Australian Football

KEY FACTS

Official name
Melbourne Football Club

Known as
Melbourne

Nickname
Demons (formerly Red Legs, Fuchsias)

Formed
1858

Colours
Navy blue and red

Associated clubs
Casey; Melbourne WFC; Melbourne Reserves; Casey WFC; Melbourne U19s

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1897–2025

Affiliations (Historical)
Challenge Cup (CUP) 1865–1876; Victorian Football Association (VFA) 1877–1896

Home Ground
M.C.G.

AFL Premierships
2021 (1 total)

VFL Premierships
1900, 1926, 1939-40-41, 1948, 1955-56-57, 1959-60, 1964 (12 total)

Senior Premierships
VFL Night Series: 1971, 1987, 1989 (3 total); McClelland Trophy 1955-6, 1958, 1990, 2021 (5 total)

Most Games
306 - David Neitz (1993-2008)

Most Goals
631 - David Neitz (1993-2008)

League Top Goalkickers
V.Coutie (39) 1904; H.Brereton (56) 1912; N.Smith (89) 1941; F.Fanning (67) 1944, (67) 1945 & (97) 1947; D.Neitz (82) 2002 (5 winners/7 wins)

Brownlow Medalists
Ivor Warne-Smith 1926 & 1928; Don Cordner 1946; Brian Wilson 1982; Peter Moore 1984; Jim Stynes 1991; Shane Woewodin 2000 (6 medallists/7 medals)

Headquarters
Great Southern Stand (MCG), East Melbourne, VIC 3002

Postal Address
PO Box 254, East Melbourne, VIC 8002

Phone: (03) 9652 1111

Email
info@melbournefc.com.au

Website
melbournefc.com.au

Melbourne

Grand Finals | Honour board | Every player | Most games | Most goals

"The seeds of the Melbourne Football Club's greatest ever era began to be sown the following season, in 1952, when favourite son Norm Smith returned from Fitzroy to take over from Alan La Fontaine as senior coach ... and the 1953 season saw the debuts of several players who would go on to play significant roles in the club's impending period of greatness, notably Ron Barassi, Brian Dixon, Ian Ridley, Laurie Mithen and Colin Wilson ..."

Despite their recent lack of success, John Devaney writes that, as the foundation club, their place in the game's history is assured

1983 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Melbourne's 1983 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
1983-03-26 1	H	Melbourne	6.2	12.3	17.7	19.11	125	LOST	Collingwood	5.7	9.10	15.12	20.15	135	-10	MCG	1983-03-26 Mar 26 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1983-04-02 2	A	Melbourne	2.1	10.5	12.8	18.11	119	WON	Richmond	3.2	5.6	10.9	15.10	100	19	MCG	1983-04-02 Apr 2 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1983-04-09 3	A	Melbourne	2.3	4.7	8.9	11.13	79	LOST	Footscray	8.5	9.7	10.11	16.15	111	-32	WES	1983-04-09 Apr 9 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1983-04-16 4	H	Melbourne	4.2	9.2	11.6	13.12	90	LOST	Carlton	1.6	6.13	13.14	14.15	99	-9	MCG	1983-04-16 Apr 16 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1983-04-25 5	A	Melbourne	1.2	6.8	15.13	18.13	121	WON	Geelong	7.2	10.4	13.8	16.14	110	11	KAR	1983-04-25 Apr 25 (Mon, 2:10)	Scores
1983-04-30 6	H	Melbourne	3.6	6.10	11.17	18.18	126	WON	Sydney	2.7	5.13	8.17	12.21	93	33	MCG	1983-04-30 Apr 30 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1983-05-07 7	H	Melbourne	5.2	8.4	12.9	16.12	108	WON	St. Kilda	3.1	8.3	9.5	11.9	75	33	VFL	1983-05-07 May 7 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1983-05-14 8	H	Melbourne	3.3	6.7	8.12	12.15	87	LOST	Fitzroy	4.4	7.7	12.12	18.18	126	-39	MCG	1983-05-14 May 14 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1983-05-21 9	A	Melbourne	5.3	9.4	12.9	17.13	115	LOST	Essendon	2.2	11.4	20.9	22.17	149	-34	WIN	1983-05-21 May 21 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1983-05-28 10	H	Melbourne	6.5	12.9	14.11	16.13	109	LOST	Hawthorn	3.2	11.5	17.8	27.9	171	-62	VFL	1983-05-28 May 28 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1983-06-04 11	H	Melbourne	6.3	10.6	16.9	18.17	125	LOST	North Melbourne	4.5	5.9	15.13	20.19	139	-14	MCG	1983-06-04 Jun 4 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1983-06-13 12	A	Melbourne	2.0	3.1	8.5	10.8	68	LOST	Collingwood	2.2	6.5	8.9	12.15	87	-19	VFL	1983-06-13 Jun 13 (Mon, 2:10)	Scores
1983-06-18 13	H	Melbourne	8.3	13.6	15.9	18.15	123	WON	Richmond	3.5	8.10	14.15	15.19	109	14	MCG	1983-06-18 Jun 18 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1983-06-25 14	H	Melbourne	2.6	5.8	9.9	14.15	99	WON	Footscray	0.5	3.6	8.12	12.13	85	14	MCG	1983-06-25 Jun 25 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1983-07-02 15	A	Melbourne	3.2	7.9	11.12	15.16	106	WON	Carlton	3.2	6.5	7.9	9.13	67	39	PRI	1983-07-02 Jul 2 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1983-07-16 16	H	Melbourne	3.4	3.7	6.12	10.19	79	WON	Geelong	2.3	4.5	8.10	10.13	73	6	MCG	1983-07-16 Jul 16 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1983-07-24 17	A	Melbourne	2.1	7.7	11.13	16.16	112	LOST	Sydney	8.2	12.6	15.10	18.17	125	-13	SCG	1983-07-24 Jul 24 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1983-07-30 18	A	Melbourne	3.2	7.5	11.10	14.14	98	WON	St. Kilda	5.5	9.6	11.8	11.15	81	17	MOO	1983-07-30 Jul 30 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1983-08-06 19	A	Melbourne	2.2	5.6	5.6	11.9	75	LOST	Fitzroy	6.8	12.16	21.22	22.29	161	-86	JUN	1983-08-06 Aug 6 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1983-08-13 20	H	Melbourne	6.5	11.7	16.8	19.10	124	LOST	Essendon	4.1	10.5	16.9	21.15	141	-17	MCG	1983-08-13 Aug 13 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1983-08-20 21	A	Melbourne	3.2	4.3	6.6	8.9	57	LOST	Hawthorn	5.4	15.10	22.11	25.22	172	-115	VFL	1983-08-20 Aug 20 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1983-08-27 22	A	Melbourne	2.6	9.11	9.13	10.15	75	LOST	North Melbourne	6.4	8.8	14.15	21.22	148	-73	ARD	1983-08-27 Aug 27 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores

