1983 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1983 season of the South Australian National Football League.

It featured twenty-two rounds. West Adelaide were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the McIntyre Final Five system. West Adelaide were the premiers, with Neil Kerley as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1983 SANFL Season
Teams: 10
Rounds: 22
Finals System: McIntyre Final Five System
Matches: 116

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Central District Elizabeth Oval Daryl Hicks
Glenelg Glenelg Oval Graham Campbell
North Adelaide Prospect Oval Mike Nunan
Norwood Norwood Oval Neil Balme
Port Adelaide Alberton Oval Russell Ebert
South Adelaide Adelaide Oval Graham Cornes
Sturt Unley Oval John Halbert
West Adelaide Richmond Oval Neil Kerley
West Torrens Thebarton Oval Glenn Elliott
Woodville Woodville Oval Malcolm Blight

Season Results

Premiers: West Adelaide
Runners-Up: Sturt
Minor Premiers: West Adelaide

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
West Adelaide 1st 18 -0- 4 36 57.9% 3,192 2,317 474 348 343 259
Sturt 2nd 16 -0- 6 32 57.1% 3,022 2,273 447 340 330 293
Norwood 3rd 14 -0- 8 28 55.1% 2,628 2,138 402 216 311 272
South Adelaide 4th 12 -0- 10 24 54.0% 2,388 2,038 347 306 299 244
North Adelaide 5th 11 -0- 11 22 50.7% 2,519 2,454 367 317 359 300
Port Adelaide 6th 10 -0- 12 20 47.5% 2,306 2,546 339 272 375 296
Glenelg 7th 9 -0- 13 18 46.8% 2,310 2,622 329 336 389 288
Central District 8th 8 -0- 14 16 47.9% 2,225 2,416 324 281 355 286
West Torrens 9th 8 -0- 14 16 43.6% 2,260 2,922 330 280 429 348
Woodville 10th 4 -0- 18 8 39.5% 2,116 3,240 310 256 479 366

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
West Adelaide 1st Premiers
Sturt 2nd Runners-Up
Norwood 3rd Defeated by Sturt (Preliminary Final)
North Adelaide 4th Defeated by Sturt (Semi Final)
South Adelaide 5th Defeated by North Adelaide (Elimination Final)
Port Adelaide 6th Did not qualify for finals
Glenelg 7th Did not qualify for finals
Central District 8th Did not qualify for finals
West Torrens 9th Did not qualify for finals
Woodville 10th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/04/1983 2:10 PM North Adelaide v South Adelaide Prospect Oval 93 - 60 4,844
SAT 02/04/1983 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Glenelg Football Park 133 - 118 19,055
SAT 02/04/1983 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Central District Richmond Oval 160 - 58 7,113
SAT 02/04/1983 2:10 PM Woodville v West Torrens Woodville Oval 102 - 127 6,019
SUN 03/04/1983 2:10 PM Sturt v Norwood Football Park 86 - 73 18,309

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Adelaide 1st 1 -0- 0 2 73.4% 160 58
North Adelaide 2nd 1 -0- 0 2 60.8% 93 60
West Torrens 3rd 1 -0- 0 2 55.5% 127 102
Sturt 4th 1 -0- 0 2 54.1% 86 73
Port Adelaide 5th 1 -0- 0 2 53.0% 133 118
Glenelg 6th 0 -0- 1 0 47.0% 118 133
Norwood 7th 0 -0- 1 0 45.9% 73 86
Woodville 8th 0 -0- 1 0 44.5% 102 127
South Adelaide 9th 0 -0- 1 0 39.2% 60 93
Central District 10th 0 -0- 1 0 26.6% 58 160

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/04/1983 2:10 PM Central District v North Adelaide Football Park 143 - 60 5,065
SAT 09/04/1983 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Norwood Alberton Oval 101 - 108 8,338
SAT 09/04/1983 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 114 - 66 4,601
SAT 09/04/1983 2:10 PM Sturt v Glenelg Unley Oval 140 - 83 7,232
SAT 09/04/1983 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Woodville Richmond Oval 148 - 97 2,618

