessee in the 1943 Sugar Bowl. The team was ranked No. 4 in the final AP Poll. Quarterback Glenn Dobbs was selected as a first-team All-American by the Associated Press, International News Service, Newspaper Enterprise Association, and Newsweek magazine and was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.


1942 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team, Rankings
The AP released their first poll on October 12. The Golden Hurricane made their first appearance as a ranked team on October 26.


1942 Turkish Football Championship
The 1942 Turkish Football Championship was the ninth edition of the competition. It was held in May. Harp Okulu won their second national championship title by winning the Final Group in Ankara undefeated.


1942 Turkish Football Championship
The champions of the three major regional leagues (Istanbul, Ankara, and İzmir) qualified directly for the Final Group. Trabzon Lisesi qualified by winning the qualification play-off, which was contested by the winners of the regional qualification groups.


1942 U.S. National Championships (tennis)
The 1942 U.S. National Championships (now known as the US Open) was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills in New York City, United States. The tournament ran from 27 August until 7 September. It was the 62nd staging of the U.S. National Championships and due to World War II it was the only Grand Slam tennis event of the year.


1942 U.S. National Championships (tennis), Finals, Men's Singles
Ted Schroeder defeated  Frank Parker  8–6, 7–5, 3–6, 4–6, 6–2


1942 U.S. National Championships (tennis), Finals, Men's Doubles
Gardnar Mulloy /  Bill Talbert defeated  Ted Schroeder /  Sidney Wood 9–7, 7–5, 6–1


1942 U.S. National Championships (tennis), Finals, Women's Doubles
Louise Brough /  Margaret Osborne defeated  Pauline Betz /  Doris Hart 2–6, 7–5, 6–0


1942 U.S. National Championships (tennis), Finals, Mixed Doubles
Louise Brough /   Ted Schroeder defeated  Patricia Todd /  Alejo Russell 3–6, 6–1, 6–4


1942 U.S. National Championships – Men's Singles
Ted Schroeder defeated Frank Parker 8–6, 7–5, 3–6, 4–6, 6–2 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1942 U.S. National Championships.


1942 U.S. National Championships – Men's Singles, Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Ted Schroeder is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


1942 U.S. National Championships – Women's Singles
Second-seeded Pauline Betz defeated first-seeded Louise Brough 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 in the final to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1942 U.S. National Championships.


1942 U.S. National Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
The eight seeded U.S. players are listed below. Sarah Palfrey Cooke is the champion; others show in brackets the round in which they were eliminated.


1942 UCLA Bruins football team
The 1942 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1942 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Edwin C. Horrell, the Bruins compiled a 7–4 record (6–1 conference), finished in first place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and lost to Georgia in the 1943 Rose Bowl.


1942 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year
The 1942 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year was the 17th year of greyhound racing in the United Kingdom and Ireland.


1942 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary
The year continued to be dominated by the effect of World War II. The only major races that had not been suspended were the Irish Greyhound Derby and Scottish Greyhound Derby. Many race meetings held throughout the country helped with the war effort with money collections made frequently for various funds. The crowds remained healthy and the racing provided a welcome distraction from the war.


1942 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary
The distraction was so significant that the annual totalisator turnover set another new record, reaching £49,989,183, government tax and track deduction remained at 6% each respectively. An example of the sports popularity was highlighted at the House of Commons when an issue was addressed. The issue concerned was when upwards of 500 personnel at an aircraft factory left without permission to attend an afternoon greyhound meeting.


1942 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Ballynennan Moon
Ballynennan Moon returned after a winter rest and won the Walthamstow Stakes and Wimbledon Spring Cup. In his next 48 races, he was to win on forty occasions and finish second seven times. After finishing first, fourteen times in succession, he seemed certain to beat Mick the Miller's 19 straight wins but, in the fifteenth race, he was beaten a neck by Laughing Lackey. He then went on to record another eight successive wins during a five-month period and became a household name. He won the Wimbledon Spring Cup, the 1,000 Guineas at Park Royal Stadium, the Wembley Summer Cup, the Eclipse at Coventry, the Stewards Cup at Walthamstow Stadium and at the end of the year the International at Wimbledon Stadium.


1942 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Competitions
The fawn dog Ballycurreen Soldier won the Scottish Derby for the second time, the veteran racer was running in his fourth consecutive final.


1942 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, News
Leading trainer Joe Harmon died, leaving a huge gap to fill in the trainers ranks. A race would be initiated in his honour and the race would aptly be won by the best greyhound in training, Ballynennan Moon. Alfred Critchley became the Chairman of the Greyhound Racing Association, in place of the late Edward Loch, 2nd Baron Loch.


1942 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Ireland
The Irish Derby moved back to a more traditional slot at the end of May and was held at Cork Greyhound Stadium. It was only the second time the classic was run outside Dublin. Cork had won the rights to host due to the unfortunate circumstances that had stopped them from holding the event the year before (Foot-and-mouth disease). The first prize was only £175, the lowest on record but the track experienced record crowds. John Crowley a local pub owner in Cork trained Uacterlainn Riac to success for his brother Jerry who owned the dog. Uacterlainn Riac (meaning Creamery Brindle) attempted hurdles after the Derby but failed to take to them and plans for a Grand National double were scrapped.


1942 USC Trojans football team
The 1942 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1942 college football season. In their first year under head coach Jeff Cravath, the Trojans compiled a 5–5–1 record (4–2–1 against conference opponents), finished in fourth place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 184 to 128.


1942 United States House of Representatives elections
The 1942 United States House of Representatives elections was held in the middle of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third term.


1942 United States House of Representatives elections
Roosevelt's Democratic Party lost 45 seats to the Republican Party, retaining only a slender majority even though they lost the popular vote by over 1 million votes (3.9%). This would not occur again until 1952, when the party who won the popular vote did not also win the House majority. The main factor that led to the Republican gains during this election cycle was concern over World War II and American involvement. As of 2021, this is the last time the House of Representatives was made up of five parties. This was also the smallest House majority that the Democrats had up until the 2020 elections.


1942 United States House of Representatives elections, Arizona
Arizona received a second representative in reapportionment; it continued to elect both representatives at large rather than drawing districts.


1942 United States House of Representatives elections, California
Three new seats were added in reapportionment, increasing the delegation from 20 to 23 seats. Two of the new seats were won by Democrats, one by a Republican. One Republican and one Democratic incumbents lost re-election, and one vacancy was won by a Republican. Therefore, both Democrats and Republicans increased by 2 seats.


1942 United States House of Representatives elections, Florida
Florida received a 6th seat in reapportionment; it added an at-large district to its 5 districts rather than redrawing them.


1942 United States House of Representatives elections, Illinois
Illinois was reapportioned from 27 representatives to 26; it went from electing 2 at-large representatives to 1 without redrawing the other districts.


1942 United States House of Representatives elections, Indiana
Indiana was redrawn from 12 districts to 11 after reapportionment; most of the districts underwent minor boundary changes, and the old 11th district was divided up, distributing Madison County to the 5th, Hancock County to the 10th, and consolidating the parts of Marion County in the old 11th and Indianapolis-based 12th into a new 11th. This forced incumbents William Larrabee and Raymond S. Springer to run against each other in a district drawn mainly from Springer's old district.


1942 United States House of Representatives elections, Iowa
Iowa was redistricted from 9 to 8 districts, with the most substantial changes being merging the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th districts in northeastern Iowa down to 2 districts.


1942 United States House of Representatives elections, Kansas
Kansas was reapportioned from 7 districts to 6, with the central Kansas 4th district losing territory on its north and gaining most of the old 5th district around Wichita.


1942 United States House of Representatives elections, Massachusetts
Massachusetts was reapportioned from 15 districts down to 14, with the most affected incumbent being Thomas H. Eliot of the former 9th, whose western Boston suburbs were moved into the 10th and 4th while his Cambridge residence was pulled into the more urban 11th, where he was defeated in the primary by James Michael Curley.


1942 United States House of Representatives elections, Nebraska
Redistricted from 5 districts down to 4; the 4th and 1st districts were merged into each other, with the other three districts all gaining some territory on the south.


1942 United States House of Representatives elections, New Mexico
Reapportioned from 1 representative to 2; both of the representatives were elected at large.


1942 United States House of Representatives elections, North Carolina
North Carolina was reapportioned from 11 seats to 12, and reorganized the existing 10th and 11th districts (in the mountainous west of the state) into three districts.


1942 United States House of Representatives elections, Ohio
Ohio was reapportioned from 24 seats to 23, and removed one of its two at-large seats while leaving the 22 geographical districts unchanged.


1942 United States House of Representatives elections, Oregon
Oregon redistricted from 3 districts to 4 by splitting the old 1st district (the western part of the state except Multnomah County) and putting the southern half (Linn and Lane counties and the counties to the south) into a 4th district.


1942 United States House of Representatives elections, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania was reapportioned from 34 to 33 representatives, and redistricted from 34 to 32 geographical districts with one new at-large district. The Philadelphia-area districts were left pretty much unchanged, with the removal of one district in north-central Pennsylvania and another in Pittsburgh and compensating adjustments to nearby districts.


1942 United States House of Representatives elections, Tennessee
Tennessee was reapportioned from 9 districts to 10, and added an additional district in the central part of the state, allowing Davidson County to have its own district.


1942 United States House of Representatives elections in California
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1942 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 3, 1942. California gained three districts as a result of the 1940 Census, two of which were won by Democrats and one by Republicans. Of California's existing seats, Democrats and Republicans each swapped one district.


1942 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results
Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives:


1942 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina
The 1942 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on November 3, 1942 to select six Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. All six incumbents were re-elected and the composition of the state delegation remained solely Democratic.


1942 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1st congressional district
Incumbent Democratic Congressman L. Mendel Rivers of the 1st congressional district, in office since 1941, was unopposed in his bid for re-election.


1942 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 2nd congressional district
Incumbent Democratic Congressman Hampton P. Fulmer of the 2nd congressional district, in office since 1921, was unopposed in his bid for re-election.


1942 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 3rd congressional district
Incumbent Democratic Congressman Butler B. Hare of the 3rd congressional district, in office since 1939, defeated former Representative John C. Taylor in the Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election.


1942 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 4th congressional district
Incumbent Democratic Congressman Joseph R. Bryson of the 4th congressional district, in office since 1939, was unopposed in his bid for re-election.


1942 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 5th congressional district
Incumbent Democratic Congressman James P. Richards of the 5th congressional district, in office since 1933, defeated G.F. Patton in the Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election.


1942 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 6th congressional district
Incumbent Democratic Congressman John L. McMillan of the 6th congressional district, in office since 1939, won the Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election.


