1982 VFL season

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1982 VFL premiership season
Teams12
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 played138
Total attendance3,681,556 (26,678 per match)
Highest107,536
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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.

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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.

Night series

The Swans defeated North Melbourne 13.12 (90) to 8.10 (58) in the final.

Home-and-away season

Round 1

Round 1
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

Round 2
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

Round 3
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

Round 4
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

Round 5

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Hawthorn 13.22 (100) Richmond 10.22 (82) Princes Park 20,11024 April 1982
Geelong 12.12 (84) Swans 11.16 (82) Kardinia Park 20,77024 April 1982
Footscray 15.20 (110) St Kilda 20.9 (129) Western Oval 18,52624 April 1982
Fitzroy 18.19 (127) Essendon 15.12 (102) Junction Oval 18,26824 April 1982
North Melbourne 19.22 (136) Collingwood 18.11 (119) Arden Street Oval 23,40524 April 1982
Melbourne 9.12 (66) Carlton 9.22 (76) VFL Park 26,95024 April 1982

Round 6

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Collingwood 13.10 (88) Fitzroy 12.19 (91) Victoria Park 27,0521 May 1982
Richmond 18.8 (116) Melbourne 15.16 (106) MCG 31,4381 May 1982
Geelong 17.20 (122) Footscray 7.22 (64) Kardinia Park 18,7911 May 1982
St Kilda 11.14 (80) Carlton 16.22 (118) Moorabbin Oval 26,1851 May 1982
North Melbourne 15.11 (101) Hawthorn 19.21 (135) VFL Park 34,9211 May 1982
Swans 15.21 (111) Essendon 18.9 (117) SCG 15,4612 May 1982

Round 7

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Melbourne 22.11 (143) North Melbourne 28.12 (180) MCG 25,7048 May 1982
Footscray 15.20 (110) Swans 20.11 (131) Western Oval 11,4878 May 1982
Fitzroy 19.15 (129) Hawthorn 17.15 (117) Junction Oval 14,6758 May 1982
Carlton 15.20 (110) Geelong 7.7 (49) Princes Park 28,7368 May 1982
Essendon 17.20 (122) Collingwood 9.13 (67) Windy Hill 25,5108 May 1982
St Kilda 17.12 (114) Richmond 21.14 (140) VFL Park 33,2228 May 1982

Round 8

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
North Melbourne 23.18 (156) St Kilda 6.16 (52) Arden Street Oval 16,25815 May 1982
Geelong 12.15 (87) Richmond 11.23 (89) Kardinia Park 28,40315 May 1982
Hawthorn 15.15 (105) Essendon 16.15 (111) Princes Park 26,86515 May 1982
Footscray 11.11 (77) Carlton 14.22 (106) Western Oval 17,90315 May 1982
Fitzroy 13.21 (99) Melbourne 25.14 (164) VFL Park 25,85615 May 1982
Swans 15.25 (115) Collingwood 13.19 (97) SCG 20,90516 May 1982

Round 9

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Essendon 19.19 (133) Melbourne 12.13 (85) Windy Hill 22,40322 May 1982
Collingwood 13.14 (92) Hawthorn 17.12 (114) Victoria Park 24,90422 May 1982
Carlton 27.23 (185) Swans 12.11 (83) Princes Park 23,95422 May 1982
Richmond 21.13 (139) Footscray 14.14 (98) MCG 22,49322 May 1982
St Kilda 16.19 (115) Fitzroy 25.12 (162) Moorabbin Oval 15,14022 May 1982
Geelong 15.19 (109) North Melbourne 9.9 (63) VFL Park 25,23722 May 1982

Round 10

Round 10
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
  • On the Thursday following Footscray's 58-point loss to North Melbourne, their ninth defeat in ten games, Royce Hart was dismissed as senior coach and demoted to the position of assistant coach. Reserve team coach and Hart's predecessor Don McKenzie returned to stand in as caretaker until a new coach was appointed. [1]

Round 11

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Richmond 20.14 (134) Swans 18.25 (133) MCG 28,2165 June 1982
Hawthorn 26.22 (178) Melbourne 14.15 (99) Princes Park 14,0875 June 1982
Collingwood 26.16 (172) St Kilda 21.10 (136) Victoria Park 26,6575 June 1982
Geelong 10.11 (71) Essendon 17.9 (111) Kardinia Park 29,8845 June 1982
North Melbourne 13.18 (96) Carlton 15.15 (105) Arden Street Oval 26,2065 June 1982
Footscray 16.12 (108) Fitzroy 23.22 (160) VFL Park 13,9085 June 1982

