1984 VFL season

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1984 VFL premiership season
Teams12
Premiers Essendon
13th premiership
Minor premiers Essendon
11th minor premiership
Night series Essendon
2nd Night series win
Brownlow Medallist Peter Moore
Melbourne (24 votes)
Coleman Medallist Bernie Quinlan
Fitzroy (104 goals)
Attendance
Matches played138
Total attendance3,394,571 (24,598 per match)
Highest92,685
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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.

Contents

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.

Home-and-away season

Round 1

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Hawthorn 17.22 (124) Sydney 13.11 (89) Princes Park 13,88831 March 1984
Footscray 18.14 (122) Richmond 11.17 (83) Western Oval 25,01331 March 1984
Collingwood 18.12 (120) Melbourne 15.17 (107) Victoria Park 32,47131 March 1984
Geelong 23.10 (148) Fitzroy 15.9 (99) Kardinia Park 22,26031 March 1984
St Kilda 14.13 (97) Essendon 19.20 (134) Moorabbin Oval 26,01931 March 1984
North Melbourne 9.8 (62) Carlton 31.13 (199) VFL Park 36,50431 March 1984

Round 2

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Essendon 16.14 (110) Hawthorn 17.14 (116) Windy Hill 23,8247 April 1984
Collingwood 22.17 (149) St Kilda 7.14 (56) Victoria Park 26,6477 April 1984
Richmond 15.17 (107) North Melbourne 14.9 (93) MCG 25,0047 April 1984
Fitzroy 16.15 (111) Carlton 18.13 (121) Junction Oval 22,2027 April 1984
Geelong 16.9 (105) Footscray 9.11 (65) VFL Park 24,1147 April 1984
Sydney 16.16 (112) Melbourne 13.20 (98) SCG 8,1318 April 1984

Round 3

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
St Kilda 18.8 (116) Sydney 22.13 (145) Moorabbin Oval 15,12714 April 1984
Carlton 15.7 (97) Geelong 19.12 (126) Princes Park 27,73814 April 1984
Melbourne 20.12 (132) Hawthorn 20.18 (138) MCG 25,55714 April 1984
North Melbourne 14.17 (101) Footscray 25.14 (164) Arden Street Oval 14,17414 April 1984
Essendon 26.13 (169) Collingwood 16.10 (106) Windy Hill 28,10114 April 1984
Fitzroy 16.9 (105) Richmond 22.19 (151) VFL Park 25,88814 April 1984

Round 4

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Collingwood 15.13 (103) Sydney 17.4 (106) Victoria Park 22,51921 April 1984
Richmond 14.13 (97) Carlton 23.13 (151) MCG 45,71021 April 1984
Melbourne 14.7 (91) Essendon 17.24 (126) VFL Park 31,53521 April 1984
Hawthorn 23.21 (159) St Kilda 14.15 (99) Princes Park 15,08123 April 1984
Geelong 9.11 (65) North Melbourne 11.13 (79) Kardinia Park 26,57423 April 1984
Fitzroy 21.14 (140) Footscray 9.16 (70) Junction Oval 20,28023 April 1984

Round 5

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Richmond 12.14 (86) Essendon 20.15 (135) MCG 55,14125 April 1984
Carlton 9.17 (71) Collingwood 10.16 (76) VFL Park 68,08225 April 1984
Footscray 13.16 (94) Hawthorn 22.9 (141) Western Oval 19,98828 April 1984
North Melbourne 16.17 (113) Melbourne 14.14 (98) MCG 23,29228 April 1984
St Kilda 10.11 (71) Geelong 15.12 (102) Moorabbin Oval 16,89228 April 1984
Sydney 17.17 (119) Fitzroy 15.14 (104) SCG 10,96729 April 1984

Round 6

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Footscray 11.18 (84) Sydney 11.11 (77) Western Oval 15,2365 May 1984
Collingwood 15.18 (108) North Melbourne 12.15 (87) Victoria Park 25,1565 May 1984
Carlton 15.14 (104) St Kilda 13.12 (90) Princes Park 18,5135 May 1984
Melbourne 23.10 (148) Geelong 12.13 (85) MCG 27,6855 May 1984
Fitzroy 13.15 (93) Essendon 22.12 (144) Junction Oval 20,2705 May 1984
Hawthorn 11.15 (81) Richmond 17.18 (120) VFL Park 31,2595 May 1984

Round 7

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Essendon 12.10 (82) Footscray 16.8 (104) Windy Hill 21,19612 May 1984
Hawthorn 20.15 (135) Fitzroy 16.8 (104) Princes Park 14,18912 May 1984
Geelong 11.17 (83) Collingwood 19.14 (128) Kardinia Park 25,87612 May 1984
Melbourne 16.9 (105) Carlton 18.14 (122) MCG 41,07312 May 1984
North Melbourne 14.17 (101) St Kilda 22.16 (148) VFL Park 18,06612 May 1984
Sydney 17.20 (122) Richmond 18.21 (129) SCG 14,79413 May 1984

