1978 VFL Season

Season Details

Name: 1978 VFL Season
Team(s): 12
Round(s): 22
Finals System: McIntyre Final Five System
Match(es): 138

Season Results

Premiers: Hawthorn
Runners-Up: North Melbourne
Minor Premiers: North Melbourne
Brownlow Medallist(s): Malcolm Blight (North Melbourne)
Coleman Medallist(s): Kelvin Templeton (Footscray)

Team Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L & P%) Brownlow Leader(s) Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away)
North Melbourne (R) 1st 16 -0- 6 120.9% Malcolm Blight (22) Malcolm Blight (76)
Hawthorn (P) 2nd 16 -0- 6 117.7% Peter Knights (21) Michael Moncrieff (74)
Collingwood 3rd 15 -0- 7 113.3% Ray Shaw (14) Peter Moore (54)
Carlton 4th 14 -0- 8 116.8% Dennis Collins (12) Rod Galt (43)
Geelong 5th 12 -0- 10 102.3% Kevin Higgins (12) Larry Donohue (94)
St Kilda 6th 11 -1- 10 93.1% Val Perovic (13) George Young (70)
Richmond 7th 10 -1- 11 102.9% Kevin Bartlett (19) Bruce Monteath (55)
South Melbourne 8th 9 -0- 13 100.3% Graham Teasdale (15) John Murphy (31)
Fitzroy 9th 8 -0- 14 96.5% Garry Wilson (20) Bob Beecroft (65)
Essendon 10th 8 -0- 14 94.3% Ken Fletcher (8) Wayne Primmer (47)
Footscray 11th 7 -0- 15 90.6% Gary Dempsey (16) Kelvin Templeton (118)
Melbourne 12th 5 -0- 17 69.1% Robert Flower (14) Henry Coles (33)

Umpire Results

Umpire Position Umpire(s)
Field Umpire 18
Goal Umpire 2
Boundary Umpire 2

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/04/1978 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Princes Park 147 - 68 11,986
SAT 01/04/1978 2:10 PM Geelong v Collingwood Kardinia Park 76 - 118 27,463
SAT 01/04/1978 2:10 PM Richmond v Carlton MCG 174 - 97 49,511
SAT 01/04/1978 2:10 PM Essendon v South Melbourne Windy Hill 123 - 102 23,562
SAT 01/04/1978 2:10 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Junction Oval 101 - 109 17,031
SAT 01/04/1978 2:10 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 80 - 149 20,420

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/04/1978 2:10 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 167 - 157 15,613
SAT 08/04/1978 2:10 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 95 - 109 18,932
SAT 08/04/1978 2:10 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 155 - 88 34,665
SAT 08/04/1978 2:10 PM St Kilda v Footscray Moorabbin Oval 137 - 130 18,540
SAT 08/04/1978 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn Lakeside Oval 104 - 132 15,072
SAT 08/04/1978 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 166 - 93 22,505

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/04/1978 2:10 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 98 - 85 18,039
SAT 15/04/1978 2:10 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 76 - 140 16,949
SAT 15/04/1978 2:10 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 105 - 101 16,549
SAT 15/04/1978 2:10 PM Richmond v St Kilda MCG 110 - 110 35,602
SAT 15/04/1978 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 119 - 102 20,719
SAT 15/04/1978 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn VFL Park 111 - 86 39,097

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/04/1978 2:10 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 127 - 120 14,865
SAT 22/04/1978 2:10 PM Geelong v Richmond Kardinia Park 125 - 98 20,566
SAT 22/04/1978 2:10 PM Carlton v Essendon VFL Park 104 - 131 34,516
SAT 22/04/1978 2:10 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 100 - 119 29,117
SAT 22/04/1978 2:10 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Junction Oval 143 - 124 13,664
SAT 22/04/1978 2:10 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 103 - 105 29,577

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
TUE 25/04/1978 2:10 PM Richmond v Melbourne MCG 130 - 59 34,212
TUE 25/04/1978 2:10 PM St Kilda v Geelong VFL Park 98 - 65 43,388
SAT 29/04/1978 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 117 - 116 20,383
SAT 29/04/1978 2:10 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 110 - 93 20,328
SAT 29/04/1978 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Princes Park 101 - 102 13,788
SAT 29/04/1978 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 124 - 115 31,424

