1982 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1982 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League).

It featured twenty-two rounds in a double round-robin format. It should be noted that teams did not necessarily play their matches following the same order as the nominal round numbers of those matches this season. Richmond were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the McIntyre Final Five system. Carlton were the premiers, with Mike Fitzpatrick as the premiership captain and David Parkin as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1982 VFL Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 22
Finals System: McIntyre Final Five System
Matches: 138

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Princes Park David Parkin
Collingwood Victoria Park Tom Hafey Mick Erwin
Essendon Windy Hill Kevin Sheedy
Fitzroy Junction Oval Robert Walls
Footscray Western Oval Royce Hart Don McKenzie, Ian Hampshire
Geelong Kardinia Park Bill Goggin
Hawthorn Princes Park Allan Jeans
Melbourne MCG Ron Barassi
North Melbourne Arden Street Oval Barry Cable
Richmond MCG Francis Bourke
St Kilda Moorabbin Oval Alex Jesaulenko
Sydney SCG Ricky Quade

Season Results

Premiers: Carlton
Runners-Up: Richmond
Minor Premiers: Richmond

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Richmond 1st 18 -0- 4 72 126.2% 2,682 2,125 394 318 301 319
Hawthorn 2nd 17 -0- 5 68 131.6% 2,828 2,149 409 374 307 307
Carlton 3rd 16 -1- 5 66 127.5% 2,561 2,008 362 389 288 280
Essendon 4th 16 -0- 6 64 125.2% 2,576 2,057 379 302 288 329
North Melbourne 5th 14 -0- 8 56 109.6% 2,693 2,458 393 335 354 334
Fitzroy 6th 12 -1- 9 50 102.5% 2,614 2,550 377 352 374 306
Sydney 7th 12 -0- 10 48 103.3% 2,621 2,537 374 377 369 323
Melbourne 8th 8 -0- 14 32 90.4% 2,488 2,752 358 340 404 328
Geelong 9th 7 -0- 15 28 90.4% 2,073 2,293 293 315 331 307
Collingwood 10th 4 -0- 18 16 85.5% 2,201 2,575 313 323 367 373
St Kilda 11th 4 -0- 18 16 71.7% 2,188 3,052 320 268 446 376
Footscray 12th 3 -0- 19 12 68.1% 2,066 3,035 300 266 443 377

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Carlton 1st Premiers
Richmond 2nd Runners-Up
Hawthorn 3rd Defeated by Carlton (Preliminary Final)
North Melbourne 4th Defeated by Hawthorn (Semi Final)
Essendon 5th Defeated by North Melbourne (Elimination Final)
Fitzroy 6th Did not qualify for finals
Sydney 7th Did not qualify for finals
Melbourne 8th Did not qualify for finals
Geelong 9th Did not qualify for finals
Collingwood 10th Did not qualify for finals
St Kilda 11th Did not qualify for finals
Footscray 12th Did not qualify for finals

Ladder Chart

This chart is based on the nominal round, i.e. only one result (win, loss, draw, bye) per round, which may result in not being accurate from a chronological perspective. The positions during the finals series is determined via bespoke logic. You can click on the teams in the legend to add/remove their respective results.

Season Fixture

Regular Season

Round 1

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

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 1 -0- 0 4 251.7% 146 58
Essendon 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 234.6% 190 81
Hawthorn 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 135.2% 119 88
Sydney 4th 1 -0- 0 4 126.9% 137 108
Richmond 5th 1 -0- 0 4 117.3% 122 104
Carlton 6th 0 -1- 0 2 100.0% 113 113
Fitzroy 0 -1- 0 2 100.0% 113 113
North Melbourne 8th 0 -0- 1 0 85.2% 104 122
Melbourne 9th 0 -0- 1 0 78.8% 108 137
St Kilda 10th 0 -0- 1 0 73.9% 88 119
Footscray 11th 0 -0- 1 0 42.6% 81 190
Collingwood 12th 0 -0- 1 0 39.7% 58 146

