1978 VFL Season: North Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Team: North Melbourne
Home Ground: Arden Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 1st (W-D-L: 16-0-6, P%: 120.9%)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up
Players: 42
Brownlow Leader(s): Malcolm Blight (22)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Malcolm Blight (76)
Syd Barker Medal Recipient(s): Malcolm Blight

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Keith Greig

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Alves, Stan #2 6 R01-R02, R22, SF, PF, GF 2
Baker, Phil #29 14 R02-R06, R11-R13, R17-R20, SF, GF 29
Blight, Malcolm #15 24 R01-R11, R13-R22, SF, PF, GF 77
Boyse, Maurice #44 15 R11-R22, SF, PF, GF 15
Briedis, Arnold #6 20 R01-R08, R11, R13, R15, R17-R22, SF, PF, GF 46
Briedis, Robert #49 7 R07-R10, R12, R15-R16 0
Burnett, Brendan #45 6 R05-R10 0
Burns, John #11 21 R01-R03, R05-R14, R16-R21, SF, PF 24
Byrne, John #21 10 R01-R05, R21-R22, SF, PF, GF 10
Cassin, John #3 16 R01-R11, R14-R15, R21, SF, GF 21
Cowton, Gary #13 19 R01-R10, R12-R14, R20-R22, SF, PF, GF 0
Crosswell, Brent #8 11 R12-R20, R22, SF 9
Cumming, Daryl #33 1 R14 0
Davis, Craig #14 5 R07, R09-R10, R19, R22 7
Dawson, Mark #7 5 R09, R19-R21, PF 1
Dench, David #23 3 R01-R03 0
Easton, Stephen #55 5 R14-R15, R17-R18, R21 5
Glendinning, Ross #4 24 R01-R10, R12-R22, SF, PF, GF 21
Good, Kerry #18 9 R07-R08, R11, R16-R20, R22 6
Greig, Keith #27 24 R01-R21, SF, PF, GF 3
Gumbleton, Frank #38 2 R01-R02 0
Henshaw, Ross #34 18 R01-R04, R06, R10-R20, PF, GF 0
Huppatz, Ray #10 12 R06-R14, R22, PF, GF 16
Icke, Stephen #36 16 R01, R04-R05, R10-R21, SF 4
Jarrott, Alan #47 17 R02-R13, R15-R18, SF 8
Keenan, Peter #1 17 R01-R10, R13-R16, R21-R22, SF 5
Law, John #50 2 R14-R15 0
McCann, Stephen #16 22 R01-R06, R08-R16, R18-R19, R21-R22, SF, PF, GF 16
Melrose, Graham #17 23 R01-R04, R06-R13, R15-R22, SF, PF, GF 22
Montgomery, Ken #12 13 R01-R06, R08-R09, R11-R13, PF, GF 0
Moylan, John #24 5 R04, R11, R16-R17, R22 0
Nettlefold, Bill #35 15 R01, R05-R09, R12, R15-R21, PF 11
Nolan, Mick #22 19 R01-R09, R11-R12, R16-R20, R22, PF, GF 0
Payne, Glenn #51 2 R14, R20 0
Podolczak, Roger #37 1 R12 1
Ramsay, Roy #38 9 R07, R16-R22, SF 0
Schimmelbusch, Daryl #48 3 R03-R05 2
Schimmelbusch, Wayne #20 24 R01-R08, R10-R22, SF, PF, GF 18
Smith, Doug #46 7 R10-R11, R13, R21-R22, PF, GF 4
Sutton, Darryl #5 19 R03-R04, R08-R21, SF, PF, GF 8
Tanner, Xavier #25 6 R09-R10, R14-R15, R22, GF 1
Williams, Mark #39 3 R05-R07 0

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)
Barassi, Ron 25 17 -0- 8 R01-R22, SF, PF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
01/04/1978 Round 1 Footscray AWAY WIN NOR by 69 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
08/04/1978 Round 2 Richmond HOME WIN NOR by 73 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
15/04/1978 Round 3 Hawthorn HOME WIN NOR by 25 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
22/04/1978 Round 4 St Kilda AWAY WIN NOR by 19 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
29/04/1978 Round 5 Collingwood HOME WIN NOR by 9 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
06/05/1978 Round 6 Geelong AWAY WIN NOR by 22 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
13/05/1978 Round 7 Fitzroy HOME WIN NOR by 3 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
20/05/1978 Round 8 Melbourne AWAY WIN NOR by 76 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
27/05/1978 Round 9 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 58 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
03/06/1978 Round 10 Essendon HOME WIN NOR by 3 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
17/06/1978 Round 11 South Melbourne AWAY WIN NOR by 20 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
24/06/1978 Round 12 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 30 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
01/07/1978 Round 13 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 25 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
08/07/1978 Round 14 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 3 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
15/07/1978 Round 15 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 19 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
22/07/1978 Round 16 Collingwood AWAY WIN NOR by 42 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
29/07/1978 Round 17 Geelong HOME WIN NOR by 46 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
05/08/1978 Round 18 Fitzroy AWAY WIN NOR by 42 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
12/08/1978 Round 19 Melbourne HOME WIN NOR by 113 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
19/08/1978 Round 20 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 61 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
26/08/1978 Round 21 Essendon AWAY WIN NOR by 26 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
02/09/1978 Round 22 South Melbourne HOME WIN NOR by 24 Ron Barassi unknown
16/09/1978 Semi Final Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 14 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
23/09/1978 Preliminary Final Collingwood HOME WIN NOR by 12 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
30/09/1978 Grand Final Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 18 Ron Barassi Keith Greig