1982 VFL premiership season | |
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Teams | 12 |
Premiers | Carlton 14th premiership |
Minor premiers | Richmond 8th minor premiership |
Night series | Swans 1st Night series win |
Brownlow Medallist | Brian Wilson Melbourne (23 votes) |
Coleman Medallist | Malcolm Blight North Melbourne (94 goals) |
Attendance | |
Matches played | 138 |
Total attendance | 3,681,556 (26,678 per match) |
Highest | 107,536 |
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The 1982 VFL season was the 86th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 20 March until 25 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top five clubs.
The season saw the VFL establish its first permanent interstate presence, as the South Melbourne Football Club (which was known after June just as the Swans, being renamed Sydney the following year) played all of its home games on Sunday afternoons in Sydney, New South Wales.
The premiership was won by the Carlton Football Club for the 14th time and second time consecutively, after it defeated Richmond by 18 points in the VFL grand final.
The Swans defeated North Melbourne 13.12 (90) to 8.10 (58) in the final.
Round 1 | |||||
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Saturday, 27 March (2:10 pm) | Carlton 16.17 (113) | drew with | Fitzroy 17.11 (113) | Princes Park (crowd: 26,669) | |
Saturday, 27 March (2:10 pm) | Collingwood 7.16 (58) | def. by | Geelong 21.20 (146) | VFL Park (crowd: 53,549) | |
Saturday, 27 March (2:10 pm) | Essendon 29.16 (190) | def. | Footscray 11.15 (81) | Windy Hill (crowd: 26,456) | |
Saturday, 27 March (2:10 pm) | St Kilda 12.16 (88) | def. by | Hawthorn 17.17 (119) | Moorabbin Oval (crowd: 19,719) | |
Saturday, 27 March (2:10 pm) | Richmond 18.14 (122) | def. | North Melbourne 15.14 (104) | MCG (crowd: 38,864) | |
Sunday, 28 March (2:10 pm) | Swans 20.17 (137) | def. | Melbourne 16.12 (108) | SCG (crowd: 15,764) | |
Round 2 | |||||
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Saturday, 20 March (2:10 pm) | Fitzroy 13.11 (89) | def. by | Richmond 20.10 (130) | VFL Park (crowd: 38,686) | Report |
Saturday, 3 April (2:10 pm) | Carlton 8.17 (65) | def. by | Essendon 13.13 (91) | VFL Park (crowd: 60,208) | Report |
Saturday, 3 April (2:10 pm) | Footscray 14.8 (92) | def. by | Collingwood 15.14 (104) | Western Oval (crowd: 27,266) | Report |
Saturday, 3 April (2:10 pm) | Hawthorn 13.19 (97) | def. | Geelong 11.12 (78) | Princes Park (crowd: 15,600) | Report |
Saturday, 3 April (2:10 pm) | Melbourne 20.26 (146) | def. | St Kilda 16.10 (106) | MCG (crowd: 25,467) | Report |
Saturday, 3 April (2:10 pm) | North Melbourne 24.13 (157) | def. | Swans 16.21 (117) | Arden Street Oval (crowd: 14,097) | Report |
Round 3 | |||||
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Saturday, 10 April (2:10 pm) | Collingwood 13.16 (94) | def. by | Carlton 20.8 (128) | Victoria Park (crowd: 34,055) | Report |
Saturday, 10 April (2:10 pm) | Fitzroy 14.16 (100) | def. by | North Melbourne 25.14 (164) | Junction Oval (crowd: 21,888) | Report |
Saturday, 10 April (2:10 pm) | St Kilda 17.14 (116) | def. by | Swans 20.22 (142) | Moorabbin Oval (crowd: 17,811) | Report |
Monday, 12 April (2:10 pm) | Richmond 25.22 (172) | def. | Essendon 16.14 (110) | MCG (crowd: 90,564) | Report |
Monday, 12 April (2:10 pm) | Hawthorn 28.26 (194) | def. | Footscray 7.9 (51) | VFL Park (crowd: 22,209) | Report |
