1984 AFC Night Series

October 2026 December 2017 AFC Night Series 1984 AFC Sterling Cup 6 March – 24 July 1984 17 3 3 Essendon 2 Sydney 16 1983 1985 The 1984 Australian Football Championships Night Series was the 6th edition of the AFC Night Series, a VFL-organised national club Australian rules football tournament between the leading clubs from the VFL, the SANFL, the WAFL and State Representative Teams.http://www.hardballget.net/afl-npm-1984-afc-sterling-cup.html David Eastman 1984 AFC Sterling Cup A total of 17 teams from across Australia played 16 matches over five months, with matches held during the pre-season and midweek throughout the premiership season. Qualified Teams TeamNicknameLeagueQualificationParticipation (bold indicates winners)1Enter in Round 1HawthornHawksVFLWinners of the 1983 Victorian Football League8th (Previous: 1971, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)EssendonBombersVFLRunners-Up in the 1983 Victorian Football League8th (Previous: 1893, 1911, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)North MelbourneKangaroosVFLThird Place in the 1983 Victorian Football League8th (Previous: 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)FitzroyLionsVFLFourth Place in the 1983 Victorian Football League7th (Previous: 1913, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)CarltonBluesVFLFifth Place in the 1983 Victorian Football League13th (Previous: 1907, 1908, 1914, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)CollingwoodMagpiesVFLSixth Place in the 1983 Victorian Football League8th (Previous: 1896, 1910, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)FootscrayBulldogsVFLSeventh Place in the 1983 Victorian Football League7th (Previous: 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)MelbourneDemonsVFLEighth Place in the 1983 Victorian Football League6th (Previous: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)GeelongCatsVFLNinth Place in the 1983 Victorian Football League6th (Previous: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)RichmondTigersVFLTenth Place in the 1983 Victorian Football League10th (Previous: 1969, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)SydneySwansVFLEleventh Place in the 1983 Victorian Football League9th (Previous: 1888, 1890, 1909, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)West AdelaideBloodsSANFLWinners of the 1983 South Australian National Football League9th (Previous: 1908, 1909, 1911, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981)SturtDouble BluesSANFLRunners-Up in the 1983 South Australian National Football League10th (Previous: 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981)ClaremontTigersWAFLRunners-Up in the 1983 West Australian Football League7th (Previous: 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)South FremantleBulldogsWAFLThird Place in the 1983 West Australian Football League27th (Previous: 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)Enter in Qualifying PlayoffSt KildaSaintsVFLTwelfth Place in the 1983 Victorian Football League6th (Previous: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)QueenslandMaroonsQAFLWinners of the 1983 Escort Shield5th (Previous: 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981) 1 Includes previous appearances in the Championship of Australia and NFL Night Series. 2 Replaced Swan Districts who was banned for two years by the AFC for fielding a Reserves-Colts side in their 1982 Quarter-final loss to Richmond. Venues MelbourneAdelaideBrisbane Waverley Park Football Park Keith Beavis Oval Capacity: 72,000 Capacity: 67,000 Capacity: 10,000 150px 150px Knockout stage Qualifying Playoff 18 March 1984 Queensland 75–86 St Kilda 11.9 (75) 12.14 (86) Keith Beavis Oval, Brisbane 8,000 Round 1 6 March 1984 Essendon 110–47 North Melbourne 15.20 (110) 7.5 (47) Waverley Park, Melbourne 9,178 13 March 1984 Collingwood 84–48 Claremont 12.12 (84) 5.18 (48) Waverley Park, Melbourne 4,194 20 March 1984 Hawthorn 121–74 Richmond 18.13 (121) 11.8 (74) Waverley Park, Melbourne 7,183 3 April 1984 West Adelaide 60–87 Footscray 8.12 (60) 11.21 (87) Football Park, Adelaide 3,291 1 May 1984 St Kilda 102–87 South Fremantle 15.12 (102) 12.15 (87) Waverley Park, Melbourne 3,206 8 May 1984 Carlton 66–65 Geelong 10.6 (66) 9.11 (65) Waverley Park, Melbourne 7,898 22 May 1984 Sydney 101–32 Fitzroy 14.17 (101) 4.8 (32) Waverley Park, Melbourne 3,873 29 May 1984 Sturt 77–93 Melbourne 11.11 (77) 14.9 (97) Football Park, Adelaide 3,709 Quarter-finals QF #1 5 June 1984 Essendon 86–35 Collingwood 12.14 (86) 5.5 (35) Waverley Park, Melbourne 13,776 QF #2 12 June 1984 Sydney 85–46 St Kilda 12.13 (85) 7.4 (46) Waverley Park, Melbourne 3,521 QF #3 19 June 1984 Hawthorn 104–73 Footscray 14.20 (104) 11.7 (73) Waverley Park, Melbourne 3,763 QF #4 26 June 1984 Carlton 93–78 Melbourne 14.9 (93) 11.12 (78) Waverley Park, Melbourne 5,779 Semi-finals SF #1 3 July 1984 Essendon 72–57 Hawthorn 10.12 (72) 7.15 (57) Waverley Park, Melbourne 5,849 SF #2 10 July 1984 Sydney 102–81 Carlton 15.12 (102) 12.9 (81) Waverley Park, Melbourne 5,303 Australian Football Championships Night Series final Final 24 July 1984 Essendon 89–38 Sydney 1.2 (8)4.6 (30)7.9 (51)13.11 (89) 1.4 (10)1.5 (11)2.6 (18)5.8 (38) Waverley Park, Melbourne 30,824 Sawers, James Merrett, Baker 3 Ezard 2 Neagle, Elshaug, Eustice, Thompson, Madden 1 Hawke, Wright, Mitchell, Rhys-Jones, Capper 1 References Category:Australian rules interstate football Category:History of Australian rules football Category:Australian rules football competitions in Australia Category:1984 in Australian rules football