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Adelaide 1st 2 -0- 0 4 66.5% 308 155
Sturt 2nd 2 -0- 0 4 59.2% 226 156
South Adelaide 3rd 1 -0- 1 2 52.3% 174 159
Port Adelaide 4th 1 -0- 1 2 50.9% 234 226
Norwood 5th 1 -0- 1 2 49.2% 181 187
Central District 6th 1 -0- 1 2 47.7% 201 220
West Torrens 7th 1 -0- 1 2 47.2% 193 216
North Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 1 2 43.0% 153 203
Glenelg 9th 0 -0- 2 0 42.4% 201 273
Woodville 10th 0 -0- 2 0 42.0% 199 275

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/04/1983 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Torrens Prospect Oval 101 - 105 4,975
SAT 16/04/1983 2:10 PM Norwood v Central District Norwood Oval 114 - 98 11,231
SAT 16/04/1983 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Glenelg Football Park 187 - 149 8,978
SAT 16/04/1983 2:10 PM Woodville v South Adelaide Woodville Oval 43 - 135 3,169
SUN 17/04/1983 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Sturt Football Park 131 - 101 16,528

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Adelaide 1st 3 -0- 0 6 62.0% 495 304
South Adelaide 2nd 2 -0- 1 4 60.5% 309 202
Sturt 3rd 2 -0- 1 4 53.3% 327 287
Port Adelaide 4th 2 -0- 1 4 52.7% 365 327
Norwood 5th 2 -0- 1 4 50.9% 295 285
West Torrens 6th 2 -0- 1 4 48.5% 298 317
Central District 7th 1 -0- 2 2 47.2% 299 334
North Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 2 2 45.2% 254 308
Glenelg 9th 0 -0- 3 0 43.2% 350 460
Woodville 10th 0 -0- 3 0 37.1% 242 410

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/04/1983 2:10 PM Central District v Port Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 82 - 104 11,530
SAT 23/04/1983 2:10 PM West Torrens v West Adelaide Thebarton Oval 94 - 125 5,920
SAT 23/04/1983 2:10 PM Woodville v North Adelaide Football Park 73 - 165 3,085
MON 25/04/1983 2:10 PM Norwood v Glenelg Football Park 188 - 84 16,161
MON 25/04/1983 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 95 - 105 10,152

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Adelaide 1st 4 -0- 0 8 60.9% 620 398
Norwood 2nd 3 -0- 1 6 56.7% 483 369
Port Adelaide 3rd 3 -0- 1 6 53.4% 469 409
Sturt 4th 3 -0- 1 6 53.1% 432 382
South Adelaide 5th 2 -0- 2 4 56.8% 404 307
North Adelaide 6th 2 -0- 2 4 52.4% 419 381
West Torrens 7th 2 -0- 2 4 47.0% 392 442
Central District 8th 1 -0- 3 2 46.5% 381 438
Glenelg 9th 0 -0- 4 0 40.1% 434 648
Woodville 10th 0 -0- 4 0 35.4% 315 575

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/04/1983 2:10 PM Central District v Woodville Elizabeth Oval 113 - 76 4,553
SAT 30/04/1983 2:10 PM Glenelg v North Adelaide Glenelg Oval 91 - 101 6,054
SAT 30/04/1983 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Port Adelaide Football Park 91 - 101 11,305
SAT 30/04/1983 2:10 PM West Torrens v Sturt Thebarton Oval 107 - 137 7,218
SUN 01/05/1983 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Norwood Richmond Oval 100 - 102 7,985

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Adelaide 1st 4 -0- 1 8 59.0% 720 500
Norwood 2nd 4 -0- 1 8 55.5% 585 469
Sturt 3rd 4 -0- 1 8 53.8% 569 489
Port Adelaide 4th 4 -0- 1 8 53.3% 570 500
North Adelaide 5th 3 -0- 2 6 52.4% 520 472
South Adelaide 6th 2 -0- 3 4 54.8% 495 408
Central District 7th 2 -0- 3 4 49.0% 494 514
West Torrens 8th 2 -0- 3 4 46.3% 499 579
Glenelg 9th 0 -0- 5 0 41.2% 525 749
Woodville 10th 0 -0- 5 0 36.2% 391 688

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/05/1983 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Torrens Football Park 106 - 149 6,985
SAT 07/05/1983 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Norwood Prospect Oval 135 - 88 7,891
SAT 07/05/1983 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Adelaide Alberton Oval 113 - 148 10,767
SAT 07/05/1983 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Central District Adelaide Oval 130 - 78 5,320
SAT 07/05/1983 2:10 PM Sturt v Woodville Unley Oval 163 - 105 4,613