Monday, 12 April (2:10 pm) | Geelong 21.12 (138) | def. | Melbourne 5.16 (46) | Kardinia Park (crowd: 24,672) | Report |
Round 4 | |||||
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Saturday, 17 April (2:10 pm) | Carlton 21.22 (148) | def. | Hawthorn 12.15 (87) | Princes Park (crowd: 29,654) | Report |
Saturday, 17 April (2:10 pm) | Richmond 15.17 (107) | def. | Collingwood 10.15 (75) | VFL Park (crowd: 59,472) | Report |
Saturday, 17 April (2:10 pm) | Essendon 12.19 (91) | def. by | North Melbourne 14.24 (108) | Windy Hill (crowd: 27,190) | Report |
Saturday, 17 April (2:10 pm) | Melbourne 19.12 (126) | def. by | Footscray 19.19 (133) | MCG (crowd: 19,832) | Report |
Saturday, 17 April (2:10 pm) | St Kilda 16.9 (105) | def. | Geelong 13.14 (92) | Moorabbin Oval (crowd: 17,148) | Report |
Sunday, 18 April (2:10 pm) | Swans 24.18 (162) | def. | Fitzroy 14.22 (106) | SCG (crowd: 13,617) | Report |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Hawthorn | 13.22 (100) | Richmond | 10.22 (82) | Princes Park | 20,110 | 24 April 1982 |
Geelong | 12.12 (84) | Swans | 11.16 (82) | Kardinia Park | 20,770 | 24 April 1982 |
Footscray | 15.20 (110) | St Kilda | 20.9 (129) | Western Oval | 18,526 | 24 April 1982 |
Fitzroy | 18.19 (127) | Essendon | 15.12 (102) | Junction Oval | 18,268 | 24 April 1982 |
North Melbourne | 19.22 (136) | Collingwood | 18.11 (119) | Arden Street Oval | 23,405 | 24 April 1982 |
Melbourne | 9.12 (66) | Carlton | 9.22 (76) | VFL Park | 26,950 | 24 April 1982 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Collingwood | 13.10 (88) | Fitzroy | 12.19 (91) | Victoria Park | 27,052 | 1 May 1982 |
Richmond | 18.8 (116) | Melbourne | 15.16 (106) | MCG | 31,438 | 1 May 1982 |
Geelong | 17.20 (122) | Footscray | 7.22 (64) | Kardinia Park | 18,791 | 1 May 1982 |
St Kilda | 11.14 (80) | Carlton | 16.22 (118) | Moorabbin Oval | 26,185 | 1 May 1982 |
North Melbourne | 15.11 (101) | Hawthorn | 19.21 (135) | VFL Park | 34,921 | 1 May 1982 |
Swans | 15.21 (111) | Essendon | 18.9 (117) | SCG | 15,461 | 2 May 1982 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Melbourne | 22.11 (143) | North Melbourne | 28.12 (180) | MCG | 25,704 | 8 May 1982 |
Footscray | 15.20 (110) | Swans | 20.11 (131) | Western Oval | 11,487 | 8 May 1982 |
Fitzroy | 19.15 (129) | Hawthorn | 17.15 (117) | Junction Oval | 14,675 | 8 May 1982 |
Carlton | 15.20 (110) | Geelong | 7.7 (49) | Princes Park | 28,736 | 8 May 1982 |
Essendon | 17.20 (122) | Collingwood | 9.13 (67) | Windy Hill | 25,510 | 8 May 1982 |
St Kilda | 17.12 (114) | Richmond | 21.14 (140) | VFL Park | 33,222 | 8 May 1982 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
North Melbourne | 23.18 (156) | St Kilda | 6.16 (52) | Arden Street Oval | 16,258 | 15 May 1982 |
Geelong | 12.15 (87) | Richmond | 11.23 (89) | Kardinia Park | 28,403 | 15 May 1982 |
Hawthorn | 15.15 (105) | Essendon | 16.15 (111) | Princes Park | 26,865 | 15 May 1982 |
Footscray | 11.11 (77) | Carlton | 14.22 (106) | Western Oval | 17,903 | 15 May 1982 |
Fitzroy | 13.21 (99) | Melbourne | 25.14 (164) | VFL Park | 25,856 | 15 May 1982 |
Swans | 15.25 (115) | Collingwood | 13.19 (97) | SCG | 20,905 | 16 May 1982 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Essendon | 19.19 (133) | Melbourne | 12.13 (85) | Windy Hill | 22,403 | 22 May 1982 |
Collingwood | 13.14 (92) | Hawthorn | 17.12 (114) | Victoria Park | 24,904 | 22 May 1982 |
Carlton | 27.23 (185) | Swans | 12.11 (83) | Princes Park | 23,954 | 22 May 1982 |
