1984 VFL season

The 1984 VFL season was the 88th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 31 March until 29 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top five clubs.

1984 VFL Premiership season
Teams12
PremiersEssendon
(13th premiership)
Minor premiersEssendon
(11th minor premiership)
Night seriesEssendon
(2nd Night series win)
Matches played138
Attendance3,394,571 (24,598 per match)
Highest attendance92,685
Coleman MedallistBernie Quinlan
Fitzroy (104 goals)
Brownlow MedallistPeter Moore
Melbourne (24 votes)

The premiership was won by the Essendon Football Club for the 13th time, after it defeated Hawthorn by 24 points in the 1984 VFL Grand Final.

Night series

Essendon defeated Sydney 13.11 (89) to 5.8 (38) in the final.

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
1984 VFL 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

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
  • Essendon' 133-point victory is the biggest win in a VFL/AFL final.

Week four
Main article: 1984 VFL Grand Final
Grand final
Saturday, 29 September (2:50 pm) Essendon 14.21 (105) def. Hawthorn 12.9 (81) MCG (crowd: 92,685) Report
  • This was the second consecutive Grand final featuring Hawthorn and Essendon.
  • The Bombers won their first VFL premiership in 19 years. Their last quarter score of 9.6 (60) was a Grand final record until surpassed the following year.
  • Kevin Sheedy won his first Jock McHale Medal.

Awards

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
  1. "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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