1982 VFL season
Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date
North Melbourne 23.18 ( 156 ) St Kilda 6.16 ( 52 ) Arden Street Oval 16,258 15 May 1982
Geelong 12.15 ( 87 ) Richmond 11.23 ( 89 ) Kardinia Park 28,403 15 May 1982
Hawthorn 15.15 ( 105 ) Essendon 16.15 ( 111 ) Princes Park 26,865 15 May 1982
Footscray 11.11 ( 77 ) Carlton 14.22 ( 106 ) Western Oval 17,903 15 May 1982
Melbourne 25.14 ( 164 ) Fitzroy 13.21 ( 99 ) VFL Park 25,856 15 May 1982
Swans 15.25 ( 115 ) Collingwood 13.19 ( 97 ) SCG 20,905 16 May 1982
Premiership season -- Round 8
The 1982 Victorian Football League season was the 86th season of the elite Australian rules football competition. This season commenced on 20 March 1982 and concluded on 25 September 1982 with Carlton defeating Richmond in the Grand Final to win its second consecutive premiership. The season was the first in which the VFL established a permanent interstate presence, with the South Melbourne Football Club moving all of its home games to Sydney, New South Wales, ultimately becoming known as the Sydney Swans.