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

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 2 -0- 0 8 192.5% 281 146
Richmond 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 130.6% 252 193
Hawthorn 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 130.1% 216 166
Geelong 4th 1 -0- 1 4 144.5% 224 155
North Melbourne 5th 1 -0- 1 4 109.2% 261 239
Melbourne 6th 1 -0- 1 4 104.5% 254 243
Sydney 7th 1 -0- 1 4 95.8% 254 265
Collingwood 8th 1 -0- 1 4 68.1% 162 238
Carlton 9th 0 -1- 1 2 87.3% 178 204
Fitzroy 10th 0 -1- 1 2 83.1% 202 243
St Kilda 11th 0 -0- 2 0 73.2% 194 265
Footscray 12th 0 -0- 2 0 58.8% 173 294

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

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 3 -0- 0 12 188.9% 410 217
Richmond 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 139.9% 424 303
Geelong 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 180.1% 362 201
North Melbourne 4th 2 -0- 1 8 125.4% 425 339
Essendon 5th 2 -0- 1 8 123.0% 391 318
Sydney 6th 2 -0- 1 8 103.9% 396 381
Carlton 7th 1 -1- 1 6 102.7% 306 298
Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 2 4 78.7% 300 381
Collingwood 9th 1 -0- 2 4 69.9% 256 366
Fitzroy 10th 0 -1- 2 2 74.2% 302 407
St Kilda 11th 0 -0- 3 0 76.2% 310 407
Footscray 12th 0 -0- 3 0 45.9% 224 488

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
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 Melbourne v Footscray MCG 126 - 133 19,832
SAT 17/04/1982 2:10 PM Richmond v Collingwood VFL Park 107 - 75 59,472
SAT 17/04/1982 2:10 PM St Kilda v Geelong Moorabbin Oval 105 - 92 17,148
SUN 18/04/1982 2:10 PM Sydney v Fitzroy SCG 162 - 106 13,617

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 4 -0- 0 16 140.5% 531 378
Hawthorn 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 136.2% 497 365
North Melbourne 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 124.0% 533 430
Sydney 4th 3 -0- 1 12 114.6% 558 487
Carlton 5th 2 -1- 1 10 117.9% 454 385
Geelong 6th 2 -0- 2 8 148.4% 454 306
Essendon 7th 2 -0- 2 8 113.1% 482 426
St Kilda 8th 1 -0- 3 4 83.2% 415 499
Melbourne 9th 1 -0- 3 4 82.9% 426 514
Collingwood 10th 1 -0- 3 4 70.0% 331 473
Footscray 11th 1 -0- 3 4 58.1% 357 614
Fitzroy 12th 0 -1- 3 2 71.7% 408 569

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
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 Geelong v Sydney Kardinia Park 84 - 82 20,770
SAT 24/04/1982 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Princes Park 100 - 82 20,210
SAT 24/04/1982 2:10 PM Melbourne v Carlton VFL Park 66 - 76 26,950
SAT 24/04/1982 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 136 - 119 23,405

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 4 -0- 1 16 133.6% 597 447
Richmond 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 128.2% 613 478
North Melbourne 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 121.9% 669 549
Carlton 4th 3 -1- 1 14 117.5% 530 451
Geelong 5th 3 -0- 2 12 138.7% 538 388
Sydney 6th 3 -0- 2 12 112.1% 640 571
Essendon 7th 2 -0- 3 8 105.6% 584 553
St Kilda 8th 2 -0- 3 8 89.3% 544 609
Fitzroy 9th 1 -1- 3 6 79.7% 535 671
Melbourne 10th 1 -0- 4 4 83.4% 492 590
Collingwood 11th 1 -0- 4 4 73.9% 450 609
Footscray 12th 1 -0- 4 4 62.9% 467 743

