Waverley Park · Sat 18 Jun 1983 · 30,616 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St KildaSTK | 2.5 | 5.9 | 8.11 | 91 |
| EssendonESS | 6.3 | 8.8 | 16.9 | 138 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 91 and 138.
Essendon won by 47 points.
13.13 (91) — 21.12 (138)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Burns | 32 | 4 | 36 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Trevor Barker | 17 | 8 | 25 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Silvio Foschini | 21 | 1 | 22 | 5 | — |
| 2 |
| Terry Smith | 15 | 5 | 20 | 7 | — | 1 |
| Dean Chiron | 13 | 7 | 20 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Paul Morwood | 15 | 4 | 19 | 8 | — | 1 |
| Simon Meehan | 16 | 2 | 18 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Geoff Cunningham | 10 | 8 | 18 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Graeme Gellie | 4 | 13 | 17 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Greg Lane | 14 | 2 | 16 | 7 | — | 1 |
| Rod Owen | 10 | 4 | 14 | 2 | — | 2 |
| John Favier | 8 | 5 | 13 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Max Crow | 7 | 4 | 11 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Robert Elphinstone | 9 | 2 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Peter Kiel | 7 | 4 | 11 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Tony Lockett | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Darryl Cowie | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Daryl Cunningham | 7 | 2 | 9 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Michael Blees | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Glen Brown | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | 3 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Thomson | 20 | 22 | 42 | 5 | — | 3 |
| Glenn Hawker | 21 | 7 | 28 | 10 | — | 1 |
| Merv Neagle | 13 | 14 | 27 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Neil Clarke | 14 | 9 | 23 | 7 | — | 2 |
| Alan Stoneham | 14 | 8 | 22 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Copping | 13 | 8 | 21 | 9 | — | 6 |
| Terry Daniher | 10 | 11 | 21 | 9 | — | 1 |
| Wayne Otway | 10 | 11 | 21 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Peter Bradbury | 13 | 6 | 19 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Tony Buhagiar | 9 | 7 | 16 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Shane Heard | 12 | 4 | 16 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Simon Madden | 9 | 7 | 16 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Frank Dunell | 11 | 5 | 16 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Paul Weston | 13 | 2 | 15 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Ron Andrews | 5 | 10 | 15 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Tim Watson | 12 | 1 | 13 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Paul Salmon | 8 | 4 | 12 | 4 | — | 4 |
| Chris Waterson | 9 | 3 | 12 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Garry Foulds | 8 | 2 | 10 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Beddison | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | — | 1 |