Round 12

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Richmond 23.18 (156) Fitzroy 17.16 (118) MCG 43,47412 June 1982
St Kilda 14.11 (95) Melbourne 19.24 (138) Moorabbin Oval 19,38512 June 1982
Swans 15.15 (105) North Melbourne 16.15 (111) SCG 14,52313 June 1982
Geelong 6.17 (53) Hawthorn 17.10 (112) VFL Park 38,08614 June 1982
Collingwood 24.19 (163) Footscray 14.13 (97) Victoria Park 29,07514 June 1982
Essendon 19.12 (126) Carlton 8.18 (66) Windy Hill 33,80014 June 1982

Round 13

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Footscray 16.11 (107) Hawthorn 12.20 (92) Western Oval 10,53019 June 1982
Carlton 12.26 (98) Collingwood 9.17 (71) Princes Park 30,34619 June 1982
Melbourne 21.8 (134) Geelong 10.10 (70) MCG 23,36519 June 1982
North Melbourne 13.10 (88) Fitzroy 11.21 (87) Arden Street Oval 16,00019 June 1982
Essendon 10.5 (65) Richmond 12.10 (82) VFL Park 64,31919 June 1982
Swans 30.19 (199) St Kilda 15.13 (103) SCG 10,03420 June 1982

Round 14

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Geelong 17.8 (110) St Kilda 10.3 (63) Kardinia Park 15,10726 June 1982
Fitzroy 16.16 (112) Swans 20.13 (133) Junction Oval 12,30026 June 1982
Collingwood 10.12 (72) Richmond 13.16 (94) Victoria Park 25,40926 June 1982
Hawthorn 17.14 (116) Carlton 12.10 (82) Princes Park 23,35426 June 1982
Footscray 14.8 (92) Melbourne 13.16 (94) VFL Park 18,94726 June 1982
North Melbourne 14.13 (97) Essendon 15.15 (105) MCG 47,65626 June 1982

Round 15

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Essendon 21.13 (139) Fitzroy 7.12 (54) Windy Hill 20,0593 July 1982
Carlton 18.20 (128) Melbourne 16.15 (111) Princes Park 21,8713 July 1982
Richmond 17.14 (116) Hawthorn 22.14 (146) MCG 48,3383 July 1982
St Kilda 20.11 (131) Footscray 18.12 (120) Moorabbin Oval 15,9583 July 1982
Collingwood 13.11 (89) North Melbourne 16.13 (109) VFL Park 32,8123 July 1982
Swans 18.18 (126) Geelong 12.15 (87) SCG 12,2214 July 1982

Round 16

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Hawthorn 32.14 (206) North Melbourne 15.22 (112) Princes Park 18,76010 July 1982
Footscray 25.7 (157) Geelong 17.13 (115) Western Oval 14,00410 July 1982
Carlton 21.13 (139) St Kilda 9.9 (63) VFL Park 27,82910 July 1982
Melbourne 9.18 (72) Richmond 23.9 (147) MCG 36,16117 July 1982
Essendon 12.10 (82) Swans 17.13 (115) Windy Hill 22,27817 July 1982
Fitzroy 10.24 (84) Collingwood 9.10 (64) VFL Park 26,10517 July 1982

Round 17

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Richmond 28.17 (185) St Kilda 14.18 (102) MCG 22,74924 July 1982
Collingwood 15.18 (108) Essendon 17.17 (119) Victoria Park 24,48724 July 1982
North Melbourne 22.14 (146) Melbourne 16.17 (113) Arden Street Oval 10,88724 July 1982
Geelong 16.19 (115) Carlton 11.9 (75) Kardinia Park 19,89224 July 1982
Hawthorn 18.15 (123) Fitzroy 27.8 (170) VFL Park 24,76024 July 1982
Swans 14.27 (111) Footscray 15.8 (98) SCG 11,28925 July 1982

Round 18

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Essendon 12.10 (82) Hawthorn 15.10 (100) Windy Hill 22,99131 July 1982
Collingwood 12.13 (85) Swans 13.12 (90) Victoria Park 20,63631 July 1982
Carlton 30.21 (201) Footscray 10.12 (72) Princes Park 17,51431 July 1982
St Kilda 14.12 (96) North Melbourne 22.18 (150) Moorabbin Oval 10,95531 July 1982
Melbourne 13.15 (93) Fitzroy 24.19 (163) MCG 18,64931 July 1982
Richmond 24.19 (163) Geelong 11.13 (79) VFL Park 23,23731 July 1982