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Adelaide 1st 5 -0- 1 10 58.6% 868 613
Sturt 2nd 5 -0- 1 10 55.2% 732 594
North Adelaide 3rd 4 -0- 2 8 53.9% 655 560
Norwood 4th 4 -0- 2 8 52.7% 673 604
Port Adelaide 5th 4 -0- 2 8 51.3% 683 648
South Adelaide 6th 3 -0- 3 6 56.3% 625 486
West Torrens 7th 3 -0- 3 6 48.6% 648 685
Central District 8th 2 -0- 4 4 47.0% 572 644
Glenelg 9th 0 -0- 6 0 41.3% 631 898
Woodville 10th 0 -0- 6 0 36.8% 496 851

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/05/1983 2:10 PM Glenelg v Woodville Glenelg Oval 54 - 109 4,791
SAT 14/05/1983 2:10 PM Norwood v South Adelaide Norwood Oval 88 - 65 7,170
SAT 14/05/1983 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Torrens Alberton Oval 106 - 75 6,558
SAT 14/05/1983 2:10 PM Sturt v Central District Football Park 82 - 89 6,323
SAT 14/05/1983 2:10 PM West Adelaide v North Adelaide Richmond Oval 106 - 84 4,097

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Adelaide 1st 6 -0- 1 12 58.3% 974 697
Sturt 2nd 5 -0- 2 10 54.4% 814 683
Norwood 3rd 5 -0- 2 10 53.2% 761 669
Port Adelaide 4th 5 -0- 2 10 52.2% 789 723
North Adelaide 5th 4 -0- 3 8 52.6% 739 666
South Adelaide 6th 3 -0- 4 6 54.6% 690 574
West Torrens 7th 3 -0- 4 6 47.8% 723 791
Central District 8th 3 -0- 4 6 47.7% 661 726
Woodville 9th 1 -0- 6 2 40.1% 605 905
Glenelg 10th 0 -0- 7 0 40.5% 685 1,007

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/05/1983 2:10 PM Central District v West Torrens Elizabeth Oval 163 - 110 6,160
SAT 21/05/1983 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Port Adelaide Prospect Oval 125 - 133 10,321
SAT 21/05/1983 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 133 - 57 7,167
SAT 21/05/1983 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Sturt Football Park 116 - 190 11,464
SAT 21/05/1983 2:10 PM Woodville v Norwood Woodville Oval 94 - 162 5,073

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 6 -0- 2 12 55.7% 1,004 799
West Adelaide 2nd 6 -0- 2 12 55.1% 1,090 887
Norwood 3rd 6 -0- 2 12 54.7% 923 763
Port Adelaide 4th 6 -0- 2 12 52.1% 922 848
South Adelaide 5th 4 -0- 4 8 56.6% 823 631
North Adelaide 6th 4 -0- 4 8 52.0% 864 799
Central District 7th 4 -0- 4 8 49.6% 824 836
West Torrens 8th 3 -0- 5 6 46.6% 833 954
Woodville 9th 1 -0- 7 2 39.6% 699 1,067
Glenelg 10th 0 -0- 8 0 39.4% 742 1,140

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/05/1983 2:10 PM Glenelg v Central District Glenelg Oval 111 - 52 5,041
SAT 28/05/1983 2:10 PM Sturt v North Adelaide Unley Oval 163 - 74 5,918
SAT 28/05/1983 2:10 PM West Adelaide v South Adelaide Richmond Oval 95 - 44 3,450
SAT 28/05/1983 2:10 PM West Torrens v Norwood Thebarton Oval 91 - 88 5,746
SUN 29/05/1983 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Woodville Football Park 83 - 101 4,079

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 7 -0- 2 14 57.2% 1,167 873
West Adelaide 2nd 7 -0- 2 14 56.0% 1,185 931
Norwood 3rd 6 -0- 3 12 54.2% 1,011 854
Port Adelaide 4th 6 -0- 3 12 51.4% 1,005 949
South Adelaide 5th 4 -0- 5 8 54.4% 867 726
North Adelaide 6th 4 -0- 5 8 49.4% 938 962
Central District 7th 4 -0- 5 8 48.1% 876 947
West Torrens 8th 4 -0- 5 8 47.0% 924 1,042
Woodville 9th 2 -0- 7 4 41.0% 800 1,150
Glenelg 10th 1 -0- 8 2 41.7% 853 1,192

