1982 VFL Season

Season Details

Name: 1982 VFL Season
Team(s): 12
Round(s): 22
Finals System: McIntyre Final Five System
Match(es): 138

Season Results

Premiers: Carlton
Runners-Up: Richmond
Minor Premiers: Richmond
Brownlow Medallist(s): Brian Wilson (Melbourne)
Coleman Medallist(s): Malcolm Blight (North Melbourne)
Norm Smith Medallist(s): Maurice Rioli (Richmond)
Leigh Matthews Trophy Winner(s): Leigh Matthews (Hawthorn)

Team Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L & P%) Brownlow Leader(s) Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away)
Richmond (R) 1st 18 -0- 4 126.2% Jim Jess (15) Brian Taylor (71)
Hawthorn 2nd 17 -0- 5 131.6% Leigh Matthews, Terry Wallace (17) Leigh Matthews (69)
Carlton (P) 3rd 16 -1- 5 127.5% Val Perovic (13) Ross Ditchburn (48)
Essendon 4th 16 -0- 6 125.2% Tony Buhagiar (14) Simon Madden (48)
North Melbourne 5th 14 -0- 8 109.6% Ross Glendinning (18) Malcolm Blight (94)
Fitzroy 6th 12 -1- 9 102.5% Garry Wilson (14) Bernie Quinlan (53)
Sydney 7th 12 -0- 10 103.3% Barry Round (15) Tony Morwood (45)
Melbourne 8th 8 -0- 14 90.4% Brian Wilson (23) Gerard Healy (77)
Geelong 9th 7 -0- 15 90.4% Mick Turner (10) Mick Turner (40)
Collingwood 10th 4 -0- 18 85.5% Peter Daicos (14) Peter Daicos (58)
St Kilda 11th 4 -0- 18 71.7% Geoff Cunningham (6) Mark Scott (45)
Footscray 12th 3 -0- 19 68.1% Simon Beasley (8) Simon Beasley (82)

Umpire Results

Umpire Position Umpire(s)
Field Umpire 26
Goal Umpire 2
Boundary Umpire 5

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/03/1982 2:10 PM Collingwood v Geelong VFL Park 58 - 146 53,549
SAT 27/03/1982 2:10 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 113 - 113 26,669
SAT 27/03/1982 2:10 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 190 - 81 26,456
SAT 27/03/1982 2:10 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Moorabbin Oval 88 - 119 19,719
SAT 27/03/1982 2:10 PM Richmond v North Melbourne MCG 122 - 104 38,864
SUN 28/03/1982 2:10 PM Sydney v Melbourne SCG 137 - 108 15,764

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/03/1982 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Richmond VFL Park 89 - 130 38,686
SAT 03/04/1982 2:10 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 146 - 106 25,467
SAT 03/04/1982 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Princes Park 97 - 78 15,600
SAT 03/04/1982 2:10 PM Carlton v Essendon VFL Park 65 - 91 60,208
SAT 03/04/1982 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Sydney Arden Street Oval 157 - 117 14,097
SAT 03/04/1982 2:10 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 92 - 104 27,266

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/04/1982 2:10 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 94 - 128 34,055
SAT 10/04/1982 2:10 PM St Kilda v Sydney Moorabbin Oval 116 - 142 17,811
SAT 10/04/1982 2:10 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Junction Oval 100 - 164 21,888
MON 12/04/1982 2:10 PM Geelong v Melbourne Kardinia Park 138 - 46 24,672
MON 12/04/1982 2:10 PM Richmond v Essendon MCG 172 - 110 90,564
MON 12/04/1982 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Footscray VFL Park 194 - 51 22,209

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/04/1982 2:10 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 126 - 133 19,832
SAT 17/04/1982 2:10 PM St Kilda v Geelong Moorabbin Oval 105 - 92 17,148
SAT 17/04/1982 2:10 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 148 - 87 29,654
SAT 17/04/1982 2:10 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 91 - 108 27,190
SAT 17/04/1982 2:10 PM Richmond v Collingwood VFL Park 107 - 75 59,472
SUN 18/04/1982 2:10 PM Sydney v Fitzroy SCG 162 - 106 13,617

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/04/1982 2:10 PM Melbourne v Carlton VFL Park 66 - 76 26,950
SAT 24/04/1982 2:10 PM Geelong v Sydney Kardinia Park 84 - 82 20,770
SAT 24/04/1982 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Junction Oval 127 - 102 18,268
SAT 24/04/1982 2:10 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 110 - 129 18,526
SAT 24/04/1982 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 136 - 119 23,405
SAT 24/04/1982 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Princes Park 100 - 82 20,210

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/05/1982 2:10 PM Richmond v Melbourne MCG 116 - 106 31,348
SAT 01/05/1982 2:10 PM Geelong v Footscray Kardinia Park 122 - 64 18,791
SAT 01/05/1982 2:10 PM St Kilda v Carlton Moorabbin Oval 80 - 118 26,185
SAT 01/05/1982 2:10 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 88 - 91 27,874
SAT 01/05/1982 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn VFL Park 101 - 135 34,921
SUN 02/05/1982 2:10 PM Sydney v Essendon SCG 111 - 117 15,461

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/05/1982 2:10 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 143 - 180 25,764
SAT 08/05/1982 2:10 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 110 - 49 28,742
SAT 08/05/1982 2:10 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 122 - 67 27,001
SAT 08/05/1982 2:10 PM St Kilda v Richmond VFL Park 114 - 140 33,322
SAT 08/05/1982 2:10 PM Footscray v Sydney Western Oval 110 - 131 11,487
SAT 08/05/1982 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Junction Oval 129 - 117 14,675

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/05/1982 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne VFL Park 99 - 164 25,856
SAT 15/05/1982 2:10 PM Geelong v Richmond Kardinia Park 87 - 89 28,403
SAT 15/05/1982 2:10 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 77 - 106 17,903
SAT 15/05/1982 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Princes Park 105 - 111 26,875
SAT 15/05/1982 2:10 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 156 - 52 16,528
SUN 16/05/1982 2:10 PM Sydney v Collingwood SCG 115 - 97 20,905

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/05/1982 2:10 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 133 - 85 22,437
SAT 22/05/1982 2:10 PM Geelong v North Melbourne VFL Park 109 - 63 25,237
SAT 22/05/1982 2:10 PM Carlton v Sydney Princes Park 185 - 83 23,954
SAT 22/05/1982 2:10 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Moorabbin Oval 115 - 162 15,140
SAT 22/05/1982 2:10 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 92 - 114 21,831
SAT 22/05/1982 2:10 PM Richmond v Footscray MCG 139 - 98 22,493

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/05/1982 2:10 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 120 - 113 52,169
SAT 29/05/1982 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Junction Oval 161 - 132 16,256
SAT 29/05/1982 2:10 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 124 - 107 35,372
SAT 29/05/1982 2:10 PM Essendon v St Kilda VFL Park 149 - 119 36,736
SAT 29/05/1982 2:10 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 100 - 158 15,686
SUN 30/05/1982 2:10 PM Sydney v Hawthorn SCG 103 - 157 15,420

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/06/1982 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Princes Park 178 - 99 14,087
SAT 05/06/1982 2:10 PM Geelong v Essendon Kardinia Park 71 - 111 29,884
SAT 05/06/1982 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Carlton Arden Street Oval 96 - 105 23,448
SAT 05/06/1982 2:10 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 172 - 136 25,039
SAT 05/06/1982 2:10 PM Richmond v Sydney MCG 134 - 133 28,216
SAT 05/06/1982 2:10 PM Footscray v Fitzroy VFL Park 108 - 160 13,908

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/06/1982 2:10 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 95 - 138 19,385
SAT 12/06/1982 2:10 PM Richmond v Fitzroy MCG 156 - 118 43,474
SUN 13/06/1982 2:10 PM Sydney v North Melbourne SCG 105 - 111 14,523
MON 14/06/1982 2:10 PM Geelong v Hawthorn VFL Park 53 - 112 38,086
MON 14/06/1982 2:10 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 126 - 66 33,792
MON 14/06/1982 2:10 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 163 - 97 26,733

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/06/1982 2:10 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 134 - 70 23,365
SAT 19/06/1982 2:10 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 98 - 71 30,346
SAT 19/06/1982 2:10 PM Essendon v Richmond VFL Park 65 - 82 64,319
SAT 19/06/1982 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy Arden Street Oval 88 - 87 14,077
SAT 19/06/1982 2:10 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 107 - 92 10,530
SUN 20/06/1982 2:10 PM Sydney v St Kilda SCG 199 - 103 10,034

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/06/1982 2:10 PM Footscray v Melbourne VFL Park 92 - 94 18,947
SAT 26/06/1982 2:10 PM Geelong v St Kilda Kardinia Park 110 - 63 15,107
SAT 26/06/1982 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Princes Park 116 - 82 23,354
SAT 26/06/1982 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Essendon MCG 97 - 105 47,656
SAT 26/06/1982 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Sydney Junction Oval 112 - 133 12,300
SAT 26/06/1982 2:10 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 72 - 94 23,528

