1983 VFA Season

These are the results for the 1983 season of the Victorian Football Association (currently known as the Victorian Football League).

It featured eighteen rounds. Preston were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Preston were the premiers, with Ray Shaw as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1983 VFA Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 18
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 112

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Camberwell Camberwell Sportsground Phil Fryer
Coburg Coburg City Oval
Dandenong Shepley Oval
Frankston Frankston Park Mike Patterson
Geelong West West Oval David Harris
Port Melbourne North Port Oval Gary Brice
Prahran Toorak Park Neville Mills
Preston Preston City Oval Ray Shaw
Sandringham Beach Road Oval Darrell MacKenzie
Waverley Central Reserve John McKenzie Geoff Gosper
Werribee Chirnside Park
Williamstown WCG

Season Results

Premiers: Preston
Runners-Up: Geelong West
Minor Premiers: Preston

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Preston 1st 15 -0- 3 60 156.5% 2,479 1,584 362 307 228 216
Geelong West 2nd 14 -0- 4 56 139.6% 2,332 1,670 345 262 238 242
Port Melbourne 3rd 13 -1- 4 54 121.8% 2,411 1,980 357 269 290 240
Sandringham 4th 12 -0- 6 48 116.5% 2,292 1,968 334 288 281 282
Coburg 5th 10 -1- 7 42 137.3% 2,388 1,739 349 294 253 221
Frankston 6th 10 -1- 7 42 96.0% 2,164 2,255 320 244 335 245
Werribee 7th 8 -0- 10 32 89.5% 2,035 2,273 295 265 331 287
Prahran 8th 7 -1- 10 30 85.3% 1,868 2,191 267 266 320 271
Camberwell 9th 7 -0- 11 28 91.2% 2,029 2,225 294 265 329 251
Dandenong 10th 6 -0- 12 24 94.4% 1,938 2,052 285 228 300 252
Williamstown 11th 4 -0- 14 16 90.9% 1,960 2,156 288 232 318 248
Waverley 12th 0 -0- 18 0 45.1% 1,479 3,282 215 189 488 354

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Preston 1st Premiers
Geelong West 2nd Runners-Up
Port Melbourne 3rd Defeated by Geelong West (Preliminary Final)
Sandringham 4th Defeated by Port Melbourne (Semi Final)
Coburg 5th Did not qualify for finals
Frankston 6th Did not qualify for finals
Werribee 7th Did not qualify for finals
Prahran 8th Did not qualify for finals
Camberwell 9th Did not qualify for finals
Dandenong 10th Did not qualify for finals
Williamstown 11th Did not qualify for finals
Waverley 12th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 03/04/1983 2:10 PM Camberwell v Prahran Camberwell Sportsground 178 - 101
SUN 03/04/1983 2:10 PM Dandenong v Waverley Shepley Oval 236 - 90
SUN 03/04/1983 2:10 PM Geelong West v Frankston West Oval 154 - 69
SUN 03/04/1983 2:10 PM Preston v Port Melbourne Preston City Oval 138 - 158
SUN 03/04/1983 2:10 PM Sandringham v Coburg Beach Road Oval 146 - 130
SUN 03/04/1983 2:10 PM Williamstown v Werribee WCG 198 - 101

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Dandenong 1st 1 -0- 0 4 262.2% 236 90
Geelong West 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 223.2% 154 69
Williamstown 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 196.0% 198 101
Camberwell 4th 1 -0- 0 4 176.2% 178 101
Port Melbourne 5th 1 -0- 0 4 114.5% 158 138
Sandringham 6th 1 -0- 0 4 112.3% 146 130
Coburg 7th 0 -0- 1 0 89.0% 130 146
Preston 8th 0 -0- 1 0 87.3% 138 158
Prahran 9th 0 -0- 1 0 56.7% 101 178
Werribee 10th 0 -0- 1 0 51.0% 101 198
Frankston 11th 0 -0- 1 0 44.8% 69 154
Waverley 12th 0 -0- 1 0 38.1% 90 236

