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86th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1982 VFL season was the 86th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 20 March until 25 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top five clubs.
1982 VFL premiership season | |
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Teams | 12 |
Premiers | Carlton 14th premiership |
Minor premiers | Richmond 8th minor premiership |
Night series | Swans 1st Night series win |
Brownlow Medallist | Brian Wilson Melbourne (23 votes) |
Coleman Medallist | Malcolm Blight North Melbourne (94 goals) |
Attendance | |
Matches played | 138 |
Total attendance | 3,681,556 (26,678 per match) |
Highest | 107,536 |
The season saw the VFL establish its first permanent interstate presence, as the South Melbourne Football Club (which was known after June just as the Swans, being renamed Sydney the following year) played all of its home games on Sunday afternoons in Sydney, New South Wales.
The premiership was won by the Carlton Football Club for the 14th time and second time consecutively, after it defeated Richmond by 18 points in the VFL grand final.
The Swans defeated North Melbourne 13.12 (90) to 8.10 (58) in the final.
Round 1 | |||||
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Saturday, 27 March (2:10 pm) | Carlton 16.17 (113) | drew with | Fitzroy 17.11 (113) | Princes Park (crowd: 26,669) | |
Saturday, 27 March (2:10 pm) | Collingwood 7.16 (58) | def. by | Geelong 21.20 (146) | VFL Park (crowd: 53,549) | |
Saturday, 27 March (2:10 pm) | Essendon 29.16 (190) | def. | Footscray 11.15 (81) | Windy Hill (crowd: 26,456) | |
Saturday, 27 March (2:10 pm) | St Kilda 12.16 (88) | def. by | Hawthorn 17.17 (119) | Moorabbin Oval (crowd: 19,719) | |
Saturday, 27 March (2:10 pm) | Richmond 18.14 (122) | def. | North Melbourne 15.14 (104) | MCG (crowd: 38,864) | |
Sunday, 28 March (2:10 pm) | Swans 20.17 (137) | def. | Melbourne 16.12 (108) | SCG (crowd: 15,764) | |
Round 2 | |||||
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Saturday, 20 March (2:10 pm) | Fitzroy 13.11 (89) | def. by | Richmond 20.10 (130) | VFL Park (crowd: 38,686) | Report |
Saturday, 3 April (2:10 pm) | Carlton 8.17 (65) | def. by | Essendon 13.13 (91) | VFL Park (crowd: 60,208) | Report |
Saturday, 3 April (2:10 pm) | Footscray 14.8 (92) | def. by | Collingwood 15.14 (104) | Western Oval (crowd: 27,266) | Report |
Saturday, 3 April (2:10 pm) | Hawthorn 13.19 (97) | def. | Geelong 11.12 (78) | Princes Park (crowd: 15,600) | Report |
Saturday, 3 April (2:10 pm) | Melbourne 20.26 (146) | def. | St Kilda 16.10 (106) | MCG (crowd: 25,467) | Report |
Saturday, 3 April (2:10 pm) | North Melbourne 24.13 (157) | def. | Swans 16.21 (117) | Arden Street Oval (crowd: 14,097) | Report |
Round 3 | |||||
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Saturday, 10 April (2:10 pm) | Collingwood 13.16 (94) | def. by | Carlton 20.8 (128) | Victoria Park (crowd: 34,055) | Report |
Saturday, 10 April (2:10 pm) | Fitzroy 14.16 (100) | def. by | North Melbourne 25.14 (164) | Junction Oval (crowd: 21,888) | Report |
Saturday, 10 April (2:10 pm) | St Kilda 17.14 (116) | def. by | Swans 20.22 (142) | Moorabbin Oval (crowd: 17,811) | Report |
Monday, 12 April (2:10 pm) | Richmond 25.22 (172) | def. | Essendon 16.14 (110) | MCG (crowd: 90,564) | Report |
Monday, 12 April (2:10 pm) | Hawthorn 28.26 (194) | def. | Footscray 7.9 (51) | VFL Park (crowd: 22,209) | Report |
Monday, 12 April (2:10 pm) | Geelong 21.12 (138) | def. | Melbourne 5.16 (46) | Kardinia Park (crowd: 24,672) | Report |
Round 4 | |||||
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Saturday, 17 April (2:10 pm) | Carlton 21.22 (148) | def. | Hawthorn 12.15 (87) | Princes Park (crowd: 29,654) | Report |
Saturday, 17 April (2:10 pm) | Richmond 15.17 (107) | def. | Collingwood 10.15 (75) | VFL Park (crowd: 59,472) | Report |
Saturday, 17 April (2:10 pm) | Essendon 12.19 (91) | def. by | North Melbourne 14.24 (108) | Windy Hill (crowd: 27,190) | Report |
Saturday, 17 April (2:10 pm) | Melbourne 19.12 (126) | def. by | Footscray 19.19 (133) | MCG (crowd: 19,832) | Report |
Saturday, 17 April (2:10 pm) | St Kilda 16.9 (105) | def. | Geelong 13.14 (92) | Moorabbin Oval (crowd: 17,148) | Report |
Sunday, 18 April (2:10 pm) | Swans 24.18 (162) | def. | Fitzroy 14.22 (106) | SCG (crowd: 13,617) | Report |
Round 10 | |||||
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Saturday, 29 May (2:10 pm) | Carlton 18.16 (124) | def. | Richmond 16.11 (107) | Princes Park (crowd: 35,372) | Report |
Saturday, 29 May (2:10 pm) | Melbourne 16.24 (120) | def. | Collingwood 17.11 (113) | MCG (crowd: 52,169) | Report |
Saturday, 29 May (2:10 pm) | Essendon 22.17 (149) | def. | St Kilda 18.11 (119) | VFL Park (crowd: 36,736) | Report |
Saturday, 29 May (2:10 pm) | Fitzroy 25.11 (161) | def. | Geelong 19.18 (132) | Junction Oval (crowd: 16,256) | Report |
Saturday, 29 May (2:10 pm) | Footscray 15.10 (100) | def. by | North Melbourne 23.20 (158) | Western Oval (crowd: 15,686) | Report |
Sunday, 30 May (2:10 pm) | Swans 15.13 (103) | def. by | Hawthorn 24.13 (157) | SCG (crowd: 15,420) | Report |
|
(P) | Premiers |
Qualified for finals |
# | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
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1 | Richmond | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2682 | 2125 | 126.2 | 72 |
2 | Hawthorn | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2828 | 2149 | 131.6 | 68 |
3 | Carlton (P) | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2561 | 2008 | 127.5 | 66 |
4 | Essendon | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2576 | 2057 | 125.2 | 64 |
5 | North Melbourne | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2693 | 2458 | 109.6 | 56 |
6 | Fitzroy | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2614 | 2550 | 102.5 | 50 |
7 | Swans | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2621 | 2537 | 103.3 | 48 |
8 | Melbourne | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 2488 | 2752 | 90.4 | 32 |
9 | Geelong | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 2073 | 2293 | 90.4 | 28 |
10 | Collingwood | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 2201 | 2575 | 85.5 | 16 |
11 | St Kilda | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 2188 | 3052 | 71.7 | 16 |
12 | Footscray | 22 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 2066 | 3035 | 68.1 | 12 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 112.1
Source: AFL Tables
Elimination final | |||||
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Saturday, 4 September (2:30 pm) | Essendon 16.19 (115) | def. by | North Melbourne 19.14 (128) | VFL Park (crowd: 50,537) | Report |
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