1983 Australian Football Championships

1983 Australian Football Championships
Tournament information
Sport	Australian football
Location	Adelaide and Perth, Australia
Dates	16 May 1983–12 July 1911
Format	Round Robin
Teams	3
Final champion
	Western Australia
	← 1980 1984 →

The 1983 Australian Football Championships was an Australian football series between representative teams of the three major football states. Games involving Victoria were played under State of Origin rules, whilst the match between Western Australia and South Australia involved players based in their respective states at the time. The competition was won by Western Australia.^[1]^[2]

Results[edit]

Game 1[edit]

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date	Time	Broadcast Network
South Australia	26.16 (172)	Victoria	17.14 (116)	Football Park	42,521	16 May 1983 ^[3]		Seven

Fos Williams Medal: Michael Aish (South Australia)^[4]

Game 2[edit]

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date	Time	Broadcast Network
Western Australia	20.14 (134)	South Australia	16.14 (110)	Subiaco Oval		4 June 1983		Seven

Simpson Medal: Stephen Michael (Western Australia)^[2]
Fos Williams Medal: Craig Williams (South Australia)^[4]

Game 3[edit]

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date	Time	Broadcast Network
Western Australia	16.22 (118)	Victoria	16.19 (115)	Subiaco Oval	44,213	12 July 1983 ^[1]		Seven

Simpson Medal: Maurice Rioli (Western Australia)
Tassie Medal: Stephen Michael (Western Australia)^[2]

Standings[edit]

1983 Australian Championship^[5]

TEAM

P

W

L

D

PF

PA

%

PTS

1

Western Australia

2

0

252

225

112

4

2

South Australia

2

1

0

282

250

112

2

3

Victoria

2

0

2

0

231

290

79

0

All-Australian Team[edit]

Following completion of the series, the best players over the three games were selected in the All-Australian team.^[2]

1983 All-Australian team
B:	Stephen Curtis (SA)	Craig Williams (SA)	Stephen McCann (Vic)
HB:	Keith Greig (Vic)	Ross Glendinning (WA)	Tony Giles (SA)
C:	Craig Bradley (SA)	Michael Aish (SA)	Robert Flower (Vic)
HF:	Gary Buckenara (WA)	Terry Daniher (Vic)	Peter Motley (SA)
F:	Michael Tuck (Vic)	Simon Madden (Vic)	Kevin Taylor (WA)
Foll:	Matt Rendell (SA)	Stephen Michael (WA) Captain	Maurice Rioli (WA)
Int:	Mark Lee (Vic)	Mike Richardson (WA)

Coach:	John Todd (WA)

Squads[edit]

Western Australia

^[6]

South Australia

^[7]

Victoria

^[8]^[9]

Coach/es: John Todd
Captain/s: Stephen Michael
Vice Captain/s:
Deputy Captain/s:
vs South Australia and Victoria

vs South Australia

vs Victoria

Coach: Bob Hammond
Captain/s: Russell Ebert
Vice Captain/s:
Deputy Captain/s:
vs Victoria and Western Australia

vs Victoria

vs Western Australia

Did not play

Bruce Abernethy (North Melbourne)

Coach: David Parkin
Captain/s: Robert Flower
Vice Captain/s: Terry Daniher
Deputy Captain/s:
vs South Australia and Western Australia

vs South Australia

vs Western Australia

Did not play

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Seven Victorians in All-Australian side". No. Round 16 (Week 2). VFL Media Department. The Football Record. 16 July 1983. p. 3. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "WA thrills with 3-point win". The Canberra Times. 13 July 1983. p. 40. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
^ "State selectors to study Victorian defeat in S.A." No. Round 9. VFL Media Department. The Football Record. 21 May 1983. p. 17. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Fos Williams Medallist". South Australian National Football League. South Australian National Football League. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
^ Doherty, Francis (2000). "Australian National Football Councils Carnivals". The Aussie Rules: Records & Stats Trivia Book. New Holland Publishers. p. 241. ISBN 9781740514019.
^ "State Games 1951-2011". wafooty.com.au. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
^ "Four Vics. in SA squad". The Age. 3 October 1979.
^ "State selectors names a flexible side for Adelaide". No. Round 8. VFL Media Department. The Football Record. 14 May 1983. pp. 16–17. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
^ "Geoff Raines added to Victorian State squad". No. Round 16 (Week 1). VFL Media Department. The Football Record. 9 July 1983. p. 9. Retrieved 14 February 2016.