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/06/1983 2:10 PM Central District v West Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 91 - 133 4,968
SAT 04/06/1983 2:10 PM Norwood v Sturt Norwood Oval 131 - 138 12,485
SAT 04/06/1983 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Glenelg Alberton Oval 96 - 101 7,461
SAT 04/06/1983 2:10 PM South Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 127 - 87 4,336
SAT 04/06/1983 2:10 PM West Torrens v Woodville Football Park 147 - 151 5,708

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 8 -0- 2 16 56.5% 1,305 1,004
West Adelaide 2nd 8 -0- 2 16 56.3% 1,318 1,022
Norwood 3rd 6 -0- 4 12 53.5% 1,142 992
Port Adelaide 4th 6 -0- 4 12 51.2% 1,101 1,050
South Adelaide 5th 5 -0- 5 10 55.0% 994 813
North Adelaide 6th 4 -0- 6 8 48.5% 1,025 1,089
West Torrens 7th 4 -0- 6 8 47.3% 1,071 1,193
Central District 8th 4 -0- 6 8 47.2% 967 1,080
Woodville 9th 3 -0- 7 6 42.3% 951 1,297
Glenelg 10th 2 -0- 8 4 42.6% 954 1,288

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/06/1983 2:10 PM Central District v North Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 104 - 124 4,657
SAT 11/06/1983 2:10 PM Woodville v West Adelaide Woodville Oval 85 - 192 5,067
SUN 12/06/1983 2:10 PM Sturt v Glenelg Football Park 114 - 108 9,094
MON 13/06/1983 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Norwood Football Park 95 - 93 33,342
MON 13/06/1983 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Torrens Football Park 142 - 74 33,342

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Adelaide 1st 9 -0- 2 18 57.7% 1,510 1,107
Sturt 2nd 9 -0- 2 18 56.1% 1,419 1,112
Port Adelaide 3rd 7 -0- 4 14 51.1% 1,196 1,143
South Adelaide 4th 6 -0- 5 12 56.2% 1,136 887
Norwood 5th 6 -0- 5 12 53.2% 1,235 1,087
North Adelaide 6th 5 -0- 6 10 49.1% 1,149 1,193
Central District 7th 4 -0- 7 8 47.1% 1,071 1,204
West Torrens 8th 4 -0- 7 8 46.2% 1,145 1,335
Woodville 9th 3 -0- 8 6 41.0% 1,036 1,489
Glenelg 10th 2 -0- 9 4 43.1% 1,062 1,402

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/06/1983 2:10 PM Central District v Norwood Football Park 99 - 103 7,905
SAT 18/06/1983 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Adelaide Glenelg Oval 134 - 122 7,995
SAT 18/06/1983 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Woodville Adelaide Oval 178 - 108 2,923
SAT 18/06/1983 2:10 PM Sturt v Port Adelaide Unley Oval 194 - 80 14,029
SAT 18/06/1983 2:10 PM West Torrens v North Adelaide Thebarton Oval 94 - 187 4,740

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 10 -0- 2 20 57.5% 1,613 1,192
West Adelaide 2nd 9 -0- 3 18 56.8% 1,632 1,241
South Adelaide 3rd 7 -0- 5 14 56.9% 1,314 995
Norwood 4th 7 -0- 5 14 53.0% 1,338 1,186
Port Adelaide 5th 7 -0- 5 14 48.8% 1,276 1,337
North Adelaide 6th 6 -0- 6 12 50.9% 1,336 1,287
Central District 7th 4 -0- 8 8 47.2% 1,170 1,307
West Torrens 8th 4 -0- 8 8 44.9% 1,239 1,522
Glenelg 9th 3 -0- 9 6 44.0% 1,196 1,524
Woodville 10th 3 -0- 9 6 40.7% 1,144 1,667

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/06/1983 2:10 PM Glenelg v Norwood Glenelg Oval 88 - 75 9,837
SAT 25/06/1983 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Woodville Prospect Oval 135 - 113 3,442
SAT 25/06/1983 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Central District Alberton Oval 85 - 108 6,806
SAT 25/06/1983 2:10 PM Sturt v South Adelaide Football Park 84 - 97 7,659
SUN 26/06/1983 2:10 PM West Adelaide v West Torrens Football Park 190 - 87 3,605

