1982 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1982 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 4th (W-D-L: 16-0-6, P%: 125.2%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by North Melbourne (Elimination Final)
Players: 33
Brownlow Leader(s): Tony Buhagiar (14)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Simon Madden (48)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Terry Daniher

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Ron Andrews, Neale Daniher
Vice-Captain(s): Tim Watson

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Andrews, Ron #4 15 R01-R02, R07-R18, R22 3
Brown, Brian #13 2 R17-R18 0
Buhagiar, Tony #20 23 R01-R22, EF 41
Carey, Stephen #17 20 R01-R19, EF 1
Clarke, Neil #8 21 R01-R08, R10-R14, R16-R22, EF 4
Copping, Stephen #24 23 R01-R22, EF 45
Crow, Max #31 16 R01-R06, R09-R14, R16, R19-R20, EF 19
Daniher, Terry #5 23 R01-R22, EF 23
Davis, Michael #41 1 R04 0
Duckworth, Bill #22 20 R01-R19, R22 6
Dunell, Frank #7 2 R07, R09 0
Eustice, Mark #19 9 R01-R08, R21 6
Fields, Neville #28 3 R03-R05 2
Foulds, Garry #10 23 R01-R22, EF 14
Fowler, Grant #23 18 R01-R04, R06, R08-R09, R11-R17, R20-R22, EF 11
Grbac, Anton #40 2 R20-R21 0
Hawker, Glenn #33 23 R01-R22, EF 30
Heard, Shane #9 17 R02, R06-R18, R21-R22, EF 6
Madden, Justin #44 23 R01-R22, EF 17
Madden, Simon #27 21 R01-R03, R06-R22, EF 49
Merrett, Roger #25 13 R04-R08, R15, R17-R22, EF 4
Neagle, Merv #1 17 R01-R02, R09-R22, EF 1
Otway, Wayne #15 22 R01-R03, R05-R22, EF 46
Ramsay, Roy #36 3 R10, R15, R22 0
Reid, Alan #2 3 R17, R19-R20 1
Schultz, Graeme #14 5 R19-R22, EF 5
Stoneham, Alan #11 21 R01-R16, R18-R21, EF 4
Thomson, Michael #34 3 R01, R03, R05 5
Vander Haar, Paul #18 21 R01-R18, R21-R22, EF 24
Walsh, Kevin #30 20 R03-R16, R18-R22, EF 2
Waterson, Chris #47 3 R15, R19-R20 2
Watson, Tim #32 22 R01-R14, R16-R22, EF 24
West, Tony #29 2 R04-R05 0

Team Line-Up

Back:


Half-Back:


Centre:


Half-Forward:


Forward:


Follower:


Interchange:


This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Sheedy, Kevin 23 16 -0- 7 R01-R22, EF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
27/03/1982 Round 1 Footscray HOME WIN ESS by 109 Kevin Sheedy Ron Andrews
03/04/1982 Round 2 Carlton AWAY WIN ESS by 26 Kevin Sheedy Ron Andrews
12/04/1982 Round 3 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 62 Kevin Sheedy Tim Watson
17/04/1982 Round 4 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 17 Kevin Sheedy Tim Watson
24/04/1982 Round 5 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 25 Kevin Sheedy Tim Watson
02/05/1982 Round 6 Sydney AWAY WIN ESS by 6 Kevin Sheedy Tim Watson
08/05/1982 Round 7 Collingwood HOME WIN ESS by 55 Kevin Sheedy Ron Andrews
15/05/1982 Round 8 Hawthorn AWAY WIN ESS by 6 Kevin Sheedy Ron Andrews
22/05/1982 Round 9 Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 48 Kevin Sheedy Ron Andrews
29/05/1982 Round 10 St Kilda HOME WIN ESS by 30 Kevin Sheedy Ron Andrews
05/06/1982 Round 11 Geelong AWAY WIN ESS by 40 Kevin Sheedy Ron Andrews
14/06/1982 Round 12 Carlton HOME WIN ESS by 60 Kevin Sheedy Ron Andrews
19/06/1982 Round 13 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 17 Kevin Sheedy Ron Andrews
26/06/1982 Round 14 North Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 8 Kevin Sheedy Ron Andrews
03/07/1982 Round 15 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESS by 85 Kevin Sheedy Ron Andrews
17/07/1982 Round 16 Sydney HOME LOSS SYD by 33 Kevin Sheedy Ron Andrews
24/07/1982 Round 17 Collingwood AWAY WIN ESS by 11 Kevin Sheedy Ron Andrews
31/07/1982 Round 18 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 18 Kevin Sheedy Ron Andrews
07/08/1982 Round 19 Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 36 Kevin Sheedy Tim Watson
14/08/1982 Round 20 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESS by 14 Kevin Sheedy Tim Watson
21/08/1982 Round 21 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 11 Kevin Sheedy Tim Watson
28/08/1982 Round 22 Footscray AWAY WIN ESS by 146 Kevin Sheedy Ron Andrews
04/09/1982 Elimination Final North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 13 Kevin Sheedy Tim Watson