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 10/04/1983 2:10 PM Coburg v Geelong West Coburg City Oval 120 - 98
SUN 10/04/1983 2:10 PM Frankston v Williamstown Frankston Park 112 - 110
SUN 10/04/1983 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Dandenong North Port Oval 133 - 72
SUN 10/04/1983 2:10 PM Prahran v Preston Toorak Park 75 - 154
SUN 10/04/1983 2:10 PM Waverley v Sandringham Central Reserve 97 - 151
SUN 10/04/1983 2:10 PM Werribee v Camberwell Chirnside Park 148 - 83

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 2 -0- 0 8 138.6% 291 210
Sandringham 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 130.8% 297 227
Williamstown 3rd 1 -0- 1 4 144.6% 308 213
Dandenong 4th 1 -0- 1 4 138.1% 308 223
Geelong West 5th 1 -0- 1 4 133.3% 252 189
Preston 6th 1 -0- 1 4 125.3% 292 233
Camberwell 7th 1 -0- 1 4 104.8% 261 249
Coburg 8th 1 -0- 1 4 102.5% 250 244
Werribee 9th 1 -0- 1 4 88.6% 249 281
Frankston 10th 1 -0- 1 4 68.6% 181 264
Prahran 11th 0 -0- 2 0 53.0% 176 332
Waverley 12th 0 -0- 2 0 48.3% 187 387

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 17/04/1983 2:10 PM Camberwell v Frankston Camberwell Sportsground 114 - 153
SUN 17/04/1983 2:10 PM Dandenong v Prahran Shepley Oval 95 - 117
SUN 17/04/1983 2:10 PM Geelong West v Williamstown West Oval 130 - 115
SUN 17/04/1983 2:10 PM Preston v Werribee Preston City Oval 178 - 76
SUN 17/04/1983 2:10 PM Sandringham v Port Melbourne Beach Road Oval 119 - 124
SUN 17/04/1983 2:10 PM Waverley v Coburg Central Reserve 101 - 168

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 3 -0- 0 12 126.1% 415 329
Preston 2nd 2 -0- 1 8 152.1% 470 309
Geelong West 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 125.7% 382 304
Coburg 4th 2 -0- 1 8 121.2% 418 345
Sandringham 5th 2 -0- 1 8 118.5% 416 351
Frankston 6th 2 -0- 1 8 88.4% 334 378
Williamstown 7th 1 -0- 2 4 123.3% 423 343
Dandenong 8th 1 -0- 2 4 118.5% 403 340
Camberwell 9th 1 -0- 2 4 93.3% 375 402
Werribee 10th 1 -0- 2 4 70.8% 325 459
Prahran 11th 1 -0- 2 4 68.6% 293 427
Waverley 12th 0 -0- 3 0 51.9% 288 555

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 24/04/1983 2:10 PM Coburg v Williamstown Coburg City Oval 194 - 121
SUN 24/04/1983 2:10 PM Geelong West v Camberwell West Oval 121 - 77
SUN 24/04/1983 2:10 PM Prahran v Sandringham Toorak Park 93 - 114
SUN 01/05/1983 2:10 PM Frankston v Preston Frankston Park 68 - 177
SUN 01/05/1983 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Waverley North Port Oval 160 - 88
SUN 01/05/1983 2:10 PM Werribee v Dandenong Chirnside Park 121 - 110

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 4 -0- 0 16 137.9% 575 417
Preston 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 171.6% 647 377
Geelong West 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 132.0% 503 381
Coburg 4th 3 -0- 1 12 131.3% 612 466
Sandringham 5th 3 -0- 1 12 119.4% 530 444
Werribee 6th 2 -0- 2 8 78.4% 446 569
Frankston 7th 2 -0- 2 8 72.4% 402 555
Dandenong 8th 1 -0- 3 4 111.3% 513 461
Williamstown 9th 1 -0- 3 4 101.3% 544 537
Camberwell 10th 1 -0- 3 4 86.4% 452 523
Prahran 11th 1 -0- 3 4 71.3% 386 541
Waverley 12th 0 -0- 4 0 52.6% 376 715

