1983 Australian Football Championships

The 1983 Australian Football Championships was an Australian rules 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

Game 1

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

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

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

Game 3

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

1983 Australian Championship
	TEAM	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	PTS
1	Western Australia	2	2	0	0	252	225	52.83	4
2	South Australia	2	1	1	0	282	250	53.01	2
3	Victoria	2	0	2	0	231	290	44.34	0

All-Australian Team

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

Western Australia	South Australia[5]	Victoria[6][7]
Coach: John Todd Both Games Stephen Michael (Captain) Wayne Blackwell Phil Cronan Paul Harding Don Langsford Warren Ralph Murray Rance Tony Solin vs South Australia Michael Aitken Craig Edwards Shane Ellis Les Fong Steve Goulding Ray Holden John Ironmonger Stan Magro Michael Mitchell Phil Narkle Darrell Panizza Willie Roe Peter Thorne vs Victoria Rod Barrett Ron Boucher Peter Bosustow Gary Buckenara Tony Buhagiar Ross Glendinning Gary Malarkey Andrew Purser Mike Richardson Maurice Rioli Garry Sidebottom Kevin Taylor	Coach: Bob Hammond Both Games Russell Ebert (Captain) Michael Aish Craig Bradley Tony Giles Stephen Kernahan Bruce Lindner Greg McAdam Garry McIntosh Peter Motley John Riley Daryl Schimmelbusch John Schneebichler Keith Thomas Craig Williams vs Victoria Stephen Copping Neil Craig Mark Naley Greg Phillips John Platten Matt Rendell Greg Whittlesea vs Western Australia Andrew Aish Stephen Curtis Rick Davies Danny Jenkins Tony McGuinness Frank Spiel Did not play Bruce Abernethy	Coach: David Parkin Both Games Robert Flower (captain) Terry Daniher (vice-captain) Geoff Cunningham Stephen Icke Simon Madden Stephen McCann vs South Australia Rod Ashman Neil Clarke Neil Cordy Jim Edmond Robert Elphinstone Glenn Hawker Grant Lawrie Alex Marcou Peter McConville John Mossop Barry Rowlings Laurie Serafini Ken Sheldon Greg Smith Brian Wilson Mark Yeates vs Western Australia Mark Browning Jim Buckley Michael Conlan David Dench Des English Russell Greene Keith Greig Wayne Johnston Peter Knights Mark Lee Geoff Raines Brian Royal Michael Tuck Terry Wallace Tim Watson Dale Weightman Did not play Greg Burns Peter Daicos Gary Dempsey Bernie Quinlan Les Parish David Rhys-Jones Wayne Schimmelbusch

References

1. "Seven Victorians in All-Australian side" (Round 16 (Week 2)). VFL Media Department. The Football Record. 16 July 1983. p. 3. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
2. "WA thrills with 3-point win". The Canberra Times. 13 July 1983. p. 40. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
3. "State selectors to study Victorian defeat in S.A." (Round 9). VFL Media Department. The Football Record. 21 May 1983. p. 17. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
4. "Fos Williams Medallist". South Australian National Football League. South Australian National Football League. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
5. "Four Vics. in SA squad". The Age. 3 October 1979.
6. "State selectors names a flexible side for Adelaide" (Round 8). VFL Media Department. The Football Record. 14 May 1983. pp. 16–17. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
7. "Geoff Raines added to Victorian State squad" (Round 16 (Week 1)). VFL Media Department. The Football Record. 9 July 1983. p. 9. Retrieved 14 February 2016.