The 1883 Victorian football season was the 14th senior season of Australian rules football in the colony of Victoria.
Two future Australian Football League (AFL) clubs â and â were founded in 1883.
won the Victorian Football Association (VFA) premiership for the fifth time, making it the club's fifth VFA premiership in just six seasons, and the second in a sequence of three consecutive premierships won from 1882 to 1884.
The 1883 VJFA season was the inaugural season of the Victorian Junior Football Association (VJFA). The competition was officially established on 26 April 1883, with eleven clubs â , , , , , , , , , and â represented at the inaugural meeting.
were the premiers, only losing two of its 20 matches for the season. secretary McKinery disputed this, saying his club was the only one entitled to the premiership. , , , , , , , , , , , and were also named as the season's top clubs.
was the premier club in the Ballarat District competition for the second consecutive season. was the premier junior club.
During a match on 15 September 1883, captain John Williams Mills was struck in the abdomen, but played out the remainder of the match against . However, he died the following morning.