The 1983 VFL season was the 87th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria.
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 |
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, the South Melbourne Football Club, which had played its home games in Sydney, New South Wales, in 1982, formally relocated its operations to Sydney and was renamed the Sydney Swans.
The Hawthorn Football Club won the premiership for the fifth time after it defeated Essendon by 83 points in the 1983 VFL Grand Final.
Carlton defeated Richmond 14.16 (100) to 10.6 (66) in the final.
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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(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