1984 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1984 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League).

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

The season ended with a finals series following the McIntyre Final Five system. Essendon were the premiers, with Terry Daniher as the premiership captain and Kevin Sheedy as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1984 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 Mick Malthouse
Geelong Kardinia Park Tom Hafey
Hawthorn Princes Park Allan Jeans
Melbourne MCG Ron Barassi
North Melbourne Arden Street Oval Barry Cable
Richmond MCG Mike Patterson
St Kilda Moorabbin Oval Tony Jewell Graeme Gellie
Sydney SCG Ricky Quade Tony Franklin, Bob Hammond

Season Results

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

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Essendon 1st 18 -0- 4 72 128.2% 2,556 1,994 377 294 283 296
Hawthorn 2nd 17 -0- 5 68 131.7% 2,724 2,069 395 354 298 281
Carlton 3rd 13 -0- 9 52 115.8% 2,332 2,014 339 298 289 280
Collingwood 4th 13 -0- 9 52 109.1% 2,260 2,072 322 328 292 320
Fitzroy 5th 11 -0- 11 44 102.6% 2,405 2,345 352 293 340 305
Geelong 6th 11 -0- 11 44 94.3% 2,112 2,239 302 300 324 295
Footscray 7th 11 -0- 11 44 93.8% 1,992 2,123 282 300 305 293
Richmond 8th 10 -0- 12 40 90.9% 2,157 2,373 303 339 343 315
Melbourne 9th 9 -0- 13 36 104.3% 2,328 2,233 337 306 320 313
Sydney 10th 9 -0- 13 36 88.1% 2,223 2,522 321 297 357 380
North Melbourne 11th 5 -0- 17 20 81.7% 2,174 2,661 310 314 395 291
St Kilda 12th 5 -0- 17 20 75.5% 1,904 2,522 274 260 368 314

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/03/1984 2:10 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 120 - 107 32,741
SAT 31/03/1984 2:10 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 122 - 83 25,270
SAT 31/03/1984 2:10 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Kardinia Park 148 - 99 22,260
SAT 31/03/1984 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Sydney Princes Park 124 - 89 14,369
SAT 31/03/1984 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Carlton VFL Park 62 - 199 36,504
SAT 31/03/1984 2:10 PM St Kilda v Essendon Moorabbin Oval 97 - 134 26,019

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 1 -0- 0 4 321.0% 199 62
Geelong 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 149.5% 148 99
Footscray 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 147.0% 122 83
Hawthorn 4th 1 -0- 0 4 139.3% 124 89
Essendon 5th 1 -0- 0 4 138.1% 134 97
Collingwood 6th 1 -0- 0 4 112.1% 120 107
Melbourne 7th 0 -0- 1 0 89.2% 107 120
St Kilda 8th 0 -0- 1 0 72.4% 97 134
Sydney 9th 0 -0- 1 0 71.8% 89 124
Richmond 10th 0 -0- 1 0 68.0% 83 122
Fitzroy 11th 0 -0- 1 0 66.9% 99 148
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 1 0 31.2% 62 199

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/04/1984 2:10 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 149 - 56 26,647
SAT 07/04/1984 2:10 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 110 - 116 22,841
SAT 07/04/1984 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Junction Oval 111 - 121 22,240
SAT 07/04/1984 2:10 PM Geelong v Footscray VFL Park 105 - 65 24,114
SAT 07/04/1984 2:10 PM Richmond v North Melbourne MCG 107 - 93 25,711
SUN 08/04/1984 2:10 PM Sydney v Melbourne SCG 112 - 98 8,131

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 2 -0- 0 8 185.0% 320 173
Collingwood 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 165.0% 269 163
Geelong 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 154.3% 253 164
Hawthorn 4th 2 -0- 0 8 120.6% 240 199
Essendon 5th 1 -0- 1 4 114.6% 244 213
Footscray 6th 1 -0- 1 4 99.5% 187 188
Sydney 7th 1 -0- 1 4 90.5% 201 222
Richmond 8th 1 -0- 1 4 88.4% 190 215
Melbourne 9th 0 -0- 2 0 88.4% 205 232
Fitzroy 10th 0 -0- 2 0 78.1% 210 269
St Kilda 11th 0 -0- 2 0 54.1% 153 283
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 2 0 50.7% 155 306