1942 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia
The 1942 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia were held on November 3, 1942 to determine who will represent the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States House of Representatives. Virginia had nine seats in the House, apportioned according to the 1940 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms.


1942 United States Senate election in Arkansas
The 1942 United States Senate election in Arkansas took place on November 2, 1942. Incumbent Senator John E. Miller was appointed to a federal judgeship by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and his appointed replacement Lloyd Spencer rejoined the Navy rather than run for re-election.


1942 United States Senate election in Arkansas
After a highly-competitive four-way primary, U.S. Representative John L. McClellan defeated Arkansas Attorney General Jack Holt in a run-off election.


1942 United States Senate election in Arkansas
Because the Republican Party (or any other party) did not field a candidate in the general election, McClellan's primary victory was tantamount to election.


1942 United States Senate election in Georgia
The 1942 United States Senate election in Georgia took place on November 3, 1942. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Richard Russell Jr. was re-elected to a second full term in office.


1942 United States Senate election in Georgia
As was common at the time, the Democratic candidate ran with nominal opposition in the general election so therefore the Democratic primary was the real contest, and winning the primary was considered tantamount to election.


1942 United States Senate election in Georgia, Democratic primary
The Democratic primary election was held on September 9, 1942.


1942 United States Senate election in Georgia, Democratic primary, County unit system
From 1917 until 1962, the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Georgia used a voting system called the county unit system to determine victors in statewide primary elections.


1942 United States Senate election in Georgia, Democratic primary, County unit system
The system was ostensibly designed to function similarly to the Electoral College, but in practice the large ratio of unit votes for small, rural counties to unit votes for more populous urban areas provided outsized political influence to the smaller counties.


1942 United States Senate election in Georgia, Democratic primary, County unit system
Under the county unit system, the 159 counties in Georgia were divided by population into three categories. The largest eight counties were classified as "Urban", the next-largest 30 counties were classified as "Town", and the remaining 121 counties were classified as "Rural". Urban counties were given 6 unit votes, Town counties were given 4 unit votes, and Rural counties were given 2 unit votes, for a total of 410 available unit votes. Each county's unit votes were awarded on a winner-take-all basis.


1942 United States Senate election in Georgia, Democratic primary, County unit system
Candidates were required to obtain a majority of unit votes (not necessarily a majority of the popular vote), or 206 total unit votes, to win the election. If no candidate received a majority in the initial primary, a runoff election was held between the top two candidates to determine a winner.


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1942 United States Senate election in Illinois
The 1942 United States Senate election in Illinois took place on November 3, 1942. Incumbent Republican Charles W. Brooks was reelected.


1942 United States Senate election in Illinois, Election information
The primaries and general election coincided with those for House and those for state elections.


1942 United States Senate election in Iowa
The 1942 United States Senate election in Iowa took place on November 3, 1942. Incumbent Democratic Senator Clyde Herring ran for re-election to a second term but was defeated by Republican Governor George A. Wilson.


1942 United States Senate election in Iowa, Democratic primary, Results
After losing the primary, Seemann entered the general election on the "Progressive New Dealer" ticket.


1942 United States Senate election in Maine
The 1942 United States Senate election in Maine was held on September 14, 1942. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Wallace White was re-elected to a third term over Fulton J. Redman.


1942 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
The United States Senate election of 1942 in Massachusetts was held on November 3, 1942. Republican incumbent Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. was re-elected to a second term in office over Democratic U.S. Representative Joseph E. Casey.


1942 United States Senate election in Massachusetts, General election, Campaign
Casey attempted to make an issue of Lodge's pre-war isolationism, although he had voted for the Lend-Lease Act in 1941. Lodge countered that his isolationism had been rooted in concerns over the nation's lack of military preparedness.


1942 United States Senate election in Massachusetts, General election, Campaign
Lodge, an Army reservist himself, was briefly unable to campaign after he enlisted and was sent to Libya for training. While there, he inadvertently took part in a major Allied defeat when Erwin Rommel launched a surprise attack on Lodge's training position in Tobruk. He returned to Massachusetts in July, when President Roosevelt required all members of Congress be relieved from active duty. When Casey attempted to portray his service as a mere "Cook's tour of the Libyan desert," Lodge angrily refuted him.


1942 United States Senate election in Michigan
The 1942 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 2, 1942. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Prentiss M. Brown ran for re-election to second term in office, but was defeated by Republican Homer S. Ferguson.


1942 United States Senate election in Minnesota
The 1942 United States Senate election in Minnesota took place on November 3, 1942. Incumbent Republican Joseph H. Ball, who had been temporarily appointed by Governor Harold Stassen in 1940 to fill the seat of the deceased Farmer–Labor U.S. Senator Ernest Lundeen, defeated Farmer–Labor former U.S. Senator and former Governor Elmer Benson, independent candidate Martin A. Nelson, and Democratic nominee Ed Murphy, to win election to the full six-year term beginning in January 1943. A special election held on the same date elected Republican nominee Arthur E. Nelson to serve the remainder of Lundeen's unexpired term.


1942 United States Senate election in Mississippi
The 1942 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 3, 1942. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Wall Doxey, who had won a special election the year prior to complete the unexpired term of Pat Harrison, ran for a full term in office. He was defeated by James Eastland who was appointed to and held the seat prior to Doxey's wins.


1942 United States Senate election in Mississippi
Because Eastland faced no opposition in the general election, his victory in the September 15 primary was tantamount to election.


