1983 SANFL Grand Final: West Adelaide v Sturt

This is the match report for the match played on 1 October 1983 between West Adelaide and Sturt in the grand final of the 1983 SANFL season. West Adelaide hosted Sturt at Football Park. The hosts were coached by Neil Kerley and the visitors were coached by John Halbert.

As a result of this match, West Adelaide were the premiers and Sturt were the runners-up.

Match Details

Season: 1983 SANFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: West Adelaide v Sturt
Date: Saturday 1 October 1983
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Football Park
Attendance: 47,129

Match Results

Outcome: West Adelaide def. Sturt
Score: 21.16.142 - 16.12.108

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
West Adelaide 2 . 4 12 . 7 15 . 10 21 . 16 21 . 16 (142)
Sturt 3 . 4 7 . 7 12 . 11 16 . 12 16 . 12 (108)
Margin STRT by 6 WADL by 30 WADL by 17 WADL by 34 WADL by 34
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Neil Kerley (West Adelaide), John Halbert (Sturt)
Captains: unknown (West Adelaide), unknown (Sturt)

Player Statistics

West Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
Morris, Geoff ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Rushed ?
Total (1 player) 21 16 0+ 0+ 0+ 0+ 0+ 0+ 0+

Sturt

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
Rushed ?
Total (0 players) 16 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s