1983 VFL premiership season | |
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Teams | 12 |
Premiers | Hawthorn 5th premiership |
Minor premiers | North Melbourne 3rd minor premiership |
Night series | Carlton 1st Night series win |
Brownlow Medallist | Ross Glendinning North Melbourne (24 votes) |
Coleman Medallist | Bernie Quinlan Fitzroy (106 goals) |
Attendance | |
Matches played | 138 |
Total attendance | 3,638,017 (26,362 per match) |
Highest | 110,332 |
The1983 VFL season was the 87th season of theVictorian Football League (VFL), the highest-level seniorAustralian rules football competition in Victoria.
The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 26 March until 24 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top five clubs.
Before the season, theSouth Melbourne Football Club, which had played its home games in Sydney, New South Wales, in1982, formally relocated its operations to Sydney and was renamed theSydney Swans.
TheHawthorn Football Club won the premiership for the fifth time after it defeatedEssendon by 83 points in the1983 VFL Grand Final.
Carlton defeatedRichmond 14.16 (100) to 10.6 (66) in the final.
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
North Melbourne | 14.16 (100) | St Kilda | 12.15 (87) | Arden Street Oval | 18,496 | 26 March 1983 |
Fitzroy | 16.16 (112) | Hawthorn | 20.11 (131) | Junction Oval | 15,626 | 26 March 1983 |
Carlton | 20.16 (136) | Richmond | 11.10 (76) | Princes Park | 28,108 | 26 March 1983 |
Melbourne | 19.11 (125) | Collingwood | 20.15 (135) | MCG | 72,274 | 26 March 1983 |
Geelong | 15.16 (106) | Footscray | 11.9 (75) | VFL Park | 18,377 | 26 March 1983 |
Sydney | 17.9 (111) | Essendon | 15.20 (110) | SCG | 12,001 | 27 March 1983 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Collingwood | 14.12 (96) | Geelong | 15.11 (101) | Victoria Park | 34,851 | 2 April 1983 |
Richmond | 15.10 (100) | Melbourne | 18.11 (119) | MCG | 41,889 | 2 April 1983 |
Footscray | 14.15 (99) | Carlton | 12.10 (82) | Western Oval | 20,414 | 2 April 1983 |
Hawthorn | 9.16 (70) | Sydney | 5.15 (45) | Princes Park | 16,159 | 4 April 1983 |
Essendon | 20.11 (131) | St Kilda | 10.10 (70) | Windy Hill | 27,566 | 4 April 1983 |
North Melbourne | 6.7 (43) | Fitzroy | 12.16 (88) | VFL Park | 23,788 | 4 April 1983 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Geelong | 13.16 (94) | Richmond | 6.10 (46) | Kardinia Park | 23,643 | 9 April 1983 |
Footscray | 16.15 (111) | Melbourne | 11.13 (79) | Western Oval | 20,608 | 9 April 1983 |
St Kilda | 6.6 (42) | Hawthorn | 26.15 (171) | Moorabbin Oval | 19,227 | 9 April 1983 |
Fitzroy | 14.13 (97) | Essendon | 7.14 (56) | Junction Oval | 19,823 | 9 April 1983 |
Carlton | 13.19 (97) | Collingwood | 11.21 (87) | VFL Park | 69,596 | 9 April 1983 |
Sydney | 5.15 (45) | North Melbourne | 27.23 (185) | SCG | 11,831 | 10 April 1983 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
North Melbourne | 18.19 (127) | Richmond | 14.19 (103) | Arden Street Oval | 14,822 | 16 April 1983 |
Fitzroy | 17.23 (125) | Sydney | 6.16 (52) | Junction Oval | 10,738 | 16 April 1983 |
Hawthorn | 12.25 (97) | Footscray | 17.16 (118) | Princes Park | 16,026 | 16 April 1983 |