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/04/1984 2:10 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 97 - 126 28,784
SAT 14/04/1984 2:10 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 169 - 106 28,120
SAT 14/04/1984 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Richmond VFL Park 105 - 151 25,888
SAT 14/04/1984 2:10 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 132 - 138 25,557
SAT 14/04/1984 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 101 - 164 14,174
SAT 14/04/1984 2:10 PM St Kilda v Sydney Moorabbin Oval 116 - 145 15,127

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 3 -0- 0 12 145.2% 379 261
Hawthorn 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 114.2% 378 331
Carlton 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 139.5% 417 299
Essendon 4th 2 -0- 1 8 129.5% 413 319
Footscray 5th 2 -0- 1 8 121.5% 351 289
Collingwood 6th 2 -0- 1 8 113.0% 375 332
Richmond 7th 2 -0- 1 8 106.6% 341 320
Sydney 8th 2 -0- 1 8 102.4% 346 338
Melbourne 9th 0 -0- 3 0 91.1% 337 370
Fitzroy 10th 0 -0- 3 0 75.0% 315 420
St Kilda 11th 0 -0- 3 0 62.9% 269 428
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 3 0 54.5% 256 470

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/04/1984 2:10 PM Collingwood v Sydney Victoria Park 103 - 106 22,519
SAT 21/04/1984 2:10 PM Melbourne v Essendon VFL Park 91 - 126 31,535
SAT 21/04/1984 2:10 PM Richmond v Carlton MCG 97 - 151 45,810
MON 23/04/1984 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Junction Oval 140 - 70 20,281
MON 23/04/1984 2:10 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Kardinia Park 65 - 79 26,340
MON 23/04/1984 2:10 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Princes Park 159 - 99 14,125

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 4 -0- 0 16 124.9% 537 430
Carlton 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 143.4% 568 396
Essendon 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 131.5% 539 410
Geelong 4th 3 -0- 1 12 130.6% 444 340
Sydney 5th 3 -0- 1 12 102.5% 452 441
Collingwood 6th 2 -0- 2 8 109.1% 478 438
Footscray 7th 2 -0- 2 8 98.1% 421 429
Richmond 8th 2 -0- 2 8 93.0% 438 471
Fitzroy 9th 1 -0- 3 4 92.9% 455 490
North Melbourne 10th 1 -0- 3 4 62.6% 335 535
Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 4 0 86.3% 428 496
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 4 0 62.7% 368 587

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
WED 25/04/1984 2:10 PM Carlton v Collingwood VFL Park 71 - 76 68,082
WED 25/04/1984 2:10 PM Richmond v Essendon MCG 86 - 135 55,141
SAT 28/04/1984 2:10 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 94 - 141 19,988
SAT 28/04/1984 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne MCG 113 - 98 23,292
SAT 28/04/1984 2:10 PM St Kilda v Geelong Moorabbin Oval 71 - 102 16,892
SUN 29/04/1984 2:10 PM Sydney v Fitzroy SCG 119 - 104 10,947

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 5 -0- 0 20 129.4% 678 524
Essendon 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 135.9% 674 496
Geelong 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 132.8% 546 411
Sydney 4th 4 -0- 1 16 104.8% 571 545
Carlton 5th 3 -0- 2 12 135.4% 639 472
Collingwood 6th 3 -0- 2 12 108.8% 554 509
Footscray 7th 2 -0- 3 8 90.4% 515 570
Richmond 8th 2 -0- 3 8 86.5% 524 606
North Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 3 8 70.8% 448 633
Fitzroy 10th 1 -0- 4 4 91.8% 559 609
Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 5 0 86.4% 526 609
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 5 0 63.7% 439 689