1942 United States Senate election in Montana
The 1942 United States Senate election in Montana took place on November 3, 1942. Incumbent United States Senator James E. Murray, who was first elected to the Senate in a special election in 1934 and was re-elected in 1936, ran for re-election. Following his victory in a competitive Democratic primary, Murray advanced to the general election, where he was opposed by former United States Attorney for the District of Montana Wellington D. Rankin, the Republican nominee and brother of representative Jeannette Rankin. In a closely fought election, Murray narrowly defeated Rankin to win re-election to his third term and his second full term in the Senate.


1942 United States Senate election in Nebraska
The 1942 United States Senate election in Nebraska was held on November 3, 1942.


1942 United States Senate election in Nebraska
Incumbent Independent George W. Norris lost re-election to a sixth term to Republican Kenneth Wherry.


1942 United States Senate election in Nebraska
Norris, a former Republican, was quoted as remarking, “I would rather go down to my political grave with a clear conscience than ride in the chariot of victory.” In part for his honesty with constituents even if it meant defeat, Norris was later featured in John F. Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning Profiles in Courage.


1942 United States Senate election in New Jersey
The United States Senate election of 1942 in New Jersey was held on November 3, 1942. Incumbent Democratic Senator William Smathers ran for re-election to a second term, but was defeated by Republican businessman Albert Hawkes.


1942 United States Senate election in New Jersey
As of 2021, this is the last time an incumbent U.S. Senator from New Jersey lost re-election, although in 2002 incumbent Senator Robert Torricelli dropped out in late September while trailing in the polls.


1942 United States Senate election in Oklahoma
The 1942 United States Senate election in Oklahoma took place on November 3, 1942. Incumbent Democratic Senator Joshua B. Lee ran for re-election to a second consecutive term. After winning the Democratic primary against several strong opponents, Lee advanced to the general election, where he was originally set to face former Republican Senator William B. Pine. However, shortly after winning the Republican primary, Pine died; the state Republican Party tapped businessman Edward H. Moore as its replacement nominee. In a favorable Republican environment, Moore defeated Lee by a wide margin to win his first and only term in the U.S. Senate.


1942 United States Senate election in Oklahoma, Republican primary, Results
After he won the Republican primary, William B. Pine died, leaving a vacancy on the Republican ticket. The Republican Party selected wealthy businessman Edward H. Moore as its replacement nominee.


1942 United States Senate election in South Carolina
The 1942 South Carolina United States Senate election was held on November 3, 1942 to select the U.S. Senator from the state of South Carolina. Incumbent Democratic Senator Burnet R. Maybank defeated Eugene S. Blease in the Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election to win a six-year term.


1942 United States Senate election in South Carolina, Background
In 1937, Senator James F. Byrnes began a six-year term ending in 1943, but President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed him to the Supreme Court in 1940. To fill the vacancy until a successor could be duly elected, Governor of South Carolina Burnet R. Maybank appointed Judge Alva Lumpkin, but Lumpkin died on August 1, 1941. Maybank then appointed Roger C. Peace to succeed Lumpkin. Peace did not run in the special election to complete the term.


1942 United States Senate election in South Carolina, Background
In the special election to complete Byrnes's unexpired term on November, Governor Maybank defeated former Governor Olin D. Johnston.


1942 United States Senate election in South Carolina, Democratic primary, Campaign
Maybank campaigned in support of the Roosevelt administration and defeated Blease in the primary election on August 25.


1942 United States Senate election in South Carolina, General election
There was no opposition to the Democratic candidate in the general election so Maybank was elected to a six-year term in the Senate.


1942 United States Senate election in South Dakota
The 1942 United States Senate election in South Dakota took place on November 3, 1942. Incumbent Democratic Senator William J. Bulow ran for re-election to a third term. During the primary, Bulow was attacked for being insufficiently supportive of President Franklin Roosevelt's foreign policy and war preparedness. Former Governor Tom Berry, Bulow's chief opponent, drew a contrast between Bulow's isolationism and his support for Roosevelt's policies. In the end, Berry defeated Bulow in a landslide, and advanced to the general election, where he faced Harlan J. Bushfield, the incumbent Republican Governor of South Dakota. As Republicans gained ground nationwide, Bushfield defeated Berry in a landslide to pick up the seat for the Republican Party. Bushfield did not serve his full term, however; shortly before the 1948 U.S. Senate election, he died.


1942 United States Senate election in Texas
The 1942 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 3, 1942. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel was re-elected to a second term.


1942 United States Senate election in Texas
O'Daniel, who had only been elected to the seat in a special election the year before, narrowly fended off a primary challenge from former Governor James V. Allred. He won the general election with only nominal opposition. The Republican Party, now at its nadir in the state, did field a token candidate but did not factor in the election.


1942 United States Senate election in Virginia
The 1942 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 3, 1942. Incumbent Democratic Senator Carter Glass defeated Socialist Lawrence S. Wilkes and was elected to his fifth term in office.


1942 United States Senate election in Wyoming
The 1942 United States Senate election in Wyoming was held on November 3, 1942. Democratic Senator Harry Schwartz ran for re-election to his second term. He was challenged by businessman Edward V. Robertson, who emerged from a close and hotly contested Republican primary as the narrow winner. Aided in part by the national swing toward Republicans in 1942, Robertson defeated Schwartz for re-election by a decisive margin.


1942 United States Senate elections
The United States Senate elections of 1942 were held November 3, 1942, midway through Franklin D. Roosevelt's third term as President.