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 08/05/1983 2:10 PM Camberwell v Williamstown Camberwell Sportsground 108 - 190
SUN 08/05/1983 2:10 PM Dandenong v Frankston Shepley Oval 125 - 126
SUN 08/05/1983 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Coburg North Port Oval 123 - 123
SUN 08/05/1983 2:10 PM Preston v Geelong West Preston City Oval 132 - 108
SUN 08/05/1983 2:10 PM Sandringham v Werribee Beach Road Oval 136 - 167
SUN 08/05/1983 2:10 PM Waverley v Prahran Central Reserve 80 - 140

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 4 -1- 0 18 129.3% 698 540
Preston 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 160.6% 779 485
Coburg 3rd 3 -1- 1 14 124.8% 735 589
Geelong West 4th 3 -0- 2 12 119.1% 611 513
Sandringham 5th 3 -0- 2 12 109.0% 666 611
Werribee 6th 3 -0- 2 12 87.0% 613 705
Frankston 7th 3 -0- 2 12 77.6% 528 680
Williamstown 8th 2 -0- 3 8 113.8% 734 645
Prahran 9th 2 -0- 3 8 84.7% 526 621
Dandenong 10th 1 -0- 4 4 108.7% 638 587
Camberwell 11th 1 -0- 4 4 78.5% 560 713
Waverley 12th 0 -0- 5 0 53.3% 456 855

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 15/05/1983 2:10 PM Coburg v Camberwell Coburg City Oval 109 - 136
SUN 15/05/1983 2:10 PM Frankston v Sandringham Frankston Park 100 - 84
SUN 15/05/1983 2:10 PM Geelong West v Dandenong West Oval 120 - 94
SUN 15/05/1983 2:10 PM Prahran v Port Melbourne Toorak Park 89 - 102
SUN 15/05/1983 2:10 PM Werribee v Waverley Chirnside Park 145 - 94
SUN 15/05/1983 2:10 PM Williamstown v Preston WCG 80 - 122

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 5 -1- 0 22 127.2% 800 629
Preston 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 159.5% 901 565
Geelong West 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 120.4% 731 607
Werribee 4th 4 -0- 2 16 94.9% 758 799
Frankston 5th 4 -0- 2 16 82.2% 628 764
Coburg 6th 3 -1- 2 14 116.4% 844 725
Sandringham 7th 3 -0- 3 12 105.5% 750 711
Williamstown 8th 2 -0- 4 8 106.1% 814 767
Prahran 9th 2 -0- 4 8 85.1% 615 723
Camberwell 10th 2 -0- 4 8 84.7% 696 822
Dandenong 11th 1 -0- 5 4 103.5% 732 707
Waverley 12th 0 -0- 6 0 55.0% 550 1,000

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 29/05/1983 2:10 PM Dandenong v Williamstown Shepley Oval 66 - 50
SUN 29/05/1983 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Werribee North Port Oval 123 - 80
SUN 29/05/1983 2:10 PM Prahran v Coburg Toorak Park 56 - 123
SUN 29/05/1983 2:10 PM Preston v Camberwell Preston City Oval 143 - 57
SUN 29/05/1983 2:10 PM Sandringham v Geelong West Beach Road Oval 61 - 133
SUN 29/05/1983 2:10 PM Waverley v Frankston Central Reserve 86 - 144

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 6 -1- 0 26 130.2% 923 709
Preston 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 167.8% 1,044 622
Geelong West 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 129.3% 864 668
Frankston 4th 5 -0- 2 20 90.8% 772 850
Coburg 5th 4 -1- 2 18 123.8% 967 781
Werribee 6th 4 -0- 3 16 90.9% 838 922
Sandringham 7th 3 -0- 4 12 96.1% 811 844
Dandenong 8th 2 -0- 5 8 105.4% 798 757
Williamstown 9th 2 -0- 5 8 103.7% 864 833
Prahran 10th 2 -0- 5 8 79.3% 671 846
Camberwell 11th 2 -0- 5 8 78.0% 753 965
Waverley 12th 0 -0- 7 0 55.6% 636 1,144

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 05/06/1983 2:10 PM Camberwell v Dandenong Camberwell Sportsground 134 - 116
SUN 05/06/1983 2:10 PM Frankston v Port Melbourne Frankston Park 134 - 197
SUN 05/06/1983 2:10 PM Geelong West v Waverley West Oval 249 - 45
SUN 05/06/1983 2:10 PM Preston v Coburg Preston City Oval 113 - 105
SUN 05/06/1983 2:10 PM Werribee v Prahran Chirnside Park 106 - 96
SUN 05/06/1983 2:10 PM Williamstown v Sandringham WCG 85 - 129

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 7 -1- 0 30 132.9% 1,120 843
Preston 2nd 7 -0- 1 28 159.1% 1,157 727
Geelong West 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 156.1% 1,113 713
Werribee 4th 5 -0- 3 20 92.7% 944 1,018
Frankston 5th 5 -0- 3 20 86.5% 906 1,047
Coburg 6th 4 -1- 3 18 119.9% 1,072 894
Sandringham 7th 4 -0- 4 16 101.2% 940 929
Camberwell 8th 3 -0- 5 12 82.1% 887 1,081
Dandenong 9th 2 -0- 6 8 102.6% 914 891
Williamstown 10th 2 -0- 6 8 98.6% 949 962
Prahran 11th 2 -0- 6 8 80.6% 767 952
Waverley 12th 0 -0- 8 0 48.9% 681 1,393

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 12/06/1983 2:10 PM Coburg v Werribee Coburg City Oval 160 - 79
SUN 12/06/1983 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Geelong West North Port Oval 156 - 104
SUN 12/06/1983 2:10 PM Sandringham v Camberwell Beach Road Oval 131 - 97
SUN 19/06/1983 2:10 PM Dandenong v Preston Shepley Oval 92 - 162
SUN 19/06/1983 2:10 PM Prahran v Frankston Toorak Park 131 - 131
SUN 19/06/1983 2:10 PM Waverley v Williamstown Central Reserve 68 - 158

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 8 -1- 0 34 134.7% 1,276 947
Preston 2nd 8 -0- 1 32 161.1% 1,319 819
Geelong West 3rd 6 -0- 3 24 140.0% 1,217 869
Coburg 4th 5 -1- 3 22 126.6% 1,232 973
Frankston 5th 5 -1- 3 22 88.0% 1,037 1,178
Sandringham 6th 5 -0- 4 20 104.4% 1,071 1,026
Werribee 7th 5 -0- 4 20 86.8% 1,023 1,178
Williamstown 8th 3 -0- 6 12 107.5% 1,107 1,030
Camberwell 9th 3 -0- 6 12 81.2% 984 1,212
Prahran 10th 2 -1- 6 10 82.9% 898 1,083
Dandenong 11th 2 -0- 7 8 95.5% 1,006 1,053
Waverley 12th 0 -0- 9 0 48.3% 749 1,551

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 26/06/1983 2:10 PM Camberwell v Waverley Camberwell Sportsground 163 - 80
SUN 26/06/1983 2:10 PM Dandenong v Coburg Shepley Oval 84 - 61
SUN 26/06/1983 2:10 PM Frankston v Werribee Frankston Park 98 - 82
SUN 26/06/1983 2:10 PM Geelong West v Prahran West Oval 162 - 74
SUN 26/06/1983 2:10 PM Preston v Sandringham Preston City Oval 89 - 121
SUN 26/06/1983 2:10 PM Williamstown v Port Melbourne WCG 112 - 117

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 9 -1- 0 38 131.5% 1,393 1,059
Preston 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 149.8% 1,408 940
Geelong West 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 146.2% 1,379 943
Frankston 4th 6 -1- 3 26 90.1% 1,135 1,260
Sandringham 5th 6 -0- 4 24 106.9% 1,192 1,115
Coburg 6th 5 -1- 4 22 122.3% 1,293 1,057
Werribee 7th 5 -0- 5 20 86.6% 1,105 1,276
Camberwell 8th 4 -0- 6 16 88.8% 1,147 1,292
Williamstown 9th 3 -0- 7 12 106.3% 1,219 1,147
Dandenong 10th 3 -0- 7 12 97.8% 1,090 1,114
Prahran 11th 2 -1- 7 10 78.1% 972 1,245
Waverley 12th 0 -0- 10 0 48.4% 829 1,714