Essendon | 20.21 (141) | Collingwood | 17.15 (117) | Windy Hill | 27,888 | 16 April 1983 |
Melbourne | 13.12 (90) | Carlton | 14.15 (99) | MCG | 38,544 | 16 April 1983 |
St Kilda | 11.13 (79) | Geelong | 13.12 (90) | VFL Park | 20,826 | 16 April 1983 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Collingwood | 9.19 (73) | Hawthorn | 14.11 (95) | Victoria Park | 28,506 | 23 April 1983 |
Carlton | 9.11 (65) | Fitzroy | 18.17 (125) | Princes Park | 25,971 | 23 April 1983 |
Sydney | 24.16 (160) | St Kilda | 21.11 (137) | SCG | 11,276 | 24 April 1983 |
Geelong | 16.14 (110) | Melbourne | 18.13 (121) | Kardinia Park | 27,645 | 25 April 1983 |
Richmond | 17.12 (114) | Footscray | 18.8 (116) | MCG | 51,651 | 25 April 1983 |
Essendon | 20.8 (128) | North Melbourne | 17.21 (123) | VFL Park | 47,722 | 25 April 1983 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Melbourne | 18.18 (126) | Sydney | 12.21 (93) | MCG | 22,590 | 30 April 1983 |
Essendon | 27.19 (181) | Footscray | 7.7 (49) | Windy Hill | 25,151 | 30 April 1983 |
Collingwood | 19.16 (130) | North Melbourne | 15.18 (108) | Victoria Park | 28,016 | 30 April 1983 |
Carlton | 12.13 (85) | Geelong | 14.11 (95) | Princes Park | 25,480 | 30 April 1983 |
St Kilda | 15.12 (102) | Fitzroy | 22.11 (143) | Moorabbin Oval | 16,154 | 30 April 1983 |
Hawthorn | 12.16 (88) | Richmond | 15.16 (106) | VFL Park | 33,096 | 30 April 1983 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Hawthorn | 13.13 (91) | North Melbourne | 21.16 (142) | Princes Park | 13,945 | 7 May 1983 |
Fitzroy | 11.10 (76) | Geelong | 9.13 (67) | Junction Oval | 18,770 | 7 May 1983 |
Richmond | 16.16 (112) | Essendon | 21.11 (137) | MCG | 49,707 | 7 May 1983 |
Footscray | 11.16 (82) | Collingwood | 14.4 (88) | Western Oval | 31,479 | 7 May 1983 |
Melbourne | 16.12 (108) | St Kilda | 11.9 (75) | VFL Park | 25,192 | 7 May 1983 |
Sydney | 18.10 (118) | Carlton | 22.17 (149) | SCG | 15,432 | 8 May 1983 |
Round 8 | |||||
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Saturday, 14 May (2:10 pm) | St Kilda 12.17 (89) | def. by | Carlton 22.13 (145) | Moorabbin Oval (crowd: 19,016) | Report |
Saturday, 14 May (2:10 pm) | Collingwood 16.11 (107) | def. | Richmond 8.11 (59) | VFL Park (crowd: 58,780) | Report |
Saturday, 14 May (2:10 pm) | Hawthorn 20.17 (137) | def. | Essendon 14.11 (95) | Princes Park (crowd: 21,835) | Report |
Saturday, 14 May (2:10 pm) | Melbourne 12.15 (87) | def. by | Fitzroy 18.18 (126) | MCG (crowd: 33,758) | Report |
Saturday, 14 May (2:10 pm) | North Melbourne 29.15 (189) | def. | Footscray 11.8 (74) | Arden Street Oval (crowd: 15,556) | Report |
Saturday, 14 May (2:10 pm) | Geelong 11.18 (84) | def. by | Sydney 16.14 (110) | Kardinia Park (crowd: 17,650) | Report |
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Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Geelong | 12.12 (84) | North Melbourne | 18.16 (124) | Kardinia Park | 21,802 | 21 May 1983 |
Essendon | 22.17 (149) | Melbourne | 17.13 (115) | Windy Hill | 19,850 | 21 May 1983 |
Carlton | 15.14 (104) | Hawthorn | 14.12 (96) | Princes Park | 30,750 | 21 May 1983 |
St Kilda | 16.12 (108) | Richmond | 13.15 (93) | Moorabbin Oval | 20,686 | 21 May 1983 |
Fitzroy | 13.21 (99) | Footscray | 22.13 (145) | VFL Park | 22,336 | 21 May 1983 |
