1983 VFL season
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[edit] Night Series Competition
Carlton 14.16 (100) defeated Richmond 10.6 (66)
[edit] Ladder
All teams played 22 games during the home and away season, for a total of 132. An additional 6 games were played during the finals series.
| Team | Won | Lost | Draw | % | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Melbourne | 16 | 6 | 0 | 128 | 64 |
| 2 | Hawthorn | 15 | 7 | 0 | 129 | 60 |
| 3 | Fitzroy | 15 | 7 | 0 | 127 | 60 |
| 4 | Essendon | 15 | 7 | 0 | 120 | 60 |
| 5 | Carlton | 13 | 9 | 0 | 105 | 52 |
| 6 | Collingwood | 12 | 10 | 0 | 103 | 48 |
| 7 | Footscray | 10 | 12 | 0 | 87 | 40 |
| 8 | Melbourne | 9 | 13 | 0 | 87 | 36 |
| 9 | Geelong | 8 | 14 | 0 | 88 | 32 |
| 10 | Richmond | 7 | 15 | 0 | 89 | 28 |
| 11 | Sydney | 7 | 15 | 0 | 78 | 28 |
| 12 | St Kilda | 5 | 17 | 0 | 79 | 20 |
[edit] Finals
[edit] Elimination Finals
| Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |
| Essendon Bombers | 17.12 (114) | Carlton Blues | 12.9 (81) | Waverley Park | 65,881 | Saturday, 3 September |
[edit] Qualifying Final
| Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |
| Hawthorn Hawks | 19.13 (127) | Fitzroy Lions | 19.9 (123) | MCG | 58,288 | Saturday, 3 September |
[edit] Semi Finals
| Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |
| North Melbourne Kangaroos | 6.12 (48) | Hawthorn Hawks | 13.10 (88) | Waverley Park | 41,063 | Saturday, 10 September |
| Fitzroy Lions | 12.14 (86) | Essendon Bombers | 16.13 (109) | MCG | 81,090 | Saturday, 10 September |
[edit] Preliminary Final
| Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |
| North Melbourne Kangaroos | 12.6 (78) | Essendon Bombers | 25.14 (164) | Waverley Park | 63,785 | Saturday, 17 September |
[edit] Grand Final
| Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |
| Hawthorn Hawks | 20.20 (140) | Essendon Bombers | 8.9 (57) | MCG | 110,332 | Saturday, 24 September |
[edit] Awards
The Brownlow Medal was awarded to Ross Glendinning of North Melbourne.
The Coleman Medal was awarded to Bernie Quinlan of Fitzroy.
The Leigh Matthews Trophy was awarded to Terry Daniher of Essendon.
The Norm Smith Medal was awarded to Colin Robertson of Hawthorn.
The Wooden Spoon was awarded to St Kilda.
[edit] Attendance
A total of 3,631,042 people attended VFL matches during the 1983 season, an average of about 26,312 per game (including finals matches). A combined total of 420,439 attended finals matches in 1983, an average of 70,073 per finals match. The largest attendance for a home and away game was Richmond versus Collingwood at the MCG, the attendance figure was 81,966.
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