1978 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Junction Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 9th (W-D-L: 8-0-14, P%: 96.5%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 38
Brownlow Leader(s): Garry Wilson (20)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Bob Beecroft (65)
Mitchell Medal Recipient(s): Garry Wilson

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Harvey Merrigan

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Alexander, Ron #6 22 R01-R22 5
Allan, Graeme #27 9 R14-R22 10
Austen, Geoff #25 10 R02-R08, R20-R22 3
Beecroft, Bob #24 19 R01-R17, R19-R20 65
Blair, John #24 4 R05-R07, R10 2
Brown, Brian #2 19 R03-R09, R11-R22 0
Brown, Peter #18 16 R03-R13, R15-R18, R22 5
Bux, Graham #4 2 R01-R02 0
Carter, Rod #28 14 R01-R08, R11-R14, R17-R18 0
Chapman, Gary #34 1 R01 0
Conlan, Mick #12 17 R01-R02, R07-R10, R12-R22 19
Duke, Wayne #32 2 R01, R07 0
Fowler, Grant #38 12 R01-R02, R04-R09, R11, R15-R16, R18 9
Frazer, John #3 5 R01, R03, R11, R21-R22 10
Godfrey, Tim #26 2 R03-R04 0
Hansen, Chris #16 17 R01-R02, R04-R06, R11-R22 0
Hodges, Russ #17 21 R01-R16, R18-R22 3
Irwin, Warwick #7 22 R01-R22 35
Keays, Peter #13 14 R09-R22 0
Lawrie, Grant #48 9 R02-R03, R09, R15-R20 13
Linton, Wayne #30 11 R01-R06, R08, R10-R12, R21 2
MacLeod, Neil #20 3 R03, R07, R10 1
McCarthy, Gerald #23 20 R01-R10, R12-R16, R18-R22 6
McMahon, David #19 22 R01-R22 33
Merrigan, Harvey #36 20 R01-R04, R06-R11, R13-R22 2
Mugavin, Noel #35 1 R05 0
O'Keeffe, Kevin #11 2 R08-R09 0
Padley, Barry #14 15 R01-R14, R17 18
Pretto, Rino #49 1 R19 1
Quinlan, Bernie #5 14 R08-R14, R16-R22 18
Serafini, Laurie #10 22 R01-R22 0
Sinclair, Allan #31 1 R10 0
Smith, Chris #8 20 R02-R17, R19-R22 0
Taylor, Neville #46 3 R04-R06 1
Thompson, Alan #21 11 R01, R12-R15, R17-R22 0
Walls, Robert #9 14 R09-R22 24
Whitford, Don #15 1 R02 0
Wilson, Garry #29 22 R01-R22 41

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)
Campbell, Graham 22 8 -0- 14 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
01/04/1978 Round 1 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 8 Graham Campbell Harvey Merrigan
08/04/1978 Round 2 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 10 Graham Campbell Harvey Merrigan
15/04/1978 Round 3 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 4 Graham Campbell Harvey Merrigan
22/04/1978 Round 4 South Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 19 Graham Campbell Harvey Merrigan
29/04/1978 Round 5 Hawthorn AWAY WIN FIT by 1 Graham Campbell unknown
06/05/1978 Round 6 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 52 Graham Campbell Harvey Merrigan
13/05/1978 Round 7 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 3 Graham Campbell Harvey Merrigan
20/05/1978 Round 8 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 2 Graham Campbell Harvey Merrigan
27/05/1978 Round 9 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 25 Graham Campbell Harvey Merrigan
03/06/1978 Round 10 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 6 Graham Campbell Harvey Merrigan
17/06/1978 Round 11 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 3 Graham Campbell Harvey Merrigan
24/06/1978 Round 12 St Kilda AWAY WIN FIT by 23 Graham Campbell unknown
01/07/1978 Round 13 Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 80 Graham Campbell Harvey Merrigan
08/07/1978 Round 14 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 50 Graham Campbell Harvey Merrigan
15/07/1978 Round 15 Essendon HOME WIN FIT by 18 Graham Campbell Harvey Merrigan
22/07/1978 Round 16 Hawthorn HOME WIN FIT by 1 Graham Campbell Harvey Merrigan
29/07/1978 Round 17 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 30 Graham Campbell Harvey Merrigan
05/08/1978 Round 18 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 42 Graham Campbell Harvey Merrigan
12/08/1978 Round 19 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 11 Graham Campbell Harvey Merrigan
19/08/1978 Round 20 Footscray AWAY WIN FIT by 68 Graham Campbell Harvey Merrigan
26/08/1978 Round 21 Richmond HOME WIN FIT by 17 Graham Campbell Harvey Merrigan
02/09/1978 Round 22 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 62 Graham Campbell Harvey Merrigan