1983 VFL Season Grand Final: Hawthorn v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 24 September 1983 between Hawthorn and Essendon in the grand final of the 1983 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Essendon at the MCG. Leigh Matthews captained the hosts. Terry Daniher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Jeans and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Hawthorn (20.20.140) defeated Essendon (8.9.57).

Match Details

Season: 1983 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Hawthorn v Essendon
Date: Saturday 24 September 1983
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 110,332

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Essendon
Score: 20.20.140 - 8.9.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 5 . 6 12 . 10 16 . 18 20 . 20 20 . 20 (140)
Essendon 3 . 0 4 . 1 4 . 3 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Margin HWTH by 18 HWTH by 57 HWTH by 87 HWTH by 83 HWTH by 83
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: Leigh Matthews
Coach: Allan Jeans

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

N. Nash
K. Smith

Goal Umpires

R. Gilham
B. Pratt

Boundary Umpires

L. Paterson
P. Sutton

Norm Smith Votes

Player Team # Votes 3 2 1
Colin Robertson HWTH 32 ? ? ? ?

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
7 Ayres, Gary BPR ? 0 0 20 12 8 2 0 1 0
23 Brereton, Dermott CHF ? 0 1 17 9 8 6 1 3 3
11 Buckenara, Gary HFFL ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
21 Byrne, Michael INT ? 3 0 9 6 3 2 3 1 2
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert WR ? 0 0 12 11 1 5 0 2 2
26 Eade, Rodney HBFR ? 0 0 26 22 4 7 0 3 1
29 Greene, Russell HBFL ? 2 1 22 11 11 4 0 1 0
1 Judge, Ken INT ? 2 3 14 9 5 4 0 1 3
34 Kennedy, John BPL ? 1 0 30 17 13 7 0 2 0
24 Knights, Peter HFFR ? 1 4 18 16 2 6 1 4 2
22 Loveridge, Richard FPR ? 2 1 22 15 7 10 0 1 2
3 Matthews, Leigh (c) FF ? 6 5 16 15 1 7 0 0 2
20 McCarthy, Michael FPL ? 0 0 16 9 7 1 0 3 0
46 Mew, Chris CHB ? 0 0 16 10 6 6 0 3 1
8 O'Halloran, David FB ? 1 0 14 6 8 5 0 1 1
12 Paton, Ian RU ? 0 0 15 7 8 5 10 2 2
32 Robertson, Colin RO ? 0 0 29 14 15 4 1 4 3
30 Schwab, Peter WL ? 0 1 21 13 8 5 0 3 2
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 1 2 27 22 5 5 0 5 0
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 1 1 32 25 7 6 0 3 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 20 20 377 250 127 97 16 44 26

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
36 Bradbury, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 3 1 3 1
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 0 2 25 13 12 3 0 4 5
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 1 10 6 4 2 0 3 2
12 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 1 0 1 2
24 Copping, Stephen ? ? 1 0 4 3 1 2 0 0 2
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 2 0 22 20 2 8 0 1 3
43 Ezard, Alan ? ? 1 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 27 22 5 8 0 2 3
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 1 1
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 1 0 1 1
23 Kink, Rene ? ? 1 1 13 7 6 4 0 0 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 1 17 7 10 8 30 3 3
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 0 1 13 4 9 2 10 0 6
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 25 11 14 2 0 1 2
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 2 1
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 4 1 0 3
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 1 8 2 6 1 0 2 0
28 Weston, Paul ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 1 2
42 Williams, Darren ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 1 0 1 3
2 Wood, Bryan ? ? 1 0 7 3 4 2 0 0 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 8 9 285 176 109 61 42 26 44

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

Player Line-Up

Hawthorn Coach: Allan Jeans
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






12 I. Paton 21 M. Byrne
22 R. Loveridge 3 L. Matthews (c) 20 M. McCarthy 17 M. Tuck 1 K. Judge
FORWARD 32 C. Robertson

HALF-BACK













24 P. Knights 23 D. Brereton 11 G. Buckenara



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













9 R. DiPierdomenico 16 T. Wallace 30 P. Schwab FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













26 R. Eade 46 C. Mew 29 R. Greene



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













7 G. Ayres 8 D. O'Halloran 34 J. Kennedy



BACK



Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy