1984 VFL season
The 1984 Victorian Football League season was the 88th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
| 1984 VFL Premiership season | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 12 |
| Premiers | Essendon (13th premiership) |
| Minor premiers | Essendon (11th minor premiership) |
| Night series | Essendon (2nd Night series win) |
| Matches played | 138 |
| Attendance | 3,394,571 (24,598 per match) |
| Highest attendance | 92,685 |
| Coleman Medallist | Bernie Quinlan Fitzroy (104 goals) |
| Brownlow Medallist | Peter Moore Melbourne (24 votes) |
Premiership season
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Round 19
Round 20
Round 21
Round 22
Ladder
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Essendon (P) | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2556 | 1994 | 128.2 | 72 | Finals |
| 2 | Hawthorn | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2724 | 2069 | 131.7 | 68 | |
| 3 | Carlton | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2332 | 2014 | 115.8 | 52 | |
| 4 | Collingwood | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2260 | 2072 | 109.1 | 52 | |
| 5 | Fitzroy | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2405 | 2345 | 102.6 | 44 | |
| 6 | Geelong | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2112 | 2239 | 94.3 | 44 | |
| 7 | Footscray | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1992 | 2123 | 93.8 | 44 | |
| 8 | Richmond | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 2157 | 2373 | 90.9 | 40 | |
| 9 | Melbourne | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 2328 | 2233 | 104.3 | 36 | |
| 10 | Sydney | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 2223 | 2522 | 88.1 | 36 | |
| 11 | North Melbourne | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 2174 | 2661 | 81.7 | 20 | |
| 12 | St Kilda | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 1904 | 2522 | 75.5 | 20 |
Source: VFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers
Finals series
Week one
| Qualifying final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 8 September (2:30 pm) | Hawthorn 18.14 (122) | def. | Carlton 13.14 (92) | VFL Park (crowd: 55,947) | Report |
| Elimination final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, 9 September (2:30 pm) | Collingwood 23.15 (153) | def. | Fitzroy 15.17 (107) | MCG (crowd: 73,994) | Report |
Week two
| Semi-finals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF1: Saturday, 15 September (2:30 pm) | Carlton 14.9 (93) | def. by | Collingwood 17.16 (118) | VFL Park (crowd: 70,634) | Report |
| SF2: Sunday, 16 September (2:30 pm) | Essendon 15.15 (105) | def. by | Hawthorn 16.17 (113) | MCG (crowd: 76,514) | Report |
Week three
| Preliminary final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 22 September (2:30 pm) | Essendon 28.6 (174) | def. | Collingwood 5.11 (41) | VFL Park (crowd: 73,550) | Report |
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Week four
| Grand final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 29 September (2:50 pm) | Essendon 14.21 (105) | def. | Hawthorn 12.9 (81) | MCG (crowd: 92,685) | Report |
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Awards
- The Brownlow Medal was awarded to Peter Moore of Melbourne.
- The Coleman Medal was awarded to Bernie Quinlan of Fitzroy.
- The VFL Players Association MVP Award, now known as the Leigh Matthews Trophy, was awarded to Russell Greene of Hawthorn.
- The Norm Smith Medal was awarded to Billy Duckworth of Essendon.
- The wooden spoon was "awarded" to St Kilda.
- North Melbourne 17.19 (121) defeated Richmond 7.11 (53) in the under 19's grand final, held as a curtain-raiser to the Reserves Grand final on 29 September at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
- Melbourne 11.15 (81) defeated Carlton 6.9 (45) in the Reserves Grand final, held as a curtain-raiser to the Grand final on 29 September at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.[1]
Notable events
- Fitzroy became the only side to make the finals after winning only one of its first nine games.
- Essendon's 133-point win over Collingwood in the Preliminary Final is the largest win in any VFL/AFL final and the first 100-point loss by Collingwood since 1943 when they were depleted by war.
- In Round 17, shocking weather saw the lowest aggregate score for a round since 1961, with a combined total of only 577 points or an approximate average score of 6.12 (48).
See also
References
- "Match details". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. 1 October 1984. p. 38.
Bibliography
- Stephen Rodgers: Every Game Ever Played VFL/AFL Results 1897–1991 3rd Edition 1992. Penguin Books Australia ISBN 0-670-90526-7.
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