1984 Australian Football Championships

1984 Australian Football Championships
Tournament information
Sport	Australian football
Location	Adelaide and Perth, Australia
Dates	15 May 1984–17 July 1984
Format	Round Robin
Teams	3
Final champion
	Western Australia
	← 1983 1985 →

The 1984 Australian Football Championships was an Australian football series between representative teams of the three major football states. Games involving Victoria were played under State of Origin rules, whilst the match between Western Australia and South Australia involved players based in their respective states at the time. The competition was won by Western Australia.^[1]

Results[edit]

Game 1[edit]

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date	Time	Broadcast Network
Victoria	16.12 (108)	South Australia	16.8 (104)	Football Park	52,719	15 May 1984 ^[2]^[3]	8:00pm	Seven

Fos Williams Medal: Stephen Kernahan (South Australia)^[4]

Game 2[edit]

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date	Time	Broadcast Network
Western Australia	14.14 (98)	South Australia	14.13 (97)	Football Park	26,649	9 June 1984 ^[5]

Fos Williams Medal: Garry McIntosh (South Australia)^[4]

Game 3[edit]

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date	Time	Broadcast Network
Western Australia	21.16 (142)	Victoria	21.12 (138)	Subiaco Oval	42,500	17 July 1984 ^[1]		Seven

Simpson Medal: Brad Hardie (Western Australia)^[1]
Tassie Medal: Brad Hardie (Western Australia)^[1]

Standings[edit]

1984 Australian Championship^[6]

TEAM

P

W

L

D

PF

PA

%

PTS

1

Western Australia

2

0

240

235

102

4

2

Victoria

2

1

0

246

100

2

3

South Australia

2

0

2

0

201

206

97

0

Squads[edit]

Western Australia

^[7]

Victoria

^[8]

South Australia

Coach/es: John Todd
Captain/s: Steve Malaxos
Vice Captain/s:
Deputy Vice Captain/s:
Both Games

vs South Australia

vs Victoria

Coach/es: Allan Jeans
Captain/s:
Vice Captain/s:
Deputy Vice Captain/s:
Both Games

vs South Australia

vs Western Australia

Did not play

Coach/es: Neil Kerley
Captain/s: Greg Phillips
Vice Captain/s: Greg Phillips
Deputy Vice Captain/s:
Both Games

vs Victoria

vs Western Australia

Did not play

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "'Courage plus' as WA proves superior to Victoria". The Canberra Times. 18 July 1984. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
^ "Football Is The Winner". No. Round 8. VFL Media Department. The Football Record. 19 May 1984. p. 9. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
^ "Victoria downs SA". The Canberra Times. 16 May 1984. p. 44. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Fos Williams Medallist". South Australian National Football League. South Australian National Football League. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
^ "SA loses thrilling match". The Canberra Times. 10 June 1984. p. Sport-6. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
^ Doherty, Francis (2000). "Australian National Football Councils Carnivals". The Aussie Rules: Records & Stats Trivia Book. New Holland Publishers. p. 243. ISBN 9781740514019.
^ "State Games 1951-2011". wafooty.com.au. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
^ "Squad cops the lot!". No. Round 16. VFL Media Department. The Football Record. 14 July 1984. pp. 9–10. Retrieved 17 February 2016.

[CT-WAVic-1] "'Courage plus' as WA proves superior to Victoria". The Canberra Times. 18 July 1984. Retrieved 17 February 2016.

[FR-SAvVIC-Post-2] "Football Is The Winner". No. Round 8. VFL Media Department. The Football Record. 19 May 1984. p. 9. Retrieved 17 February 2016.

[CT-SAVic-3] "Victoria downs SA". The Canberra Times. 16 May 1984. p. 44. Retrieved 17 February 2016.

[FosWMedal-4] "Fos Williams Medallist". South Australian National Football League. South Australian National Football League. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2016.

[CT-SAWA-5] "SA loses thrilling match". The Canberra Times. 10 June 1984. p. Sport-6. Retrieved 17 February 2016.