Richmond | 21.13 (139) | Footscray | 14.14 (98) | MCG | 22,493 | 22 May 1982 |
St Kilda | 16.19 (115) | Fitzroy | 25.12 (162) | Moorabbin Oval | 15,140 | 22 May 1982 |
Geelong | 15.19 (109) | North Melbourne | 9.9 (63) | VFL Park | 25,237 | 22 May 1982 |
Round 10 | |||||
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Saturday, 29 May (2:10 pm) | Carlton 18.16 (124) | def. | Richmond 16.11 (107) | Princes Park (crowd: 35,372) | Report |
Saturday, 29 May (2:10 pm) | Melbourne 16.24 (120) | def. | Collingwood 17.11 (113) | MCG (crowd: 52,169) | Report |
Saturday, 29 May (2:10 pm) | Essendon 22.17 (149) | def. | St Kilda 18.11 (119) | VFL Park (crowd: 36,736) | Report |
Saturday, 29 May (2:10 pm) | Fitzroy 25.11 (161) | def. | Geelong 19.18 (132) | Junction Oval (crowd: 16,256) | Report |
Saturday, 29 May (2:10 pm) | Footscray 15.10 (100) | def. by | North Melbourne 23.20 (158) | Western Oval (crowd: 15,686) | Report |
Sunday, 30 May (2:10 pm) | Swans 15.13 (103) | def. by | Hawthorn 24.13 (157) | SCG (crowd: 15,420) | Report |
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Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Richmond | 20.14 (134) | Swans | 18.25 (133) | MCG | 28,216 | 5 June 1982 |
Hawthorn | 26.22 (178) | Melbourne | 14.15 (99) | Princes Park | 14,087 | 5 June 1982 |
Collingwood | 26.16 (172) | St Kilda | 21.10 (136) | Victoria Park | 26,657 | 5 June 1982 |
Geelong | 10.11 (71) | Essendon | 17.9 (111) | Kardinia Park | 29,884 | 5 June 1982 |
North Melbourne | 13.18 (96) | Carlton | 15.15 (105) | Arden Street Oval | 26,206 | 5 June 1982 |
Footscray | 16.12 (108) | Fitzroy | 23.22 (160) | VFL Park | 13,908 | 5 June 1982 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Richmond | 23.18 (156) | Fitzroy | 17.16 (118) | MCG | 43,474 | 12 June 1982 |
St Kilda | 14.11 (95) | Melbourne | 19.24 (138) | Moorabbin Oval | 19,385 | 12 June 1982 |
Swans | 15.15 (105) | North Melbourne | 16.15 (111) | SCG | 14,523 | 13 June 1982 |
Geelong | 6.17 (53) | Hawthorn | 17.10 (112) | VFL Park | 38,086 | 14 June 1982 |
Collingwood | 24.19 (163) | Footscray | 14.13 (97) | Victoria Park | 29,075 | 14 June 1982 |
Essendon | 19.12 (126) | Carlton | 8.18 (66) | Windy Hill | 33,800 | 14 June 1982 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Footscray | 16.11 (107) | Hawthorn | 12.20 (92) | Western Oval | 10,530 | 19 June 1982 |
Carlton | 12.26 (98) | Collingwood | 9.17 (71) | Princes Park | 30,346 | 19 June 1982 |
Melbourne | 21.8 (134) | Geelong | 10.10 (70) | MCG | 23,365 | 19 June 1982 |
North Melbourne | 13.10 (88) | Fitzroy | 11.21 (87) | Arden Street Oval | 16,000 | 19 June 1982 |
Essendon | 10.5 (65) | Richmond | 12.10 (82) | VFL Park | 64,319 | 19 June 1982 |
Swans | 30.19 (199) | St Kilda | 15.13 (103) | SCG | 10,034 | 20 June 1982 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Geelong | 17.8 (110) | St Kilda | 10.3 (63) | Kardinia Park | 15,107 | 26 June 1982 |
Fitzroy | 16.16 (112) | Swans | 20.13 (133) | Junction Oval | 12,300 | 26 June 1982 |
Collingwood | 10.12 (72) | Richmond | 13.16 (94) | Victoria Park | 25,409 | 26 June 1982 |
Hawthorn | 17.14 (116) | Carlton | 12.10 (82) | Princes Park | 23,354 | 26 June 1982 |
Footscray | 14.8 (92) | Melbourne | 13.16 (94) | VFL Park | 18,947 | 26 June 1982 |
North Melbourne | 14.13 (97) | Essendon | 15.15 (105) | MCG | 47,656 | 26 June 1982 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Essendon | 21.13 (139) | Fitzroy | 7.12 (54) | Windy Hill | 20,059 | 3 July 1982 |
