1978 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 10th (W-D-L: 8-0-14, P%: 94.3%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 38
Brownlow Leader(s): Ken Fletcher (8)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Wayne Primmer (47)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Ken Fletcher

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Ken Fletcher

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Amos, Robert #11 1 R20 0
Andrews, Ron #4 9 R01-R05, R08-R11 1
Bell, Greg #28 1 R20 1
Bennett, Peter #38 14 R05-R06, R08-R11, R13-R16, R18, R20-R22 4
Besanko, Neil #30 14 R08-R20, R22 0
Boyd, Colin #17 11 R01-R05, R12-R15, R18, R21 0
Burdett, Geoff #7 20 R01-R02, R04-R21 37
Cahill, Terry #20 15 R01-R05, R07, R09-R10, R14-R17, R20-R22 10
Clarke, Neil #39 4 R18-R21 0
Close, Robin #19 4 R01-R03, R17 6
Crow, Max #31 21 R02-R22 14
Daniher, Terry #5 20 R01, R03-R17, R19-R22 46
Davis, Allan #29 18 R01-R13, R15-R17, R19, R22 15
Fletcher, Ken #21 21 R01-R19, R21-R22 1
Foulds, Garry #10 22 R01-R22 0
Hawker, Glenn #33 3 R16-R17, R19 0
Heard, Shane #9 16 R01, R03-R14, R16, R21-R22 1
Jones, Bernie #14 13 R01-R09, R11, R15, R18-R19 11
Madden, Simon #27 22 R01-R22 40
Mansfield, Ken #13 7 R06, R08, R11-R12, R18-R20 4
Marsh, Ian #37 18 R01-R13, R15-R17, R21-R22 1
McDonald, Paul #43 4 R06-R07, R18, R20 2
Merrett, Roger #25 2 R01, R22 0
Mihocek, Jack #8 8 R06-R11, R19-R20 4
Muir, Russell #42 14 R03-R15, R17 0
Neagle, Merv #34 14 R02-R07, R09-R10, R12-R16, R22 4
Newton, Rob #2 4 R11-R13, R18 0
Primmer, Wayne #15 20 R01-R11, R13-R20, R22 47
Redenbach, Michael #3 3 R14, R16, R21 0
Robins, Stephen #24 18 R01-R04, R06-R08, R11-R15, R17-R22 12
Scanlon, Denis #36 12 R01-R02, R07, R13-R19, R21-R22 0
Shaw, Robert #26 2 R01-R02 0
Sheldon, Michael #12 6 R02-R05, R21-R22 3
Taubert, Steven #16 11 R02-R05, R10, R12, R14, R16-R17, R20-R21 5
Vander Haar, Paul #18 17 R06-R22 33
Walsh, Brian #1 6 R01, R12, R17-R20 2
Watson, Larry #22 6 R16, R18-R22 0
Watson, Tim #32 19 R01-R10, R12-R15, R17-R19, R21-R22 11

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Davis, Barry 22 8 -0- 14 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
01/04/1978 Round 1 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 21 Barry Davis Ken Fletcher
08/04/1978 Round 2 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 67 Barry Davis Ken Fletcher
15/04/1978 Round 3 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESS by 4 Barry Davis Ken Fletcher
22/04/1978 Round 4 Carlton AWAY WIN ESS by 27 Barry Davis Ken Fletcher
29/04/1978 Round 5 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 17 Barry Davis Ken Fletcher
06/05/1978 Round 6 Richmond HOME WIN ESS by 21 Barry Davis Ken Fletcher
13/05/1978 Round 7 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 6 Barry Davis Ken Fletcher
20/05/1978 Round 8 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 16 Barry Davis Ken Fletcher
27/05/1978 Round 9 Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 42 Barry Davis Ken Fletcher
03/06/1978 Round 10 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 3 Barry Davis Ken Fletcher
17/06/1978 Round 11 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 29 Barry Davis Ken Fletcher
24/06/1978 Round 12 South Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 23 Barry Davis Ken Fletcher
01/07/1978 Round 13 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 7 Barry Davis Ken Fletcher
08/07/1978 Round 14 Carlton HOME WIN ESS by 7 Barry Davis Ken Fletcher
15/07/1978 Round 15 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 18 Barry Davis Ken Fletcher
22/07/1978 Round 16 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 21 Barry Davis Ken Fletcher
29/07/1978 Round 17 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 40 Barry Davis Ken Fletcher
05/08/1978 Round 18 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 39 Barry Davis Ken Fletcher
12/08/1978 Round 19 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 7 Barry Davis Ken Fletcher
19/08/1978 Round 20 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 6 Barry Davis unknown
26/08/1978 Round 21 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 26 Barry Davis Ken Fletcher
02/09/1978 Round 22 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 9 Barry Davis Ken Fletcher