1942 United States Senate elections, Background
Although this election took place during World War II, the opposition Republican party made major gains, taking eight seats from the Democrats and one from an independent. The Democrats nonetheless retained a significant majority, though the smallest since Roosevelt was first elected in 1932.


1942 United States Senate elections, Background
The New York Times ascribed the results to "voters' dissatisfaction with the conduct of the war, both at home and abroad" but not evidence of a lack of enthusiasm for the war effort. It found that a candidate's stance as isolationist or interventionist before Pearl Harbor had little impact on his success at the polls. The paper's editorial board welcomed a return to normal political alignments after the unbalanced majorities of the previous decade. The election not only changed the numbers of Democrats and Republicans in the Senate, but also accomplished an ideological shift, as several longtime enthusiastic supporters of the New Deal were replaced by Republicans of the most conservative sort.


1942 United States Senate elections, Results summary
Colored shading indicates party with largest share of that row.


1942 United States Senate elections, Gains and losses
Also, in a special election, Republicans gained a seat from the Democrats, which would later be held by a different Republican from the regular election, see above:


1942 United States Senate elections, Race summaries, Special elections during the 77th Congress
In these special elections, the winner was seated during 1942 or before January 3, 1943; ordered by election date.


1942 United States Senate elections, Race summaries, Races leading to the 78th Congress
In these regular elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning January 3, 1943; ordered by state.


1942 United States Senate elections, Minnesota
There were two elections to the same seat due to the August 31, 1940 death of Farmer–Laborite Ernest Lundeen. Republican Joseph H. Ball was appointed October 14, 1940 to continue the term, pending the special election. Ball was elected to the next term in the regular election, but not to finish the current term in the special election.


1942 United States Senate elections, West Virginia
There were 2 elections to the same seat due to the January 12, 1941 resignation of Democrat Matthew M. Neely who was elected Governor of West Virginia. Democrat Joseph Rosier was appointed January 13, 1941 to continue the term, pending the special election. Primaries for both races were held August 4, 1942.


1942 United States Senate elections, West Virginia, West Virginia (Special)
Interim Democrat Joseph Rosier easily won the primary, but lost the special election to finish the term that would end in January 1943 to former congressman and 1936 senate nominee Hugh Ike Shott.


1942 United States Senate elections, West Virginia, West Virginia (Regular)
Neither Shott nor Rosier were candidates in the regular election. Instead, governor (and former senator) Neely ran to reclaim his seat, having regretted leaving the Senate.


1942 United States Senate elections, West Virginia, West Virginia (Regular)
Neely won the Democratic primary but lost the regular election.


1942 United States Senate elections, West Virginia, West Virginia (Regular)
At the end of the term, Revercomb would lose re-election to Neely in 1948. He then won a special election to the other seat in 1956.


1942 United States Senate special election in Minnesota
The 1942 United States Senate special election in Minnesota took place on November 3, 1942. The election was held to fill the vacancy in the seat formerly held by the late Ernest Lundeen for the final two months of Lundeen's unexpired term. Governor Harold Stassen had appointed Joseph H. Ball to fill the seat in 1940, but this appointment was temporary and subject to a special election held in the next general election year thereafter—1942.


1942 United States Senate special election in Minnesota
Ball opted to run for the full six-year term immediately following the end of Lundeen's term, instead of running for election to continue for the remainder of the term. In Ball's stead, the Republican Party of Minnesota nominated Arthur E. Nelson, who, in the special election, defeated both of his challengers—Al Hansen of the Farmer–Labor Party of Minnesota and John E. O'Rourke of the Minnesota Democratic Party.


1942 United States elections
The 1942 United States elections were held on November 3, 1942, and elected the members of the 78th United States Congress. In Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt's unprecedented third mid-term election, the Republican Party picked up seats in both chambers. In the House of Representatives, the Democrats lost forty-five seats, mostly to Republicans. The House elections took place after the 1940 United States Census and the subsequent Congressional re-apportionment. The Democrats also lost eight seats to the Republicans in the U.S. Senate. An Independent also lost his seat to a Republican in the Senate. Despite Republican gains, the Democratic Party retained control of both chambers.


1942 United States elections
The election was a victory for the conservative coalition, which passed the Smith-Connally Act and abolished the National Resources Planning Board over the objections of Roosevelt.


1942 United States elections
As the election came in the middle of World War II, voter turnout was just 33.9%. As of 2021, no biennial U.S. election since then has seen a lower voter turnout.


1942 United States gubernatorial elections
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1942, in 33 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 3, 1942 (September 14 in Maine).


1942 United States gubernatorial elections
In Georgia, the governor was elected to a 4-year term for the first time, instead of a 2-year term.


1942 Uruguayan Primera División, Overview
It was contested by 10 teams, and Nacional won the championship.


1942 Uruguayan constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in Uruguay on 29 November 1942, alongside general elections. The new constitution was approved by 77.17% of voters.


1942 Uruguayan constitutional referendum, Background
On 18 June 1941 a group of General Assembly members had put forward constitutional amendments. However, it was clear that the proposals would not be approved by a majority of voters, and President Alfredo Baldomir subsequently dissolved the General Assembly on 21 February 1942.


1942 Uruguayan constitutional referendum, Background
A commission, composed of the largest party, put forward a draft constitution on 28 May, with some small changes to the previous amendments. Baldomir then issued a decree stating that the new constitution would be approved if a majority of those voting were in favour, rather than the previous requirement, established in the 1934 constitution, of a majority of registered voters voting in favour.