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1983 Player Stats

Player	GP	K	Avg	H	Avg	D	Avg	M	Avg	HO	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg	B	TS
Bamblett, Les	11	84	7.6	38	3.5	122	11.1	19	1.7	0	0.0	16	10	12	1.1	7	79
Battiston, Adrian	12	154	12.8	77	6.4	231	19.3	15	1.3	0	0.0	18	28	8	0.7	8	56
Boland, Glenn	9	64	7.1	27	3.0	91	10.1	17	1.9	1	0.1	15	15	0	0.0	1	1
Castles, Trevor	1	1	1.0	0	0.0	1	1.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
Connolly, Chris	21	309	14.7	153	7.3	462	22.0	80	3.8	1	0.0	40	48	7	0.3	6	48
Cordner, David	6	19	3.2	6	1.0	25	4.2	11	1.8	2	0.3	2	9	2	0.3	2	14
Dickson, Dale	18	227	12.6	54	3.0	281	15.6	46	2.6	1	0.1	24	48	5	0.3	9	39
Ellingworth, Roger	18	149	8.3	80	4.4	229	12.7	39	2.2	0	0.0	15	29	10	0.6	9	69
Elshaug, Tony	14	197	14.1	86	6.1	283	20.2	55	3.9	0	0.0	17	28	25	1.8	17	167
Fidge, Ted	9	90	10.0	33	3.7	123	13.7	31	3.4	0	0.0	10	17	11	1.2	11	77
Flower, Robert	20	267	13.4	147	7.4	414	20.7	116	5.8	0	0.0	37	36	40	2.0	24	264
Giles, Peter	16	179	11.2	57	3.6	236	14.8	75	4.7	1	0.1	39	38	9	0.6	5	59
Hamilton, Peter	2	1	0.5	0	0.0	1	0.5	1	0.5	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Healy, Gerard	19	198	10.4	72	3.8	270	14.2	98	5.2	3	0.2	21	50	37	1.9	41	263
Hutchison, Greg	2	13	6.5	13	6.5	26	13.0	4	2.0	0	0.0	8	2	0	0.0	0	0
Icke, Stephen	21	213	10.1	189	9.0	402	19.1	102	4.9	4	0.2	47	42	12	0.6	7	79
Jarrott, Alan	18	210	11.7	115	6.4	325	18.1	46	2.6	5	0.3	33	29	5	0.3	2	32
Johnson, Alan	18	319	17.7	93	5.2	412	22.9	81	4.5	0	0.0	37	13	11	0.6	19	85
McCarthy, Stephen	6	26	4.3	15	2.5	41	6.8	2	0.3	0	0.0	13	12	3	0.5	3	21
McLean, Glenn	22	161	7.3	99	4.5	260	11.8	86	3.9	292	13.3	46	52	6	0.3	6	42
Moore, Peter	16	166	10.4	68	4.3	234	14.6	81	5.1	188	11.8	41	61	9	0.6	11	65
O'Brien, Paul	2	16	8.0	4	2.0	20	10.0	3	1.5	0	0.0	3	6	0	0.0	0	0
O'Donnell, Kelly	21	293	14.0	156	7.4	449	21.4	69	3.3	0	0.0	25	20	7	0.3	8	50
O'Sullivan, Michael	1	7	7.0	1	1.0	8	8.0	2	2.0	0	0.0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0
Reynolds, Michael	6	31	5.2	14	2.3	45	7.5	15	2.5	5	0.8	7	8	9	1.5	5	59
Richards, Russell	19	123	6.5	108	5.7	231	12.2	39	2.1	1	0.1	17	37	1	0.1	0	6
Rugolo, Francesco	2	10	5.0	8	4.0	18	9.0	4	2.0	0	0.0	1	6	1	0.5	5	11
Seddon, Michael	12	104	8.7	73	6.1	177	14.8	32	2.7	2	0.2	19	18	2	0.2	3	15
Smith, Steven	17	134	7.9	43	2.5	177	10.4	63	3.7	6	0.4	35	11	0	0.0	0	0
Sutcliffe, Scott	5	29	5.8	4	0.8	33	6.6	6	1.2	0	0.0	7	3	1	0.2	0	6
Templeton, Kelvin	13	104	8.0	20	1.5	124	9.5	68	5.2	16	1.2	7	37	38	2.9	29	257
Tossol, Peter	2	4	2.0	5	2.5	9	4.5	1	0.5	0	0.0	2	3	2	1.0	0	12
Williams, David	4	30	7.5	23	5.8	53	13.3	14	3.5	0	0.0	8	3	3	0.8	2	20
Wilson, Brian	21	262	12.5	164	7.8	426	20.3	126	6.0	2	0.1	46	56	39	1.9	25	259
Wright, Rodney	15	172	11.5	93	6.2	265	17.7	36	2.4	0	0.0	30	24	3	0.2	1	19
Zantuck, Shane	21	247	11.8	57	2.7	304	14.5	66	3.1	0	0.0	41	37	3	0.1	7	25