Round 6

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

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 5 -0- 1 20 133.6% 732 548
Richmond 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 124.8% 729 584
Carlton 3rd 4 -1- 1 18 122.0% 648 531
Geelong 4th 4 -0- 2 16 146.0% 660 452
North Melbourne 5th 4 -0- 2 16 112.6% 770 684
Sydney 6th 3 -0- 3 12 109.2% 751 688
Essendon 7th 3 -0- 3 12 105.6% 701 664
Fitzroy 8th 2 -1- 3 10 82.5% 626 759
St Kilda 9th 2 -0- 4 8 85.8% 624 727
Melbourne 10th 1 -0- 5 4 84.7% 598 706
Collingwood 11th 1 -0- 5 4 76.9% 538 700
Footscray 12th 1 -0- 5 4 61.4% 531 865

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
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 Fitzroy v Hawthorn Junction Oval 129 - 117 14,675
SAT 08/05/1982 2:10 PM Footscray v Sydney Western Oval 110 - 131 11,487
SAT 08/05/1982 2:10 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 143 - 180 25,764
SAT 08/05/1982 2:10 PM St Kilda v Richmond VFL Park 114 - 140 33,322

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 6 -0- 1 24 124.5% 869 698
Carlton 2nd 5 -1- 1 22 130.7% 758 580
Hawthorn 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 125.4% 849 677
North Melbourne 4th 5 -0- 2 20 114.9% 950 827
Geelong 5th 4 -0- 3 16 126.2% 709 562
Essendon 6th 4 -0- 3 16 112.6% 823 731
Sydney 7th 4 -0- 3 16 110.5% 882 798
Fitzroy 8th 3 -1- 3 14 86.2% 755 876
St Kilda 9th 2 -0- 5 8 85.1% 738 867
Melbourne 10th 1 -0- 6 4 83.6% 741 886
Collingwood 11th 1 -0- 6 4 73.6% 605 822
Footscray 12th 1 -0- 6 4 64.4% 641 996

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 Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 77 - 106 17,903
SAT 15/05/1982 2:10 PM Geelong v Richmond Kardinia Park 87 - 89 28,403
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 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 7 -0- 1 28 122.0% 958 785
Carlton 2nd 6 -1- 1 26 131.5% 864 657
North Melbourne 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 125.8% 1,106 879
Hawthorn 4th 5 -0- 3 20 121.1% 954 788
Essendon 5th 5 -0- 3 20 111.7% 934 836
Sydney 6th 5 -0- 3 20 111.4% 997 895
Geelong 7th 4 -0- 4 16 122.3% 796 651
Fitzroy 8th 3 -1- 4 14 82.1% 854 1,040
Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 6 8 91.9% 905 985
St Kilda 10th 2 -0- 6 8 77.2% 790 1,023
Collingwood 11th 1 -0- 7 4 74.9% 702 937
Footscray 12th 1 -0- 7 4 65.2% 718 1,102

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/05/1982 2:10 PM Carlton v Sydney Princes Park 185 - 83 23,954
SAT 22/05/1982 2:10 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 92 - 114 21,831
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 Richmond v Footscray MCG 139 - 98 22,493
SAT 22/05/1982 2:10 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Moorabbin Oval 115 - 162 15,140

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 8 -0- 1 32 124.2% 1,097 883
Carlton 2nd 7 -1- 1 30 141.8% 1,049 740
Hawthorn 3rd 6 -0- 3 24 121.4% 1,068 880
North Melbourne 4th 6 -0- 3 24 118.3% 1,169 988
Essendon 5th 6 -0- 3 24 115.9% 1,067 921
Geelong 6th 5 -0- 4 20 126.8% 905 714
Sydney 7th 5 -0- 4 20 100.0% 1,080 1,080
Fitzroy 8th 4 -1- 4 18 88.0% 1,016 1,155
Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 7 8 88.6% 990 1,118
St Kilda 10th 2 -0- 7 8 76.4% 905 1,185
Collingwood 11th 1 -0- 8 4 75.5% 794 1,051
Footscray 12th 1 -0- 8 4 65.8% 816 1,241

