Windy Hill · Sat 28 May 1983 · 20,793 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EssendonESS | 4.6 | 5.10 | 12.15 | 109 |
| GeelongGEEL | 3.4 | 7.6 | 12.6 | 97 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 109 and 97.
Essendon won by 12 points.
15.19 (109) — 15.7 (97)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Watson | 25 | 6 | 31 | 7 | — | 1 |
| Tony Buhagiar | 15 | 12 | 27 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Glenn Hawker | 15 | 10 | 25 | 1 | — |
| 1 |
| Wayne Otway | 18 | 5 | 23 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Shane Heard | 8 | 12 | 20 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Merv Neagle | 11 | 8 | 19 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Garry Foulds | 14 | 4 | 18 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Simon Madden | 10 | 7 | 17 | 11 | — | 0 |
| Ron Andrews | 8 | 8 | 16 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Terry Daniher | 11 | 4 | 15 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Paul Weston | 10 | 5 | 15 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Neil Clarke | 10 | 5 | 15 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Paul Vander Haar | 12 | 2 | 14 | 7 | — | 3 |
| Stephen Carey | 11 | 3 | 14 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Cameron Clayton | 10 | 3 | 13 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Roger Merrett | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | — | 3 |
| Frank Dunell | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Michael Thomson | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Beddison | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Alan Stoneham | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murray Witcombe | 15 | 5 | 20 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Bernard Toohey | 12 | 7 | 19 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Bruce Nankervis | 15 | 3 | 18 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Malcolm Reed | 11 | 6 | 17 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Gary Malarkey | 15 | 1 | 16 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Ray Card | 14 | 1 | 15 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Darren Flanigan | 12 | 3 | 15 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Rod Waddell | 6 | 9 | 15 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Denis Lenaghan | 13 | 2 | 15 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Andrew Bews | 8 | 6 | 14 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Brian Peake | 8 | 5 | 13 | 2 | — | 3 |
| Paul Jeffreys | 6 | 7 | 13 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Steve Reynoldson | 10 | 3 | 13 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Alan Reid | 8 | 4 | 12 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Tim Darcy | 7 | 3 | 10 | 7 | — | 5 |
| Ian Nankervis | 9 | 1 | 10 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Damian Drum | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Mark Yeates | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Michael Kol | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 1 |
| John Mossop | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 |