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Adelaide 1st 10 -0- 3 20 57.8% 1,822 1,328
Sturt 2nd 10 -0- 3 20 56.8% 1,697 1,289
South Adelaide 3rd 8 -0- 5 16 56.7% 1,411 1,079
Norwood 4th 7 -0- 6 14 52.6% 1,413 1,274
North Adelaide 5th 7 -0- 6 14 51.2% 1,471 1,400
Port Adelaide 6th 7 -0- 6 14 48.5% 1,361 1,445
Central District 7th 5 -0- 8 10 47.9% 1,278 1,392
Glenelg 8th 4 -0- 9 8 44.5% 1,284 1,599
West Torrens 9th 4 -0- 9 8 43.6% 1,326 1,712
Woodville 10th 3 -0- 10 6 41.1% 1,257 1,802

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/07/1983 2:10 PM Central District v Woodville Football Park 143 - 54 3,025
SAT 02/07/1983 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Glenelg Prospect Oval 98 - 110 5,988
SAT 02/07/1983 2:10 PM Norwood v West Adelaide Norwood Oval 98 - 140 7,820
SAT 02/07/1983 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v South Adelaide Alberton Oval 145 - 69 6,069
SAT 02/07/1983 2:10 PM Sturt v West Torrens Unley Oval 205 - 72 5,029

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 11 -0- 3 22 58.3% 1,902 1,361
West Adelaide 2nd 11 -0- 3 22 57.9% 1,962 1,426
South Adelaide 3rd 8 -0- 6 16 54.7% 1,480 1,224
Port Adelaide 4th 8 -0- 6 16 49.9% 1,506 1,514
Norwood 5th 7 -0- 7 14 51.7% 1,511 1,414
North Adelaide 6th 7 -0- 7 14 51.0% 1,569 1,510
Central District 7th 6 -0- 8 12 49.6% 1,421 1,446
Glenelg 8th 5 -0- 9 10 45.1% 1,394 1,697
West Torrens 9th 4 -0- 10 8 42.2% 1,398 1,917
Woodville 10th 3 -0- 11 6 40.3% 1,311 1,945

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/07/1983 2:10 PM Norwood v North Adelaide Norwood Oval 117 - 50 8,225
SAT 09/07/1983 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Port Adelaide Richmond Oval 105 - 104 9,260
SAT 09/07/1983 2:10 PM West Torrens v Glenelg Thebarton Oval 122 - 105 5,322
SAT 09/07/1983 2:10 PM Woodville v Sturt Woodville Oval 81 - 196 3,606
SUN 10/07/1983 2:10 PM Central District v South Adelaide Football Park 35 - 122 3,486

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 12 -0- 3 24 59.3% 2,098 1,442
West Adelaide 2nd 12 -0- 3 24 57.5% 2,067 1,530
South Adelaide 3rd 9 -0- 6 18 56.0% 1,602 1,259
Norwood 4th 8 -0- 7 16 52.7% 1,628 1,464
Port Adelaide 5th 8 -0- 7 16 49.9% 1,610 1,619
North Adelaide 6th 7 -0- 8 14 49.9% 1,619 1,627
Central District 7th 6 -0- 9 12 48.1% 1,456 1,568
Glenelg 8th 5 -0- 10 10 45.2% 1,499 1,819
West Torrens 9th 5 -0- 10 10 42.9% 1,520 2,022
Woodville 10th 3 -0- 12 6 39.4% 1,392 2,141

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/07/1983 2:10 PM Central District v Sturt Elizabeth Oval 106 - 122 5,837
SAT 16/07/1983 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Adelaide Prospect Oval 124 - 191 4,767
SAT 16/07/1983 2:10 PM West Torrens v Port Adelaide Thebarton Oval 134 - 105 7,547
SAT 16/07/1983 2:10 PM Woodville v Glenelg Woodville Oval 100 - 120 2,961
SUN 17/07/1983 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Norwood Football Park 111 - 79 8,738

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 13 -0- 3 26 58.9% 2,220 1,548
West Adelaide 2nd 13 -0- 3 26 57.7% 2,258 1,654
South Adelaide 3rd 10 -0- 6 20 56.1% 1,713 1,338
Norwood 4th 8 -0- 8 16 52.0% 1,707 1,575
Port Adelaide 5th 8 -0- 8 16 49.5% 1,715 1,753
North Adelaide 6th 7 -0- 9 14 48.9% 1,743 1,818
Central District 7th 6 -0- 10 12 48.0% 1,562 1,690
Glenelg 8th 6 -0- 10 12 45.8% 1,619 1,919
West Torrens 9th 6 -0- 10 12 43.7% 1,654 2,127
Woodville 10th 3 -0- 13 6 39.8% 1,492 2,261

