1982 Hawthorn Football Club season

Hawthorn Football Club

1982 season
President	Ron Cook
Coach	Allan Jeans
Captain(s)	Leigh Matthews
Home ground	Princes Park
VFL season	17–5 (2nd)
Finals series	Preliminary Final (lost to Carlton 63–94)
Best and Fairest	Leigh Matthews
Leading goalkicker	Leigh Matthews (74)
Highest home attendance	70,552 (Qualifying Final vs. Carlton)
Lowest home attendance	13,467 (Round 22 vs. St Kilda)
Average home attendance	26,695
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The 1982 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 58th season in the Victorian Football League and 81st overall. This was the first time since 1978 Hawthorn qualified for finals. Hawthorn were eliminated by Carlton in the Preliminary final 63–94.

Fixture

Premiership season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Record
			Home	Away	Result
1	Saturday, 27 March (2:10 pm)	St Kilda	12.16 (88)	17.17 (119)	Won by 31 points	Moorabbin Oval (A)	19,719	1–0
2	Saturday, 3 April (2:10 pm)	Geelong	13.19 (97)	11.12 (78)	Won by 19 points	Princes Park (H)	15,600	2–0
3	Monday, 12 April (2:10 pm)	Footscray	28.26 (194)	7.9 (51)	Won by 145 points	VFL Park (H)	22,209	3–0
4	Saturday, 17 April (2:10 pm)	Carlton	21.22 (148)	12.15 (87)	Lost by 61 points	Princes Park (A)	29,654	3–1
5	Saturday, 24 April (2:10 pm)	Richmond	13.22 (100)	10.22 (82)	Won by 18 points	Princes Park (H)	20,210	4–1
6	Saturday, 1 May (2:10 pm)	North Melbourne	15.11 (101)	19.21 (135)	Won by 34 points	VFL Park (A)	34,921	5–1
7	Saturday, 8 May (2:10 pm)	Fitzroy	19.15 (129)	17.15 (117)	Lost by 12 points	Junction Oval (A)	14,675	5–2
8	Saturday, 15 May (2:10 pm)	Essendon	15.15 (105)	16.15 (111)	Lost by 6 points	Princes Park (H)	26,875	5–3
9	Saturday, 22 May (2:10 pm)	Collingwood	13.14 (92)	17.12 (114)	Won by 22 points	Victoria Park (A)	21,831	6–3
10	Sunday, 30 May (2:10 pm)	Swans	15.13 (103)	24.13 (157)	Won by 54 points	Sydney Cricket Ground (A)	15,420	7–3
11	Saturday, 5 June (2:10 pm)	Melbourne	26.22 (178)	14.15 (99)	Won by 79 points	Princes Park (H)	14,087	8–3
12	Monday, 14 June (2:10 pm)	Geelong	6.17 (53)	17.10 (112)	Won by 59 points	VFL Park (A)	38,086	9–3
13	Saturday, 19 June (2:10 pm)	Footscray	16.11 (107)	12.20 (92)	Lost by 15 points	Western Oval (A)	10,530	9–4
14	Saturday, 26 June (2:10 pm)	Carlton	17.14 (116)	12.10 (82)	Won by 34 points	Princes Park (H)	23,354	10–4
15	Saturday, 3 July (2:10 pm)	Richmond	17.14 (116)	22.14 (146)	Won by 30 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	48,338	11–4
16	Saturday, 10 July (2:10 pm)	North Melbourne	32.14 (206)	15.22 (112)	Won by 94 points	Princes Park (H)	18,819	12–4
17	Saturday, 24 July (2:10 pm)	Fitzroy	18.15 (123)	27.8 (170)	Lost by 47 points	VFL Park (H)	25,316	12–5
18	Saturday, 31 July (2:10 pm)	Essendon	12.10 (82)	15.10 (100)	Won by 18 points	Windy Hill (A)	22,993	13–5
19	Saturday, 7 August (2:10 pm)	Collingwood	20.20 (140)	16.22 (118)	Won by 22 points	Princes Park Football Ground (H)	19,079	14–5
20	Saturday, 14 August (2:10 pm)	Swans	18.18 (126)	8.14 (62)	Won by 64 points	Princes Park (H)	15,743	15–5
21	Saturday, 21 August (2:10 pm)	Melbourne	14.8 (92)	14.19 (103)	Won by 11 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	26,049	16–5
22	Saturday, 28 August (2:10 pm)	St Kilda	23.23 (161)	11.7 (73)	Won by 88 points	Princes Park (H)	13,467	17–5
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Finals series

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance
			Home	Away	Result
Qualifying Final	Saturday, 4 September (2:30 pm)	Carlton	16.9 (105)	25.13 (163)	Lost by 58 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	70,552
First Semi-Final	Saturday, 11 September (2:30 pm)	North Melbourne	24.22 (166)	18.6 (114)	Won by 52 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	61,729
Preliminary Final	Saturday, 18 September (2:30 pm)	Carlton	13.16 (94)	8.15 (63)	Lost by 31 points	VFL Park (A)	61,307
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Ladder

(P)	Premiers
	Qualified for finals

#	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	Pts
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

References

1. "AFL Tables - 1982 Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 15 September 2016.