Carlton | 18.20 (128) | Melbourne | 16.15 (111) | Princes Park | 21,871 | 3 July 1982 |
Richmond | 17.14 (116) | Hawthorn | 22.14 (146) | MCG | 48,338 | 3 July 1982 |
St Kilda | 20.11 (131) | Footscray | 18.12 (120) | Moorabbin Oval | 15,958 | 3 July 1982 |
Collingwood | 13.11 (89) | North Melbourne | 16.13 (109) | VFL Park | 32,812 | 3 July 1982 |
Swans | 18.18 (126) | Geelong | 12.15 (87) | SCG | 12,221 | 4 July 1982 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Hawthorn | 32.14 (206) | North Melbourne | 15.22 (112) | Princes Park | 18,760 | 10 July 1982 |
Footscray | 25.7 (157) | Geelong | 17.13 (115) | Western Oval | 14,004 | 10 July 1982 |
Carlton | 21.13 (139) | St Kilda | 9.9 (63) | VFL Park | 27,829 | 10 July 1982 |
Melbourne | 9.18 (72) | Richmond | 23.9 (147) | MCG | 36,161 | 17 July 1982 |
Essendon | 12.10 (82) | Swans | 17.13 (115) | Windy Hill | 22,278 | 17 July 1982 |
Fitzroy | 10.24 (84) | Collingwood | 9.10 (64) | VFL Park | 26,105 | 17 July 1982 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Richmond | 28.17 (185) | St Kilda | 14.18 (102) | MCG | 22,749 | 24 July 1982 |
Collingwood | 15.18 (108) | Essendon | 17.17 (119) | Victoria Park | 24,487 | 24 July 1982 |
North Melbourne | 22.14 (146) | Melbourne | 16.17 (113) | Arden Street Oval | 10,887 | 24 July 1982 |
Geelong | 16.19 (115) | Carlton | 11.9 (75) | Kardinia Park | 19,892 | 24 July 1982 |
Hawthorn | 18.15 (123) | Fitzroy | 27.8 (170) | VFL Park | 24,760 | 24 July 1982 |
Swans | 14.27 (111) | Footscray | 15.8 (98) | SCG | 11,289 | 25 July 1982 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Essendon | 12.10 (82) | Hawthorn | 15.10 (100) | Windy Hill | 22,991 | 31 July 1982 |
Collingwood | 12.13 (85) | Swans | 13.12 (90) | Victoria Park | 20,636 | 31 July 1982 |
Carlton | 30.21 (201) | Footscray | 10.12 (72) | Princes Park | 17,514 | 31 July 1982 |
St Kilda | 14.12 (96) | North Melbourne | 22.18 (150) | Moorabbin Oval | 10,955 | 31 July 1982 |
Melbourne | 13.15 (93) | Fitzroy | 24.19 (163) | MCG | 18,649 | 31 July 1982 |
Richmond | 24.19 (163) | Geelong | 11.13 (79) | VFL Park | 23,237 | 31 July 1982 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Footscray | 7.8 (50) | Richmond | 16.16 (112) | Western Oval | 16,259 | 7 August 1982 |
Fitzroy | 21.16 (142) | St Kilda | 11.12 (78) | Junction Oval | 9,987 | 7 August 1982 |
North Melbourne | 22.18 (150) | Geelong | 11.16 (82) | Arden Street Oval | 11,634 | 7 August 1982 |
Hawthorn | 20.20 (140) | Collingwood | 16.22 (118) | Princes Park | 18,699 | 7 August 1982 |
Melbourne | 14.17 (101) | Essendon | 20.17 (137) | VFL Park | 28,379 | 7 August 1982 |
Swans | 15.16 (106) | Carlton | 9.18 (72) | SCG | 25,601 | 8 August 1982 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Hawthorn | 18.18 (126) | Swans | 8.14 (62) | Princes Park | 15,743 | 14 August 1982 |
Collingwood | 17.12 (114) | Melbourne | 25.18 (168) | Victoria Park | 20,702 | 14 August 1982 |
Geelong | 5.18 (48) | Fitzroy | 15.15 (105) | Kardinia Park | 14,597 | 14 August 1982 |
St Kilda | 10.16 (76) | Essendon | 13.12 (90) | Moorabbin Oval | 15,705 | 14 August 1982 |
Richmond | 9.10 (64) | Carlton | 13.14 (92) | MCG | 71,203 | 14 August 1982 |
North Melbourne | 17.16 (118) | Footscray | 16.8 (104) | VFL Park | 11,133 | 14 August 1982 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Fitzroy | 19.17 (131) | Footscray | 12.11 (83) | Junction Oval | 8,280 | 21 August 1982 |
