1983 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1983 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 4th (W-D-L: 15-0-7, P%: 120.3%)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up
Players: 38
Brownlow Leader(s): Simon Madden (22)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Terry Daniher (50)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Simon Madden

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Terry Daniher

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Andrews, Ron #4 20 R01-R08, R10-R16, R18-R21, SF 3
Beddison, Wayne #16 10 R01-R05, R09-R10, R12-R13, R18 18
Bradbury, Peter #36 12 R13-R15, R17-R19, R21-R22, EF, SF, PF, GF 1
Buhagiar, Tony #20 24 R03-R22, EF, SF, PF, GF 39
Carey, Stephen #17 24 R01-R12, R14-R17, R19-R22, EF, SF, PF, GF 2
Clarke, Neil #8 22 R01-R22 5
Clayton, Cameron #12 17 R01, R03, R07-R11, R17-R22, EF, SF, PF, GF 1
Copping, Stephen #24 18 R01-R09, R11-R17, R20, GF 42
Daniher, Terry #5 26 R01-R22, EF, SF, PF, GF 64
Davis, Michael #41 2 R03, R05 1
Duckworth, Bill #22 11 R01, R16-R22, EF, SF, PF 1
Dunell, Frank #7 17 R04-R13, R16, R18-R21, SF, PF 6
Eustice, Mark #19 1 R04 0
Ezard, Alan #43 8 R19-R22, EF, SF, PF, GF 7
Foulds, Garry #10 22 R03-R19, R22, EF, SF, PF, GF 11
Fowler, Grant #2 7 R01, R04-R09 5
Hawker, Glenn #33 25 R01-R18, R20-R22, EF, SF, PF, GF 35
Heard, Shane #9 18 R01-R03, R06, R10-R17, R21-R22, EF, SF, PF, GF 6
Kink, Rene #23 9 R18-R22, EF, SF, PF, GF 24
Madden, Simon #27 26 R01-R22, EF, SF, PF, GF 26
Merrett, Roger #25 21 R01-R04, R06-R11, R14, R17-R22, EF, SF, PF, GF 32
Neagle, Merv #1 23 R01-R04, R06-R08, R10-R18, R20-R22, EF, SF, PF, GF 4
Otway, Wayne #15 14 R01-R03, R07-R16, R18 19
Reid, Alan #2 1 R02 3
Richardson, Steve #38 1 R20 2
Salmon, Paul #3 9 R01-R03, R05, R08-R09, R12-R13, R19 14
Schultz, Graeme #14 1 R02 0
Stoneham, Alan #11 10 R02, R04, R08-R10, R12-R16 1
Thompson, Mark #26 2 R01-R02 1
Thomson, Michael #34 13 R03-R15 9
Vander Haar, Paul #18 15 R01, R05-R07, R09-R11, R14-R17, EF, SF, PF, GF 22
Walsh, Kevin #30 12 R02, R04-R07, R15-R17, R22, EF, PF, GF 3
Waterson, Chris #35 7 R11-R14, R17-R19 4
Watson, Tim #32 26 R01-R22, EF, SF, PF, GF 27
West, Tony #29 5 R01, R05-R06, R15-R16 8
Weston, Paul #28 25 R02-R22, EF, SF, PF, GF 4
Williams, Darren #42 10 R17-R22, EF, SF, PF, GF 6
Wood, Bryan #2 6 R19-R22, EF, GF 3

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Sheedy, Kevin 26 18 -0- 8 R01-R22, EF, SF, PF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
27/03/1983 Round 1 Sydney AWAY LOSS SYD by 1 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
04/04/1983 Round 2 St Kilda HOME WIN ESS by 61 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
09/04/1983 Round 3 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 41 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
16/04/1983 Round 4 Collingwood HOME WIN ESS by 24 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
25/04/1983 Round 5 North Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 5 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
30/04/1983 Round 6 Footscray HOME WIN ESS by 132 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
07/05/1983 Round 7 Richmond AWAY WIN ESS by 25 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
14/05/1983 Round 8 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 42 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
21/05/1983 Round 9 Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 34 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
28/05/1983 Round 10 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 12 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
04/06/1983 Round 11 Carlton AWAY WIN ESS by 25 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
11/06/1983 Round 12 Sydney HOME WIN ESS by 73 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
18/06/1983 Round 13 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESS by 47 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
25/06/1983 Round 14 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 7 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
02/07/1983 Round 15 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 17 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
09/07/1983 Round 16 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 21 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
23/07/1983 Round 17 Footscray AWAY WIN ESS by 18 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
30/07/1983 Round 18 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 74 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
06/08/1983 Round 19 Hawthorn HOME WIN ESS by 46 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
13/08/1983 Round 20 Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 17 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
20/08/1983 Round 21 Geelong AWAY WIN ESS by 82 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
27/08/1983 Round 22 Carlton HOME WIN ESS by 51 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
03/09/1983 Elimination Final Carlton HOME WIN ESS by 33 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
10/09/1983 Semi Final Fitzroy AWAY WIN ESS by 23 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
17/09/1983 Preliminary Final North Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 86 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
24/09/1983 Grand Final Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 83 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher