1983 VFL Season

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

It featured twenty-two rounds in a double round-robin format. North Melbourne were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the McIntyre Final Five system. Hawthorn were the premiers, with Leigh Matthews as the premiership captain and Allan Jeans as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1983 VFL Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 22
Finals System: McIntyre Final Five System
Matches: 138

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Princes Park David Parkin
Collingwood Victoria Park John Cahill
Essendon Windy Hill Kevin Sheedy
Fitzroy Junction Oval Robert Walls
Footscray Western Oval Ian Hampshire
Geelong Kardinia Park Tom Hafey
Hawthorn Princes Park Allan Jeans
Melbourne MCG Ron Barassi
North Melbourne Arden Street Oval Barry Cable
Richmond MCG Francis Bourke
St Kilda Moorabbin Oval Tony Jewell
Sydney SCG Ricky Quade

Season Results

Premiers: Hawthorn
Runners-Up: Essendon
Minor Premiers: North Melbourne

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
North Melbourne 1st 16 -0- 6 64 127.8% 2,789 2,183 406 353 313 305
Hawthorn 2nd 15 -0- 7 60 128.7% 2,675 2,078 389 341 297 296
Fitzroy 3rd 15 -0- 7 60 126.7% 2,608 2,059 378 340 294 295
Essendon 4th 15 -0- 7 60 120.3% 2,664 2,215 393 306 325 265
Carlton 5th 13 -0- 9 52 105.2% 2,360 2,244 340 320 325 294
Collingwood 6th 12 -0- 10 48 103.0% 2,315 2,247 336 299 325 297
Footscray 7th 10 -0- 12 40 86.6% 2,102 2,428 306 266 352 316
Melbourne 8th 9 -0- 13 36 86.8% 2,220 2,557 321 294 367 355
Geelong 9th 8 -0- 14 32 87.9% 1,932 2,197 277 270 318 289
Richmond 10th 7 -0- 15 28 88.8% 2,124 2,392 302 312 351 286
Sydney 11th 7 -0- 15 28 77.5% 2,068 2,670 297 286 384 366
St Kilda 12th 5 -0- 17 20 78.6% 2,150 2,737 310 290 404 313

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Hawthorn 1st Premiers
Essendon 2nd Runners-Up
North Melbourne 3rd Defeated by Essendon (Preliminary Final)
Fitzroy 4th Defeated by Essendon (Semi Final)
Carlton 5th Defeated by Essendon (Elimination Final)
Collingwood 6th Did not qualify for finals
Footscray 7th Did not qualify for finals
Melbourne 8th Did not qualify for finals
Geelong 9th Did not qualify for finals
Richmond 10th Did not qualify for finals
Sydney 11th Did not qualify for finals
St Kilda 12th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/03/1983 2:10 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 136 - 76 28,498
SAT 26/03/1983 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Junction Oval 112 - 131 15,626
SAT 26/03/1983 2:10 PM Geelong v Footscray VFL Park 106 - 75 18,377
SAT 26/03/1983 2:10 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 125 - 135 72,274
SAT 26/03/1983 2:10 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 100 - 87 18,496
SUN 27/03/1983 2:10 PM Sydney v Essendon SCG 111 - 110 11,916

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 1 -0- 0 4 178.9% 136 76
Geelong 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 141.3% 106 75
Hawthorn 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 117.0% 131 112
North Melbourne 4th 1 -0- 0 4 114.9% 100 87
Collingwood 5th 1 -0- 0 4 108.0% 135 125
Sydney 6th 1 -0- 0 4 100.9% 111 110
Essendon 7th 0 -0- 1 0 99.1% 110 111
Melbourne 8th 0 -0- 1 0 92.6% 125 135
St Kilda 9th 0 -0- 1 0 87.0% 87 100
Fitzroy 10th 0 -0- 1 0 85.5% 112 131
Footscray 11th 0 -0- 1 0 70.8% 75 106
Richmond 12th 0 -0- 1 0 55.9% 76 136

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/04/1983 2:10 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 96 - 101 34,751
SAT 02/04/1983 2:10 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 99 - 82 20,414
SAT 02/04/1983 2:10 PM Richmond v Melbourne MCG 100 - 119 41,889
MON 04/04/1983 2:10 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 131 - 70 28,071
MON 04/04/1983 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Sydney Princes Park 70 - 45 16,295
MON 04/04/1983 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy VFL Park 43 - 88 23,788

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 2 -0- 0 8 128.0% 201 157
Geelong 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 121.1% 207 171
Essendon 3rd 1 -0- 1 4 133.1% 241 181
Carlton 4th 1 -0- 1 4 124.6% 218 175
Fitzroy 5th 1 -0- 1 4 114.9% 200 174
Melbourne 6th 1 -0- 1 4 103.8% 244 235
Collingwood 7th 1 -0- 1 4 102.2% 231 226
Footscray 8th 1 -0- 1 4 92.6% 174 188
Sydney 9th 1 -0- 1 4 86.7% 156 180
North Melbourne 10th 1 -0- 1 4 81.7% 143 175
Richmond 11th 0 -0- 2 0 69.0% 176 255
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 2 0 68.0% 157 231

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/04/1983 2:10 PM Carlton v Collingwood VFL Park 97 - 87 69,596
SAT 09/04/1983 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Junction Oval 97 - 56 21,478
SAT 09/04/1983 2:10 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 111 - 79 20,485
SAT 09/04/1983 2:10 PM Geelong v Richmond Kardinia Park 94 - 46 21,269
SAT 09/04/1983 2:10 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Moorabbin Oval 42 - 171 19,227
SUN 10/04/1983 2:10 PM Sydney v North Melbourne SCG 45 - 185 11,831

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 3 -0- 0 12 186.9% 372 199
Geelong 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 138.7% 301 217
North Melbourne 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 149.1% 328 220
Fitzroy 4th 2 -0- 1 8 129.1% 297 230
Carlton 5th 2 -0- 1 8 120.2% 315 262
Footscray 6th 2 -0- 1 8 106.7% 285 267
Essendon 7th 1 -0- 2 4 106.8% 297 278
Collingwood 8th 1 -0- 2 4 98.5% 318 323
Melbourne 9th 1 -0- 2 4 93.4% 323 346
Sydney 10th 1 -0- 2 4 55.1% 201 365
Richmond 11th 0 -0- 3 0 63.6% 222 349
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 3 0 49.5% 199 402

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/04/1983 2:10 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 141 - 117 28,250
SAT 16/04/1983 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Sydney Junction Oval 125 - 52 10,738
SAT 16/04/1983 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Princes Park 97 - 118 16,504
SAT 16/04/1983 2:10 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 90 - 99 38,544
SAT 16/04/1983 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 127 - 103 14,970
SAT 16/04/1983 2:10 PM St Kilda v Geelong VFL Park 79 - 90 20,826

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 4 -0- 0 16 132.1% 391 296
Fitzroy 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 149.6% 422 282
Hawthorn 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 147.9% 469 317
North Melbourne 4th 3 -0- 1 12 140.9% 455 323
Carlton 5th 3 -0- 1 12 117.6% 414 352
Footscray 6th 3 -0- 1 12 110.7% 403 364
Essendon 7th 2 -0- 2 8 110.9% 438 395
Collingwood 8th 1 -0- 3 4 93.8% 435 464
Melbourne 9th 1 -0- 3 4 92.8% 413 445
Sydney 10th 1 -0- 3 4 51.6% 253 490
Richmond 11th 0 -0- 4 0 68.3% 325 476
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 4 0 56.5% 278 492

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/04/1983 2:10 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 65 - 125 25,789
SAT 23/04/1983 2:10 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 73 - 95 28,506
SUN 24/04/1983 2:10 PM Sydney v St Kilda SCG 160 - 137 11,276
MON 25/04/1983 2:10 PM Essendon v North Melbourne VFL Park 128 - 123 47,722
MON 25/04/1983 2:10 PM Geelong v Melbourne Kardinia Park 110 - 121 28,591
MON 25/04/1983 2:10 PM Richmond v Footscray MCG 114 - 116 51,651