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
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 Fitzroy v Geelong Junction Oval 161 - 132 16,256
SAT 29/05/1982 2:10 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 100 - 158 15,686
SAT 29/05/1982 2:10 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 120 - 113 52,169
SUN 30/05/1982 2:10 PM Sydney v Hawthorn SCG 103 - 157 15,420

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 8 -1- 1 34 138.5% 1,173 847
Richmond 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 119.6% 1,204 1,007
Hawthorn 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 124.6% 1,225 983
North Melbourne 4th 7 -0- 3 28 122.0% 1,327 1,088
Essendon 5th 7 -0- 3 28 116.9% 1,216 1,040
Fitzroy 6th 5 -1- 4 22 91.5% 1,177 1,287
Geelong 7th 5 -0- 5 20 118.5% 1,037 875
Sydney 8th 5 -0- 5 20 95.6% 1,183 1,237
Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 7 12 90.2% 1,110 1,231
St Kilda 10th 2 -0- 8 8 76.8% 1,024 1,334
Collingwood 11th 1 -0- 9 4 77.5% 907 1,171
Footscray 12th 1 -0- 9 4 65.5% 916 1,399

Round 11

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

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 9 -1- 1 38 135.5% 1,278 943
Richmond 2nd 9 -0- 2 36 117.4% 1,338 1,140
Hawthorn 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 129.7% 1,403 1,082
Essendon 4th 8 -0- 3 32 119.4% 1,327 1,111
North Melbourne 5th 7 -0- 4 28 119.3% 1,423 1,193
Fitzroy 6th 6 -1- 4 26 95.8% 1,337 1,395
Geelong 7th 5 -0- 6 20 112.4% 1,108 986
Sydney 8th 5 -0- 6 20 96.0% 1,316 1,371
Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 8 12 85.8% 1,209 1,409
Collingwood 10th 2 -0- 9 8 82.6% 1,079 1,307
St Kilda 11th 2 -0- 9 8 77.0% 1,160 1,506
Footscray 12th 1 -0- 10 4 65.7% 1,024 1,559

Round 12

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

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 10 -0- 2 40 118.8% 1,494 1,258
Carlton 2nd 9 -1- 2 38 125.7% 1,344 1,069
Hawthorn 3rd 9 -0- 3 36 133.5% 1,515 1,135
Essendon 4th 9 -0- 3 36 123.4% 1,453 1,177
North Melbourne 5th 8 -0- 4 32 118.2% 1,534 1,298
Fitzroy 6th 6 -1- 5 26 93.8% 1,455 1,551
Geelong 7th 5 -0- 7 20 105.7% 1,161 1,098
Sydney 8th 5 -0- 7 20 95.9% 1,421 1,482
Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 8 16 89.6% 1,347 1,504
Collingwood 10th 3 -0- 9 12 88.5% 1,242 1,404
St Kilda 11th 2 -0- 10 8 76.3% 1,255 1,644
Footscray 12th 1 -0- 11 4 65.1% 1,121 1,722

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
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 Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 107 - 92 10,530
SAT 19/06/1982 2:10 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 134 - 70 23,365
SAT 19/06/1982 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy Arden Street Oval 88 - 87 14,077
SUN 20/06/1982 2:10 PM Sydney v St Kilda SCG 199 - 103 10,034

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 11 -0- 2 44 119.1% 1,576 1,323
Carlton 2nd 10 -1- 2 42 126.5% 1,442 1,140
Hawthorn 3rd 9 -0- 4 36 129.4% 1,607 1,242
Essendon 4th 9 -0- 4 36 120.6% 1,518 1,259
North Melbourne 5th 9 -0- 4 36 117.1% 1,622 1,385
Fitzroy 6th 6 -1- 6 26 94.1% 1,542 1,639
Sydney 7th 6 -0- 7 24 102.2% 1,620 1,585
Geelong 8th 5 -0- 8 20 99.9% 1,231 1,232
Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 8 20 94.1% 1,481 1,574
Collingwood 10th 3 -0- 10 12 87.4% 1,313 1,502
St Kilda 11th 2 -0- 11 8 73.7% 1,358 1,843
Footscray 12th 2 -0- 11 8 67.7% 1,228 1,814