Sydney | 18.13 (121) | Collingwood | 14.16 (100) | SCG | 15,305 | 22 May 1983 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Richmond | 16.10 (106) | Sydney | 14.10 (94) | MCG | 21,047 | 28 May 1983 |
Footscray | 17.26 (128) | St Kilda | 11.16 (82) | Western Oval | 19,247 | 28 May 1983 |
Essendon | 15.19 (109) | Geelong | 15.7 (97) | Windy Hill | 20,782 | 28 May 1983 |
Collingwood | 10.17 (77) | Fitzroy | 13.15 (93) | Victoria Park | 32,820 | 28 May 1983 |
North Melbourne | 29.19 (193) | Carlton | 11.16 (82) | Arden Street Oval | 22,776 | 28 May 1983 |
Melbourne | 16.13 (109) | Hawthorn | 27.9 (171) | VFL Park | 23,988 | 28 May 1983 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Melbourne | 18.17 (125) | North Melbourne | 20.19 (139) | MCG | 25,249 | 4 June 1983 |
Fitzroy | 20.16 (136) | Richmond | 16.18 (114) | Junction Oval | 16,153 | 4 June 1983 |
Hawthorn | 12.16 (88) | Geelong | 14.11 (95) | Princes Park | 13,465 | 4 June 1983 |
St Kilda | 21.18 (144) | Collingwood | 24.16 (160) | Moorabbin Oval | 25,153 | 4 June 1983 |
Carlton | 15.11 (101) | Essendon | 19.12 (126) | VFL Park | 60,619 | 4 June 1983 |
Sydney | 17.19 (121) | Footscray | 15.12 (102) | SCG | 10,710 | 5 June 1983 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Footscray | 15.12 (102) | Geelong | 14.7 (91) | Western Oval | 25,382 | 11 June 1983 |
St Kilda | 15.14 (104) | North Melbourne | 20.15 (135) | Moorabbin Oval | 15,467 | 11 June 1983 |
Hawthorn | 25.17 (167) | Fitzroy | 21.8 (134) | Princes Park | 20,559 | 11 June 1983 |
Essendon | 23.18 (156) | Sydney | 13.5 (83) | Windy Hill | 20,535 | 13 June 1983 |
Richmond | 21.15 (141) | Carlton | 13.13 (91) | MCG | 48,243 | 13 June 1983 |
Collingwood | 12.15 (87) | Melbourne | 10.8 (68) | VFL Park | 55,380 | 13 June 1983 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
St Kilda | 13.13 (91) | Essendon | 21.12 (138) | VFL Park | 30,616 | 18 June 1983 |
Geelong | 15.11 (101) | Collingwood | 13.7 (85) | Kardinia Park | 25,808 | 18 June 1983 |
Melbourne | 18.15 (123) | Richmond | 15.19 (109) | MCG | 28,468 | 18 June 1983 |
Fitzroy | 34.16 (220) | North Melbourne | 10.10 (70) | Junction Oval | 19,770 | 18 June 1983 |
Carlton | 26.15 (171) | Footscray | 12.10 (82) | Princes Park | 23,710 | 18 June 1983 |
Sydney | 11.12 (78) | Hawthorn | 15.20 (110) | SCG | 10,084 | 19 June 1983 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
North Melbourne | 11.16 (82) | Sydney | 7.8 (50) | Arden Street Oval | 7,408 | 25 June 1983 |
Hawthorn | 21.17 (143) | St Kilda | 9.20 (74) | Princes Park | 8,190 | 25 June 1983 |
Essendon | 8.10 (58) | Fitzroy | 9.11 (65) | Windy Hill | 22,925 | 25 June 1983 |
Melbourne | 14.15 (99) | Footscray | 12.13 (85) | MCG | 19,306 | 25 June 1983 |
Collingwood | 15.10 (100) | Carlton | 6.9 (45) | Victoria Park | 27,778 | 25 June 1983 |
Richmond | 11.4 (70) | Geelong | 10.9 (69) | VFL Park | 17,339 | 25 June 1983 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Footscray | 9.6 (60) | Hawthorn | 13.11 (89) | VFL Park | 15,750 | 2 July 1983 |
Carlton | 9.13 (67) | Melbourne | 15.16 (106) | Princes Park | 19,300 | 2 July 1983 |
Geelong | 9.14 (68) | St Kilda | 18.12 (120) | Kardinia Park | 11,459 | 2 July 1983 |
