1983 KB Cup
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{{Use Australian English|date=December 2017}}
{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = NSWRFL Midweek Cup
| year = 1983
| other_titles = NSWRFL KB Cup
| dates = 13 April - 10 August 1983
| num_teams = 18
| venues = 3
| cities = 3
| champion_other = Manly-Warringah
| count = 2
| second_other = Cronulla-Sutherland
| matches = 17
| attendance =
| prevseason = 1982
| nextseason = 1984
}}
The 1983 KB Cup was the 10th edition of the NSWRFL Midweek Cup, a NSWRFL-organised national club Rugby League tournament between the leading clubs and representative teams from the NSWRFL, the BRL, the CRL, the QRL and the NZRL.
A total of 18 teams from across Australia and New Zealand played 17 matches in a straight knock-out format, with the matches being held midweek during the premiership season.
Qualified Teams
Venues
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| Sydney |
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| Leichhardt Oval |
| Capacity: 23,000
| Capacity: 45,000 | Capacity: 33,000 |
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| 150px | 150px |
Preliminary round
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!Date!! Winner!! Score!! Loser!! Score!! Venue !! Man of the Match | ||||||
| 13/04/83 | 16x16px Manly-Warringah (Ribot try, P.Blake field goal) | 5 | {{leagueicon|Parramatta|16}} Parramatta | 0 | Leichhardt Oval | |
| 20/04/83 | 16x16px Canberra (O'Callaghan 2, Keir, Spears tries, Giteau 3 goals) | 22 | {{leagueicon|Balmain|16}} Balmain (Lane 2, Lawson tries, Filipaina 4 goals) | 20 | Leichhardt Oval | Chris O'Sullivan - Canberra |
Round 1
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!Date!! Winner!! Score!! Loser!! Score!! Venue !! Man of the Match | ||||||
| 27/04/83 | {{leagueicon|Canterbury|16}} Canterbury-Bankstown (Leis, Conlon tries, Conlon 3 goals) | 14 | {{leagueicon|Old Penrith|16}} Penrith (Martin, Izzard tries, Marshall goal) | 10 | Newcastle ISC | Garry Hughes - Canterbury-Bankstown |
| 11/05/83 | {{leagueicon|Newtown|16}} Newtown (Doyle 5, Sigsworth, Wilson, Ellis, Bird tries, Wilson 7 goals) | 50 | {{leagueicon|Newcastle|16}} Central Districts (NZ) | 0 | Leichhardt Oval | Chris Doyle - Newtown |
| 18/05/83 | {{leagueicon|St Helens|16}} Combined Brisbane | 38 | {{leagueicon|North Sydney|16}} North Sydney | 18 | Lang Park | Wally Lewis - Combined Brisbane |
| 18/05/83 | 16x16px Manly-Warringah | 78 | 16px QLD Country | 4 | Lang Park | Ian Schubert - Manly-Warringah |
| 25/05/83 | {{leagueicon|country|16}} NSW Country | 20 | {{leagueicon|South Sydney|16}} South Sydney | 12 | Leichhardt Oval | Ross Gibson - NSW Country |
| 1/06/83 | 16x16px Cronulla-Sutherland (Beckett 2, Gardner, Withall tries, D.Sorensen 4 goals) | 24 | 16x16px St George (Rogers try, Gearin 2 goals) | 8 | Leichhardt Oval | Rowland Beckett - Cronulla-Sutherland |
| 8/06/83 | 16x16px Eastern Suburbs (Michael, Grounds 2, Walford, Eden tries, Eden 4 goals) | 32 | 16x16px Canberra (Wurth 2, Spears tries, Giteau 2 goals) | 16 | Leichhardt Oval | Mike Eden - Eastern Suburbs |
| 15/06/83 | {{leagueicon|Western Suburbs|16}} Western Suburbs (Harris, Greene tries, Greene goal) | 10 | 16x16px Illawarra (McKellar try) | 4 | Leichhardt Oval | David Greene - Western Suburbs |
Quarter finals
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!Date!! Winner!! Score!! Loser!! Score!! Venue !! Man of the Match | ||||||
| 22/06/83 | 16x16px Eastern Suburbs (Eden 3, Walford 2 tries, Eden 5 goals) | 30 | {{leagueicon|Newtown|16}} Newtown (Speechley try, Wilson 4 goals) | 12 | Leichhardt Oval | Kevin Hastings - Eastern Suburbs |
| 29/06/83 | 16x16px Cronulla-Sutherland (Nixon 2, Mullane, O'Connor, D.Sorensen, Lane tries, Hardy 5 goals) | 34 | {{leagueicon|Western Suburbs|16}} Western Suburbs (S.Gale, T.Lamb tries, Greene 2 goals) | 12 | Leichhardt Oval | Scott Gale - Western Suburbs |
| 13/07/83 | 16x16px Manly-Warringah (Sigsworth, Walker tries, Sigsworth goal) | 10 | {{leagueicon|Canterbury|16}} Canterbury-Bankstown (Conlon 2 goals, C.Mortimer field goal) | 5 | Leichhardt Oval | Alan Thompson - Manly-Warringah |
| 20/07/83 | {{leagueicon|St Helens|16}} Combined Brisbane (Brennan 3, Lindenberg 2, Meninga, Paterson, Miles, Tessman tries, Meninga 6, Lewis 3 goals) | 54 | {{leagueicon|country|16}} NSW Country (McCartney, Kearney tries, Elwin 3 goals) | 14 | Leichhardt Oval | Gene Miles - Combined Brisbane |
Semi finals
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!Date!! Winner!! Score!! Loser!! Score!! Venue !! Man of the Match | ||||||
| 27/07/83 | 16x16px Manly-Warringah (P.Blake 2, Close, Windshuttle tries, Eadie 3 goals, P.Blake field goal) | 23 | {{leagueicon|St Helens|16}} Combined Brisbane (Brennan, Jones tries, Meninga 3 goals) | 14 | Lang Park | Graham Eadie - Manly-Warringah |
| 3/08/83 | 16x16px Cronulla-Sutherland (Gardner 2, Anderson tries) | 12 | 16x16px Eastern Suburbs (Neil try, Eden 3 goals) | 10 | Leichhardt Oval | Greg Nixon - Cronulla-Sutherland |
Final
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!Date!! Winner!! Score!! Loser!! Score!! Venue !! Man of the Match | ||||||
| 10/8/83 | 16x16px Manly-Warringah (Eadie 2, Ryan, Close, Cleal tries, Eadie 3 goals) | 26 | 16x16px Cronulla-Sutherland (Ettingshausen try, Hardy goal) | 6 | Leichhardt Oval | Paul Vautin - Manly-Warringah |
=Player of the Series=
=Golden Try=
Sources
- https://web.archive.org/web/20070929092845/http://users.hunterlink.net.au/~maajjs/aus/nsw/sum/nsw1983.htm
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