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/05/1984 2:10 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 104 - 90 18,398
SAT 05/05/1984 2:10 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 108 - 87 26,531
SAT 05/05/1984 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Junction Oval 93 - 144 20,274
SAT 05/05/1984 2:10 PM Footscray v Sydney Western Oval 84 - 77 15,236
SAT 05/05/1984 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Richmond VFL Park 81 - 120 31,259
SAT 05/05/1984 2:10 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 148 - 85 27,605

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 5 -0- 1 20 138.9% 818 589
Hawthorn 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 117.9% 759 644
Carlton 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 132.2% 743 562
Geelong 4th 4 -0- 2 16 112.9% 631 559
Collingwood 5th 4 -0- 2 16 111.1% 662 596
Sydney 6th 4 -0- 2 16 103.0% 648 629
Richmond 7th 3 -0- 3 12 93.7% 644 687
Footscray 8th 3 -0- 3 12 92.6% 599 647
North Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 4 8 72.2% 535 741
Melbourne 10th 1 -0- 5 4 97.1% 674 694
Fitzroy 11th 1 -0- 5 4 86.6% 652 753
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 6 0 66.7% 529 793

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/05/1984 2:10 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 82 - 104 21,196
SAT 12/05/1984 2:10 PM Geelong v Collingwood Kardinia Park 83 - 128 26,766
SAT 12/05/1984 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Princes Park 135 - 104 14,134
SAT 12/05/1984 2:10 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 105 - 122 41,079
SAT 12/05/1984 2:10 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda VFL Park 101 - 148 18,066
SUN 13/05/1984 2:10 PM Sydney v Richmond SCG 122 - 129 14,794

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 6 -0- 1 24 119.5% 894 748
Essendon 2nd 5 -0- 2 20 129.9% 900 693
Carlton 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 129.7% 865 667
Collingwood 4th 5 -0- 2 20 116.3% 790 679
Geelong 5th 4 -0- 3 16 103.9% 714 687
Sydney 6th 4 -0- 3 16 101.6% 770 758
Footscray 7th 4 -0- 3 16 96.4% 703 729
Richmond 8th 4 -0- 3 16 95.6% 773 809
North Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 5 8 71.5% 636 889
Melbourne 10th 1 -0- 6 4 95.5% 779 816
Fitzroy 11th 1 -0- 6 4 85.1% 756 888
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 6 4 75.7% 677 894

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/05/1984 2:10 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 83 - 151 31,944
SAT 19/05/1984 2:10 PM Essendon v Geelong VFL Park 133 - 90 39,926
SAT 19/05/1984 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Junction Oval 81 - 92 12,712
SAT 19/05/1984 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Sydney Arden Street Oval 127 - 134 10,759
SAT 19/05/1984 2:10 PM Richmond v Collingwood MCG 109 - 95 70,899
SAT 19/05/1984 2:10 PM St Kilda v Footscray Moorabbin Oval 89 - 71 19,100

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 7 -0- 1 28 125.8% 1,045 831
Essendon 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 131.9% 1,033 783
Carlton 3rd 5 -0- 3 20 115.9% 948 818
Collingwood 4th 5 -0- 3 20 112.3% 885 788
Sydney 5th 5 -0- 3 20 102.1% 904 885
Richmond 6th 5 -0- 3 20 97.6% 882 904
Geelong 7th 4 -0- 4 16 98.0% 804 820
Footscray 8th 4 -0- 4 16 94.6% 774 818
Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 6 8 97.1% 871 897
St Kilda 10th 2 -0- 6 8 79.4% 766 965
North Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 6 8 74.6% 763 1,023
Fitzroy 12th 1 -0- 7 4 85.4% 837 980

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/05/1984 2:10 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 109 - 82 25,578
SAT 26/05/1984 2:10 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 113 - 66 27,346
SAT 26/05/1984 2:10 PM Footscray v Melbourne VFL Park 81 - 159 20,056
SAT 26/05/1984 2:10 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Princes Park 143 - 86 12,975
SAT 26/05/1984 2:10 PM Richmond v St Kilda MCG 152 - 88 30,402
SUN 27/05/1984 2:10 PM Sydney v Geelong SCG 111 - 69 13,572

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 8 -0- 1 32 129.6% 1,188 917
Essendon 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 135.0% 1,146 849
Collingwood 3rd 6 -0- 3 24 114.3% 994 870
Sydney 4th 6 -0- 3 24 106.4% 1,015 954
Richmond 5th 6 -0- 3 24 104.2% 1,034 992
Carlton 6th 5 -0- 4 20 108.9% 1,014 931
Geelong 7th 4 -0- 5 16 93.8% 873 931
Footscray 8th 4 -0- 5 16 87.5% 855 977
Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 6 12 105.3% 1,030 978
St Kilda 10th 2 -0- 7 8 76.5% 854 1,117
North Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 7 8 72.8% 849 1,166
Fitzroy 12th 1 -0- 8 4 84.4% 919 1,089

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/06/1984 2:10 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 100 - 95 25,618
SAT 02/06/1984 2:10 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Kardinia Park 113 - 85 14,290
SAT 02/06/1984 2:10 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 103 - 76 43,912
SAT 02/06/1984 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Essendon Arden Street Oval 106 - 108 17,290
SAT 02/06/1984 2:10 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy VFL Park 83 - 147 20,618
SUN 03/06/1984 2:10 PM Sydney v Carlton SCG 87 - 139 25,062

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 8 -0- 2 32 131.3% 1,254 955
Hawthorn 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 123.6% 1,273 1,030
Carlton 3rd 6 -0- 4 24 113.3% 1,153 1,018
Collingwood 4th 6 -0- 4 24 112.3% 1,089 970
Richmond 5th 6 -0- 4 24 101.4% 1,110 1,095
Sydney 6th 6 -0- 4 24 100.8% 1,102 1,093
Geelong 7th 5 -0- 5 20 97.0% 986 1,016
Footscray 8th 5 -0- 5 20 89.1% 955 1,072
Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 6 16 107.5% 1,133 1,054
Fitzroy 10th 2 -0- 8 8 91.0% 1,066 1,172
North Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 8 8 75.0% 955 1,274
St Kilda 12th 2 -0- 8 8 74.1% 937 1,264

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/06/1984 2:10 PM Essendon v Sydney Windy Hill 135 - 94 21,740
SAT 09/06/1984 2:10 PM Richmond v Geelong MCG 111 - 123 38,183
SAT 09/06/1984 2:10 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 91 - 127 20,080
MON 11/06/1984 2:10 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 143 - 109 29,982
MON 11/06/1984 2:10 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn VFL Park 92 - 124 62,339
MON 11/06/1984 2:10 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Junction Oval 166 - 152 14,607

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 9 -0- 2 36 132.4% 1,389 1,049
Hawthorn 2nd 9 -0- 2 36 124.5% 1,397 1,122
Carlton 3rd 7 -0- 4 28 115.0% 1,296 1,127
Collingwood 4th 6 -0- 5 24 108.0% 1,181 1,094
Richmond 5th 6 -0- 5 24 100.2% 1,221 1,218
Geelong 6th 6 -0- 5 24 98.4% 1,109 1,127
Sydney 7th 6 -0- 5 24 97.4% 1,196 1,228
Melbourne 8th 5 -0- 6 20 110.0% 1,260 1,145
Footscray 9th 5 -0- 6 20 87.6% 1,064 1,215
Fitzroy 10th 3 -0- 8 12 93.1% 1,232 1,324
North Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 9 8 76.9% 1,107 1,440
St Kilda 12th 2 -0- 9 8 73.9% 1,028 1,391

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/06/1984 2:10 PM Carlton v Fitzroy VFL Park 67 - 72 24,639
SAT 16/06/1984 2:10 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 89 - 73 16,619
SAT 16/06/1984 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Princes Park 93 - 46 25,726
SAT 16/06/1984 2:10 PM Melbourne v Sydney MCG 143 - 46 24,873
SAT 16/06/1984 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 94 - 110 10,242
SAT 16/06/1984 2:10 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Moorabbin Oval 72 - 78 17,648

