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 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) 12.16 (88) 17.17 (119) Won by 31 points Moorabbin Oval (A) 19,719 1–0 2 Saturday, 3 April (2:10 pm) 13.19 (97) 11.12 (78) Won by 19 points Princes Park (H) 15,600 2–0 3 Monday, 12 April (2:10 pm) 28.26 (194) 7.9 (51) Won by 145 points VFL Park (H) 22,209 3–0 4 Saturday, 17 April (2:10 pm) 21.22 (148) 12.15 (87) Lost by 61 points Princes Park (A) 29,654 3–1 5 Saturday, 24 April (2:10 pm) 13.22 (100) 10.22 (82) Won by 18 points Princes Park (H) 20,210 4–1 6 Saturday, 1 May (2:10 pm) 15.11 (101) 19.21 (135) Won by 34 points VFL Park (A) 34,921 5–1 7 Saturday, 8 May (2:10 pm) 19.15 (129) 17.15 (117) Lost by 12 points Junction Oval (A) 14,675 5–2 8 Saturday, 15 May (2:10 pm) 15.15 (105) 16.15 (111) Lost by 6 points Princes Park (H) 26,875 5–3 9 Saturday, 22 May (2:10 pm) 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) 26.22 (178) 14.15 (99) Won by 79 points Princes Park (H) 14,087 8–3 12 Monday, 14 June (2:10 pm) 6.17 (53) 17.10 (112) Won by 59 points VFL Park (A) 38,086 9–3 13 Saturday, 19 June (2:10 pm) 16.11 (107) 12.20 (92) Lost by 15 points Western Oval (A) 10,530 9–4 14 Saturday, 26 June (2:10 pm) 17.14 (116) 12.10 (82) Won by 34 points Princes Park (H) 23,354 10–4 15 Saturday, 3 July (2:10 pm) 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) 32.14 (206) 15.22 (112) Won by 94 points Princes Park (H) 18,819 12–4 17 Saturday, 24 July (2:10 pm) 18.15 (123) 27.8 (170) Lost by 47 points VFL Park (H) 25,316 12–5 18 Saturday, 31 July (2:10 pm) 12.10 (82) 15.10 (100) Won by 18 points Windy Hill (A) 22,993 13–5 19 Saturday, 7 August (2:10 pm) 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) 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) 23.23 (161) 11.7 (73) Won by 88 points Princes Park (H) 13,467 17–5
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) 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) 24.22 (166) 18.6 (114) Won by 52 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 61,729 Preliminary Final Saturday, 18 September (2:30 pm) 13.16 (94) 8.15 (63) Lost by 31 points VFL Park (A) 61,307
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