Windy Hill · Sat 27 Mar 1982 · 26,456 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EssendonESS | 8.4 | 14.6 | 20.11 | 190 |
| Western BulldogsWB | 1.5 | 4.8 | 10.12 | 81 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 190 and 81.
Essendon won by 109 points.
29.16 (190) — 11.15 (81)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Watson | 26 | 6 | 32 | 2 | — | 3 |
| Tony Buhagiar | 18 | 11 | 29 | 4 | — | 4 |
| Wayne Otway | 19 | 9 | 28 | 1 | — |
| 5 |
| Glenn Hawker | 20 | 7 | 27 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Merv Neagle | 9 | 15 | 24 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Carey | 13 | 9 | 22 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Copping | 6 | 14 | 20 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Grant Fowler | 15 | 3 | 18 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Max Crow | 12 | 5 | 17 | 10 | — | 3 |
| Neil Clarke | 11 | 6 | 17 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Garry Foulds | 13 | 4 | 17 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Mark Eustice | 13 | 3 | 16 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Ron Andrews | 10 | 4 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Terry Daniher | 9 | 5 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Michael Thomson | 9 | 3 | 12 | 2 | — | 5 |
| Justin Madden | 6 | 5 | 11 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Bill Duckworth | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Alan Stoneham | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Paul Vander Haar | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Simon Madden | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Dunstan | 13 | 8 | 21 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Mick Egan | 11 | 10 | 21 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Allan Jennings | 17 | 1 | 18 | 4 | — | 5 |
| Doug Hawkins | 11 | 7 | 18 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Michael McKenna | 11 | 5 | 16 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Brian Cordy | 10 | 6 | 16 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Alan McConnell | 7 | 9 | 16 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Macpherson | 10 | 6 | 16 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Kelvin Templeton | 12 | 3 | 15 | 9 | — | 2 |
| Bruce Reid | 10 | 4 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Jim Edmond | 12 | 1 | 13 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Stan Davidson | 10 | 3 | 13 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Rick Kennedy | 11 | 2 | 13 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Neil Cordy | 7 | 6 | 13 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Chris Burton | 8 | 2 | 10 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Terry Love | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Robert Groenewegen | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Terry De Koning | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Simon Beasley | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Alister Ford | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 |