Round 8

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
North Melbourne 18.19 (127) Sydney 19.20 (134) Arden Street Oval 10,75919 May 1984
Fitzroy 12.9 (81) Melbourne 13.14 (92) Junction Oval 12,71219 May 1984
Carlton 12.11 (83) Hawthorn 23.13 (151) Princes Park 31,94619 May 1984
St Kilda 13.11 (89) Footscray 9.17 (71) Moorabbin Oval 18,10019 May 1984
Richmond 15.19 (109) Collingwood 13.17 (95) MCG 70,88919 May 1984
Essendon 19.19 (133) Geelong 14.6 (90) VFL Park 39,96219 May 1984

Round 9

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Richmond 24.8 (152) St Kilda 12.16 (88) MCG 30,40226 May 1984
Hawthorn 21.17 (143) North Melbourne 13.8 (86) Princes Park 12,97526 May 1984
Collingwood 15.19 (109) Fitzroy 11.16 (82) Victoria Park 25,57826 May 1984
Essendon 16.17 (113) Carlton 9.12 (66) Windy Hill 27,31226 May 1984
Footscray 11.15 (81) Melbourne 23.21 (159) VFL Park 20,05626 May 1984
Sydney 16.15 (111) Geelong 7.27 (69) SCG 13,57227 May 1984

Round 10

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Melbourne 15.13 (103) Richmond 11.10 (76) MCG 43,7122 June 1984
Geelong 17.11 (113) Hawthorn 11.19 (85) Kardinia Park 14,2902 June 1984
North Melbourne 15.16 (106) Essendon 16.12 (108) Arden Street Oval 16,6902 June 1984
Footscray 15.10 (100) Collingwood 13.17 (95) Western Oval 25,6182 June 1984
St Kilda 11.17 (83) Fitzroy 22.15 (147) VFL Park 20,6182 June 1984
Sydney 12.15 (87) Carlton 20.19 (139) SCG 25,0623 June 1984

Round 11

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Essendon 20.15 (135) Sydney 14.10 (94) Windy Hill 21,7399 June 1984
St Kilda 13.13 (91) Melbourne 19.13 (127) Moorabbin Oval 20,0809 June 1984
Richmond 16.15 (111) Geelong 17.21 (123) MCG 38,1839 June 1984
Fitzroy 25.16 (166) North Melbourne 23.14 (152) Junction Oval 14,60711 June 1984
Carlton 22.11 (143) Footscray 16.13 (109) Princes Park 29,98211 June 1984
Collingwood 14.8 (92) Hawthorn 18.16 (124) VFL Park 62,33911 June 1984

Round 12

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
North Melbourne 14.10 (94) Richmond 16.14 (110) Arden Street Oval 10,24216 June 1984
Melbourne 21.17 (143) Sydney 5.16 (46) MCG 24,87116 June 1984
Footscray 13.11 (89) Geelong 10.13 (73) Western Oval 16,23316 June 1984
Hawthorn 12.21 (93) Essendon 6.10 (46) Princes Park 25,77216 June 1984
St Kilda 11.6 (72) Collingwood 11.12 (78) Moorabbin Oval 17,64816 June 1984
Carlton 9.13 (67) Fitzroy 10.12 (72) VFL Park 24,63916 June 1984

Round 13

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Hawthorn 13.12 (90) Melbourne 15.17 (107) Princes Park 20,41623 June 1984
Collingwood 12.17 (89) Essendon 19.9 (123) Victoria Park 32,70123 June 1984
Richmond 11.15 (81) Fitzroy 14.14 (98) MCG 26,70723 June 1984
Geelong 4.17 (41) Carlton 10.18 (78) Kardinia Park 21,76923 June 1984
Footscray 11.11 (77) North Melbourne 9.8 (62) VFL Park 12,94523 June 1984
Sydney 15.11 (101) St Kilda 19.12 (126) SCG 10,39224 June 1984

Round 14

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Carlton 23.14 (152) Richmond 4.13 (37) Princes Park 21,64330 June 1984
St Kilda 4.6 (30) Hawthorn 19.20 (134) Moorabbin Oval 12,52330 June 1984
North Melbourne 16.11 (107) Geelong 19.11 (125) MCG 11,05030 June 1984
Footscray 13.13 (91) Fitzroy 11.11 (77) Western Oval 14,47330 June 1984
Essendon 14.15 (99) Melbourne 7.14 (56) VFL Park 46,75330 June 1984
Sydney 14.16 (100) Collingwood 19.17 (131) SCG 14,9171 July 1984

Round 15

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Melbourne 18.9 (117) North Melbourne 10.14 (74) MCG 17,2047 July 1984
Geelong 15.12 (102) St Kilda 13.11 (89) Kardinia Park 10,8617 July 1984
Fitzroy 9.14 (68) Sydney 14.12 (96) Junction Oval 8,3687 July 1984
Essendon 14.10 (94) Richmond 7.19 (61) Windy Hill 16,9937 July 1984
Hawthorn 16.14 (110) Footscray 10.16 (76) Princes Park 11,1697 July 1984
Collingwood 9.16 (70) Carlton 14.13 (97) VFL Park 48,2187 July 1984