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/07/1983 2:10 PM Central District v West Torrens Football Park 143 - 73 5,494
SAT 23/07/1983 2:10 PM Glenelg v South Adelaide Glenelg Oval 85 - 116 7,608
SAT 23/07/1983 2:10 PM Norwood v Woodville Norwood Oval 211 - 78 5,716
SAT 23/07/1983 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v North Adelaide Alberton Oval 99 - 147 7,196
SAT 23/07/1983 2:10 PM Sturt v West Adelaide Unley Oval 119 - 143 13,693

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Adelaide 1st 14 -0- 3 28 57.5% 2,401 1,773
Sturt 2nd 13 -0- 4 26 58.0% 2,339 1,691
South Adelaide 3rd 11 -0- 6 22 56.2% 1,829 1,423
Norwood 4th 9 -0- 8 18 53.7% 1,918 1,653
North Adelaide 5th 8 -0- 9 16 49.6% 1,890 1,917
Port Adelaide 6th 8 -0- 9 16 48.8% 1,814 1,900
Central District 7th 7 -0- 10 14 49.2% 1,705 1,763
Glenelg 8th 6 -0- 11 12 45.6% 1,704 2,035
West Torrens 9th 6 -0- 11 12 43.2% 1,727 2,270
Woodville 10th 3 -0- 14 6 38.8% 1,570 2,472

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/07/1983 2:10 PM Norwood v West Torrens Norwood Oval 127 - 79 7,062
SAT 30/07/1983 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 104 - 131 6,730
SAT 30/07/1983 2:10 PM Sturt v North Adelaide Football Park 128 - 102 6,685
SAT 30/07/1983 2:10 PM Woodville v Port Adelaide Woodville Oval 70 - 93 4,319
SUN 31/07/1983 2:10 PM Central District v Glenelg Elizabeth Oval 91 - 119 3,560

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Adelaide 1st 15 -0- 3 30 57.4% 2,532 1,877
Sturt 2nd 14 -0- 4 28 57.9% 2,467 1,793
South Adelaide 3rd 11 -0- 7 22 55.4% 1,933 1,554
Norwood 4th 10 -0- 8 20 54.1% 2,045 1,732
Port Adelaide 5th 9 -0- 9 18 49.2% 1,907 1,970
North Adelaide 6th 8 -0- 10 16 49.3% 1,992 2,045
Central District 7th 7 -0- 11 14 48.8% 1,796 1,882
Glenelg 8th 7 -0- 11 14 46.2% 1,823 2,126
West Torrens 9th 6 -0- 12 12 43.0% 1,806 2,397
Woodville 10th 3 -0- 15 6 39.0% 1,640 2,565

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/08/1983 2:10 PM Central District v West Adelaide Football Park 92 - 148 5,051
SAT 06/08/1983 2:10 PM Sturt v Norwood Unley Oval 123 - 140 13,625
SAT 13/08/1983 2:10 PM Glenelg v Port Adelaide Glenelg Oval 158 - 63 12,549
SAT 13/08/1983 2:10 PM South Adelaide v North Adelaide Football Park 91 - 106 6,764
SUN 14/08/1983 2:10 PM West Torrens v Woodville Thebarton Oval 167 - 133 3,045

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Adelaide 1st 16 -0- 3 32 57.6% 2,680 1,969
Sturt 2nd 14 -0- 5 28 57.3% 2,590 1,933
South Adelaide 3rd 11 -0- 8 22 54.9% 2,024 1,660
Norwood 4th 11 -0- 8 22 54.1% 2,185 1,855
North Adelaide 5th 9 -0- 10 18 49.6% 2,098 2,136
Port Adelaide 6th 9 -0- 10 18 48.1% 1,970 2,128
Glenelg 7th 8 -0- 11 16 47.5% 1,981 2,189
Central District 8th 7 -0- 12 14 48.2% 1,888 2,030
West Torrens 9th 7 -0- 12 14 43.8% 1,973 2,530
Woodville 10th 3 -0- 16 6 39.4% 1,773 2,732

