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
Jack Oatey Medallist	Ian Borchard (WA)
Broadcast in Australia
Network	Seven
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.

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