Collingwood | 16.8 (104) | Essendon | 13.9 (87) | Victoria Park | 33,614 | 2 July 1983 |
Richmond | 16.18 (114) | North Melbourne | 21.12 (138) | MCG | 23,622 | 2 July 1983 |
Sydney | 23.9 (147) | Fitzroy | 17.15 (117) | SCG | 10,315 | 3 July 1983 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Footscray | 12.12 (84) | Richmond | 15.14 (104) | Western Oval | 15,006 | 9 July 1983 |
North Melbourne | 19.14 (128) | Essendon | 16.11 (107) | Arden Street Oval | 22,340 | 9 July 1983 |
Fitzroy | 13.11 (89) | Carlton | 18.16 (124) | VFL Park | 31,757 | 9 July 1983 |
St Kilda | 20.9 (129) | Sydney | 14.16 (100) | Moorabbin Oval | 17,861 | 16 July 1983 |
Melbourne | 10.19 (79) | Geelong | 10.13 (73) | MCG | 34,155 | 16 July 1983 |
Hawthorn | 19.23 (137) | Collingwood | 14.16 (100) | Princes Park | 28,595 | 16 July 1983 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
North Melbourne | 24.8 (152) | Collingwood | 14.14 (98) | VFL Park | 41,098 | 23 July 1983 |
Richmond | 11.16 (82) | Hawthorn | 22.14 (146) | MCG | 31,084 | 23 July 1983 |
Footscray | 16.11 (107) | Essendon | 18.17 (125) | Western Oval | 20,708 | 23 July 1983 |
Geelong | 11.7 (73) | Carlton | 15.18 (108) | Kardinia Park | 17,657 | 23 July 1983 |
Fitzroy | 20.18 (138) | St Kilda | 22.17 (149) | Junction Oval | 15,335 | 23 July 1983 |
Sydney | 18.17 (125) | Melbourne | 16.16 (112) | SCG | 11,094 | 24 July 1983 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Essendon | 6.14 (50) | Richmond | 19.10 (124) | Windy Hill | 18,050 | 30 July 1983 |
Collingwood | 12.10 (82) | Footscray | 9.19 (73) | Victoria Park | 20,743 | 30 July 1983 |
Carlton | 17.17 (119) | Sydney | 11.9 (75) | Princes Park | 17,868 | 30 July 1983 |
St Kilda | 11.15 (81) | Melbourne | 14.14 (98) | Moorabbin Oval | 20,218 | 30 July 1983 |
North Melbourne | 12.18 (90) | Hawthorn | 15.7 (97) | Arden Street Oval | 17,720 | 30 July 1983 |
Geelong | 7.7 (49) | Fitzroy | 16.15 (111) | VFL Park | 14,718 | 30 July 1983 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Sydney | 10.15 (75) | Geelong | 20.21 (141) | SCG | 12,752 | 5 August 1983 |
Fitzroy | 22.29 (161) | Melbourne | 11.9 (75) | Junction Oval | 13,870 | 6 August 1983 |
Essendon | 23.18 (156) | Hawthorn | 16.14 (110) | Windy Hill | 19,315 | 6 August 1983 |
Carlton | 25.18 (168) | St Kilda | 8.13 (61) | Princes Park | 19,203 | 6 August 1983 |
Richmond | 11.13 (79) | Collingwood | 13.11 (89) | MCG | 81,966 | 6 August 1983 |
Footscray | 10.11 (71) | North Melbourne | 25.14 (164) | VFL Park | 12,028 | 6 August 1983 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Collingwood | 28.14 (182) | Sydney | 18.12 (120) | Victoria Park | 18,772 | 13 August 1983 |
North Melbourne | 16.20 (116) | Geelong | 11.18 (84) | Arden Street Oval | 11,093 | 13 August 1983 |
Footscray | 19.11 (125) | Fitzroy | 14.15 (99) | Western Oval | 14,688 | 13 August 1983 |
Melbourne | 19.10 (124) | Essendon | 21.15 (141) | MCG | 38,620 | 13 August 1983 |
Hawthorn | 15.22 (112) | Carlton | 20.9 (129) | Princes Park | 28,504 | 13 August 1983 |
Richmond | 9.11 (65) | St Kilda | 21.14 (140) | VFL Park | 21,811 | 13 August 1983 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Carlton | 18.18 (126) | North Melbourne | 13.15 (93) | Princes Park | 32,610 | 20 August 1983 |