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/08/1983 2:10 PM Glenelg v Sturt Glenelg Oval 139 - 112 12,368
SAT 20/08/1983 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Central District Prospect Oval 133 - 142 5,103
SAT 20/08/1983 2:10 PM West Torrens v South Adelaide Thebarton Oval 81 - 159 3,845
SUN 21/08/1983 2:10 PM Norwood v Port Adelaide Football Park 165 - 103 18,109
SUN 21/08/1983 2:10 PM Woodville v West Adelaide Football Park 128 - 221 18,109

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Adelaide 1st 17 -0- 3 34 58.0% 2,901 2,097
Sturt 2nd 14 -0- 6 28 56.6% 2,702 2,072
South Adelaide 3rd 12 -0- 8 24 55.6% 2,183 1,741
Norwood 4th 12 -0- 8 24 54.5% 2,350 1,958
North Adelaide 5th 9 -0- 11 18 49.5% 2,231 2,278
Glenelg 6th 9 -0- 11 18 48.0% 2,120 2,301
Port Adelaide 7th 9 -0- 11 18 47.5% 2,073 2,293
Central District 8th 8 -0- 12 16 48.4% 2,030 2,163
West Torrens 9th 7 -0- 13 14 43.3% 2,054 2,689
Woodville 10th 3 -0- 17 6 39.2% 1,901 2,953

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/08/1983 2:10 PM Central District v Norwood Elizabeth Oval 95 - 136 6,888
SAT 27/08/1983 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Sturt Alberton Oval 116 - 153 8,272
SAT 27/08/1983 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Woodville Adelaide Oval 120 - 130 2,645
SAT 27/08/1983 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Glenelg Richmond Oval 179 - 105 9,673
SAT 27/08/1983 2:10 PM West Torrens v North Adelaide Football Park 91 - 121 4,847

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Adelaide 1st 18 -0- 3 36 58.3% 3,080 2,202
Sturt 2nd 15 -0- 6 30 56.6% 2,855 2,188
Norwood 3rd 13 -0- 8 26 54.8% 2,486 2,053
South Adelaide 4th 12 -0- 9 24 55.2% 2,303 1,871
North Adelaide 5th 10 -0- 11 20 49.8% 2,352 2,369
Glenelg 6th 9 -0- 12 18 47.3% 2,225 2,480
Port Adelaide 7th 9 -0- 12 18 47.2% 2,189 2,446
Central District 8th 8 -0- 13 16 48.0% 2,125 2,299
West Torrens 9th 7 -0- 14 14 43.3% 2,145 2,810
Woodville 10th 4 -0- 17 8 39.8% 2,031 3,073

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/09/1983 2:10 PM Norwood v Glenelg Norwood Oval 142 - 85 10,997
SAT 03/09/1983 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Central District Football Park 117 - 100 6,803
SAT 03/09/1983 2:10 PM Sturt v South Adelaide Unley Oval 167 - 85 7,547
SAT 03/09/1983 2:10 PM West Adelaide v West Torrens Richmond Oval 112 - 115 4,034
SAT 03/09/1983 2:10 PM Woodville v North Adelaide Woodville Oval 85 - 167 3,283

Round 22 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Adelaide 1st 18 -0- 4 36 57.9% 3,192 2,317
Sturt 2nd 16 -0- 6 32 57.1% 3,022 2,273
Norwood 3rd 14 -0- 8 28 55.1% 2,628 2,138
South Adelaide 4th 12 -0- 10 24 54.0% 2,388 2,038
North Adelaide 5th 11 -0- 11 22 50.7% 2,519 2,454
Port Adelaide 6th 10 -0- 12 20 47.5% 2,306 2,546
Glenelg 7th 9 -0- 13 18 46.8% 2,310 2,622
Central District 8th 8 -0- 14 16 47.9% 2,225 2,416
West Torrens 9th 8 -0- 14 16 43.6% 2,260 2,922
Woodville 10th 4 -0- 18 8 39.5% 2,116 3,240

Final Round 1

Elimination Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/09/1983 2:10 PM South Adelaide v North Adelaide Football Park 93 - 133 17,535

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 11/09/1983 2:10 PM Sturt v Norwood Football Park 86 - 90 27,395

Final Round 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/09/1983 2:10 PM Sturt v North Adelaide Football Park 151 - 90 25,805
SUN 18/09/1983 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Norwood Football Park 160 - 86 30,341

Final Round 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 25/09/1983 2:10 PM Norwood v Sturt Football Park 102 - 146 30,128

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/10/1983 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Sturt Football Park 142 - 108 47,129