1942 Uruguayan constitutional referendum, New constitution
The new constitution would limit the President and Vice President to a single term in office. It provided for a bicameral General Assembly, with a Senate elected by proportional representation. The lema system would be abolished.


1942 Uruguayan constitutional referendum, New constitution
Constitutional initiatives would be possible if supported by 10% of registered voters (reduced from 20%), with the General Assembly allowed to put forward a counter-proposal. Amendments would require a majority vote in both houses of the General Assembly, approval by a Constitutional Council, and then a referendum, in which at least 35% of registered voters must vote in favour.


1942 Uruguayan general election
General elections were held in Uruguay on 29 November 1942, alongside a constitutional referendum. The result was a victory for the Colorado Party, which won a majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and received the most votes in the presidential election, in which the Juan José de Amézaga faction emerged as the largest. Amézaga subsequently became President on 1 March 1943.


1942 Utah Redskins football team
The 1942 Utah Redskins football team represented the University of Utah during the 1942 college football season.


1942 Utah Redskins football team, After the season, NFL Draft
Utah had two players selected in the 1943 NFL Draft.


1942 Utah State Aggies football team
The 1942 Utah State Aggies football team was an American football team that represented Utah State Agricultural College in the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1942 college football season. In their 24th season under head coach Dick Romney, the Aggies compiled a 6–3–1 record (2–3–1 against MSC opponents), finished in fourth place in the MSC, and outscored opponents by a total of 201 to 137.


1942 VFA season
The 1942 Victorian Football Association season was not played owing to World War II, which was at its peak at the time.


1942 VFA season, Abandonment of the season
World War II commenced in Europe in September 1939, but the Association 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.


1942 VFA season, Abandonment of the season
By 1942, the state of war had increased, and was now being fought against Japan in the Pacific, as well as against the Axis powers in Europe. Enlistments had reduced the number of able-bodied men available to play football, the war effort had reduced the number of men able to commit time to running the football clubs in an administrative capacity, and the military had already commandeered North Port Oval and Beach Oval and was potentially going to commandeer Point Gellibrand, the Coburg City Oval and Brunswick Oval.


1942 VFA season, Abandonment of the season
Despite this, Northcote, Coburg, Brunswick, Yarraville, Brighton and Oakleigh wanted to play the season at the VFA’s April meeting, but Preston, Williamstown, Prahran, Camberwell, Port Melbourne and Sandringham had doubts or were outright against playing. On 20 April, the Association board of management decided to cancel the premiership season for 1942. It is believed that had the season been played, no more than six of the twelve clubs would have been able to field a team. The seconds premiership was also cancelled. The Association premiership was not staged again until 1945, although the seconds competition re-commenced in 1944.


1942 VFA season, Abandonment of the season
With the Association in recess, two of its grounds were used by League clubs whose grounds had been commandeered: Footscray played its games at Yarraville Oval, and St Kilda played its games at Toorak Park.


1942 VFL Grand Final
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 46th 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.


1942 VFL season
The 1942 Victorian Football League season was the 46th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.


1942 VFL season, Influence of World War II
World War II had many effects on the organisation of football in Australia:


1942 VFL season, Premiership season
In 1942, the VFL competition consisted of eleven teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus one substitute player, known as the 19th man. A player could be substituted for any reason; however, once substituted, a player could not return to the field of play under any circumstances.


1942 VFL season, Premiership season
Teams played each other in a home-and-away season of 16 rounds.


1942 VFL season, Premiership season
The determination of the 1942 season's fixtures was complicated by the fact that when the VFL decided to proceed with senior football on 1 April, it was not known which grounds would be available. All 1941 grounds except Windy Hill and the Brunswick Street Oval were candidates for long-term appropriation by the military, and the VFL announced that unless three grounds were available, it would not play the season. Consequently, each round's fixture through the first eleven weeks was set only on the previous Wednesday week, rather than being pre-determined at the start of the season.


1942 VFL season, Premiership season
Ultimately the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the Lake Oval, the Western Oval, and the Junction Oval all became unavailable; but, several Victorian Football Association grounds became available when the VFA announced on 21 April that it was going into recess, resulting in St Kilda and Footscray moving to Toorak Park and Yarraville Oval respectively, and the remaining ground losses were managed by Melbourne sharing the Punt Road Oval with Richmond and South Melbourne sharing Princes Park with Carlton.


1942 VFL season, Premiership season
During the first eleven rounds, each team played each other once and had one bye. The remaining five rounds (Rounds 12 to 16) featured the same matches as Rounds 1 to 5. This resulted in an uneven fixture in which six teams played 15 matches, and five teams played 14 matches. Teams were awarded four premiership points for each bye, so the teams with an extra bye were favoured by this draw.


1942 VFL season, Premiership season
Once the 16 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1942 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the Page–McIntyre system.


1942 VFL season, Grand final
Essendon defeated Richmond 19.18 (132) to 11.13 (79), in front of a crowd of 49,000 (approx.) people at Princes Park. (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football).


1942 VPI Gobblers football team
The 1942 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1942 college football season. The team was led by their head coaches Sumner D. Tilson and Herbert McEver and finished with a record of seven wins, two losses and one tie (7–2–1).


1942 VPI Gobblers football team, Players
The following players were members of the 1942 football team according to the roster published in the 1943 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.


1942 Vanderbilt Commodores football team
The 1942 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1942 college football season.


