1982 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1982 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 8th (W-D-L: 8-0-14, P%: 90.4%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 38
Brownlow Leader(s): Brian Wilson (23)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Gerard Healy (77)
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy Recipient(s): Stephen Icke

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Robert Flower
Vice-Captain(s): Steven Smith

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Battiston, Adrian #16 22 R01-R22 25
Byrne, Michael #14 1 R01 0
Catoggio, Vin #15 1 R14 0
Clayton, Cameron #12 1 R11 0
Connolly, Chris #22 3 R13-R15 3
Cordner, David #28 3 R01-R03 3
Crosswell, Brent #8 19 R01-R13, R15-R19, R21 15
Dickson, Dale #29 18 R04-R18, R20-R22 4
Ellingworth, Roger #34 11 R01-R02, R04-R09, R17-R19 6
Elshaug, Tony #33 12 R01-R02, R04-R06, R16-R22 13
Fidge, Ted #36 9 R13-R17, R19-R22 7
Flower, Robert #2 21 R01-R08, R10-R22 25
Gaunt, Graham #20 7 R01, R03-R05, R12-R14 0
Giles, Peter #4 20 R01-R06, R09-R22 9
Hamilton, Peter #30 4 R08-R11 0
Healy, Gerard #3 21 R01-R20, R22 77
Hutchison, Greg #18 12 R02-R03, R08-R12, R14-R15, R20-R22 3
Icke, Stephen #11 21 R01-R09, R11-R22 2
Jackson, Mark #25 19 R01-R02, R05-R09, R11-R22 76
Jarrott, Alan #47 14 R01-R10, R19-R22 0
Johnson, Alan #9 17 R01-R03, R06-R19 20
Keenan, Peter #10 16 R01, R03-R16, R18 0
McCarthy, Stephen #52 6 R07-R12 6
McGlashan, Dave #41 3 R04, R10, R12 6
McKenzie, Stuart #49 9 R13-R17, R19-R22 0
McLean, Glenn #26 15 R02-R10, R17-R22 2
Nettlefold, Bill #19 1 R21 0
O'Brien, Paul #40 13 R10-R22 0
O'Donnell, Kelly #23 16 R01-R09, R14-R19, R22 11
O'Dwyer, Des #24 1 R03 1
O'Sullivan, Michael #6 22 R01-R22 7
Seddon, Michael #17 17 R02-R04, R07, R10-R22 3
Smith, Steven #35 18 R01-R02, R05-R13, R15-R16, R18-R22 1
Sutcliffe, Scott #44 2 R19-R20 1
Tossol, Peter #46 5 R06-R07, R20-R22 4
Wilson, Brian #7 21 R01-R18, R20-R22 27
Young, Michael #5 3 R03-R05 1
Zantuck, Shane #32 16 R01-R13, R16-R18 0

Team Line-Up

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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)
Barassi, Ron 22 8 -0- 14 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
28/03/1982 Round 1 Sydney AWAY LOSS SYD by 29 Ron Barassi Robert Flower
03/04/1982 Round 2 St Kilda HOME WIN MEL by 40 Ron Barassi Robert Flower
12/04/1982 Round 3 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 92 Ron Barassi Robert Flower
17/04/1982 Round 4 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 7 Ron Barassi Robert Flower
24/04/1982 Round 5 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 10 Ron Barassi Robert Flower
01/05/1982 Round 6 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 10 Ron Barassi Robert Flower
08/05/1982 Round 7 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 37 Ron Barassi Robert Flower
15/05/1982 Round 8 Fitzroy AWAY WIN MEL by 65 Ron Barassi Robert Flower
22/05/1982 Round 9 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 48 Ron Barassi Steven Smith
29/05/1982 Round 10 Collingwood HOME WIN MEL by 7 Ron Barassi Robert Flower
05/06/1982 Round 11 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 79 Ron Barassi Robert Flower
12/06/1982 Round 12 St Kilda AWAY WIN MEL by 43 Ron Barassi Robert Flower
19/06/1982 Round 13 Geelong HOME WIN MEL by 64 Ron Barassi Robert Flower
26/06/1982 Round 14 Footscray AWAY WIN MEL by 2 Ron Barassi Robert Flower
03/07/1982 Round 15 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 17 Ron Barassi Robert Flower
17/07/1982 Round 16 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 75 Ron Barassi Robert Flower
24/07/1982 Round 17 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 33 Ron Barassi Robert Flower
31/07/1982 Round 18 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 70 Ron Barassi Robert Flower
07/08/1982 Round 19 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 36 Ron Barassi Robert Flower
14/08/1982 Round 20 Collingwood AWAY WIN MEL by 54 Ron Barassi Robert Flower
21/08/1982 Round 21 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 11 Ron Barassi Robert Flower
28/08/1982 Round 22 Sydney HOME WIN MEL by 15 Ron Barassi Robert Flower