1983 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1983 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 7th (W-D-L: 10-0-12, P%: 86.6%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 39
Brownlow Leader(s): Jim Edmond, Andrew Purser (13)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Simon Beasley (69)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Brian Royal

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Jim Edmond

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Anderson, Robert #26 4 R08-R10, R17 2
Beasley, Simon #18 20 R02-R14, R16-R22 69
Burton, Chris #16 16 R03-R17, R20 2
Christensen, Ross #41 1 R01 2
Cordy, Brian #49 22 R01-R22 2
Cordy, Neil #29 21 R01-R05, R07-R22 9
Davidson, Stan #9 8 R06-R13 0
Duperouzel, Bruce #38 14 R07-R16, R18, R20-R22 15
Edmond, Jim #20 18 R01-R11, R13, R15-R19, R22 41
Egan, Mick #10 21 R01-R19, R21-R22 2
Ford, Alister #6 9 R08-R12, R14-R16, R19 10
Foster, Peter #32 4 R02, R08, R14, R20 0
Gorozidis, Con #11 5 R14-R15, R20-R22 10
Groenewegen, Robert #14 7 R01-R06, R13 4
Hansen, Chris #17 22 R01-R22 1
Hawkins, Doug #7 19 R01-R03, R07-R22 6
Jennings, Geoff #25 5 R14-R16, R20-R21 3
Kellett, Mark #3 20 R01-R07, R09-R19, R21-R22 2
Kennedy, Rick #8 11 R01-R07, R11-R12, R17-R18 5
Klomp, Robbert #21 8 R15-R22 3
Knight, Steven #12 2 R04, R15 1
Love, Terry #19 4 R01, R04, R10-R11 3
Lunn, Stephen #15 17 R01-R03, R05-R06, R08-R11, R13-R14, R16-R19, R21-R22 5
MacPherson, Rod #43 7 R02-R06, R18-R19 7
MacPherson, Stephen #27 4 R05-R06, R09, R16 3
McKenna, Michael #34 17 R02-R08, R12-R13, R15-R22 7
McLean, Michael #51 7 R12-R13, R17, R19-R22 1
Perrin, Brian #40 7 R01-R06, R19 0
Purser, Andrew #1 22 R01-R22 5
Rickman, Ian #37 1 R18 0
Royal, Brian #33 21 R01-R18, R20-R22 29
Semmens, Robert #31 5 R01, R19-R22 2
Sewell, Jim #2 22 R01-R22 14
Taylor, Andrew #53 1 R12 0
Taylor, John #23 2 R01, R07 2
Wallis, Steve #24 22 R01-R22 7
Walpole, Gary #42 5 R07, R17-R20 1
Wheeler, Terry #35 2 R14-R15 0
Williams, Ian #5 17 R01-R14, R20-R22 31

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)
Hampshire, Ian 22 10 -0- 12 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
26/03/1983 Round 1 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 31 Ian Hampshire Jim Edmond
02/04/1983 Round 2 Carlton HOME WIN FOO by 17 Ian Hampshire Jim Edmond
09/04/1983 Round 3 Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 32 Ian Hampshire Jim Edmond
16/04/1983 Round 4 Hawthorn AWAY WIN FOO by 21 Ian Hampshire Jim Edmond
25/04/1983 Round 5 Richmond AWAY WIN FOO by 2 Ian Hampshire Jim Edmond
30/04/1983 Round 6 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 132 Ian Hampshire Jim Edmond
07/05/1983 Round 7 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 6 Ian Hampshire Jim Edmond
14/05/1983 Round 8 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 115 Ian Hampshire Jim Edmond
21/05/1983 Round 9 Fitzroy AWAY WIN FOO by 46 Ian Hampshire Jim Edmond
28/05/1983 Round 10 St Kilda HOME WIN FOO by 46 Ian Hampshire Jim Edmond
05/06/1983 Round 11 Sydney AWAY LOSS SYD by 19 Ian Hampshire Jim Edmond
13/06/1983 Round 12 Geelong HOME WIN FOO by 11 Ian Hampshire unknown
18/06/1983 Round 13 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 89 Ian Hampshire Jim Edmond
25/06/1983 Round 14 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 14 Ian Hampshire unknown
02/07/1983 Round 15 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 29 Ian Hampshire Jim Edmond
09/07/1983 Round 16 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 20 Ian Hampshire Jim Edmond
23/07/1983 Round 17 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 18 Ian Hampshire Jim Edmond
30/07/1983 Round 18 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 9 Ian Hampshire Jim Edmond
06/08/1983 Round 19 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 93 Ian Hampshire Jim Edmond
13/08/1983 Round 20 Fitzroy HOME WIN FOO by 26 Ian Hampshire unknown
20/08/1983 Round 21 St Kilda AWAY WIN FOO by 6 Ian Hampshire unknown
27/08/1983 Round 22 Sydney HOME WIN FOO by 42 Ian Hampshire Jim Edmond