Essendon | 14.12 (96) | Geelong | 12.13 (85) | Windy Hill | 17,587 | 21 August 1982 |
Carlton | 26.24 (180) | North Melbourne | 17.8 (110) | Princes Park | 28,309 | 21 August 1982 |
Melbourne | 14.8 (92) | Hawthorn | 14.19 (103) | MCG | 26,049 | 21 August 1982 |
St Kilda | 22.16 (148) | Collingwood | 16.16 (112) | VFL Park | 25,816 | 21 August 1982 |
Swans | 16.14 (110) | Richmond | 19.13 (127) | SCG | 21,083 | 22 August 1982 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
North Melbourne | 11.13 (79) | Richmond | 15.8 (98) | Arden Street Oval | 19,135 | 28 August 1982 |
Melbourne | 25.13 (163) | Swans | 22.16 (148) | MCG | 27,521 | 28 August 1982 |
Hawthorn | 23.23 (161) | St Kilda | 11.7 (73) | Princes Park | 13,116 | 28 August 1982 |
Footscray | 9.8 (62) | Essendon | 32.16 (208) | Western Oval | 21,575 | 28 August 1982 |
Geelong | 18.13 (121) | Collingwood | 18.18 (126) | Kardinia Park | 20,950 | 28 August 1982 |
Fitzroy | 17.9 (111) | Carlton | 23.12 (150) | VFL Park | 46,130 | 28 August 1982 |
(P) | Premiers |
Qualified for finals |
# | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
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1 | Richmond | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2682 | 2125 | 126.2 | 72 |
2 | Hawthorn | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2828 | 2149 | 131.6 | 68 |
3 | Carlton (P) | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2561 | 2008 | 127.5 | 66 |
4 | Essendon | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2576 | 2057 | 125.2 | 64 |
5 | North Melbourne | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2693 | 2458 | 109.6 | 56 |
6 | Fitzroy | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2614 | 2550 | 102.5 | 50 |
7 | Swans | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2621 | 2537 | 103.3 | 48 |
8 | Melbourne | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 2488 | 2752 | 90.4 | 32 |
9 | Geelong | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 2073 | 2293 | 90.4 | 28 |
10 | Collingwood | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 2201 | 2575 | 85.5 | 16 |
11 | St Kilda | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 2188 | 3052 | 71.7 | 16 |
12 | Footscray | 22 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 2066 | 3035 | 68.1 | 12 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 112.1
Source: AFL Tables
Qualifying final | |||||
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Saturday, 4 September (2:30 pm) | Hawthorn 16.9 (105) | def. by | Carlton 25.13 (163) | MCG (crowd: 70,552) | Report |
Elimination final | |||||
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Saturday, 4 September (2:30 pm) | Essendon 16.19 (115) | def. by | North Melbourne 19.14 (128) | VFL Park (crowd: 50,537) | Report |
Semi-finals | |||||
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SF1: Saturday, 11 September (2:30 pm) | Hawthorn 24.22 (166) | def. | North Melbourne 18.6 (114) | MCG (crowd: 61,729) | Report |
SF2: Saturday, 11 September (2:30 pm) | Richmond 16.17 (113) | def. | Carlton 13.12 (90) | VFL Park (crowd: 65,611) | Report |
Preliminary final | |||||
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Saturday, 18 September (2:30 pm) | Carlton 13.16 (94) | def. | Hawthorn 8.15 (63) | VFL Park (crowd: 61,307) | Report |
Grand final | |||||
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Saturday, 25 September (2:50 pm) | Richmond 12.13 (85) | def. by | Carlton 14.19 (103) | MCG (crowd: 107,536) | |