1942 Vermont Catamounts football team
The 1942 Vermont Catamounts football team was an American football team that represented  the University of Vermont as an independent during the 1942 college football season. In their third year under head coach John C. Evans, the team compiled a 4–3 record.


1942 Vermont gubernatorial election
The 1942 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1942. Incumbent Republican William H. Wills ran successfully for re-election to a second term as Governor of Vermont, defeating Democratic candidate Park H. Pollard.


1942 Villanova Wildcats football team
The 1942 Villanova Wildcats football team represented the Villanova University during the 1942 college football season. The head coach was Maurice J. "Clipper" Smith, coaching his seventh season with the Wildcats. The team played their home games at Villanova Stadium in Villanova, Pennsylvania.


1942 Virginia Cavaliers football team
The 1942 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1942 college football season. The Cavaliers were led by sixth-year head coach Frank Murray and played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia. They competed as independents, finishing with a record of 2–6–1.


1942 Volta a Catalunya
The 1942 Volta a Catalunya was the 22nd edition of the Volta a Catalunya cycle race and was held from 5 to 13 September 1942. The race started and finished in Barcelona. The race was won by Federico Ezquerra.


1942 Vuelta a España
The 4th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 30 June to 19 July 1942. It consisted of 19 stages covering a total of 3,683 km (2,289 mi), and was won by Julián Berrendero. Berrendero also won the mountains classification.


1942 WANFL season
The 1942 WANFL season was the 58th season of the Western Australian National Football League. Whilst the previous two seasons had been increasingly affected by the drift of players to the services, the 1941/1942 off-season saw the Imperial Japanese Navy and air force move into the north of Western Australia, bombing many northwestern settlements.


1942 WANFL season
Consequently, virtually all senior WANFL players had been enlisted to war work or the military. By the new year the WANFL was aware that normal senior league football would be impossible, and the league decided after debate late in February to conduct a competition for those too young for military service, with players required to be under the age of eighteen on 1 October 1942. Teams were largely drawn from the Young Sports’ Temperance League, which had fifty-three clubs in 1941. Associated with the under-age competition was the temporary abolition of district football with the expectation that when peace returned players would return to the club for which they would ordinarily be zoned.


1942 WANFL season
Bassendean Oval was taken over by the military before the season started, as were early in the season Fremantle Oval and the WACA – though both were vacated a third of the way through. The WANFL also had to ensure that all grounds totalled less than 200 yards (182.9 m) to prevent landing by airborne troops.


1942 WANFL season
When the season was planned, it was proposed to exclude Perth and Swan Districts, who had been the bottom two clubs in 1941 and lacked adequate junior players. Perth eventually fought for inclusion, resulting in a seven-team competition with a bye until the clubs had played each other twice, after which it was announced the bottom team would drop out and, as in the WAFL between 1911 and 1913 and the 1943 VFL season, a bye-less draw was made for the last five rounds.


1942 WANFL season
Perth were the team to drop out, after winning two early matches, whilst 1941 premiers West Perth proved the strongest team all through the season and possessed not only the premiership but also the Sandover Medallist (a future Swan Districts player), the leading goalkicker and a future postwar star in Fred Buttsworth.


1942 WANFL season
A notable tragedy occurred in August when high-flying key forward John Hetherington of Subiaco, whose superb marking won rave reviews and gave him fifty-four goals in twelve matches, was struck down by polio and became a paraplegic despite the problem being initially seen as back trouble.


1942 WANFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 1
Potter of South Fremantle kicks eight goals and John Hetherington of Subiaco seven as critics are impressed by the standard of the first round of under-age league football.


1942 WANFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 6
Subiaco rally to win their first match for the season after being behind for all but the last seven minutes.


1942 WANFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 8
Ray Perry, as a ruckman a star of East Perth's 1944 perfect season, kicks seven of nine goals to win a thriller for the Royals, without "Todge" Campbell due to the flu.


1942 WANFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 9
Brunton kicks nine goals to continue the slump of the Royals, who regained Campbell but lost another 1944 star-to-be in Alan Watts.


1942 WANFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 13
Subiaco's John Hetherington, in his last match before contracting poliomyelitis and becoming a paraplegic, kicks six goals to ensure Subiaco would play the full season.


1942 WANFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 17
East Perth's win over the Maroons in a dour game owing to a powerful wind despite the absence of rain threatens Subiaco's hold on the last top four berth.


1942 WANFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 18
A brilliant display in the centre by former full forward Robin Farmer, and nine goals from the fast-leading Bourke, allows Claremont a critical win that regains them a place in the four and sets the stage for a thrilling last round.


1942 WANFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 19
Subiaco win a sensational finish after being 35 points down at three-quarter time on a damp and windy day, but a brilliant display by Claremont against the premiers ensures they remain in the top four.


1942 WANFL season, Finals, First semi-final
Robin Sandover's power in the ruck leads Claremont to victory in a fast match with numerous bruising but fair bumps.


1942 WANFL season, Finals, Second semi-final
As in the previous match, a dominant ruckman – in this case West Perth's Berg – ensures a comeback victory in a tough match.


1942 WANFL season, Finals, Preliminary final
Claremont continue their run of excellent form with a fine team effort to qualify for the Grand Final against the Cardinals.


1942 WANFL season, Finals, Grand Final
Claremont, handicapped by the absence of Robin Sandover for the first ten minutes, are always behind the Cardinals, who secure the flag with 5.8 (38) to 0.1 (1) in the second quarter.


