1983 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1983 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Junction Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 15-0-7, P%: 126.7%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Essendon (Semi Final)
Players: 35
Brownlow Leader(s): Laurie Serafini (9)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Bernie Quinlan (106)
Mitchell Medal Recipient(s): Matthew Rendell

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Garry Wilson

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Carlson, Leigh #18 24 R01-R22, QF, SF 25
Clayton, Scott #40 24 R01-R22, QF, SF 3
Coates, Michael #2 2 R11-R12 1
Coleman, Glenn #32 16 R07, R09-R18, R20-R22, QF, SF 3
Conlan, Mick #12 20 R01-R08, R11-R17, R20-R22, QF, SF 51
Cox, Darryl #11 3 R13-R15 0
Eaves, Mark #24 1 R19 0
Francis, Peter #7 15 R01-R06, R10-R12, R16, R18-R21, SF 5
Gotch, Bradley #45 7 R18-R22, QF, SF 9
Grimley, Brett #30 7 R01-R04, R06, R08-R09 0
Harris, Leon #38 24 R01-R22, QF, SF 16
Herbert, Des #26 5 R06-R10 2
Hinchen, Graeme #15 19 R01-R17, QF, SF 0
Irwin, Warwick #13 7 R08-R09, R13, R17-R20 3
Lawrie, Grant #34 20 R01-R08, R11-R13, R15-R17, R19-R22, QF, SF 3
Lewis, Rod #20 1 R10 0
Lokan, Bill #16 20 R01-R12, R14, R17-R22, QF 7
McMahon, David #19 15 R01-R02, R04-R09, R13-R17, QF, SF 25
Murnane, Lee #41 11 R01-R07, R09, R18-R19, R21 12
Nettlefold, Michael #25 9 R16-R22, QF, SF 1
O'Neill, Terry #25 2 R09-R10 0
O'Riley, Grant #6 3 R03-R05 3
Osborne, Richard #44 17 R05-R17, R21-R22, QF, SF 5
Parish, Les #27 24 R01-R22, QF, SF 13
Pert, Gary #3 22 R01-R05, R07-R20, R22, QF, SF 1
Poynton, Michael #17 4 R01, R10, R15-R16 2
Quinlan, Bernie #5 24 R01-R22, QF, SF 116
Reeves, Michael #28 3 R10-R11, R14 3
Rendell, Matthew #9 23 R01-R09, R11-R22, QF, SF 9
Roos, Paul #1 23 R01-R15, R17-R22, QF, SF 22
Scott, Mark #19 4 R18-R19, R21-R22 7
Serafini, Laurie #10 18 R02-R08, R12-R22 0
Sidebottom, Garry #21 22 R01-R18, R20, R22, QF, SF 24
Thornton, Ross #4 20 R01-R06, R10-R16, R18-R22, QF, SF 0
Wilson, Garry #29 21 R01-R03, R07-R22, QF, SF 38

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)
Walls, Robert 24 15 -0- 9 R01-R22, QF, SF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
26/03/1983 Round 1 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 19 Robert Walls Garry Wilson
04/04/1983 Round 2 North Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 45 Robert Walls Garry Wilson
09/04/1983 Round 3 Essendon HOME WIN FIT by 41 Robert Walls Garry Wilson
16/04/1983 Round 4 Sydney HOME WIN FIT by 73 Robert Walls unknown
23/04/1983 Round 5 Carlton AWAY WIN FIT by 60 Robert Walls unknown
30/04/1983 Round 6 St Kilda AWAY WIN FIT by 41 Robert Walls unknown
07/05/1983 Round 7 Geelong HOME WIN FIT by 9 Robert Walls Garry Wilson
14/05/1983 Round 8 Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 39 Robert Walls Garry Wilson
21/05/1983 Round 9 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 46 Robert Walls Garry Wilson
28/05/1983 Round 10 Collingwood AWAY WIN FIT by 16 Robert Walls Garry Wilson
04/06/1983 Round 11 Richmond HOME WIN FIT by 22 Robert Walls Garry Wilson
11/06/1983 Round 12 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 33 Robert Walls Garry Wilson
18/06/1983 Round 13 North Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 150 Robert Walls Garry Wilson
25/06/1983 Round 14 Essendon AWAY WIN FIT by 7 Robert Walls Garry Wilson
03/07/1983 Round 15 Sydney AWAY LOSS SYD by 30 Robert Walls Garry Wilson
09/07/1983 Round 16 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 35 Robert Walls Garry Wilson
23/07/1983 Round 17 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 11 Robert Walls Garry Wilson
30/07/1983 Round 18 Geelong AWAY WIN FIT by 62 Robert Walls Garry Wilson
06/08/1983 Round 19 Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 86 Robert Walls Garry Wilson
13/08/1983 Round 20 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 26 Robert Walls Garry Wilson
20/08/1983 Round 21 Collingwood HOME WIN FIT by 64 Robert Walls Garry Wilson
27/08/1983 Round 22 Richmond AWAY WIN FIT by 34 Robert Walls Garry Wilson
03/09/1983 Qualifying Final Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 4 Robert Walls Garry Wilson
10/09/1983 Semi Final Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 23 Robert Walls Garry Wilson