The 1983 Australian Football Championships Night Series was the 5th edition of the AFC Night Series, a VFL-organised national club Australian rules football tournament between the leading clubs from the VFL, the SANFL, the WAFL and State Representative Teams.[1]
| AFC Sterling Cup | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Dates | 8 March – 26 July 1983 |
| Teams | 17 |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Carlton (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Richmond |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Attendance | 112,719 (7,045 per match) |
A total of 17 teams from across Australia played 16 matches over five months, with matches held during the pre-season and midweek throughout the premiership season.
Qualified Teams edit
- 1 Includes previous appearances in the Championship of Australia and NFL Night Series.
- 2 Replaced Swan Districts who was banned for two years by the AFC for fielding a Reserves-Colts side in their 1982 Quarter-final loss to Richmond.
Venues edit
| Melbourne | Hobart |
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| Waverley Park | KGV Oval |
| Capacity: 72,000 | Capacity: 18,000 |
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Knockout stage edit
Qualifying Playoff edit
| 19 March 1983 | Tasmania | 38–146 | Footscray | KGV Oval, Hobart | |
| 4.14 (38) | 21.20 (146) | Attendance: 4,135
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Round 1 edit
| 8 March 1983 | Carlton | 66–50 | Fitzroy | Waverley Park, Melbourne | |
| 9.12 (66) | 6.14 (50) | Attendance: 7,487
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| 15 March 1983 | Sydney | 102–71 | West Perth | Waverley Park, Melbourne | |
| 15.12 (102) | 10.11 (71) | Attendance: 2,518
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| 29 March 1983 | North Melbourne | 78–62 | Melbourne | Waverley Park, Melbourne | |
| 11.12 (78) | 8.14 (62) | Attendance: 6,185
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| 12 April 1983 | Geelong | 92–36 | Glenelg | Waverley Park, Melbourne | |
| 13.14 (92) | 5.6 (36) | Attendance: 2,684
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| 19 April 1983 | Hawthorn | 100–70 | Essendon | Waverley Park, Melbourne | |
| 15.10 (100) | 11.4 (70) | Attendance: 8,861
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| 26 April 1983 | Collingwood | 111–59 | Claremont | Waverley Park, Melbourne | |
| 16.15 (111) | 7.17 (59) | Attendance: 5,699
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| 3 May 1983 | Richmond | 95–81 | St Kilda | Waverley Park, Melbourne | |
| 14.11 (95) | 12.9 (81) | Attendance: 6,703
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| 10 May 1983 | Footscray | 77–93 | Norwood | Waverley Park, Melbourne | |
| 11.11 (77) | 14.9 (97) | Attendance: 1,145
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Quarter–finals edit
| QF #1 24 May 1983 | Carlton | 83–41 | Sydney | Waverley Park, Melbourne | |
| 12.11 (83) | 6.5 (41) | Attendance: 4,879
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| QF #2 31 May 1983 | North Melbourne | 88–81 | Geelong | Waverley Park, Melbourne | |
| 14.4 (88) | 12.9 (81) | Attendance: 4,317
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| QF #3 7 June 1983 | Hawthorn | 65–63 | Collingwood | Waverley Park, Melbourne | |
| 9.11 (65) | 8.15 (63) | Attendance: 8,326
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| QF #4 21 June 1983 | Richmond | 121–66 | Norwood | Waverley Park, Melbourne | |
| 18.13 (121) | 10.6 (66) | Attendance: 4,510
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Semi–finals edit
| SF #1 28 June 1983 | Carlton | 84–54 | North Melbourne | Waverley Park, Melbourne | |
| 12.12 (84) | 7.12 (54) | Attendance: 4,541
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| SF #2 5 July 1983 | Richmond | 99–74 | Hawthorn | Waverley Park, Melbourne | |
| 15.9 (99) | 11.8 (74) | Attendance: 7,622
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Australian Football Championships Night Series final edit
| Final 26 July 1983 | Carlton | 100–66 | Richmond | Waverley Park, Melbourne | |
| 2.7 (19) 8.7 (55) 12.9 (81) 14.16 (100) |
1.0 (6) 2.2 (14) 5.5 (35) 10.6 (66) |
Attendance: 32,927 Umpires: Smith, Nash | |||
| Goals | |||||
| Ashman 3 Bosustow, Johnston, Howell, Glascott 2 Marchesani, M.Buckley, Williams 1 |
Roach 4 Egan 2 Wiley, Landy, Foley, Lovett 1 |
References edit
- ^ David Eastman. "1983 AFC Sterling Cup".