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/07/1982 2:10 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 128 - 111 21,971
SAT 03/07/1982 2:10 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 139 - 54 20,059
SAT 03/07/1982 2:10 PM St Kilda v Footscray Moorabbin Oval 131 - 120 15,958
SAT 03/07/1982 2:10 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne VFL Park 89 - 109 32,812
SAT 03/07/1982 2:10 PM Richmond v Hawthorn MCG 116 - 146 48,338
SUN 04/07/1982 2:10 PM Sydney v Geelong SCG 126 - 87 12,221

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/07/1982 2:10 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 157 - 115 14,004
SAT 10/07/1982 2:10 PM Carlton v St Kilda VFL Park 139 - 63 27,829
SAT 10/07/1982 2:10 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Princes Park 206 - 112 18,819
SAT 17/07/1982 2:10 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 72 - 147 36,161
SAT 17/07/1982 2:10 PM Essendon v Sydney Windy Hill 82 - 115 22,359
SAT 17/07/1982 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood VFL Park 84 - 64 26,105

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/07/1982 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 146 - 113 10,887
SAT 24/07/1982 2:10 PM Geelong v Carlton Kardinia Park 115 - 75 19,892
SAT 24/07/1982 2:10 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 108 - 119 21,875
SAT 24/07/1982 2:10 PM Richmond v St Kilda MCG 185 - 102 22,749
SAT 24/07/1982 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy VFL Park 123 - 170 25,316
SUN 25/07/1982 2:10 PM Sydney v Footscray SCG 111 - 98 11,289

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/07/1982 2:10 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 93 - 163 18,649
SAT 31/07/1982 2:10 PM Richmond v Geelong VFL Park 163 - 79 25,237
SAT 31/07/1982 2:10 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 201 - 72 17,564
SAT 31/07/1982 2:10 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 82 - 100 22,993
SAT 31/07/1982 2:10 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 96 - 150 10,955
SAT 31/07/1982 2:10 PM Collingwood v Sydney Victoria Park 85 - 90 18,331

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/08/1982 2:10 PM Melbourne v Essendon VFL Park 101 - 137 28,379
SAT 07/08/1982 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 150 - 82 11,634
SAT 07/08/1982 2:10 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Junction Oval 142 - 78 9,987
SAT 07/08/1982 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Princes Park 140 - 118 19,079
SAT 07/08/1982 2:10 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 50 - 112 16,259
SUN 08/08/1982 2:10 PM Sydney v Carlton SCG 106 - 72 25,601

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/08/1982 2:10 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 114 - 168 18,284
SAT 14/08/1982 2:10 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Kardinia Park 48 - 105 14,597
SAT 14/08/1982 2:10 PM Richmond v Carlton MCG 64 - 92 71,203
SAT 14/08/1982 2:10 PM St Kilda v Essendon Moorabbin Oval 76 - 90 16,705
SAT 14/08/1982 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Sydney Princes Park 126 - 62 15,743
SAT 14/08/1982 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Footscray VFL Park 118 - 104 11,133

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/08/1982 2:10 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 92 - 103 26,049
SAT 21/08/1982 2:10 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 96 - 85 17,596
SAT 21/08/1982 2:10 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 180 - 110 28,207
SAT 21/08/1982 2:10 PM St Kilda v Collingwood VFL Park 148 - 112 25,816
SAT 21/08/1982 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Junction Oval 131 - 83 8,282
SUN 22/08/1982 2:10 PM Sydney v Richmond SCG 110 - 127 21,083

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/08/1982 2:10 PM Melbourne v Sydney MCG 163 - 148 27,521
SAT 28/08/1982 2:10 PM Geelong v Collingwood Kardinia Park 121 - 126 20,950
SAT 28/08/1982 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Carlton VFL Park 111 - 150 46,130
SAT 28/08/1982 2:10 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 62 - 208 21,575
SAT 28/08/1982 2:10 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Princes Park 161 - 73 13,467
SAT 28/08/1982 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 79 - 98 19,135

Finals Week 1

Elimination Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/09/1982 2:30 PM Essendon v North Melbourne VFL Park 115 - 128 50,537

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/09/1982 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Carlton MCG 105 - 163 70,552

Finals Week 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/09/1982 2:30 PM Richmond v Carlton VFL Park 113 - 90 65,611
SAT 11/09/1982 2:30 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne MCG 166 - 114 61,729

Finals Week 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/09/1982 2:30 PM Carlton v Hawthorn VFL Park 94 - 63 61,307

Finals Week 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/09/1982 2:50 PM Richmond v Carlton MCG 85 - 103 107,536