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/06/1982 2:10 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 72 - 94 23,528
SAT 26/06/1982 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Sydney Junction Oval 112 - 133 12,300
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

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 12 -0- 2 48 119.7% 1,670 1,395
Carlton 2nd 10 -1- 3 42 121.3% 1,524 1,256
Hawthorn 3rd 10 -0- 4 40 130.1% 1,723 1,324
Essendon 4th 10 -0- 4 40 119.7% 1,623 1,356
North Melbourne 5th 9 -0- 5 36 115.4% 1,719 1,490
Sydney 6th 7 -0- 7 28 103.3% 1,753 1,697
Fitzroy 7th 6 -1- 7 26 93.3% 1,654 1,772
Geelong 8th 6 -0- 8 24 103.6% 1,341 1,295
Melbourne 9th 6 -0- 8 24 94.5% 1,575 1,666
Collingwood 10th 3 -0- 11 12 86.8% 1,385 1,596
St Kilda 11th 2 -0- 12 8 72.8% 1,421 1,953
Footscray 12th 2 -0- 12 8 69.2% 1,320 1,908

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

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 12 -0- 3 48 115.9% 1,786 1,541
Carlton 2nd 11 -1- 3 46 120.8% 1,652 1,367
Hawthorn 3rd 11 -0- 4 44 129.8% 1,869 1,440
Essendon 4th 11 -0- 4 44 125.0% 1,762 1,410
North Melbourne 5th 10 -0- 5 40 115.8% 1,828 1,579
Sydney 6th 8 -0- 7 32 105.3% 1,879 1,784
Fitzroy 7th 6 -1- 8 26 89.4% 1,708 1,911
Geelong 8th 6 -0- 9 24 100.5% 1,428 1,421
Melbourne 9th 6 -0- 9 24 94.0% 1,686 1,794
Collingwood 10th 3 -0- 12 12 86.5% 1,474 1,705
St Kilda 11th 3 -0- 12 12 74.9% 1,552 2,073
Footscray 12th 2 -0- 13 8 70.6% 1,440 2,039

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/07/1982 2:10 PM Carlton v St Kilda VFL Park 139 - 63 27,829
SAT 10/07/1982 2:10 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 157 - 115 14,004
SAT 10/07/1982 2:10 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Princes Park 206 - 112 18,819
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
SAT 17/07/1982 2:10 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 72 - 147 36,161

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 13 -0- 3 52 119.8% 1,933 1,613
Carlton 2nd 12 -1- 3 50 125.2% 1,791 1,430
Hawthorn 3rd 12 -0- 4 48 133.7% 2,075 1,552
Essendon 4th 11 -0- 5 44 120.9% 1,844 1,525
North Melbourne 5th 10 -0- 6 40 108.7% 1,940 1,785
Sydney 6th 9 -0- 7 36 106.9% 1,994 1,866
Fitzroy 7th 7 -1- 8 30 90.7% 1,792 1,975
Geelong 8th 6 -0- 10 24 97.8% 1,543 1,578
Melbourne 9th 6 -0- 10 24 90.6% 1,758 1,941
Collingwood 10th 3 -0- 13 12 86.0% 1,538 1,789
Footscray 11th 3 -0- 13 12 74.1% 1,597 2,154
St Kilda 12th 3 -0- 13 12 73.0% 1,615 2,212

Round 17

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

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 14 -0- 3 56 123.5% 2,118 1,715
Carlton 2nd 12 -1- 4 50 120.8% 1,866 1,545
Hawthorn 3rd 12 -0- 5 48 127.6% 2,198 1,722
Essendon 4th 12 -0- 5 48 120.2% 1,963 1,633
North Melbourne 5th 11 -0- 6 44 109.9% 2,086 1,898
Sydney 6th 10 -0- 7 40 107.2% 2,105 1,964
Fitzroy 7th 8 -1- 8 34 93.5% 1,962 2,098
Geelong 8th 7 -0- 10 28 100.3% 1,658 1,653
Melbourne 9th 6 -0- 11 24 89.7% 1,871 2,087
Collingwood 10th 3 -0- 14 12 86.3% 1,646 1,908
Footscray 11th 3 -0- 14 12 74.8% 1,695 2,265
St Kilda 12th 3 -0- 14 12 71.6% 1,717 2,397