St Kilda | 13.16 (94) | Footscray | 16.4 (100) | Moorabbin Oval | 15,680 | 20 August 1983 |
Fitzroy | 19.13 (127) | Collingwood | 7.21 (63) | Junction Oval | 24,104 | 20 August 1983 |
Hawthorn | 25.22 (172) | Melbourne | 8.9 (57) | VFL Park | 21,192 | 20 August 1983 |
Geelong | 12.11 (83) | Essendon | 26.9 (165) | Kardinia Park | 20,110 | 20 August 1983 |
Sydney | 10.13 (73) | Richmond | 15.24 (114) | SCG | 11,475 | 21 August 1983 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Geelong | 11.11 (77) | Hawthorn | 24.13 (157) | Kardinia Park | 11,214 | 27 August 1983 |
Footscray | 17.12 (114) | Sydney | 10.12 (72) | Western Oval | 13,369 | 27 August 1983 |
Collingwood | 24.11 (155) | St Kilda | 14.8 (92) | Victoria Park | 19,016 | 27 August 1983 |
North Melbourne | 21.22 (148) | Melbourne | 10.15 (75) | Arden Street Oval | 10,603 | 27 August 1983 |
Richmond | 12.21 (93) | Fitzroy | 19.13 (127) | MCG | 27,310 | 27 August 1983 |
Essendon | 18.10 (118) | Carlton | 8.19 (67) | VFL Park | 64,232 | 27 August 1983 |
(P) | Premiers |
Qualified for finals |
# | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
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1 | North Melbourne | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2789 | 2183 | 127.8 | 64 |
2 | Hawthorn(P) | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2675 | 2078 | 128.7 | 60 |
3 | Fitzroy | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2608 | 2059 | 126.7 | 60 |
4 | Essendon | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2664 | 2215 | 120.3 | 60 |
5 | Carlton | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2360 | 2244 | 105.2 | 52 |
6 | Collingwood | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2315 | 2247 | 103.0 | 48 |
7 | Footscray | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 2102 | 2428 | 86.6 | 40 |
8 | Melbourne | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 2220 | 2557 | 86.8 | 36 |
9 | Geelong | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 1932 | 2197 | 87.9 | 32 |
10 | Richmond | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 2124 | 2392 | 88.8 | 28 |
11 | Sydney | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 2068 | 2670 | 77.5 | 28 |
12 | St Kilda | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 2150 | 2737 | 78.6 | 20 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 106.1
Source:AFL Tables
Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |
Essendon | 17.12 (114) | Carlton | 12.9 (81) | Waverley Park | 65,881 | Saturday, 3 September |
Hawthorn | 19.13 (127) | Fitzroy | 19.9 (123) | MCG | 58,288 | Saturday, 3 September |
Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |
North Melbourne | 6.12 (48) | Hawthorn | 13.10 (88) | Waverley Park | 41,063 | Saturday, 10 September |
Fitzroy | 12.14 (86) | Essendon | 16.13 (109) | MCG | 81,090 | Saturday, 10 September |
Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |
North Melbourne | 12.6 (78) | Essendon | 25.14 (164) | Waverley Park | 63,785 | Saturday, 17 September |
Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |
Hawthorn | 20.20 (140) | Essendon | 8.9 (57) | MCG | 110,332 | Saturday, 24 September |