1983 Hawthorn Football Club season

Hawthorn Football Club
1983 season
President Ron Cook
Coach Allan Jeans
Captain(s) Leigh Matthews
Home ground Princes Park
VFL season 2nd
Finals series Premiers
Best and Fairest Terry Wallace
Leading goalkicker Leigh Matthews (79)
Highest home attendance 110,332 (Grand Final vs. Essendon)
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Main article: 1983 VFL season

The 1983 Hawthorn Football Club season was the clubs 59th season in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Fixture

Premiership season

Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Ladder
position
Home Away Result
1 Saturday, 26 March (2:10 pm) Fitzroy 16.16 (112) 20.11 (131) Won by 19 points Junction Oval (A) 15,626 3rd
2 Monday, 4 April (2:10 pm) Sydney 9.16 (70) 5.15 (45) Won by 25 points Princes Park (H) 16,295 1st
3 Saturday, 9 April (2:10 pm) St Kilda 6.6 (42) 26.15 (171) Won by 129 points Moorabbin Oval (A) 19,227 1st
4 Saturday, 16 April (2:10 pm) Footscray 12.25 (97) 17.16 (118) Lost by 21 points Princes Park (A) 16,504 3rd
5 Saturday, 24 April (2:10 pm) Collingwood 9.19 (73) 14.11 (95) Won by 22 points Victoria Park (A) 28,506 2nd
6 Saturday, 30 April (2:10 pm) Richmond 12.16 (88) 15.16 (106) Lost by 18 points VFL Park (H) 33,096 4th
7 Saturday, 7 May (2:10 pm) North Melbourne 13.13 (91) 21.16 (142) Lost by 51 points Princes Park (H) 13,958 5th
8 Saturday, 14 May (2:10 pm) Essendon 20.17 (137) 14.11 (95) Won by 42 points Princes Park (H) 21,835 3rd
9 Saturday, 21 May (2:10 pm) Carlton 15.14 (104) 14.12 (96) Lost by 8 points Princes Park (A) 30,660 4th
10 Saturday, 28 May (2:10 pm) Melbourne 16.13 (109) 27.9 (171) Won by 62 points VFL Park (A) 23,989 4th
11 Saturday, 4 June (2:10 pm) Geelong 12.16 (88) 14.11 (95) Lost by 7 points Princes Park (H) 13,482 4th
12 Saturday, 11 June (2:10 pm) Fitzroy 25.17 (167) 21.8 (134) Won by 33 points Princes Park (H) 20,708 4th
13 Sunday, 19 June (2:10 pm) Sydney 11.12 (78) 15.20 (110) Won by 32 points Sydney Cricket Ground (A) 10,084 4th
14 Saturday, 25 June (2:10 pm) St Kilda 21.17 (143) 9.20 (74) Won by 69 points Princes Park (H) 8,188 4th
15 Saturday, 2 July (2:10 pm) Footscray 9.6 (60) 13.11 (89) Won by 29 points VFL Park (A) 15,750 3rd
16 Saturday, 16 July (2:10 pm) Collingwood 19.23 (137) 14.16 (100) Won by 37 points Princes Park (H) 28,484 2nd
17 Saturday, 23 July (2:10 pm) Richmond 11.16 (82) 22.14 (146) Won by 64 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 31,084 2nd
18 Saturday, 30 July (2:10 pm) North Melbourne 12.18 (90) 15.7 (97) Won by 7 points Arden Street Oval (A) 17,720 1st
19 Saturday, 6 August (2:10 pm) Essendon 23.18 (156) 16.14 (110) Lost by 46 points Windy Hill (A) 19,237 3rd
20 Saturday, 13 August (2:10 pm) Carlton 15.22 (112) 20.9 (129) Lost by 17 points Princes Park (H) 28,476 3rd
21 Saturday, 20 August (2:10 pm) Melbourne 25.22 (172) 8.9 (57) Won by 115 points VFL Park (H) 21,192 3rd
22 Saturday, 27 August (2:10 pm) Geelong 11.11 (77) 24.13 (157) Won by 80 points Kardinia Park (A) 12,245 2nd
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Finals series

Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance
Home Away Result
Qualifying Final Saturday, 3 September (2:30 pm) Fitzroy 19.13 (127) 19.9 (123) Won by 4 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 58,288
Second Semi-Final Saturday, 10 September (2:10 pm) North Melbourne 13.10 (88) 6.12 (48) Won by 40 points VFL Park (H) 41,063
Grand Final Saturday, 24 September (2:50 pm) Essendon 20.20 (140) 8.9 (57) Won by 83 points Melbourne Cricket Ground 110,332
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Ladder

1983 VFL Ladder
TEAM P W L D PF PA % PTS
1 North Melbourne 22 16 6 0 2789 2183 127.76 64
2 Hawthorn (P) 22 15 7 0 2675 2078 128.73 60
3 Fitzroy 22 15 7 0 2608 2059 126.66 60
4 Essendon 22 15 7 0 2664 2215 120.27 60
5 Carlton 22 13 9 0 2360 2244 105.17 52
6 Collingwood 22 12 10 0 2315 2247 103.03 48
7 Footscray 22 10 12 0 2102 2428 86.57 40
8 Melbourne 22 9 13 0 2220 2557 86.82 36
9 Geelong 22 8 14 0 1932 2197 87.94 32
10 Richmond 22 7 15 0 2124 2392 88.80 28
11 Sydney 22 7 15 0 2068 2670 77.45 28
12 St Kilda 22 5 17 0 2150 2737 78.55 20
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points for, PA = Points against

References

  1. 1 2 "AFL Tables - 1983 Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
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