State of Origin 1983

The 1983 State of Origin Series was the fourth edition of the State of Origin rugby league tournament . It consisted of three games that took place between June 7th and June 28th. Queensland won the Series 2-1.

Game 1

June 7th	Queensland Maroons	24:12	New South Wales Blues	Lang Park , Brisbane Spectators: 29,412 Referee: Barry Gomersall
	Attempts: Lewis (2), Murray Elevations: Meninga (3/3) Penalty Kicks: Meninga (3/3)	(18: 6) Report	Attempts: Ella , Grothe Elevations: Sigsworth (2/2)

1 Colin Scott 2 John Ribot 3 Mal Meninga 4th Gene Miles 5 Steve Stacey 6th Wally Lewis 7th Mark Murray 8th Wally Fullerton-Smith 9 Paul Vautin 10 Bryan Niebling 11 Darryl Brohman 12 Greg Conescu 13 Brad Tessmann Substitute: 14th Dave Brown

1 Greg Brentnall 2 Chris Anderson 3 Brett Kenny 4th Phil Sigsworth 5 Eric Grothe 6th Alan Thompson 7th Peter Sterling 8th Ray Price 9 Wayne Pearce 10 Les Boyd 11 Geoff Bugden 12 Max Krilich 13 Geoff Gerard Substitute: 14th Steve Ella 15th Ray Brown

Game 2

June 21st	New South Wales Blues	10: 6	Queensland Maroons	Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney Spectators: 21,620 Referee: John Gocher
	Tries: Ella , Hunt Increases: Mick Cronin (1/2)	(6: 6) Report	Attempts: Meninga Elevations: Meninga (1/1)

1 Marty Gurr 2 Neil Hunt 3 Mick Cronin 4th Steve Ella 5 Eric Grothe 6th Brett Kenny 7th Peter Sterling 8th Ray Price 9 Gavin Miller 10 Paul Field 11 Lindsay Johnston 12 Ray Brown 13 Geoff Gerard Substitute: 14th Steve Mortimer 15th Stan Jurd

1 Colin Scott 2 Terry Butler 3 Mal Meninga 4th Gene Miles 5 Chris Close 6th Wally Lewis 7th Mark Murray 8th Paul Vautin 9 Wally Fullerton-Smith 10 Bryan Niebling 11 Dave Brown 12 Greg Conescu 13 Brad Tessmann

Game 3

June 28th	Queensland Maroons	43:22	New South Wales Blues	Lang Park , Brisbane Spectators: 26,084 Referee: Robin Whitfield
	Attempts: Brennan (2), Brown , Conescu , Miles , Niebling , Stacey Elevations: Meninga (6/7) Penalty Kicks: Scott (1/2) Dropgoals: Lewis (1)	(21: 0) report	Attempts: Anderson (3), Mortimer Increases: Cronin (3/4)

1 Colin Scott 2 Mitch Brennan 3 Mal Meninga 4th Gene Miles 5 Steve Stacey 6th Wally Lewis 7th Mark Murray 8th Paul Vautin 9 Wally Fullerton-Smith 10 Bryan Niebling 11 Dave Brown 12 Greg Conescu 13 Brad Tessmann Substitute: 14th Bruce Astill 15th Gavin Jones

1 Marty Gurr 2 Chris Anderson 3 Mick Cronin 4th Steve Ella 5 Neil Hunt 6th Brett Kenny 7th Steve Mortimer 8th Gavin Miller 9 Paul Field 10 Stan Jurd 11 Lindsay Johnston 12 Max Krilich 13 Geoff Bugden Substitute: 14th Kevin Hastings 15th Ray Brown

Man of the Match

game	Man of the Match
1	Wally Lewis
2	Peter Sterling
3	Wally Lewis

Web links

• State of Origin Series 1983 on rugbyleagueproject.org