[6] Doherty, Francis (2000). "Australian National Football Councils Carnivals". The Aussie Rules: Records & Stats Trivia Book. New Holland Publishers. p. 243. ISBN 9781740514019.

[7] "State Games 1951-2011". wafooty.com.au. Retrieved 19 February 2016.

[FR-WAvVic-8] "Squad cops the lot!". No. Round 16. VFL Media Department. The Football Record. 14 July 1984. pp. 9–10. Retrieved 17 February 2016.

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v t e Interstate matches in Australian rules football
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Section B Championships	1908 Melbourne Carnival 1947 Hobart Carnival 1950 Brisbane Carnival 1951 Canberra Minor States Carnival 1954 North Hobart Minor States Carnival 1958 Melbourne Carnival 1960 Sydney Minor States Carnival 1965 Division 2 Championships 1968 Canberra Minor States Carnival 1971 Brisbane Minor States Carnival 1974 Sydney Minor States Carnival 1979 Perth Carnival 1988 Adelaide Carnival 1993 Championships
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Awards	National: Tassie Medal Allies: Alex Jesaulenko Medal Queensland: Zane Taylor Medal South Australia: Fos Williams Medal Tasmania: Lefroy Medal Victoria: E. J. Whitten Medal Frank Johnson Medal Allen Aylett Medal Western Australia: Simpson Medal Graham Moss Medal U/18: Larke Medal (Division 1) Hunter Harrison Medal (Division 2)

v t e Western Australian team – 1984 Interstate Championships
Western Australia 14.14 (98) defeated South Australia 14.13 (97), at Football Park, 9 June 1984 Western Australia 21.16 (142) defeated Victoria 21.12 (138), at Subiaco Oval, 17 July 1984
Both games	Aitken Bosustow Carter Daniels Hardie Harding Langsford Malaxos (c) Rance Wiley
State game vs. South Australia	Baynes Brenton Campbell Fogarty Hart Holmes Keene Mosconi Panizza Ware Wilkinson
State of Origin vs. Victoria	Baker Blackwell Cronan Dorotich Glendinning Holden Peake Purser Richardson Rioli Sidebottom Taylor
Coach: Todd

v t e Victorian team – 1984 State of Origin
Victoria 16.12 (108) defeated South Australia 16.8 (104), at Football Park, 15 May 1984 Western Australia 21.16 (142) defeated Victoria 21.12 (138), at Subiaco Oval, 17 July 1984
Both games	Ackerly Buckley Cunningham Evans Hawkins Healy Johnston Madden Mew Moore Pert Tuck
vs. South Australia	Bos Carroll Daicos Doull Greig Jess Kennedy Lee McCann Salmon Watson Wilson
vs. Western Australia	Ablett Ayres Daniher DiPierdomenico Greene Icke Merrett Shaw Turner Williams
Coach: Jeans

v t e South Australian team – 1984 Interstate Championships
Victoria 16.12 (108) defeated South Australia 16.8 (104), at Football Park, 15 May 1984 Western Australia 14.14 (98) defeated South Australia 14.13 (97), at Football Park, 9 June 1984
Both games	Bradley Fielke Kernahan Leslie McIntosh Motley Naley Redden Roberts Robson Russell Schneebichler White
State of Origin vs. Victoria	Anderson Craig (c) Giles Johnston McKinnon Parker Phillips (vc) Platten
State Game vs. Western Australia	Aish Carey Dreher Lindsay Marshall McGuinness Paynter Warhurst
Coach: Kerley

v t e Tassie Medal winners
1937: Cronin 1947: Furler / McClements 1950: Cashion 1953: McIntosh 1956: Farmer 1958: Aylett / Whitten 1961: Dixon 1966: Cable 1969: Eakins / Molloy 1972: McAullay 1975: not awarded 1979: Peake 1980: Cornes 1983: Michael 1984: Hardie 1985: Weightman 1986: Hardie 1987: Naley 1988: Salmon
The Tassie Medal was awarded from 1937–88 to the best player at the Australian National Football Carnival.