[FR-WAvVic-Post-1] "Seven Victorians in All-Australian side". No. Round 16 (Week 2). VFL Media Department. The Football Record. 16 July 1983. p. 3. Retrieved 14 February 2016.

[CT-G3-2] "WA thrills with 3-point win". The Canberra Times. 13 July 1983. p. 40. Retrieved 15 February 2016.

[FR-SAvVIC-Post-3] "State selectors to study Victorian defeat in S.A." No. Round 9. VFL Media Department. The Football Record. 21 May 1983. p. 17. Retrieved 14 February 2016.

[FosWMedal-4] "Fos Williams Medallist". South Australian National Football League. South Australian National Football League. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2016.

[5] Doherty, Francis (2000). "Australian National Football Councils Carnivals". The Aussie Rules: Records & Stats Trivia Book. New Holland Publishers. p. 241. ISBN 9781740514019.

[6] "State Games 1951-2011". wafooty.com.au. Retrieved 19 February 2016.

[7] "Four Vics. in SA squad". The Age. 3 October 1979.

[FR-SAvVic-Pre-8] "State selectors names a flexible side for Adelaide". No. Round 8. VFL Media Department. The Football Record. 14 May 1983. pp. 16–17. Retrieved 14 February 2016.

[FR-WAvVic-Pre-9] "Geoff Raines added to Victorian State squad". No. Round 16 (Week 1). VFL Media Department. The Football Record. 9 July 1983. p. 9. Retrieved 14 February 2016.

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v t e 1983 All-Australian team
Coach John Todd (Swan Districts)
South Australia Michael Aish (Norwood) Craig Bradley (Port Adelaide) Stephen Curtis (Port Adelaide) Tony Giles (Port Adelaide) Peter Motley (Sturt) Matt Rendell (Fitzroy) Craig Williams (West Adelaide)
Victoria Terry Daniher (Essendon) Robert Flower (Melbourne) Keith Greig (North Melbourne) Mark Lee (Richmond) Simon Madden (Essendon) Stephen McCann (North Melbourne) Michael Tuck (Hawthorn)
Western Australia Gary Buckenara (Hawthorn) Ross Glendinning (North Melbourne) Stephen Michael (South Fremantle) (Captain) Mike Richardson (Collingwood) Maurice Rioli (Richmond) Kevin Taylor (East Fremantle)

v t e Western Australian team – 1983 Interstate Championships
Western Australia 24.14 (134) defeated South Australia 16.14 (110), at Subiaco Oval, 4 June 1983 Western Australia 16.22 (118) defeated Victoria 16.19 (115), at Subiaco Oval, 12 July 1983
Both games	Blackwell Cronan Harding Langsford Michael (c) Ralph Rance Solin
State game vs. South Australia	Aitken Edwards Ellis Fong Goulding Holden Ironmonger Magro Mitchell Narkle Panizza Roe Thorne
State of Origin vs. Victoria	Barrett Boucher Bosustow Buckenara Buhagiar Glendinning Malarkey Purser Richardson Rioli Sidebottom Taylor
Coach: Todd

v t e South Australian team – 1983 Interstate Championships
South Australia 26.16 (172) defeated Victoria 17.14 (116), at Football Park, 16 May 1983 Western Australia 24.14 (134) defeated South Australia 16.14 (110), at Subiaco Oval, 4 June 1983
Both games	M. Aish Bradley Ebert (c) Giles Kernahan Lindner McAdam McIntosh Motley Riley Schimmelbusch Schneebichler Thomas Williams
State of Origin vs. Victoria	Copping Craig Naley Phillips Platten Rendell Whittlesea
State Game vs. Western Australia	A. Aish Curtis Davies Jenkins McGuinness Spiel
Coach: Hammond

v t e Victorian team – 1983 State of Origin
South Australia 26.16 (172) defeated Victoria 17.14 (116), at Football Park, 16 May 1983, crowd: 44,521 Western Australia 16.22 (118) d Victoria 16.19 (115), at Subiaco Oval, 12 July 1983, crowd: 44,213
Both games	Cunningham Daniher Flower Icke Madden McCann
vs. South Australia	Ashman Clarke Cordy Edmond Elphinstone Hawker Lawrie Marcou McConville Mossop Rowlings Serafini Sheldon G.Smith Wilson Yeates
vs. Western Australia	Browning Buckley Conlan Dench English Greene Greig Johnston Knights Lee Raines Royal Tuck Wallace Watson Weightman

v t e Tassie Medal winners
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The Tassie Medal was awarded from 1937–88 to the best player at the Australian National Football Carnival.