Round 16

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Essendon 20.7 (127) Fitzroy 9.12 (66) Windy Hill 17,74914 July 1984
Richmond 14.13 (97) Hawthorn 28.17 (185) VFL Park 27,27414 July 1984
Sydney 16.17 (113) Footscray 12.15 (87) SCG 10,64415 July 1984
Geelong 20.10 (130) Melbourne 15.18 (108) Kardinia Park 21,44821 July 1984
North Melbourne 14.17 (101) Collingwood 21.20 (146) MCG 27,18121 July 1984
St Kilda 16.9 (105) Carlton 13.6 (84) Moorabbin Oval 17,10221 July 1984

Round 17

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Richmond 12.19 (91) Sydney 3.10 (28) MCG 13,04128 July 1984
Fitzroy 11.11 (77) Hawthorn 10.7 (67) Junction Oval 6,92028 July 1984
Collingwood 6.19 (55) Geelong 4.5 (29) Victoria Park 22,30628 July 1984
Carlton 7.10 (52) Melbourne 3.8 (26) Princes Park 17,84728 July 1984
Footscray 3.14 (32) Essendon 4.10 (34) Western Oval 16,77128 July 1984
St Kilda 5.12 (42) North Melbourne 5.14 (44) VFL Park 12,64328 July 1984

Round 18

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Footscray 16.16 (112) St Kilda 11.13 (79) Western Oval 13,3564 August 1984
Collingwood 19.14 (128) Richmond 12.20 (92) Victoria Park 24,0674 August 1984
Melbourne 17.18 (120) Fitzroy 22.20 (152) MCG 20,2364 August 1984
Hawthorn 21.14 (140) Carlton 16.12 (108) Princes Park 23,9684 August 1984
Geelong 12.17 (89) Essendon 19.22 (136) VFL Park 31,6754 August 1984
Sydney 17.6 (108) North Melbourne 18.15 (123) SCG 8,5385 August 1984

Round 19

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Geelong 16.17 (113) Sydney 14.8 (92) Kardinia Park 10,75211 August 1984
Carlton 12.18 (90) Essendon 15.12 (102) Princes Park 26,86311 August 1984
St Kilda 11.15 (81) Richmond 10.14 (74) Moorabbin Oval 11,02511 August 1984
North Melbourne 17.20 (122) Hawthorn 7.9 (51) Arden Street Oval 8,27411 August 1984
Melbourne 15.13 (103) Footscray 20.15 (135) MCG 18,01911 August 1984
Fitzroy 14.19 (103) Collingwood 9.7 (61) VFL Park 25,65611 August 1984

Round 20

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Fitzroy 20.11 (131) Geelong 14.9 (93) Junction Oval 9,51818 August 1984
Essendon 22.6 (138) St Kilda 13.5 (83) Windy Hill 13,88218 August 1984
Carlton 16.15 (111) North Melbourne 14.14 (98) Princes Park 15,46318 August 1984
Melbourne 9.17 (71) Collingwood 15.13 (103) MCG 31,84718 August 1984
Richmond 12.13 (85) Footscray 9.11 (65) VFL Park 13,01318 August 1984
Sydney 11.19 (85) Hawthorn 25.24 (174) SCG 8,27619 August 1984

Round 21

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Geelong 14.29 (113) Richmond 9.9 (63) Kardinia Park 15,92625 August 1984
North Melbourne 15.21 (111) Fitzroy 26.9 (165) MCG 20,08625 August 1984
Hawthorn 16.23 (119) Collingwood 15.14 (104) Princes Park 22,03125 August 1984
Footscray 14.9 (93) Carlton 7.16 (58) Western Oval 20,89025 August 1984
Melbourne 14.16 (100) St Kilda 9.8 (62) VFL Park 14,07925 August 1984
Sydney 23.17 (155) Essendon 14.15 (99) SCG 12,17326 August 1984

Round 22

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Fitzroy 24.20 (164) St Kilda 15.17 (107) Junction Oval 15,1561 September 1984
Essendon 27.7 (169) North Melbourne 19.17 (131) Windy Hill 21,0021 September 1984
Collingwood 16.18 (114) Footscray 9.17 (71) Victoria Park 32,0231 September 1984
Carlton 20.19 (139) Sydney 15.13 (103) Princes Park 20,3191 September 1984
Richmond 21.19 (145) Melbourne 18.9 (117) MCG 21,5651 September 1984
Hawthorn 25.14 (164) Geelong 14.11 (95) VFL Park 31,6091 September 1984

Ladder

1984 VFL ladder
PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 Essendon (P)22184025561994128.272 Finals
2 Hawthorn 22175027242069131.768
3 Carlton 22139023322014115.852
4 Collingwood 22139022602072109.152
5 Fitzroy 221111024052345102.644
6 Geelong 22111102112223994.344
7 Footscray 22111101992212393.844
8 Richmond 22101202157237390.940
9 Melbourne 22913023282233104.336
10 Sydney 2291302223252288.136
11 North Melbourne 2251702174266181.720
12 St Kilda 2251701904252275.520
Source: VFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals series

Finals week 1

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

Finals week 2

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

Preliminary final

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.

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.

Season notes

Awards

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References

  1. ↑ "Match details". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. 1 October 1984. p. 38.

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