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 03/07/1983 2:10 PM Coburg v Frankston Coburg City Oval 177 - 60
SUN 03/07/1983 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Camberwell North Port Oval 121 - 120
SUN 03/07/1983 2:10 PM Prahran v Williamstown Toorak Park 107 - 91
SUN 03/07/1983 2:10 PM Sandringham v Dandenong Beach Road Oval 143 - 116
SUN 03/07/1983 2:10 PM Waverley v Preston Central Reserve 35 - 123
SUN 03/07/1983 2:10 PM Werribee v Geelong West Chirnside Park 64 - 98

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 10 -1- 0 42 128.4% 1,514 1,179
Preston 2nd 9 -0- 2 36 157.0% 1,531 975
Geelong West 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 146.7% 1,477 1,007
Sandringham 4th 7 -0- 4 28 108.4% 1,335 1,231
Coburg 5th 6 -1- 4 26 131.6% 1,470 1,117
Frankston 6th 6 -1- 4 26 83.2% 1,195 1,437
Werribee 7th 5 -0- 6 20 85.1% 1,169 1,374
Camberwell 8th 4 -0- 7 16 89.7% 1,267 1,413
Prahran 9th 3 -1- 7 14 80.8% 1,079 1,336
Williamstown 10th 3 -0- 8 12 104.5% 1,310 1,254
Dandenong 11th 3 -0- 8 12 95.9% 1,206 1,257
Waverley 12th 0 -0- 11 0 47.0% 864 1,837

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 10/07/1983 2:10 PM Coburg v Sandringham Coburg City Oval 73 - 66
SUN 10/07/1983 2:10 PM Frankston v Geelong West Frankston Park 125 - 127
SUN 10/07/1983 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Preston North Port Oval 78 - 112
SUN 10/07/1983 2:10 PM Prahran v Camberwell Toorak Park 111 - 100
SUN 10/07/1983 2:10 PM Waverley v Dandenong Central Reserve 56 - 136
SUN 10/07/1983 2:10 PM Werribee v Williamstown Chirnside Park 155 - 92

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 10 -1- 1 42 123.3% 1,592 1,291
Preston 2nd 10 -0- 2 40 156.0% 1,643 1,053
Geelong West 3rd 9 -0- 3 36 141.7% 1,604 1,132
Coburg 4th 7 -1- 4 30 130.4% 1,543 1,183
Sandringham 5th 7 -0- 5 28 107.4% 1,401 1,304
Frankston 6th 6 -1- 5 26 84.4% 1,320 1,564
Werribee 7th 6 -0- 6 24 90.3% 1,324 1,466
Prahran 8th 4 -1- 7 18 82.9% 1,190 1,436
Dandenong 9th 4 -0- 8 16 102.2% 1,342 1,313
Camberwell 10th 4 -0- 8 16 89.7% 1,367 1,524
Williamstown 11th 3 -0- 9 12 99.5% 1,402 1,409
Waverley 12th 0 -0- 12 0 46.6% 920 1,973

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 17/07/1983 2:10 PM Camberwell v Werribee Camberwell Sportsground 130 - 143
SUN 17/07/1983 2:10 PM Dandenong v Port Melbourne Shepley Oval 138 - 105
SUN 17/07/1983 2:10 PM Geelong West v Coburg West Oval 99 - 85
SUN 17/07/1983 2:10 PM Preston v Prahran Preston City Oval 190 - 72
SUN 17/07/1983 2:10 PM Sandringham v Waverley Beach Road Oval 221 - 94
SUN 17/07/1983 2:10 PM Williamstown v Frankston WCG 92 - 113

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Preston 1st 11 -0- 2 44 162.9% 1,833 1,125
Port Melbourne 2nd 10 -1- 2 42 118.8% 1,697 1,429
Geelong West 3rd 10 -0- 3 40 139.9% 1,703 1,217
Sandringham 4th 8 -0- 5 32 116.0% 1,622 1,398
Coburg 5th 7 -1- 5 30 127.0% 1,628 1,282
Frankston 6th 7 -1- 5 30 86.5% 1,433 1,656
Werribee 7th 7 -0- 6 28 91.9% 1,467 1,596
Dandenong 8th 5 -0- 8 20 104.4% 1,480 1,418
Prahran 9th 4 -1- 8 18 77.6% 1,262 1,626
Camberwell 10th 4 -0- 9 16 89.8% 1,497 1,667
Williamstown 11th 3 -0- 10 12 98.2% 1,494 1,522
Waverley 12th 0 -0- 13 0 46.2% 1,014 2,194