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/05/1978 2:10 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 141 - 204 24,852
SAT 06/05/1978 2:10 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Kardinia Park 88 - 110 23,074
SAT 06/05/1978 2:10 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 126 - 157 19,649
SAT 06/05/1978 2:10 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 150 - 129 21,946
SAT 06/05/1978 2:10 PM Footscray v South Melbourne VFL Park 105 - 123 19,263
SAT 06/05/1978 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Junction Oval 96 - 148 25,232

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/05/1978 2:10 PM Geelong v Melbourne VFL Park 126 - 139 13,072
SAT 13/05/1978 2:10 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 68 - 85 27,503
SAT 13/05/1978 2:10 PM St Kilda v Essendon Moorabbin Oval 113 - 107 30,760
SAT 13/05/1978 2:10 PM Richmond v South Melbourne MCG 98 - 125 25,904
SAT 13/05/1978 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy Arden Street Oval 98 - 95 14,150
SAT 13/05/1978 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Princes Park 177 - 91 9,198

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/05/1978 2:10 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 61 - 137 21,266
SAT 20/05/1978 2:10 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 76 - 60 21,307
SAT 20/05/1978 2:10 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 63 - 61 21,601
SAT 20/05/1978 2:10 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 136 - 37 21,458
SAT 20/05/1978 2:10 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 89 - 93 19,096
SAT 20/05/1978 2:10 PM Richmond v Hawthorn VFL Park 70 - 99 27,224

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/05/1978 2:10 PM Melbourne v Essendon VFL Park 60 - 102 28,231
SAT 27/05/1978 2:10 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Kardinia Park 109 - 95 20,603
SAT 27/05/1978 2:10 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 117 - 59 31,211
SAT 27/05/1978 2:10 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Moorabbin Oval 57 - 97 25,293
SAT 27/05/1978 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Junction Oval 92 - 117 11,903
SAT 27/05/1978 2:10 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 92 - 76 29,381

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/06/1978 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Princes Park 96 - 61 11,203
SAT 03/06/1978 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Essendon Arden Street Oval 85 - 82 28,274
SAT 03/06/1978 2:10 PM Richmond v Fitzroy MCG 86 - 80 21,122
MON 05/06/1978 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 162 - 92 16,387
MON 05/06/1978 2:10 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 125 - 104 30,197
MON 05/06/1978 2:10 PM St Kilda v Collingwood VFL Park 97 - 131 72,669

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/06/1978 2:10 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 127 - 67 20,579
SAT 17/06/1978 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Junction Oval 111 - 114 10,303
SAT 17/06/1978 2:10 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 165 - 65 25,388
SAT 17/06/1978 2:10 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 104 - 133 24,217
SAT 17/06/1978 2:10 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne VFL Park 97 - 117 31,037
SAT 17/06/1978 2:10 PM Richmond v Footscray MCG 155 - 97 22,764

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/06/1978 2:10 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 108 - 128 14,652
SAT 24/06/1978 2:10 PM Collingwood v Geelong VFL Park 56 - 96 31,636
SAT 24/06/1978 2:10 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 137 - 94 25,813
SAT 24/06/1978 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 97 - 120 19,814
SAT 24/06/1978 2:10 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Moorabbin Oval 111 - 134 15,822
SAT 24/06/1978 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 60 - 90 14,629

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/07/1978 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne VFL Park 141 - 61 13,933
SAT 01/07/1978 2:10 PM Geelong v Carlton Kardinia Park 57 - 67 25,185
SAT 01/07/1978 2:10 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 98 - 105 29,768
SAT 01/07/1978 2:10 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 213 - 106 16,300
SAT 01/07/1978 2:10 PM Hawthorn v South Melbourne Princes Park 140 - 119 13,853
SAT 01/07/1978 2:10 PM Richmond v North Melbourne MCG 142 - 117 27,156

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/07/1978 2:10 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 127 - 59 13,325
SAT 08/07/1978 2:10 PM Richmond v Geelong MCG 122 - 117 24,407
SAT 08/07/1978 2:10 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 102 - 95 29,788
SAT 08/07/1978 2:10 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 121 - 124 12,799
SAT 08/07/1978 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 143 - 93 14,642
SAT 08/07/1978 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood VFL Park 74 - 84 46,086