Round 19

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Footscray 7.8 (50) Richmond 16.16 (112) Western Oval 16,2597 August 1982
Fitzroy 21.16 (142) St Kilda 11.12 (78) Junction Oval 9,9877 August 1982
North Melbourne 22.18 (150) Geelong 11.16 (82) Arden Street Oval 11,6347 August 1982
Hawthorn 20.20 (140) Collingwood 16.22 (118) Princes Park 18,6997 August 1982
Melbourne 14.17 (101) Essendon 20.17 (137) VFL Park 28,3797 August 1982
Swans 15.16 (106) Carlton 9.18 (72) SCG 25,6018 August 1982

Round 20

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Hawthorn 18.18 (126) Swans 8.14 (62) Princes Park 15,74314 August 1982
Collingwood 17.12 (114) Melbourne 25.18 (168) Victoria Park 20,70214 August 1982
Geelong 5.18 (48) Fitzroy 15.15 (105) Kardinia Park 14,59714 August 1982
St Kilda 10.16 (76) Essendon 13.12 (90) Moorabbin Oval 15,70514 August 1982
Richmond 9.10 (64) Carlton 13.14 (92) MCG 71,20314 August 1982
North Melbourne 17.16 (118) Footscray 16.8 (104) VFL Park 11,13314 August 1982

Round 21

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Fitzroy 19.17 (131) Footscray 12.11 (83) Junction Oval 8,28021 August 1982
Essendon 14.12 (96) Geelong 12.13 (85) Windy Hill 17,58721 August 1982
Carlton 26.24 (180) North Melbourne 17.8 (110) Princes Park 28,30921 August 1982
Melbourne 14.8 (92) Hawthorn 14.19 (103) MCG 26,04921 August 1982
St Kilda 22.16 (148) Collingwood 16.16 (112) VFL Park 25,81621 August 1982
Swans 16.14 (110) Richmond 19.13 (127) SCG 21,08322 August 1982

Round 22

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
North Melbourne 11.13 (79) Richmond 15.8 (98) Arden Street Oval 19,13528 August 1982
Melbourne 25.13 (163) Swans 22.16 (148) MCG 27,52128 August 1982
Hawthorn 23.23 (161) St Kilda 11.7 (73) Princes Park 13,11628 August 1982
Footscray 9.8 (62) Essendon 32.16 (208) Western Oval 21,57528 August 1982
Geelong 18.13 (121) Collingwood 18.18 (126) Kardinia Park 20,95028 August 1982
Fitzroy 17.9 (111) Carlton 23.12 (150) VFL Park 46,13028 August 1982

Ladder

1982 VFL ladder
PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 Richmond 22184026822125126.272 Finals
2 Hawthorn 22175028282149131.668
3 Carlton (P)22165125612008127.566
4 Essendon 22166025762057125.264
5 North Melbourne 22148026932458109.656
6 Fitzroy 22129126142550102.550
7 Swans [lower-alpha 1] 221210026212537103.348
8 Melbourne 2281402488275290.432
9 Geelong 2271502073229390.428
10 Collingwood 2241802201257585.516
11 St Kilda 2241802188305271.716
12 Footscray 2231902066303568.112
Source: VFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers
Notes:
  1. ↑ In 1982, Sydney were officially known as the Swans [2]

Finals series

Finals week 1

Qualifying final
Saturday, 4 September (2:30 pm) Hawthorn 16.9 (105)def. by Carlton 25.13 (163) MCG (crowd: 70,552) Report
Elimination final
Saturday, 4 September (2:30 pm) Essendon 16.19 (115)def. by North Melbourne 19.14 (128) VFL Park (crowd: 50,537) Report

Finals week 2

Semi-finals
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

Preliminary final
Saturday, 18 September (2:30 pm) Carlton 13.16 (94)def. Hawthorn 8.15 (63) VFL Park (crowd: 61,307) Report

Grand final

Grand final
Saturday, 25 September (2:50 pm) Richmond 12.13 (85)def. by Carlton 14.19 (103) MCG (crowd: 107,536)

Season notes

Awards

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