1983 Australian Football Championships | |
Sport: | Australian football |
Location: | Adelaide and Perth, Australia |
Start Date: | 16 May 1983 |
End Date: | 12 July 1911 |
Teams: | 3 |
Commissioner: | Australian National Football Council |
Format: | Round Robin |
Final Champion: | Western Australia |
Previous: | 1980 |
Next: | 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]
|- style="background:#ccf;"| Home team| Home team score| Away team| Away team score| Ground| Crowd| Date| Time| Broadcast Network|- style="background:#fff;"| South Australia| 26.16 (172)| Victoria| 17.14 (116)| Football Park| 42,521| 16 May 1983 [3] || Seven
|- style="background:#ccf;"| Home team| Home team score| Away team| Away team score| Ground| Crowd| Date| Time| Broadcast Network|- style="background:#fff;"| Western Australia| 20.14 (134)| South Australia| 16.14 (110)| Subiaco Oval|| 4 June 1983||Seven
|- style="background:#ccf;"| Home team| Home team score| Away team| Away team score| Ground| Crowd| Date| Time| Broadcast Network|- style="background:#fff;"| Western Australia| 16.22 (118)| Victoria| 16.19 (115)| Subiaco Oval| 44,213| 12 July 1983 || Seven
Following completion of the series, the best players over the three games were selected in the All-Australian team.