Round 18

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

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 15 -0- 3 60 127.1% 2,281 1,794
Carlton 2nd 13 -1- 4 54 127.8% 2,067 1,617
Hawthorn 3rd 13 -0- 5 52 127.4% 2,298 1,804
Essendon 4th 12 -0- 6 48 118.0% 2,045 1,733
North Melbourne 5th 12 -0- 6 48 112.1% 2,236 1,994
Sydney 6th 11 -0- 7 44 107.1% 2,195 2,049
Fitzroy 7th 9 -1- 8 38 97.0% 2,125 2,191
Geelong 8th 7 -0- 11 28 95.6% 1,737 1,816
Melbourne 9th 6 -0- 12 24 87.3% 1,964 2,250
Collingwood 10th 3 -0- 15 12 86.6% 1,731 1,998
Footscray 11th 3 -0- 15 12 71.7% 1,767 2,466
St Kilda 12th 3 -0- 15 12 71.2% 1,813 2,547

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/08/1982 2:10 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Junction Oval 142 - 78 9,987
SAT 07/08/1982 2:10 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 50 - 112 16,259
SAT 07/08/1982 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Princes Park 140 - 118 19,079
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
SUN 08/08/1982 2:10 PM Sydney v Carlton SCG 106 - 72 25,601

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 16 -0- 3 64 129.8% 2,393 1,844
Hawthorn 2nd 14 -0- 5 56 126.8% 2,438 1,922
Carlton 3rd 13 -1- 5 54 124.1% 2,139 1,723
Essendon 4th 13 -0- 6 52 119.0% 2,182 1,834
North Melbourne 5th 13 -0- 6 52 114.9% 2,386 2,076
Sydney 6th 12 -0- 7 48 108.5% 2,301 2,121
Fitzroy 7th 10 -1- 8 42 99.9% 2,267 2,269
Geelong 8th 7 -0- 12 28 92.5% 1,819 1,966
Melbourne 9th 6 -0- 13 24 86.5% 2,065 2,387
Collingwood 10th 3 -0- 16 12 86.5% 1,849 2,138
Footscray 11th 3 -0- 16 12 70.5% 1,817 2,578
St Kilda 12th 3 -0- 16 12 70.3% 1,891 2,689

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 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
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

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 16 -0- 4 64 126.9% 2,457 1,936
Hawthorn 2nd 15 -0- 5 60 129.2% 2,564 1,984
Carlton 3rd 14 -1- 5 58 124.8% 2,231 1,787
Essendon 4th 14 -0- 6 56 119.0% 2,272 1,910
North Melbourne 5th 14 -0- 6 56 114.9% 2,504 2,180
Sydney 6th 12 -0- 8 48 105.2% 2,363 2,247
Fitzroy 7th 11 -1- 8 46 102.4% 2,372 2,317
Geelong 8th 7 -0- 13 28 90.1% 1,867 2,071
Melbourne 9th 7 -0- 13 28 89.3% 2,233 2,501
Collingwood 10th 3 -0- 17 12 85.1% 1,963 2,306
Footscray 11th 3 -0- 17 12 71.3% 1,921 2,696
St Kilda 12th 3 -0- 17 12 70.8% 1,967 2,779

