1982 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1982 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 12th (W-D-L: 3-0-19, P%: 68.1%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 41
Brownlow Leader(s): Simon Beasley (8)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Simon Beasley (82)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Ian Dunstan

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Kelvin Templeton

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Barham, Jamie #54 1 R15 0
Beasley, Simon #18 21 R01-R21 82
Berry, Bill #4 13 R03, R11-R22 1
Berry, Jeff #38 4 R03, R05-R06, R12 1
Brown, Darren #36 1 R15 0
Burton, Chris #16 20 R01, R04-R22 10
Christensen, Ross #41 9 R12-R20 14
Cordy, Brian #49 11 R01-R03, R05-R06, R16-R20, R22 2
Cordy, Neil #29 19 R01, R04-R14, R16-R22 3
Davidson, Stan #9 14 R01-R02, R06-R15, R17-R18 1
De Koning, Terry #11 12 R01, R07-R10, R13-R18, R22 2
Dunstan, Ian #32 17 R01-R14, R20-R22 16
Edmond, Jim #20 21 R01-R05, R07-R22 46
Egan, Mick #10 22 R01-R22 0
Ford, Alister #6 5 R01-R04, R22 1
Grant, Darren #48 1 R18 0
Groenewegen, Robert #14 10 R01-R10 1
Hampshire, Ian #1 9 R02, R04-R11 2
Hargrave, Steve #26 2 R04-R05 0
Hawkins, Doug #7 16 R01-R12, R16, R19-R21 5
Jennings, Allan #15 9 R01-R07, R11-R12 15
Jennings, Geoff #25 9 R02-R03, R05-R11 7
Kennedy, Rick #8 13 R01-R09, R19-R22 1
Knight, Steven #12 6 R08, R13-R14, R20-R22 2
Komp, Mark #13 14 R07-R18, R21-R22 3
Love, Terry #19 9 R01, R04, R07-R12, R22 8
MacPherson, Rod #43 7 R15-R21 5
MacPherson, Stephen #27 15 R01-R03, R11-R22 6
McAllester, Jim #21 12 R11-R22 0
McConnell, Alan #28 13 R01-R04, R09-R16, R21 0
McKenna, Michael #34 12 R01-R02, R13-R22 10
Perrin, Brian #40 6 R03, R10, R19-R22 0
Reid, Bruce #5 19 R01-R12, R15-R21 8
Rickman, Ian #37 4 R16-R18, R20 0
Sneddon, Lindsay #30 2 R13, R19 1
Templeton, Kelvin #31 14 R01-R10, R14-R15, R17, R19 26
Towns, Greg #17 7 R02, R06, R13-R14, R17-R18, R22 0
Walpole, Gary #42 7 R04-R06, R13-R14, R21-R22 4
West, Bruce #39 1 R19 0
Wheeler, Terry #35 18 R03-R16, R19-R22 1
Whitten, Ted #22 15 R02-R12, R15-R18 16

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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)
Hart, Royce 10 1 -0- 9 R01-R10
McKenzie, Don 1 0 -0- 1 R11
Hampshire, Ian 11 2 -0- 9 R12-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
27/03/1982 Round 1 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 109 Royce Hart Kelvin Templeton
03/04/1982 Round 2 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 12 Royce Hart Kelvin Templeton
12/04/1982 Round 3 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 143 Royce Hart Kelvin Templeton
17/04/1982 Round 4 Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 7 Royce Hart Kelvin Templeton
24/04/1982 Round 5 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 19 Royce Hart Kelvin Templeton
01/05/1982 Round 6 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 58 Royce Hart Kelvin Templeton
08/05/1982 Round 7 Sydney HOME LOSS SYD by 21 Royce Hart Kelvin Templeton
15/05/1982 Round 8 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 29 Royce Hart Kelvin Templeton
22/05/1982 Round 9 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 41 Royce Hart Kelvin Templeton
29/05/1982 Round 10 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 58 Royce Hart Kelvin Templeton
05/06/1982 Round 11 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 52 Don McKenzie unknown
14/06/1982 Round 12 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 66 Ian Hampshire unknown
19/06/1982 Round 13 Hawthorn HOME WIN FOO by 15 Ian Hampshire unknown
26/06/1982 Round 14 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 2 Ian Hampshire Kelvin Templeton
03/07/1982 Round 15 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 11 Ian Hampshire Kelvin Templeton
10/07/1982 Round 16 Geelong HOME WIN FOO by 42 Ian Hampshire unknown
25/07/1982 Round 17 Sydney AWAY LOSS SYD by 13 Ian Hampshire Kelvin Templeton
31/07/1982 Round 18 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 129 Ian Hampshire unknown
07/08/1982 Round 19 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 62 Ian Hampshire Kelvin Templeton
14/08/1982 Round 20 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 14 Ian Hampshire unknown
21/08/1982 Round 21 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 48 Ian Hampshire unknown
28/08/1982 Round 22 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 146 Ian Hampshire unknown