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 10 -0- 2 40 127.6% 1,490 1,168
Essendon 2nd 9 -0- 3 36 125.7% 1,435 1,142
Carlton 3rd 7 -0- 5 28 113.7% 1,363 1,199
Collingwood 4th 7 -0- 5 28 108.0% 1,259 1,166
Richmond 5th 7 -0- 5 28 101.4% 1,331 1,312
Melbourne 6th 6 -0- 6 24 117.8% 1,403 1,191
Geelong 7th 6 -0- 6 24 97.2% 1,182 1,216
Sydney 8th 6 -0- 6 24 90.6% 1,242 1,371
Footscray 9th 6 -0- 6 24 89.5% 1,153 1,288
Fitzroy 10th 4 -0- 8 16 93.7% 1,304 1,391
North Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 10 8 77.5% 1,201 1,550
St Kilda 12th 2 -0- 10 8 74.9% 1,100 1,469

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/06/1984 2:10 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 89 - 123 32,701
SAT 23/06/1984 2:10 PM Footscray v North Melbourne VFL Park 77 - 62 12,945
SAT 23/06/1984 2:10 PM Geelong v Carlton Kardinia Park 41 - 78 21,769
SAT 23/06/1984 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Princes Park 90 - 107 20,422
SAT 23/06/1984 2:10 PM Richmond v Fitzroy MCG 81 - 98 26,772
SUN 24/06/1984 2:10 PM Sydney v St Kilda SCG 101 - 126 10,392

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 10 -0- 3 40 126.6% 1,558 1,231
Hawthorn 2nd 10 -0- 3 40 123.9% 1,580 1,275
Carlton 3rd 8 -0- 5 32 116.2% 1,441 1,240
Melbourne 4th 7 -0- 6 28 117.9% 1,510 1,281
Collingwood 5th 7 -0- 6 28 104.6% 1,348 1,289
Richmond 6th 7 -0- 6 28 100.1% 1,412 1,410
Footscray 7th 7 -0- 6 28 91.1% 1,230 1,350
Geelong 8th 6 -0- 7 24 94.5% 1,223 1,294
Sydney 9th 6 -0- 7 24 89.7% 1,343 1,497
Fitzroy 10th 5 -0- 8 20 95.2% 1,402 1,472
St Kilda 11th 3 -0- 10 12 78.1% 1,226 1,570
North Melbourne 12th 2 -0- 11 8 77.6% 1,263 1,627

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/06/1984 2:10 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 152 - 37 21,653
SAT 30/06/1984 2:10 PM Essendon v Melbourne VFL Park 99 - 56 46,753
SAT 30/06/1984 2:10 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 91 - 77 14,463
SAT 30/06/1984 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Geelong MCG 107 - 125 11,050
SAT 30/06/1984 2:10 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Moorabbin Oval 30 - 134 12,523
SUN 01/07/1984 2:10 PM Sydney v Collingwood SCG 100 - 131 14,917

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 11 -0- 3 44 131.3% 1,714 1,305
Essendon 2nd 11 -0- 3 44 128.7% 1,657 1,287
Carlton 3rd 9 -0- 5 36 124.7% 1,593 1,277
Collingwood 4th 8 -0- 6 32 106.5% 1,479 1,389
Footscray 5th 8 -0- 6 32 92.6% 1,321 1,427
Melbourne 6th 7 -0- 7 28 113.5% 1,566 1,380
Geelong 7th 7 -0- 7 28 96.2% 1,348 1,401
Richmond 8th 7 -0- 7 28 92.8% 1,449 1,562
Sydney 9th 6 -0- 8 24 88.6% 1,443 1,628
Fitzroy 10th 5 -0- 9 20 94.6% 1,479 1,563
St Kilda 11th 3 -0- 11 12 73.7% 1,256 1,704
North Melbourne 12th 2 -0- 12 8 78.2% 1,370 1,752

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/07/1984 2:10 PM Collingwood v Carlton VFL Park 70 - 97 48,218
SAT 07/07/1984 2:10 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 94 - 61 16,934
SAT 07/07/1984 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Sydney Junction Oval 68 - 96 8,368
SAT 07/07/1984 2:10 PM Geelong v St Kilda Kardinia Park 102 - 89 10,861
SAT 07/07/1984 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Princes Park 110 - 76 11,178
SAT 07/07/1984 2:10 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 117 - 74 17,204

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 12 -0- 3 48 132.1% 1,824 1,381
Essendon 2nd 12 -0- 3 48 129.9% 1,751 1,348
Carlton 3rd 10 -0- 5 40 125.5% 1,690 1,347
Melbourne 4th 8 -0- 7 32 115.7% 1,683 1,454
Collingwood 5th 8 -0- 7 32 104.2% 1,549 1,486
Geelong 6th 8 -0- 7 32 97.3% 1,450 1,490
Footscray 7th 8 -0- 7 32 90.9% 1,397 1,537
Richmond 8th 7 -0- 8 28 91.2% 1,510 1,656
Sydney 9th 7 -0- 8 28 90.7% 1,539 1,696
Fitzroy 10th 5 -0- 10 20 93.2% 1,547 1,659
St Kilda 11th 3 -0- 12 12 74.5% 1,345 1,806
North Melbourne 12th 2 -0- 13 8 77.3% 1,444 1,869

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/07/1984 2:10 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 127 - 66 17,749
SAT 14/07/1984 2:10 PM Richmond v Hawthorn VFL Park 97 - 185 27,274
SUN 15/07/1984 2:10 PM Sydney v Footscray SCG 113 - 87 10,644
SAT 21/07/1984 2:10 PM Geelong v Melbourne Kardinia Park 130 - 108 21,448
SAT 21/07/1984 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 101 - 146 27,165
SAT 21/07/1984 2:10 PM St Kilda v Carlton Moorabbin Oval 105 - 84 17,182

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 13 -0- 3 52 135.9% 2,009 1,478
Essendon 2nd 13 -0- 3 52 132.8% 1,878 1,414
Carlton 3rd 10 -0- 6 40 122.2% 1,774 1,452
Collingwood 4th 9 -0- 7 36 106.8% 1,695 1,587
Geelong 5th 9 -0- 7 36 98.9% 1,580 1,598
Melbourne 6th 8 -0- 8 32 113.1% 1,791 1,584
Sydney 7th 8 -0- 8 32 92.7% 1,652 1,783
Footscray 8th 8 -0- 8 32 89.9% 1,484 1,650
Richmond 9th 7 -0- 9 28 87.3% 1,607 1,841
Fitzroy 10th 5 -0- 11 20 90.3% 1,613 1,786
St Kilda 11th 4 -0- 12 16 76.7% 1,450 1,890
North Melbourne 12th 2 -0- 14 8 76.7% 1,545 2,015

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/07/1984 2:10 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 52 - 26 17,917
SAT 28/07/1984 2:10 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 55 - 29 22,306
SAT 28/07/1984 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Junction Oval 77 - 67 6,920
SAT 28/07/1984 2:10 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 32 - 34 16,771
SAT 28/07/1984 2:10 PM Richmond v Sydney MCG 91 - 28 13,041
SAT 28/07/1984 2:10 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne VFL Park 42 - 44 12,643

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 14 -0- 3 56 132.2% 1,912 1,446
Hawthorn 2nd 13 -0- 4 52 133.5% 2,076 1,555
Carlton 3rd 11 -0- 6 44 123.5% 1,826 1,478
Collingwood 4th 10 -0- 7 40 108.3% 1,750 1,616
Geelong 5th 9 -0- 8 36 97.3% 1,609 1,653
Melbourne 6th 8 -0- 9 32 111.1% 1,817 1,636
Richmond 7th 8 -0- 9 32 90.9% 1,698 1,869
Footscray 8th 8 -0- 9 32 90.0% 1,516 1,684
Sydney 9th 8 -0- 9 32 89.6% 1,680 1,874
Fitzroy 10th 6 -0- 11 24 91.2% 1,690 1,853
St Kilda 11th 4 -0- 13 16 77.1% 1,492 1,934
North Melbourne 12th 3 -0- 14 12 77.2% 1,589 2,057

