1882 Victorian football season

13th senior season of Australian rules football in Victoria June 2025 June 2025 1882 22 April – 30 September 1882Pennings Mark A Golden Era Begins: Football in 'Marvellous Melbourne', 1877 to 1885 https://eprints.qut.edu.au/74662/16/46666_MARK%27S_ORIGINS_OF_AUSTRALIAN_RULES_FOOTY_-_LOW_RES.pdf QUT Origins of Australian Football (Volume II) 3 June 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250521235327/https://eprints.qut.edu.au/74662/16/46666_MARK%27S_ORIGINS_OF_AUSTRALIAN_RULES_FOOTY_-_LOW_RES.pdf 21 May 2025 28 May 2014Melbourne v. Carlton https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11554772 The Argus 3 June 2025 7 2 October 1882 vic white 1881 Victorian football season 1881 white 1883 Victorian football season 1883 The 1882 Victorian football season was the 13th senior season of Australian rules football in the colony of Victoria.Pindar Peter The football season of 1882 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/138644422 The Australasian 3 June 2025 13 7 October 1882Follower The past season https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/197989630 Leader 3 June 2025 20 7 October 1882 Clubs Founded Club League Ref 15x15px BalNorth Ballarat District Roosters' relentless, remarkable journey https://www.theage.com.au/national/roosters-relentless-remarkable-journey-20030810-gdw6oi.html The Age 4 June 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250604062114/https://www.theage.com.au/national/roosters-relentless-remarkable-journey-20030810-gdw6oi.html 4 June 2025 10 August 2003 15x15px Juniors Northern Blues representing the Northern Corridor https://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/307855/northern-blues-representing-the-northern-corridor Carlton Football Club 4 June 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250604062516/https://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/307855/northern-blues-representing-the-northern-corridor 4 June 2025 7 February 2012 15x15px Rushworth Gill Shannon 'Like a pub with no beer': Rushworth Football Netball club can't field a men's senior football team for the first time in history https://www.codesports.com.au/afl%2Flocal-footy%2Flike-a-pub-with-no-beer-rushworth-football-netball-club-cant-field-a-mens-senior-football-team-for-the-first-time-in-history%2Fnews-story%2F281b9a453ca8e5497d0ae662da6ad837 CODE Sports 4 June 2025 https://archive.today/20250604062030/https://www.codesports.com.au/afl/local-footy/like-a-pub-with-no-beer-rushworth-football-netball-club-cant-field-a-mens-senior-football-team-for-the-first-time-in-history/news-story/281b9a453ca8e5497d0ae662da6ad837 4 June 2025 7 April 2023 Mergers Original clubs New club League Founded Ref 15px BalCity 15px Ballarat City Imperial Ballarat District 30 May 1882 15px BalImp Dissolved Club League Ref 15x15px VFA FOOTBALL NOTES https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11551780 The Argus 4 June 2025 10 2 September 1882 VFA 1882 VFA season won the Victorian Football Association (VFA) premiership for the fourth time, making it the club's fourth VFA premiership in just five seasons, and the first in a sequence of three consecutive premierships won from 1882 to 1884.Collings Tom Geelong's Premiership History https://www.geelongcats.com.au/news/241594/geelongs-premiership-history Geelong Football Club 3 June 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20241206034152/https://www.geelongcats.com.au/news/241594/geelongs-premiership-history 6 December 2024 15 July 2019Riley Michael The Evolution of 'the Premiership' 1870−1888 https://hiddenfootyhistories.org/article137-The-Evolution-of-the-Premiership-1870-1888 3 June 2025 Hidden Footy Histories 11 August 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20250603151201/https://hiddenfootyhistories.org/article137-The-Evolution-of-the-Premiership-1870-1888 3 June 2025 Juniors SthYar was the premier club in the junior competition.At the time, the term "junior" was used to describe open age football of a lower standard than senior football, rather than under age football.Gigacz Andrew Still snarling: 140 years on https://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/news/1270716/still-snarling-140-years-on Western Bulldogs 4 June 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250604165235/https://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/news/1270716/still-snarling-140-years-on 4 June 2025 5 June 2023 This was disputed, as South Yarra did not play other leading junior clubs – including HotUnited, , SouthPark and StarCar – during the season.H. C. THE PREMIER JUNIORS https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/241185760 The Herald 4 June 2025 3 19 September 1882C. S. THE JUNIOR PREMIERSHIP https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/241181658 The Herald 4 June 2025 2 23 September 1882 Peter Pindar, a football writer at The Australasian, wrote that "it would be just as absurd to call a club the premier which had never met , , , and , as it would be to style one the premier junior which had not met Hotham United, Northcote, South Park, or the Star of Carlton".Pindar Peter FOOTBALL GOSSIP https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/138644138 The Australasian 4 June 2025 12 30 September 1882 In a letter to The Herald, South Park secretary W.M. Roy said that he "fail[ed] to see that we are not entitled to claim the Junior Premiership of 1882".PREMIER JUNIORS https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/241177530 The Herald 4 June 2025 3 22 September 1882Pindar Peter FOOTBALL GOSSIP https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/138643896 The Australasian 4 June 2025 12 23 September 1882 Club records + Pos Position on ladder Team Pld Games played W Won L Lost D Drawn GF Goals for GA Goals against 1 SthYar (P) 20 9 4 7 40 30 2 SouthPark 12 7 1 4 34 8 3 Sandridge 15 9 2 4 27 11 4 StarCar 18 13 2 3 40 14 Powlett 18 9 7 2 36 40 15 8 4 3 38 13 13 6 6 1 30 12 RicOG 15 8 6 1 31 25 HawOG 10 3 6 1 18 27 WavOG 13 5 8 0 24 30 HotUnited 14 2 9 3 13 27 RoyalParkOG 11 1 8 2 6 14 Toorak 11 0 10 1 10 37 Britannia 8 3 9 9 6 10 Source:Victorian Junior Football Association (Vic) https://footypedia.info/00001339.htm Footypedia 3 June 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20241217211533/https://www.footypedia.info/00001339.htm 17 December 2024Hawthorn Football Club statistics 1882 http://members.optushome.com.au/wardead/hawks/1882.htm Early History of the Hawthorn Football Club 1873–1935 16 August 2004 1998 https://web.archive.org/web/20040816060440/http://members.optushome.com.au/wardead/hawks/1882.htm 16 August 2004 (P) Premiers Ballarat District AlbImp was the premier club in the Ballarat District competition.Elliott Kate J W Graham https://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/rower-profiles/graham-j-w#gsc.tab=0 Australian Rowing History 4 June 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250604060042/https://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/rower-profiles/graham-j-w#gsc.tab=0 4 June 2025 October 2021 During the season, BalCity merged with BalImp to form the "Ballarat City Imperial Football Club", although it retained the colours of Ballarat Imperial and is considered a continuation of Ballarat Imperial.FOOTBALL https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/200672736 The Ballarat Star 4 June 2025 3 31 May 1882Ballarat Imperial 1888 season https://australianfootball.com/clubs/stats/ballarat%2Bimperial/46/1888 Australian Football 4 June 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250604061117/https://australianfootball.com/clubs/stats/ballarat%2Bimperial/46/1888 4 June 2025 By this season, more than 100 clubs were based around the Ballarat region.The Redan Story https://www.redanfnc.com.au/about-1/history Redan Lions 4 June 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250419075415/https://www.redanfnc.com.au/about-1/history 19 April 2025 Club records + Pos Position on ladder Team Pld Games played W Won L Lost D Drawn GF Goals for GA Goals against 1 AlbImp (P) 14 10 1 3 39 10 Ballarat 21 14 4 3 57 29 Ballarat City Imperial Source: (P) Premiers Sandhurst 1882 sandhurst 3 May – 30 September 1882COUNTRY FOOTBALL https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/229824267 Sportsman 4 June 2025 4 3 May 1882Follower OPENING MATCH OF THE SANDHURST FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/88626044 Bendigo Advertiser 4 June 2025 1 10 May 1882 Eaglehawk 1 white 1881 Victorian football season#Sandhurst 1881 white 1883 Victorian football season#Sandhurst 1883 The 1882 SFA season was the second season of the Sandhurst Football Association (SFA).Follower Football chatter https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/88625912 Bendigo Advertiser 4 June 2025 1 6 May 1882 Eaglehawk was the premier club.Club History https://websites.mygameday.app/club_info.cgi?c=0-6148-80359-0-0&sID=116707 GameDay Eaglehawk Football Netball Club 4 June 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250604053406/https://websites.mygameday.app/club_info.cgi?c=0-6148-80359-0-0&sID=116707 4 June 2025 BendigoOG, Coachbuilders, Ironbark and Sandhurst also competed. The SFA also played a representative match against SouthYarra on 24 May 1882 at the Upper Reserve.Sandhurst Football Association v. South Yarra https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/88626485 Bendigo Advertiser 4 June 2025 3 25 May 1882 Club records + Pos Position on ladder Team Pld Games played W Won L Lost D Drawn GF Goals for GA Goals against 1 Eaglehawk (P) 23 11 8 4 35 20 Sandhurst 13 6 3 4 20 BendigoOG Coachbuilders Ironbark Source:Eaglehawk Football Club https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/88577038 Bendigo Advertiser 4 June 2025 3 13 October 1882 (P) Premiers Notes References Category:Victorian football seasons Victorian