1983 SANFL Grand Final

1983 SANFL Grand Final
West Adelaide Sturt 21.16 (142) 16.12 (108)
1 2 3 4 WA 2.4 (16) 12.7 (79) 15.10 (100) 21.16 (142) STU 3.4 (22) 7.7 (49) 12.11 (83) 16.12 (108)
Date	Saturday, 1 October (2:10 pm)
Stadium	Football Park
Attendance	47,129
Umpires	Laurie Argent, Rick Kinnear
Coin toss won by	Sturt
Kicked toward	Golf Course (southern)
Ceremonies
Pre-match entertainment	Jackie Love
Accolades
Best on Ground	Ian Borchard (WA)
Broadcast in Australia
Network	Seven [1]
Commentators	Bruce McAvaney, Robert Oatey, Ian Day, Peter Marker
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The 1983 SANFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football competition. West Adelaide beat Sturt 142 to 108.^[2]

Teams

West Adelaide
B:	John Kantilaftas	Tony Burgess	Peter Winter
HB:	Larry Watson	Mark Dreher	Greg Summerton
C:	Robin McKinnon	Richard Hamilton	Randall Bennett
HF:	Mike Smith	Bruce Lindner	Geoff Morris (vc)
F:	Craig Williams	Roger Luders	Leon Grosser
Foll:	Dirk de Jong	Ian Borchard (c)	Bernie Conlen
Int:	Grantley Fielke	Peter Meuret
Coach:	Neil Kerley

Scorecard

	1983 SANFL Grand Final
Saturday, 1 October (2:10 pm)	West Adelaide	def.	Sturt	Football Park (Crowd: 47,129)
	2.4 (16) 12.7 (79) 15.10 (100) 21.16 (142)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.4 (22) 7.7 (49) 12.11 (83) 16.12 (108)	Umpires: Argent, Kinnear Jack Oatey Medal: Ian Borchard (West Adelaide) Television broadcast: Seven
5: Lindner 4: Luders, Grosser 3: Meuret 2: Morris 1: Conlen, Smith, Borchard		Goals	4: Graham 2: Davies, Motley
Borchard, Morris, Bennett, Meuret, Grosser		Best	Graham, Motley, Howard
This was West Adelaide's first premiership since 1961. They would not win another until 2015

References

1. 1983 SANFL Grand Final - Full Match replay
2. "Australian Football - SANFL Season 1983". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 2015-08-18.