Round 21

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

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 17 -0- 4 68 126.3% 2,584 2,046
Hawthorn 2nd 16 -0- 5 64 128.5% 2,667 2,076
Carlton 3rd 15 -1- 5 62 127.1% 2,411 1,897
Essendon 4th 15 -0- 6 60 118.7% 2,368 1,995
North Melbourne 5th 14 -0- 7 56 110.8% 2,614 2,360
Fitzroy 6th 12 -1- 8 50 104.3% 2,503 2,400
Sydney 7th 12 -0- 9 48 104.2% 2,473 2,374
Geelong 8th 7 -0- 14 28 90.1% 1,952 2,167
Melbourne 9th 7 -0- 14 28 89.3% 2,325 2,604
St Kilda 10th 4 -0- 17 16 73.2% 2,115 2,891
Collingwood 11th 3 -0- 18 12 84.6% 2,075 2,454
Footscray 12th 3 -0- 18 12 70.9% 2,004 2,827

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
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 Geelong v Collingwood Kardinia Park 121 - 126 20,950
SAT 28/08/1982 2:10 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Princes Park 161 - 73 13,467
SAT 28/08/1982 2:10 PM Melbourne v Sydney MCG 163 - 148 27,521
SAT 28/08/1982 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 79 - 98 19,135

Round 22 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 18 -0- 4 72 126.2% 2,682 2,125
Hawthorn 2nd 17 -0- 5 68 131.6% 2,828 2,149
Carlton 3rd 16 -1- 5 66 127.5% 2,561 2,008
Essendon 4th 16 -0- 6 64 125.2% 2,576 2,057
North Melbourne 5th 14 -0- 8 56 109.6% 2,693 2,458
Fitzroy 6th 12 -1- 9 50 102.5% 2,614 2,550
Sydney 7th 12 -0- 10 48 103.3% 2,621 2,537
Melbourne 8th 8 -0- 14 32 90.4% 2,488 2,752
Geelong 9th 7 -0- 15 28 90.4% 2,073 2,293
Collingwood 10th 4 -0- 18 16 85.5% 2,201 2,575
St Kilda 11th 4 -0- 18 16 71.7% 2,188 3,052
Footscray 12th 3 -0- 19 12 68.1% 2,066 3,035

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Richmond 1st 18 -0- 4 72 126.2% 2,682 2,125 394 318 301 319
Hawthorn 2nd 17 -0- 5 68 131.6% 2,828 2,149 409 374 307 307
Carlton 3rd 16 -1- 5 66 127.5% 2,561 2,008 362 389 288 280
Essendon 4th 16 -0- 6 64 125.2% 2,576 2,057 379 302 288 329
North Melbourne 5th 14 -0- 8 56 109.6% 2,693 2,458 393 335 354 334
Fitzroy 6th 12 -1- 9 50 102.5% 2,614 2,550 377 352 374 306
Sydney 7th 12 -0- 10 48 103.3% 2,621 2,537 374 377 369 323
Melbourne 8th 8 -0- 14 32 90.4% 2,488 2,752 358 340 404 328
Geelong 9th 7 -0- 15 28 90.4% 2,073 2,293 293 315 331 307
Collingwood 10th 4 -0- 18 16 85.5% 2,201 2,575 313 323 367 373
St Kilda 11th 4 -0- 18 16 71.7% 2,188 3,052 320 268 446 376
Footscray 12th 3 -0- 19 12 68.1% 2,066 3,035 300 266 443 377

Final Round 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

Final Round 1 Ladder

Team Pos.
Richmond 1st
Carlton 2nd
Hawthorn 3rd
North Melbourne 4th
Essendon 5th

Final Round 2

Semi Final

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

Final Round 2 Ladder

Team Pos.
Richmond 1st
Carlton 2nd
Hawthorn 3rd
North Melbourne 4th
Essendon 5th

Final Round 3

Preliminary Final

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

Final Round 3 Ladder

Team Pos.
Richmond 1st
Carlton 2nd
Hawthorn 3rd
North Melbourne 4th
Essendon 5th

Final Round 4

Grand Final

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

Final Round 4 Ladder

Team Pos.
Carlton 1st
Richmond 2nd
Hawthorn 3rd
North Melbourne 4th
Essendon 5th