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 24/07/1983 2:10 PM Coburg v Waverley Coburg City Oval 249 - 45
SUN 24/07/1983 2:10 PM Frankston v Camberwell Frankston Park 95 - 87
SUN 24/07/1983 2:10 PM Geelong West v Williamstown West Oval 104 - 87
SUN 24/07/1983 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Sandringham North Port Oval 108 - 168
SUN 24/07/1983 2:10 PM Prahran v Dandenong Toorak Park 115 - 88
SUN 24/07/1983 2:10 PM Werribee v Preston Chirnside Park 56 - 138

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Preston 1st 12 -0- 2 48 166.9% 1,971 1,181
Geelong West 2nd 11 -0- 3 44 138.6% 1,807 1,304
Port Melbourne 3rd 10 -1- 3 42 113.0% 1,805 1,597
Sandringham 4th 9 -0- 5 36 118.9% 1,790 1,506
Coburg 5th 8 -1- 5 34 141.4% 1,877 1,327
Frankston 6th 8 -1- 5 34 87.7% 1,528 1,743
Werribee 7th 7 -0- 7 28 87.8% 1,523 1,734
Prahran 8th 5 -1- 8 22 80.3% 1,377 1,714
Dandenong 9th 5 -0- 9 20 102.3% 1,568 1,533
Camberwell 10th 4 -0- 10 16 89.9% 1,584 1,762
Williamstown 11th 3 -0- 11 12 97.2% 1,581 1,626
Waverley 12th 0 -0- 14 0 43.3% 1,059 2,443

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 31/07/1983 2:10 PM Camberwell v Geelong West Camberwell Sportsground 97 - 150
SUN 31/07/1983 2:10 PM Dandenong v Werribee Shepley Oval 82 - 74
SUN 31/07/1983 2:10 PM Frankston v Preston Frankston Park 99 - 133
SUN 31/07/1983 2:10 PM Sandringham v Prahran Beach Road Oval 126 - 99
SUN 31/07/1983 2:10 PM Waverley v Port Melbourne Central Reserve 65 - 227
SUN 31/07/1983 2:10 PM Williamstown v Coburg WCG 81 - 163

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Preston 1st 13 -0- 2 52 164.4% 2,104 1,280
Geelong West 2nd 12 -0- 3 48 139.7% 1,957 1,401
Port Melbourne 3rd 11 -1- 3 46 122.3% 2,032 1,662
Sandringham 4th 10 -0- 5 40 119.4% 1,916 1,605
Coburg 5th 9 -1- 5 38 144.9% 2,040 1,408
Frankston 6th 8 -1- 6 34 86.7% 1,627 1,876
Werribee 7th 7 -0- 8 28 87.9% 1,597 1,816
Dandenong 8th 6 -0- 9 24 102.7% 1,650 1,607
Prahran 9th 5 -1- 9 22 80.2% 1,476 1,840
Camberwell 10th 4 -0- 11 16 87.9% 1,681 1,912
Williamstown 11th 3 -0- 12 12 92.9% 1,662 1,789
Waverley 12th 0 -0- 15 0 42.1% 1,124 2,670

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 07/08/1983 2:10 PM Coburg v Port Melbourne Coburg City Oval 114 - 76
SUN 07/08/1983 2:10 PM Frankston v Dandenong Frankston Park 190 - 104
SUN 07/08/1983 2:10 PM Geelong West v Preston West Oval 100 - 102
SUN 07/08/1983 2:10 PM Prahran v Waverley Toorak Park 179 - 95
SUN 07/08/1983 2:10 PM Werribee v Sandringham Chirnside Park 120 - 150
SUN 07/08/1983 2:10 PM Williamstown v Camberwell WCG 93 - 112

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Preston 1st 14 -0- 2 56 159.9% 2,206 1,380
Geelong West 2nd 12 -0- 4 48 136.9% 2,057 1,503
Port Melbourne 3rd 11 -1- 4 46 118.7% 2,108 1,776
Sandringham 4th 11 -0- 5 44 119.8% 2,066 1,725
Coburg 5th 10 -1- 5 42 145.1% 2,154 1,484
Frankston 6th 9 -1- 6 38 91.8% 1,817 1,980
Werribee 7th 7 -0- 9 28 87.3% 1,717 1,966
Prahran 8th 6 -1- 9 26 85.5% 1,655 1,935
Dandenong 9th 6 -0- 10 24 97.6% 1,754 1,797
Camberwell 10th 5 -0- 11 20 89.4% 1,793 2,005
Williamstown 11th 3 -0- 13 12 92.3% 1,755 1,901
Waverley 12th 0 -0- 16 0 42.8% 1,219 2,849

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 14/08/1983 2:10 PM Camberwell v Coburg Camberwell Sportsground 127 - 120
SUN 14/08/1983 2:10 PM Dandenong v Geelong West Shepley Oval 102 - 145
SUN 14/08/1983 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Prahran North Port Oval 142 - 85
SUN 14/08/1983 2:10 PM Preston v Williamstown Preston City Oval 173 - 95
SUN 14/08/1983 2:10 PM Sandringham v Frankston Beach Road Oval 161 - 113
SUN 14/08/1983 2:10 PM Waverley v Werribee Central Reserve 146 - 199

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Preston 1st 15 -0- 2 60 161.3% 2,379 1,475
Geelong West 2nd 13 -0- 4 52 137.2% 2,202 1,605
Port Melbourne 3rd 12 -1- 4 50 120.9% 2,250 1,861
Sandringham 4th 12 -0- 5 48 121.2% 2,227 1,838
Coburg 5th 10 -1- 6 42 141.2% 2,274 1,611
Frankston 6th 9 -1- 7 38 90.1% 1,930 2,141
Werribee 7th 8 -0- 9 32 90.7% 1,916 2,112
Prahran 8th 6 -1- 10 26 83.8% 1,740 2,077
Dandenong 9th 6 -0- 11 24 95.6% 1,856 1,942
Camberwell 10th 6 -0- 11 24 90.4% 1,920 2,125
Williamstown 11th 3 -0- 14 12 89.2% 1,850 2,074
Waverley 12th 0 -0- 17 0 44.8% 1,365 3,048

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 21/08/1983 2:10 PM Camberwell v Preston Camberwell Sportsground 109 - 100
SUN 21/08/1983 2:10 PM Coburg v Prahran Coburg City Oval 114 - 128
SUN 21/08/1983 2:10 PM Frankston v Waverley Frankston Park 234 - 114
SUN 21/08/1983 2:10 PM Geelong West v Sandringham West Oval 130 - 65
SUN 21/08/1983 2:10 PM Werribee v Port Melbourne Chirnside Park 119 - 161
SUN 21/08/1983 2:10 PM Williamstown v Dandenong WCG 110 - 82

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Preston 1st 15 -0- 3 60 156.5% 2,479 1,584
Geelong West 2nd 14 -0- 4 56 139.6% 2,332 1,670
Port Melbourne 3rd 13 -1- 4 54 121.8% 2,411 1,980
Sandringham 4th 12 -0- 6 48 116.5% 2,292 1,968
Coburg 5th 10 -1- 7 42 137.3% 2,388 1,739
Frankston 6th 10 -1- 7 42 96.0% 2,164 2,255
Werribee 7th 8 -0- 10 32 89.5% 2,035 2,273
Prahran 8th 7 -1- 10 30 85.3% 1,868 2,191
Camberwell 9th 7 -0- 11 28 91.2% 2,029 2,225
Dandenong 10th 6 -0- 12 24 94.4% 1,938 2,052
Williamstown 11th 4 -0- 14 16 90.9% 1,960 2,156
Waverley 12th 0 -0- 18 0 45.1% 1,479 3,282

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 28/08/1983 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Sandringham Junction Oval 180 - 134 9,228
SUN 04/09/1983 2:10 PM Preston v Geelong West Junction Oval 123 - 104 6,651

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 11/09/1983 2:10 PM Geelong West v Port Melbourne Junction Oval 96 - 47 5,256

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 18/09/1983 2:10 PM Preston v Geelong West Junction Oval 94 - 87 14,719