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/07/1978 2:10 PM Melbourne v Carlton VFL Park 26 - 115 16,870
SAT 15/07/1978 2:10 PM Geelong v Footscray Kardinia Park 84 - 72 15,150
SAT 15/07/1978 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Junction Oval 101 - 83 13,743
SAT 15/07/1978 2:10 PM St Kilda v Richmond Moorabbin Oval 71 - 125 18,958
SAT 15/07/1978 2:10 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 114 - 94 24,482
SAT 15/07/1978 2:10 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Princes Park 74 - 55 16,214

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/07/1978 2:10 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 93 - 121 18,416
SAT 22/07/1978 2:10 PM Geelong v St Kilda Kardinia Park 104 - 92 16,219
SAT 22/07/1978 2:10 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 112 - 71 24,552
SAT 22/07/1978 2:10 PM Essendon v Footscray VFL Park 86 - 107 30,200
SAT 22/07/1978 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Junction Oval 122 - 121 12,299
SAT 22/07/1978 2:10 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 59 - 101 33,902

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/07/1978 2:10 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 141 - 89 13,118
SAT 29/07/1978 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 122 - 76 15,775
SAT 29/07/1978 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Princes Park 95 - 119 28,118
SAT 29/07/1978 2:10 PM Richmond v Essendon MCG 136 - 96 41,878
SAT 29/07/1978 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Footscray Lakeside Oval 105 - 91 14,172
SAT 29/07/1978 2:10 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy VFL Park 107 - 77 32,246

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/08/1978 2:10 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 95 - 101 12,364
SAT 05/08/1978 2:10 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 103 - 62 43,365
SAT 05/08/1978 2:10 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 82 - 121 18,784
SAT 05/08/1978 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Richmond VFL Park 93 - 70 31,717
SAT 05/08/1978 2:10 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Junction Oval 82 - 124 12,804
SAT 05/08/1978 2:10 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 112 - 118 17,255

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/08/1978 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 174 - 61 10,183
SAT 12/08/1978 2:10 PM Geelong v Essendon Kardinia Park 92 - 85 15,407
SAT 12/08/1978 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Carlton VFL Park 58 - 69 21,410
SAT 12/08/1978 2:10 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 85 - 37 20,935
SAT 12/08/1978 2:10 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 82 - 66 24,071
SAT 12/08/1978 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Princes Park 127 - 70 15,979

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/08/1978 2:10 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 130 - 136 11,872
SAT 19/08/1978 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 155 - 167 15,259
SAT 19/08/1978 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Carlton Arden Street Oval 70 - 131 28,715
SAT 19/08/1978 2:10 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda VFL Park 83 - 139 31,677
SAT 19/08/1978 2:10 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 71 - 139 12,525
SAT 19/08/1978 2:10 PM Richmond v Collingwood MCG 109 - 123 59,680

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/08/1978 2:10 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 106 - 85 13,488
SAT 26/08/1978 2:10 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Kardinia Park 86 - 88 21,663
SAT 26/08/1978 2:10 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 145 - 102 22,413
SAT 26/08/1978 2:10 PM Essendon v North Melbourne VFL Park 51 - 77 22,337
SAT 26/08/1978 2:10 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 147 - 107 31,537
SAT 26/08/1978 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Junction Oval 134 - 117 11,226

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/09/1978 2:10 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 125 - 156 40,285
SAT 02/09/1978 2:10 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Kardinia Park 100 - 38 22,842
SAT 02/09/1978 2:10 PM St Kilda v Carlton Moorabbin Oval 106 - 66 35,850
SAT 02/09/1978 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Princes Park 118 - 109 14,534
SAT 02/09/1978 2:10 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 111 - 87 15,607
SAT 02/09/1978 2:10 PM Footscray v Richmond VFL Park 81 - 134 17,768

Finals Week 1

Elimination Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/09/1978 2:30 PM Carlton v Geelong VFL Park 105 - 72 57,505

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/09/1978 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood MCG 154 - 98 79,931

Finals Week 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/09/1978 2:30 PM Collingwood v Carlton MCG 108 - 93 91,933
SAT 16/09/1978 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn VFL Park 73 - 87 48,716

Finals Week 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/09/1978 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood VFL Park 96 - 84 73,354

Finals Week 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/09/1978 2:32 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne MCG 121 - 103 101,704