1983 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1983 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 8th (W-D-L: 9-0-13, P%: 86.8%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 36
Brownlow Leader(s): Stephen Icke (13)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Robert Flower (40)
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy Recipient(s): Alan Johnson

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Robert Flower
Vice-Captain(s): Steven Smith

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Bamblett, Les #8 11 R01-R08, R10-R12 12
Battiston, Adrian #16 12 R01-R09, R20-R22 8
Boland, Glenn #45 9 R08, R10-R11, R15-R16, R18-R20, R22 0
Castles, Trevor #39 1 R15 0
Connolly, Chris #22 21 R02-R22 7
Cordner, David #28 6 R10, R14, R18, R20-R22 2
Dickson, Dale #29 18 R01, R03-R04, R06-R08, R11-R22 5
Ellingworth, Roger #14 18 R01-R14, R16, R18-R20 10
Elshaug, Tony #33 14 R01-R10, R12-R14, R17 25
Fidge, Ted #36 9 R13, R15-R22 11
Flower, Robert #2 20 R01-R14, R17-R22 40
Giles, Peter #4 16 R01-R05, R07-R15, R18-R19 9
Hamilton, Peter #30 2 R12-R13 0
Healy, Gerard #3 19 R01-R19 37
Hutchison, Greg #18 2 R21-R22 0
Icke, Stephen #11 21 R01-R21 12
Jarrott, Alan #47 18 R01-R07, R09-R19 5
Johnson, Alan #9 18 R04-R07, R09-R22 11
McCarthy, Stephen #24 6 R02-R03, R14-R17 3
McLean, Glenn #26 22 R01-R22 6
Moore, Peter #10 16 R01-R09, R11, R16-R17, R19-R22 9
O'Brien, Paul #40 2 R01-R02 0
O'Donnell, Kelly #23 21 R02-R22 7
O'Sullivan, Michael #6 1 R01 0
Reynolds, Michael #46 6 R15-R19, R21 9
Richards, Russell #20 19 R01-R09, R12-R17, R19-R22 1
Rugolo, Francesco #43 2 R21-R22 1
Seddon, Michael #17 12 R01-R11, R20 2
Smith, Steven #35 17 R02-R04, R09-R22 0
Sutcliffe, Scott #44 5 R08-R11, R18 1
Templeton, Kelvin #31 13 R01, R05-R07, R09-R17 38
Tossol, Peter #21 2 R09, R22 2
Williams, David #12 4 R01, R20-R22 3
Wilson, Brian #7 21 R01-R08, R10-R22 39
Wright, Rodney #19 15 R01, R05-R06, R08, R12-R22 3
Zantuck, Shane #32 21 R02-R22 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)
Barassi, Ron 22 9 -0- 13 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
26/03/1983 Round 1 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 10 Ron Barassi Robert Flower
02/04/1983 Round 2 Richmond AWAY WIN MEL by 19 Ron Barassi Robert Flower
09/04/1983 Round 3 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 32 Ron Barassi Robert Flower
16/04/1983 Round 4 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 9 Ron Barassi Robert Flower
25/04/1983 Round 5 Geelong AWAY WIN MEL by 11 Ron Barassi Robert Flower
30/04/1983 Round 6 Sydney HOME WIN MEL by 33 Ron Barassi Robert Flower
07/05/1983 Round 7 St Kilda HOME WIN MEL by 33 Ron Barassi Robert Flower
14/05/1983 Round 8 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 39 Ron Barassi Robert Flower
21/05/1983 Round 9 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 34 Ron Barassi Robert Flower
28/05/1983 Round 10 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 62 Ron Barassi Robert Flower
04/06/1983 Round 11 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 14 Ron Barassi Robert Flower
13/06/1983 Round 12 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 19 Ron Barassi Robert Flower
18/06/1983 Round 13 Richmond HOME WIN MEL by 14 Ron Barassi Robert Flower
25/06/1983 Round 14 Footscray HOME WIN MEL by 14 Ron Barassi Robert Flower
02/07/1983 Round 15 Carlton AWAY WIN MEL by 39 Ron Barassi Steven Smith
16/07/1983 Round 16 Geelong HOME WIN MEL by 6 Ron Barassi Steven Smith
24/07/1983 Round 17 Sydney AWAY LOSS SYD by 13 Ron Barassi Robert Flower
30/07/1983 Round 18 St Kilda AWAY WIN MEL by 17 Ron Barassi Robert Flower
06/08/1983 Round 19 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 86 Ron Barassi Robert Flower
13/08/1983 Round 20 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 17 Ron Barassi Robert Flower
20/08/1983 Round 21 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 115 Ron Barassi Robert Flower
27/08/1983 Round 22 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 73 Ron Barassi Robert Flower