1983 VFL Season: Melbourne
These are the details of the premiership results for Melbourne for the 1983 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used the MCG as their home ground, playing ten matches there (nine as hosts and one as visitors). The team finished the regular season in eighth place.
Team Details
Competition:
1983 VFL Season
Team:
Melbourne
Club:
Melbourne
Home Ground:
MCG
Team Results
Ladder Position:
8th (W-D-L: 9-0-13, P%: 86.8)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bamblett, Les | #8 | 11 | 12 | R01-08, R10-12 |
| Battiston, Adrian | #16 | 12 | 8 | R01-09, R20-22 |
| Boland, Glenn | #45 | 9 | 0 | R08, R10-11, R15-16, R18-20, R22 |
| Castles, Trevor | #39 | 1 | 0 | R15 |
| Connolly, Chris | #22 | 21 | 7 | R02-22 |
| Cordner, David | #28 | 6 | 2 | R10, R14, R18, R20-22 |
| Dickson, Dale | #29 | 18 | 5 | R01, R03-04, R06-08, R11-22 |
| Ellingworth, Roger | #14 | 18 | 10 | R01-14, R16, R18-20 |
| Elshaug, Tony | #33 | 14 | 25 | R01-10, R12-14, R17 |
| Fidge, Ted | #36 | 9 | 11 | R13, R15-22 |
| Flower, Robert | #2 | 20 | 40 | R01-14, R17-22 |
| Giles, Peter | #4 | 16 | 9 | R01-05, R07-15, R18-19 |
| Hamilton, Peter | #30 | 2 | 0 | R12-13 |
| Healy, Gerard | #3 | 19 | 37 | R01-19 |
| Hutchison, Greg | #18 | 2 | 0 | R21-22 |
| Icke, Stephen | #11 | 21 | 12 | R01-21 |
| Jarrott, Alan | #47 | 18 | 5 | R01-07, R09-19 |
| Johnson, Alan | #9 | 18 | 11 | R04-07, R09-22 |
| McCarthy, Stephen | #24 | 6 | 3 | R02-03, R14-17 |
| McLean, Glenn | #26 | 22 | 6 | R01-22 |
| Moore, Peter | #10 | 16 | 9 | R01-09, R11, R16-17, R19-22 |
| O'Brien, Paul | #40 | 2 | 0 | R01-02 |
| O'Donnell, Kelly | #23 | 21 | 7 | R02-22 |
| O'Sullivan, Michael | #6 | 1 | 0 | R01 |
| Reynolds, Michael | #46 | 6 | 9 | R15-19, R21 |
| Richards, Russell | #20 | 19 | 1 | R01-09, R12-17, R19-22 |
| Rugolo, Francesco | #43 | 2 | 1 | R21-22 |
| Seddon, Michael | #17 | 12 | 2 | R01-11, R20 |
| Smith, Steven | #35 | 17 | 0 | R02-04, R09-22 |
| Sutcliffe, Scott | #44 | 5 | 1 | R08-11, R18 |
| Templeton, Kelvin | #31 | 13 | 38 | R01, R05-07, R09-17 |
| Tossol, Peter | #21 | 2 | 2 | R09, R22 |
| Williams, David | #12 | 4 | 3 | R01, R20-22 |
| Wilson, Brian | #7 | 21 | 39 | R01-08, R10-22 |
| Wright, Rodney | #19 | 15 | 3 | R01, R05-06, R08, R12-22 |
| Zantuck, Shane | #32 | 21 | 3 | R02-22 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barassi, Ron | 22 | 9 | -0- | 13 | R01-22 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/03/1983 | Round 1 | Collingwood | HOME | LOSS | COLL by 10 | Ron Barassi | Robert Flower |
| 02/04/1983 | Round 2 | Richmond | AWAY | WIN | MELB by 19 | Ron Barassi | Robert Flower |
| 09/04/1983 | Round 3 | Footscray | AWAY | LOSS | FOOT by 32 | Ron Barassi | Robert Flower |
| 16/04/1983 | Round 4 | Carlton | HOME | LOSS | CARL by 9 | Ron Barassi | Robert Flower |
| 25/04/1983 | Round 5 | Geelong | AWAY | WIN | MELB by 11 | Ron Barassi | Robert Flower |
| 30/04/1983 | Round 6 | Sydney | HOME | WIN | MELB by 33 | Ron Barassi | Robert Flower |
| 07/05/1983 | Round 7 | St Kilda | HOME | WIN | MELB by 33 | Ron Barassi | Robert Flower |
| 14/05/1983 | Round 8 | Fitzroy | HOME | LOSS | FITZ by 39 | Ron Barassi | Robert Flower |
| 21/05/1983 | Round 9 | Essendon | AWAY | LOSS | ESSE by 34 | Ron Barassi | Robert Flower |
| 28/05/1983 | Round 10 | Hawthorn | HOME | LOSS | HWTH by 62 | Ron Barassi | Robert Flower |
| 04/06/1983 | Round 11 | North Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | NMLB by 14 | Ron Barassi | Robert Flower |
| 13/06/1983 | Round 12 | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COLL by 19 | Ron Barassi | Robert Flower |
| 18/06/1983 | Round 13 | Richmond | HOME | WIN | MELB by 14 | Ron Barassi | Robert Flower |
| 25/06/1983 | Round 14 | Footscray | HOME | WIN | MELB by 14 | Ron Barassi | Robert Flower |
| 02/07/1983 | Round 15 | Carlton | AWAY | WIN | MELB by 39 | Ron Barassi | Steven Smith |
| 16/07/1983 | Round 16 | Geelong | HOME | WIN | MELB by 6 | Ron Barassi | Steven Smith |
| 24/07/1983 | Round 17 | Sydney | AWAY | LOSS | SYDN by 13 | Ron Barassi | Robert Flower |
| 30/07/1983 | Round 18 | St Kilda | AWAY | WIN | MELB by 17 | Ron Barassi | Robert Flower |
| 06/08/1983 | Round 19 | Fitzroy | AWAY | LOSS | FITZ by 86 | Ron Barassi | Robert Flower |
| 13/08/1983 | Round 20 | Essendon | HOME | LOSS | ESSE by 17 | Ron Barassi | Robert Flower |
| 20/08/1983 | Round 21 | Hawthorn | AWAY | LOSS | HWTH by 115 | Ron Barassi | Robert Flower |
| 27/08/1983 | Round 22 | North Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | NMLB by 73 | Ron Barassi | Robert Flower |