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/08/1984 2:10 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 128 - 92 24,067
SAT 04/08/1984 2:10 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 112 - 79 13,356
SAT 04/08/1984 2:10 PM Geelong v Essendon VFL Park 89 - 136 31,675
SAT 04/08/1984 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Princes Park 140 - 108 23,368
SAT 04/08/1984 2:10 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 120 - 152 20,236
SUN 05/08/1984 2:10 PM Sydney v North Melbourne SCG 108 - 123 8,538

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 15 -0- 3 60 133.4% 2,048 1,535
Hawthorn 2nd 14 -0- 4 56 133.3% 2,216 1,663
Carlton 3rd 11 -0- 7 44 119.5% 1,934 1,618
Collingwood 4th 11 -0- 7 44 110.0% 1,878 1,708
Geelong 5th 9 -0- 9 36 94.9% 1,698 1,789
Footscray 6th 9 -0- 9 36 92.3% 1,628 1,763
Melbourne 7th 8 -0- 10 32 108.3% 1,937 1,788
Richmond 8th 8 -0- 10 32 89.6% 1,790 1,997
Sydney 9th 8 -0- 10 32 89.5% 1,788 1,997
Fitzroy 10th 7 -0- 11 28 93.4% 1,842 1,973
North Melbourne 11th 4 -0- 14 16 79.1% 1,712 2,165
St Kilda 12th 4 -0- 14 16 76.8% 1,571 2,046

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/08/1984 2:10 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 90 - 102 26,876
SAT 11/08/1984 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood VFL Park 103 - 61 25,656
SAT 11/08/1984 2:10 PM Geelong v Sydney Kardinia Park 113 - 92 10,897
SAT 11/08/1984 2:10 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 103 - 135 18,091
SAT 11/08/1984 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 122 - 51 8,274
SAT 11/08/1984 2:10 PM St Kilda v Richmond Moorabbin Oval 81 - 74 11,205

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 16 -0- 3 64 132.3% 2,150 1,625
Hawthorn 2nd 14 -0- 5 56 127.0% 2,267 1,785
Carlton 3rd 11 -0- 8 44 117.7% 2,024 1,720
Collingwood 4th 11 -0- 8 44 107.1% 1,939 1,811
Geelong 5th 10 -0- 9 40 96.3% 1,811 1,881
Footscray 6th 10 -0- 9 40 94.5% 1,763 1,866
Melbourne 7th 8 -0- 11 32 106.1% 2,040 1,923
Fitzroy 8th 8 -0- 11 32 95.6% 1,945 2,034
Richmond 9th 8 -0- 11 32 89.7% 1,864 2,078
Sydney 10th 8 -0- 11 32 89.1% 1,880 2,110
North Melbourne 11th 5 -0- 14 20 82.8% 1,834 2,216
St Kilda 12th 5 -0- 14 20 77.9% 1,652 2,120

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/08/1984 2:10 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 111 - 98 15,450
SAT 18/08/1984 2:10 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 138 - 83 13,842
SAT 18/08/1984 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Junction Oval 131 - 93 9,518
SAT 18/08/1984 2:10 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 71 - 103 31,847
SAT 18/08/1984 2:10 PM Richmond v Footscray VFL Park 85 - 65 13,013
SUN 19/08/1984 2:10 PM Sydney v Hawthorn SCG 85 - 174 8,276

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 17 -0- 3 68 134.0% 2,288 1,708
Hawthorn 2nd 15 -0- 5 60 130.5% 2,441 1,870
Carlton 3rd 12 -0- 8 48 117.4% 2,135 1,818
Collingwood 4th 12 -0- 8 48 108.5% 2,042 1,882
Geelong 5th 10 -0- 10 40 94.6% 1,904 2,012
Footscray 6th 10 -0- 10 40 93.7% 1,828 1,951
Fitzroy 7th 9 -0- 11 36 97.6% 2,076 2,127
Richmond 8th 9 -0- 11 36 90.9% 1,949 2,143
Melbourne 9th 8 -0- 12 32 104.2% 2,111 2,026
Sydney 10th 8 -0- 12 32 86.0% 1,965 2,284
North Melbourne 11th 5 -0- 15 20 83.0% 1,932 2,327
St Kilda 12th 5 -0- 15 20 76.8% 1,735 2,258

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/08/1984 2:10 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 93 - 58 20,890
SAT 25/08/1984 2:10 PM Geelong v Richmond Kardinia Park 113 - 63 15,926
SAT 25/08/1984 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Princes Park 119 - 104 22,173
SAT 25/08/1984 2:10 PM Melbourne v St Kilda VFL Park 100 - 62 14,079
SAT 25/08/1984 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 111 - 165 18,094
SUN 26/08/1984 2:10 PM Sydney v Essendon SCG 155 - 99 12,173

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 17 -0- 4 68 128.1% 2,387 1,863
Hawthorn 2nd 16 -0- 5 64 129.7% 2,560 1,974
Carlton 3rd 12 -0- 9 48 114.8% 2,193 1,911
Collingwood 4th 12 -0- 9 48 107.2% 2,146 2,001
Geelong 5th 11 -0- 10 44 97.2% 2,017 2,075
Footscray 6th 11 -0- 10 44 95.6% 1,921 2,009
Fitzroy 7th 10 -0- 11 40 100.1% 2,241 2,238
Melbourne 8th 9 -0- 12 36 105.9% 2,211 2,088
Richmond 9th 9 -0- 12 36 89.2% 2,012 2,256
Sydney 10th 9 -0- 12 36 89.0% 2,120 2,383
North Melbourne 11th 5 -0- 16 20 82.0% 2,043 2,492
St Kilda 12th 5 -0- 16 20 76.2% 1,797 2,358

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/09/1984 2:10 PM Carlton v Sydney Princes Park 139 - 103 20,309
SAT 01/09/1984 2:10 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 114 - 71 30,379
SAT 01/09/1984 2:10 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 169 - 131 21,002
SAT 01/09/1984 2:10 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Junction Oval 164 - 107 15,156
SAT 01/09/1984 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Geelong VFL Park 164 - 95 31,609
SAT 01/09/1984 2:10 PM Richmond v Melbourne MCG 145 - 117 21,565

Round 22 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 18 -0- 4 72 128.2% 2,556 1,994
Hawthorn 2nd 17 -0- 5 68 131.7% 2,724 2,069
Carlton 3rd 13 -0- 9 52 115.8% 2,332 2,014
Collingwood 4th 13 -0- 9 52 109.1% 2,260 2,072
Fitzroy 5th 11 -0- 11 44 102.6% 2,405 2,345
Geelong 6th 11 -0- 11 44 94.3% 2,112 2,239
Footscray 7th 11 -0- 11 44 93.8% 1,992 2,123
Richmond 8th 10 -0- 12 40 90.9% 2,157 2,373
Melbourne 9th 9 -0- 13 36 104.3% 2,328 2,233
Sydney 10th 9 -0- 13 36 88.1% 2,223 2,522
North Melbourne 11th 5 -0- 17 20 81.7% 2,174 2,661
St Kilda 12th 5 -0- 17 20 75.5% 1,904 2,522

Final Round 1

Elimination Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 09/09/1984 2:30 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy MCG 153 - 107 73,994

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/09/1984 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Carlton VFL Park 122 - 92 55,947

Final Round 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/09/1984 2:30 PM Carlton v Collingwood VFL Park 93 - 118 70,634
SUN 16/09/1984 2:30 PM Essendon v Hawthorn MCG 105 - 113 76,514

Final Round 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/09/1984 2:30 PM Essendon v Collingwood VFL Park 174 - 41 73,550

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/09/1984 2:50 PM Hawthorn v Essendon MCG 81 - 105 92,685