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 4 -0- 1 16 157.6% 547 347
Hawthorn 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 144.6% 564 390
Geelong 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 120.1% 501 417
Footscray 4th 4 -0- 1 16 108.6% 519 478
North Melbourne 5th 3 -0- 2 12 128.2% 578 451
Essendon 6th 3 -0- 2 12 109.3% 566 518
Carlton 7th 3 -0- 2 12 100.4% 479 477
Melbourne 8th 2 -0- 3 8 96.2% 534 555
Sydney 9th 2 -0- 3 8 65.9% 413 627
Collingwood 10th 1 -0- 4 4 90.9% 508 559
Richmond 11th 0 -0- 5 0 74.2% 439 592
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 5 0 63.7% 415 652

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/04/1983 2:10 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 85 - 95 25,480
SAT 30/04/1983 2:10 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 130 - 108 28,315
SAT 30/04/1983 2:10 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 181 - 49 26,387
SAT 30/04/1983 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Richmond VFL Park 88 - 106 33,096
SAT 30/04/1983 2:10 PM Melbourne v Sydney MCG 126 - 93 22,590
SAT 30/04/1983 2:10 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Moorabbin Oval 102 - 143 16,154

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 5 -0- 1 20 153.7% 690 449
Geelong 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 118.7% 596 502
Essendon 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 131.7% 747 567
Hawthorn 4th 4 -0- 2 16 131.5% 652 496
Footscray 5th 4 -0- 2 16 86.2% 568 659
North Melbourne 6th 3 -0- 3 12 118.1% 686 581
Melbourne 7th 3 -0- 3 12 101.9% 660 648
Carlton 8th 3 -0- 3 12 98.6% 564 572
Collingwood 9th 2 -0- 4 8 95.7% 638 667
Sydney 10th 2 -0- 4 8 67.2% 506 753
Richmond 11th 1 -0- 5 4 80.1% 545 680
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 6 0 65.0% 517 795

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/05/1983 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Junction Oval 76 - 67 18,770
SAT 07/05/1983 2:10 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 82 - 88 31,479
SAT 07/05/1983 2:10 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Princes Park 91 - 142 13,958
SAT 07/05/1983 2:10 PM Melbourne v St Kilda VFL Park 108 - 75 25,192
SAT 07/05/1983 2:10 PM Richmond v Essendon MCG 112 - 137 49,707
SUN 08/05/1983 2:10 PM Sydney v Carlton SCG 118 - 149 15,432

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 6 -0- 1 24 148.4% 766 516
Essendon 2nd 5 -0- 2 20 130.2% 884 679
Geelong 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 114.7% 663 578
North Melbourne 4th 4 -0- 3 16 123.2% 828 672
Hawthorn 5th 4 -0- 3 16 116.5% 743 638
Melbourne 6th 4 -0- 3 16 106.2% 768 723
Carlton 7th 4 -0- 3 16 103.3% 713 690
Footscray 8th 4 -0- 3 16 87.0% 650 747
Collingwood 9th 3 -0- 4 12 96.9% 726 749
Sydney 10th 2 -0- 5 8 69.2% 624 902
Richmond 11th 1 -0- 6 4 80.4% 657 817
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 7 0 65.6% 592 903

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/05/1983 2:10 PM Collingwood v Richmond VFL Park 107 - 59 58,780
SAT 14/05/1983 2:10 PM Geelong v Sydney Kardinia Park 84 - 110 17,650
SAT 14/05/1983 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Princes Park 137 - 95 21,835
SAT 14/05/1983 2:10 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 87 - 126 33,758
SAT 14/05/1983 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 189 - 74 15,556
SAT 14/05/1983 2:10 PM St Kilda v Carlton Moorabbin Oval 89 - 145 19,016

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 7 -0- 1 28 147.9% 892 603
North Melbourne 2nd 5 -0- 3 20 136.3% 1,017 746
Hawthorn 3rd 5 -0- 3 20 120.1% 880 733
Essendon 4th 5 -0- 3 20 120.0% 979 816
Carlton 5th 5 -0- 3 20 110.1% 858 779
Geelong 6th 5 -0- 3 20 108.6% 747 688
Collingwood 7th 4 -0- 4 16 103.1% 833 808
Melbourne 8th 4 -0- 4 16 100.7% 855 849
Footscray 9th 4 -0- 4 16 77.4% 724 936
Sydney 10th 3 -0- 5 12 74.4% 734 986
Richmond 11th 1 -0- 7 4 77.5% 716 924
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 8 0 65.0% 681 1,048

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/05/1983 2:10 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 104 - 96 30,660
SAT 21/05/1983 2:10 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 149 - 115 19,955
SAT 21/05/1983 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Footscray VFL Park 99 - 145 22,336
SAT 21/05/1983 2:10 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Kardinia Park 84 - 124 21,802
SAT 21/05/1983 2:10 PM St Kilda v Richmond Moorabbin Oval 108 - 93 20,686
SUN 22/05/1983 2:10 PM Sydney v Collingwood SCG 121 - 100 15,305

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 7 -0- 2 28 132.5% 991 748
North Melbourne 2nd 6 -0- 3 24 137.5% 1,141 830
Essendon 3rd 6 -0- 3 24 121.2% 1,128 931
Carlton 4th 6 -0- 3 24 109.9% 962 875
Hawthorn 5th 5 -0- 4 20 116.6% 976 837
Geelong 6th 5 -0- 4 20 102.3% 831 812
Footscray 7th 5 -0- 4 20 84.0% 869 1,035
Collingwood 8th 4 -0- 5 16 100.4% 933 929
Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 5 16 97.2% 970 998
Sydney 10th 4 -0- 5 16 78.7% 855 1,086
Richmond 11th 1 -0- 8 4 78.4% 809 1,032
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 8 4 69.1% 789 1,141

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/05/1983 2:10 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 77 - 93 32,820
SAT 28/05/1983 2:10 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 109 - 97 20,793
SAT 28/05/1983 2:10 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 128 - 82 19,247
SAT 28/05/1983 2:10 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn VFL Park 109 - 171 23,989
SAT 28/05/1983 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Carlton Arden Street Oval 193 - 82 23,425
SAT 28/05/1983 2:10 PM Richmond v Sydney MCG 106 - 94 21,047

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 8 -0- 2 32 131.4% 1,084 825
North Melbourne 2nd 7 -0- 3 28 146.3% 1,334 912
Essendon 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 120.3% 1,237 1,028
Hawthorn 4th 6 -0- 4 24 121.2% 1,147 946
Carlton 5th 6 -0- 4 24 97.8% 1,044 1,068
Footscray 6th 6 -0- 4 24 89.3% 997 1,117
Geelong 7th 5 -0- 5 20 100.8% 928 921
Collingwood 8th 4 -0- 6 16 98.8% 1,010 1,022
Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 6 16 92.3% 1,079 1,169
Sydney 10th 4 -0- 6 16 79.6% 949 1,192
Richmond 11th 2 -0- 8 8 81.3% 915 1,126
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 9 4 68.6% 871 1,269

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/06/1983 2:10 PM Carlton v Essendon VFL Park 101 - 126 60,619
SAT 04/06/1983 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Junction Oval 136 - 114 16,153
SAT 04/06/1983 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Princes Park 88 - 95 13,482
SAT 04/06/1983 2:10 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 125 - 139 25,249
SAT 04/06/1983 2:10 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Moorabbin Oval 144 - 160 25,153
SUN 05/06/1983 2:10 PM Sydney v Footscray SCG 121 - 102 10,710

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 9 -0- 2 36 129.9% 1,220 939
North Melbourne 2nd 8 -0- 3 32 142.0% 1,473 1,037
Essendon 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 120.7% 1,363 1,129
Hawthorn 4th 6 -0- 5 24 118.6% 1,235 1,041
Geelong 5th 6 -0- 5 24 101.4% 1,023 1,009
Carlton 6th 6 -0- 5 24 95.9% 1,145 1,194
Footscray 7th 6 -0- 5 24 88.8% 1,099 1,238
Collingwood 8th 5 -0- 6 20 100.3% 1,170 1,166
Sydney 9th 5 -0- 6 20 82.7% 1,070 1,294
Melbourne 10th 4 -0- 7 16 92.0% 1,204 1,308
Richmond 11th 2 -0- 9 8 81.5% 1,029 1,262
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 10 4 71.0% 1,015 1,429

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/06/1983 2:10 PM Essendon v Sydney Windy Hill 156 - 83 20,012
SAT 11/06/1983 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Princes Park 167 - 134 20,708
SAT 11/06/1983 2:10 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 104 - 135 16,467
MON 13/06/1983 2:10 PM Collingwood v Melbourne VFL Park 87 - 68 55,380
MON 13/06/1983 2:10 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 102 - 91 25,382
MON 13/06/1983 2:10 PM Richmond v Carlton MCG 141 - 91 48,243

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne 1st 9 -0- 3 36 140.9% 1,608 1,141
Essendon 2nd 9 -0- 3 36 125.3% 1,519 1,212
Fitzroy 3rd 9 -0- 3 36 122.4% 1,354 1,106
Hawthorn 4th 7 -0- 5 28 119.3% 1,402 1,175
Footscray 5th 7 -0- 5 28 90.4% 1,201 1,329
Collingwood 6th 6 -0- 6 24 101.9% 1,257 1,234
Geelong 7th 6 -0- 6 24 100.3% 1,114 1,111
Carlton 8th 6 -0- 6 24 92.6% 1,236 1,335
Sydney 9th 5 -0- 7 20 79.5% 1,153 1,450
Melbourne 10th 4 -0- 8 16 91.2% 1,272 1,395
Richmond 11th 3 -0- 9 12 86.5% 1,170 1,353
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 11 4 71.5% 1,119 1,564

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/06/1983 2:10 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 171 - 82 23,701
SAT 18/06/1983 2:10 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Junction Oval 220 - 70 19,770
SAT 18/06/1983 2:10 PM Geelong v Collingwood Kardinia Park 101 - 85 25,808
SAT 18/06/1983 2:10 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 123 - 109 28,468
SAT 18/06/1983 2:10 PM St Kilda v Essendon VFL Park 91 - 138 30,616
SUN 19/06/1983 2:10 PM Sydney v Hawthorn SCG 78 - 110 10,084

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 10 -0- 3 40 133.8% 1,574 1,176
Essendon 2nd 10 -0- 3 40 127.2% 1,657 1,303
North Melbourne 3rd 9 -0- 4 36 123.3% 1,678 1,361
Hawthorn 4th 8 -0- 5 32 120.7% 1,512 1,253
Geelong 5th 7 -0- 6 28 101.6% 1,215 1,196
Carlton 6th 7 -0- 6 28 99.3% 1,407 1,417
Footscray 7th 7 -0- 6 28 85.5% 1,283 1,500
Collingwood 8th 6 -0- 7 24 100.5% 1,342 1,335
Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 8 20 92.8% 1,395 1,504
Sydney 10th 5 -0- 8 20 78.9% 1,231 1,560
Richmond 11th 3 -0- 10 12 86.7% 1,279 1,476
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 12 4 71.1% 1,210 1,702

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/06/1983 2:10 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 100 - 45 27,788
SAT 25/06/1983 2:10 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 58 - 65 22,947
SAT 25/06/1983 2:10 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Princes Park 143 - 74 8,188
SAT 25/06/1983 2:10 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 99 - 85 19,306
SAT 25/06/1983 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Sydney Arden Street Oval 82 - 50 7,404
SAT 25/06/1983 2:10 PM Richmond v Geelong VFL Park 70 - 69 17,339

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 11 -0- 3 44 132.8% 1,639 1,234
Essendon 2nd 10 -0- 4 40 125.4% 1,715 1,368
North Melbourne 3rd 10 -0- 4 40 124.7% 1,760 1,411
Hawthorn 4th 9 -0- 5 36 124.7% 1,655 1,327
Collingwood 5th 7 -0- 7 28 104.5% 1,442 1,380
Geelong 6th 7 -0- 7 28 101.4% 1,284 1,266
Carlton 7th 7 -0- 7 28 95.7% 1,452 1,517
Footscray 8th 7 -0- 7 28 85.6% 1,368 1,599
Melbourne 9th 6 -0- 8 24 94.0% 1,494 1,589
Sydney 10th 5 -0- 9 20 78.0% 1,281 1,642
Richmond 11th 4 -0- 10 16 87.3% 1,349 1,545
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 13 4 69.6% 1,284 1,845

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/07/1983 2:10 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 67 - 106 19,301
SAT 02/07/1983 2:10 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 104 - 87 33,611
SAT 02/07/1983 2:10 PM Footscray v Hawthorn VFL Park 60 - 89 15,750
SAT 02/07/1983 2:10 PM Geelong v St Kilda Kardinia Park 68 - 120 11,501
SAT 02/07/1983 2:10 PM Richmond v North Melbourne MCG 114 - 138 23,622
SUN 03/07/1983 2:10 PM Sydney v Fitzroy SCG 147 - 117 10,315

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 11 -0- 4 44 127.2% 1,756 1,381
North Melbourne 2nd 11 -0- 4 44 124.5% 1,898 1,525
Hawthorn 3rd 10 -0- 5 40 125.7% 1,744 1,387
Essendon 4th 10 -0- 5 40 122.4% 1,802 1,472
Collingwood 5th 8 -0- 7 32 105.4% 1,546 1,467
Geelong 6th 7 -0- 8 28 97.5% 1,352 1,386
Melbourne 7th 7 -0- 8 28 96.6% 1,600 1,656
Carlton 8th 7 -0- 8 28 93.6% 1,519 1,623
Footscray 9th 7 -0- 8 28 84.6% 1,428 1,688
Sydney 10th 6 -0- 9 24 81.2% 1,428 1,759
Richmond 11th 4 -0- 11 16 86.9% 1,463 1,683
St Kilda 12th 2 -0- 13 8 73.4% 1,404 1,913

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/07/1983 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Carlton VFL Park 89 - 124 31,757
SAT 09/07/1983 2:10 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 84 - 104 15,006
SAT 09/07/1983 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Essendon Arden Street Oval 128 - 107 22,345
SAT 16/07/1983 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Princes Park 137 - 100 28,484
SAT 16/07/1983 2:10 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 79 - 73 34,155
SAT 16/07/1983 2:10 PM St Kilda v Sydney Moorabbin Oval 129 - 100 17,861

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne 1st 12 -0- 4 48 124.1% 2,026 1,632
Hawthorn 2nd 11 -0- 5 44 126.5% 1,881 1,487
Fitzroy 3rd 11 -0- 5 44 122.6% 1,845 1,505
Essendon 4th 10 -0- 6 40 119.3% 1,909 1,600
Collingwood 5th 8 -0- 8 32 102.6% 1,646 1,604
Melbourne 6th 8 -0- 8 32 97.1% 1,679 1,729
Carlton 7th 8 -0- 8 32 96.0% 1,643 1,712
Geelong 8th 7 -0- 9 28 97.3% 1,425 1,465
Footscray 9th 7 -0- 9 28 84.4% 1,512 1,792
Sydney 10th 6 -0- 10 24 80.9% 1,528 1,888
Richmond 11th 5 -0- 11 20 88.7% 1,567 1,767
St Kilda 12th 3 -0- 13 12 76.2% 1,533 2,013

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/07/1983 2:10 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Junction Oval 138 - 149 15,335
SAT 23/07/1983 2:10 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 107 - 125 20,708
SAT 23/07/1983 2:10 PM Geelong v Carlton Kardinia Park 73 - 108 17,657
SAT 23/07/1983 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood VFL Park 152 - 98 41,098
SAT 23/07/1983 2:10 PM Richmond v Hawthorn MCG 82 - 146 31,084
SUN 24/07/1983 2:10 PM Sydney v Melbourne SCG 125 - 112 11,094

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne 1st 13 -0- 4 52 125.9% 2,178 1,730
Hawthorn 2nd 12 -0- 5 48 129.2% 2,027 1,569
Fitzroy 3rd 11 -0- 6 44 119.9% 1,983 1,654
Essendon 4th 11 -0- 6 44 119.2% 2,034 1,707
Carlton 5th 9 -0- 8 36 98.1% 1,751 1,785
Collingwood 6th 8 -0- 9 32 99.3% 1,744 1,756
Melbourne 7th 8 -0- 9 32 96.6% 1,791 1,854
Geelong 8th 7 -0- 10 28 95.2% 1,498 1,573
Footscray 9th 7 -0- 10 28 84.5% 1,619 1,917
Sydney 10th 7 -0- 10 28 82.7% 1,653 2,000
Richmond 11th 5 -0- 12 20 86.2% 1,649 1,913
St Kilda 12th 4 -0- 13 16 78.2% 1,682 2,151