1942 Wairarapa earthquakes
Two 1942 Wairarapa earthquakes shook the lower North Island of New Zealand; on 24 June and 2 August. They were large and shallow with the epicentres close together east of Masterton in the Wairarapa region. The June earthquake was sometimes referred to as the Masterton earthquake but both caused damage over a wide area, from Dannevirke and Eketahuna over to Whanganui and down to Otaki and Wellington. There was one death in Wellington, on 24 June.


1942 Wairarapa earthquakes
The August earthquake can be regarded as an aftershock of the June earthquake. Both earthquakes were preceded by smaller foreshocks. As the second quake was slightly less in magnitude than the first, they were not an earthquake doublet where the second shake is slightly larger. The August earthquake was considerably deeper (40 km, not 12 km), though another source gives the depths as 43 km and 15 km. There was a further large aftershock on 2 December and another in February 1943.


1942 Wairarapa earthquakes, The Wairarapa Region
The region had already experienced several large earthquakes, the very large 1855 Wairarapa Earthquake, and the 1934 Pahiatua earthquake in the Northern Wairarapa.


1942 Wairarapa earthquakes, The Wairarapa Region
The 1855 earthquake occurred on the Wairarapa Fault which is part of the North Island Fault System.


1942 Wairarapa earthquakes, 24 June 1942
At 11.16 pm a small and sharp but brief earthquake of magnitude 7.2 Ms  (Mw 6.9-7.2) shook a wide area in the lower North Island from Eketahuna to Masterton, Featherston, and Wellington; and was noticed from Auckland to near Dunedin. The main earthquake was 7.2 Ms and the epicentre was near Masterton and 12 km deep. The quake lasted for over a minute and had been preceded by a foreshock three hours earlier at 8.15 pm.


1942 Wairarapa earthquakes, 24 June 1942
Many buildings were damaged in Masterton. The mayor Thomas Jordan declared a state of emergency and got troops to patrol the town. There was considerable damage in Palmerston North.


1942 Wairarapa earthquakes, 24 June 1942
Twenty thousand chimneys fell in  Wellington and there was one death in Kelburn  when a 70-year old retired chemist Hedley Victor Evens was killed by coal gas from a fractured pipe. Some downtown pediments were damaged, but some had already been removed after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake. The city engineer K. E. Luke held that damage was less severe as the quake ended swiftly.


1942 Wairarapa earthquakes, 2 August 1942
Another shock in the area struck on 2 August at 12.34 am, preceded by a foreshock on the late afternoon of the 1st. This was of magnitude 7.0 Ms (Mw 6.8) or slightly less than the earlier quake. The epicentre was 40 km deep and at location 41.01°S and 175.52°E.


1942 Wairarapa earthquakes, 2 August 1942
Wairarapa except for Eketahuna did not suffer as badly, though in Masterton the June damage was exacerbated. The 2 August aftershock was followed by a third severe aftershock on 2 December, with about 600 aftershocks recorded to the end of the year.


1942 Wairarapa earthquakes, Damage
Repairs from the first quake were not completed, and the mortar for some repairs had not been properly set. Some buildings weakened in June suffered further damage, though it was sometimes hard to tell if further damage had occurred.


1942 Wairarapa earthquakes, Damage
In Masterton many buildings were badly damaged by the first quake; the fire station, the Bank of New Zealand, several shops, and St Matthews Church (which was later blown up by the Army). The Waiohine River's road-bridge on State Highway 2 was badly sunken and was closed. After the second quake Masterton's WFCA building partly collapsed.


1942 Wairarapa earthquakes, Damage
In Wellington the first quake toppled some twenty thousand chimneys. In August there was serious damage near the Willis Street – Manners Street junction to three buildings: Charles Begg's music shop, the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel, and the Regent Hotel. Manners Street between Willis and Cuba Streets was closed for several months.


1942 Wairarapa earthquakes, Damage
A Wellington Hospital nurse was lucky to be on night duty as a chimney crashed onto her bed. At Porirua Lunatic Asylum (mental hospital) 800 patients had to be transferred to other hospitals.


1942 Wairarapa earthquakes, Overall cost and effect
The cost of the damage from these two quakes was more than £2 million (pounds), a considerable amount for a war-straitened economy. In Masterton damage from the two quakes was still apparent some 12 years later.


1942 Wairarapa earthquakes, Overall cost and effect
Another result was the establishment by the government of the Earthquake Commission in 1945.


1942 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team
The 1942 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1942 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Peahead Walker, the team compiled a 6–2–1 record and finished in third place in the Southern Conference.


1942 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team
Back John Cochran and tackle Pat Preston were selected by the Associated Press as first-team players on the 1942 All-Southern Conference football team.


1942 Wallasey by-election
The Wallasey by-election, 1942 was a parliamentary by-election for the British House of Commons constituency of Wallasey on 29 April 1942.


1942 Wallasey by-election, Vacancy
The by-election was caused by the resignation of the sitting Unionist MP, and Government Minister, John Moore-Brabazon in April 1942. He was forced to resign for expressing the hope that Germany and the Soviet Union, then engaged in the Battle of Stalingrad, would destroy each other. Since the Soviet Union was fighting the war on the same side as Britain, the hope that it should be destroyed, though common in the Conservative Party, was unacceptable to the war effort. He had been MP here since winning the seat in 1931.


1942 Wallasey by-election, Election history
Wallasey had been Conservative since it was created in 1918. The result at the last general election was: