1882 VFA season

6th season of the Victorian Football Association December 2017 December 2017 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 Geelong fc 1882.jpg 260px Geelong – 1882 VFA premiers 7 4 Hugh McLean( − 25 goals) white 1881 VFA season 1881 white 1883 VFA season 1883 The 1882 VFA season was the sixth season of the Victorian Football Association (VFA), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in the colony of Victoria. won the 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 Association membership The senior metropolitan membership of the Association (including Geelong) during 1882 was seven, the same clubs that had competed in 1881: , East Melbourne, , , Hotham, , and South Melbourne. At this time, three other provincial senior clubs were full Association members represented on the Board of Management for a total membership of ten: Ballarat, Benalla and Horsham.The Australasian Melbourne, VIC Football Gossip Peter Pindar 9 September 1882 332 XXXIII 858 Due to distance, these clubs played too few matches against the rest of the VFA to be considered relevant in the premiership. Premiership season Club records The below table details the playing records of the seven clubs in all matches during the 1882 season, where the information is available. Two sets of results are given: Senior results: based only upon games played against other VFA senior clubs. Total results: including senior games, and games against intercolonial, up-country and junior clubs. While East Melbourne was a senior club, in practice they played to a junior standard, and in its few matches against the other senior clubs were routinely beaten by large margins. Consequently, the Australasian and the Leader newspapers did not include matches against East Melbourne in teams' senior results, and this approach has been replicated in the table below. The clubs are listed in the order in which they were ranked in the Australasian newspaper. The VFA had no formal process by which the clubs were ranked, so the below order should be considered indicative only, particularly since the fixturing of matches was not standardised; however, the top three placings were later acknowledged in publications including the Football Record and are considered official.Wilson Caroline History of the AFL could be turned on its head https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/history-of-the-afl-could-be-turned-on-its-head-20140620-zsglu.html The Age 12 April 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20230929215206/https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/history-of-the-afl-could-be-turned-on-its-head-20140620-zsglu.html 29 September 2023 20 June 2014 + Pos Position on ladder Team Senior results Total results Pld Games played W Won L Lost D Drawn GF Goals for GA Goals against Pld Games played W Won L Lost D Drawn GF Goals for GA Goals against 1 (P) 13 10 1 2 51 11 24 20 2 2 120 19 2 12 5 2 5 35 24 23 14 3 6 85 38 3 13 6 3 4 35 32 23 15 4 4 77 42 13 5 4 4 42 34 21 12 4 5 70 41 13 4 9 0 22 48 21 11 10 0 42 50 16 1 12 3 27 63 23 6 13 4 53 70 6 0 6 0 0 35 14 5 7 2 17 44 Source: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 (P) Premiers Notable events James Garton replaced Sir William Clarke as president of the Association. Clarke had served in the role since 1877.Marc Fiddian 2004 The VFA: a history of the Victorian Football Association, 1877–1995 21 The leading goalkicker for the season was Hugh McLean (), who kicked a new Association record of 25 goals (15 in senior matches).McLEAN, Hugh (1864-1915) https://gnet.tgc.vic.edu.au/wiki/McLEAN-Hugh-1864-1915 The Geelong College Heritage Guide 3 June 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250603153016/https://gnet.tgc.vic.edu.au/wiki/McLEAN-Hugh-1864-1915 3 June 2025 Several leading clubs went on interstate trips during the season: travelled to South Australia in June, winning four matches against local clubs and winning one game at odds against a combined team of local juniors. travelled to New South Wales in July, winning three matches against local clubs, one against the combined New South Wales team, and one against Albury.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article161922546 Geelong v. New South Wales The Sydney Mail Sydney 22 Jul 1882 21 Jul 2022 139 National Library of Australia travelled to Tasmania in August, winning three matches against regional teams and one against the combined state team. Victoria was also visited by South Australian club in June and July, which won one out of three matches against VFA clubs. See also 1882 Victorian football season References Category:Victorian Football League seasons VFA