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/07/1983 2:10 PM Carlton v Sydney Princes Park 119 - 75 17,891
SAT 30/07/1983 2:10 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 82 - 73 20,743
SAT 30/07/1983 2:10 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 50 - 124 18,067
SAT 30/07/1983 2:10 PM Geelong v Fitzroy VFL Park 49 - 111 14,718
SAT 30/07/1983 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 90 - 97 17,720
SAT 30/07/1983 2:10 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 81 - 98 20,218

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 13 -0- 5 52 128.0% 2,124 1,659
North Melbourne 2nd 13 -0- 5 52 124.1% 2,268 1,827
Fitzroy 3rd 12 -0- 6 48 123.0% 2,094 1,703
Essendon 4th 11 -0- 7 44 113.8% 2,084 1,831
Carlton 5th 10 -0- 8 40 100.5% 1,870 1,860
Collingwood 6th 9 -0- 9 36 99.8% 1,826 1,829
Melbourne 7th 9 -0- 9 36 97.6% 1,889 1,935
Geelong 8th 7 -0- 11 28 91.9% 1,547 1,684
Footscray 9th 7 -0- 11 28 84.6% 1,692 1,999
Sydney 10th 7 -0- 11 28 81.5% 1,728 2,119
Richmond 11th 6 -0- 12 24 90.3% 1,773 1,963
St Kilda 12th 4 -0- 14 16 78.4% 1,763 2,249

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 05/08/1983 7:40 PM Sydney v Geelong SCG 75 - 141 12,732
SAT 06/08/1983 2:10 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 168 - 61 19,217
SAT 06/08/1983 2:10 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 156 - 110 19,237
SAT 06/08/1983 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Junction Oval 161 - 75 13,870
SAT 06/08/1983 2:10 PM Footscray v North Melbourne VFL Park 71 - 164 12,028
SAT 06/08/1983 2:10 PM Richmond v Collingwood MCG 79 - 89 81,966

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne 1st 14 -0- 5 56 128.1% 2,432 1,898
Fitzroy 2nd 13 -0- 6 52 126.8% 2,255 1,778
Hawthorn 3rd 13 -0- 6 52 123.1% 2,234 1,815
Essendon 4th 12 -0- 7 48 115.4% 2,240 1,941
Carlton 5th 11 -0- 8 44 106.1% 2,038 1,921
Collingwood 6th 10 -0- 9 40 100.4% 1,915 1,908
Melbourne 7th 9 -0- 10 36 93.7% 1,964 2,096
Geelong 8th 8 -0- 11 32 96.0% 1,688 1,759
Footscray 9th 7 -0- 12 28 81.5% 1,763 2,163
Sydney 10th 7 -0- 12 28 79.8% 1,803 2,260
Richmond 11th 6 -0- 13 24 90.3% 1,852 2,052
St Kilda 12th 4 -0- 15 16 75.5% 1,824 2,417

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/08/1983 2:10 PM Collingwood v Sydney Victoria Park 182 - 120 18,772
SAT 13/08/1983 2:10 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 125 - 99 14,688
SAT 13/08/1983 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Princes Park 112 - 129 28,476
SAT 13/08/1983 2:10 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 124 - 141 38,620
SAT 13/08/1983 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 116 - 84 11,943
SAT 13/08/1983 2:10 PM Richmond v St Kilda VFL Park 65 - 140 21,811

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne 1st 15 -0- 5 60 128.6% 2,548 1,982
Fitzroy 2nd 13 -0- 7 52 123.7% 2,354 1,903
Hawthorn 3rd 13 -0- 7 52 120.7% 2,346 1,944
Essendon 4th 13 -0- 7 52 115.3% 2,381 2,065
Carlton 5th 12 -0- 8 48 106.6% 2,167 2,033
Collingwood 6th 11 -0- 9 44 103.4% 2,097 2,028
Melbourne 7th 9 -0- 11 36 93.3% 2,088 2,237
Geelong 8th 8 -0- 12 32 94.5% 1,772 1,875
Footscray 9th 8 -0- 12 32 83.5% 1,888 2,262
Sydney 10th 7 -0- 13 28 78.7% 1,923 2,442
Richmond 11th 6 -0- 14 24 87.5% 1,917 2,192
St Kilda 12th 5 -0- 15 20 79.1% 1,964 2,482

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/08/1983 2:10 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 126 - 93 32,610
SAT 20/08/1983 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Junction Oval 127 - 63 24,284
SAT 20/08/1983 2:10 PM Geelong v Essendon Kardinia Park 83 - 165 20,110
SAT 20/08/1983 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne VFL Park 172 - 57 21,192
SAT 20/08/1983 2:10 PM St Kilda v Footscray Moorabbin Oval 94 - 100 15,860
SUN 21/08/1983 2:10 PM Sydney v Richmond SCG 73 - 114 11,475

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne 1st 15 -0- 6 60 125.3% 2,641 2,108
Fitzroy 2nd 14 -0- 7 56 126.2% 2,481 1,966
Hawthorn 3rd 14 -0- 7 56 125.8% 2,518 2,001
Essendon 4th 14 -0- 7 56 118.5% 2,546 2,148
Carlton 5th 13 -0- 8 52 107.9% 2,293 2,126
Collingwood 6th 11 -0- 10 44 100.2% 2,160 2,155
Melbourne 7th 9 -0- 12 36 89.0% 2,145 2,409
Footscray 8th 9 -0- 12 36 84.4% 1,988 2,356
Geelong 9th 8 -0- 13 32 90.9% 1,855 2,040
Richmond 10th 7 -0- 14 28 89.7% 2,031 2,265
Sydney 11th 7 -0- 14 28 78.1% 1,996 2,556
St Kilda 12th 5 -0- 16 20 79.7% 2,058 2,582

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/08/1983 2:10 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 155 - 92 19,016
SAT 27/08/1983 2:10 PM Essendon v Carlton VFL Park 118 - 67 64,232
SAT 27/08/1983 2:10 PM Footscray v Sydney Western Oval 114 - 72 13,389
SAT 27/08/1983 2:10 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Kardinia Park 77 - 157 12,245
SAT 27/08/1983 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 148 - 75 10,609
SAT 27/08/1983 2:10 PM Richmond v Fitzroy MCG 93 - 127 27,310

Round 22 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne 1st 16 -0- 6 64 127.8% 2,789 2,183
Hawthorn 2nd 15 -0- 7 60 128.7% 2,675 2,078
Fitzroy 3rd 15 -0- 7 60 126.7% 2,608 2,059
Essendon 4th 15 -0- 7 60 120.3% 2,664 2,215
Carlton 5th 13 -0- 9 52 105.2% 2,360 2,244
Collingwood 6th 12 -0- 10 48 103.0% 2,315 2,247
Footscray 7th 10 -0- 12 40 86.6% 2,102 2,428
Melbourne 8th 9 -0- 13 36 86.8% 2,220 2,557
Geelong 9th 8 -0- 14 32 87.9% 1,932 2,197
Richmond 10th 7 -0- 15 28 88.8% 2,124 2,392
Sydney 11th 7 -0- 15 28 77.5% 2,068 2,670
St Kilda 12th 5 -0- 17 20 78.6% 2,150 2,737

Final Round 1

Elimination Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/09/1983 2:30 PM Essendon v Carlton VFL Park 114 - 81 65,881

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/09/1983 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy MCG 127 - 123 58,288

Final Round 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/09/1983 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Essendon MCG 86 - 109 81,090
SAT 10/09/1983 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn VFL Park 48 - 88 41,063

Final Round 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/09/1983 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Essendon VFL Park 78 - 164 63,785

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/09/1983 2:50 PM Hawthorn v Essendon MCG 140 - 57 110,332