1977 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League).

It featured twenty-two rounds in a double round-robin format. Collingwood were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the McIntyre Final Five system. North Melbourne were the premiers, with David Dench as the premiership captain and Ron Barassi as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1977 VFL Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 22
Finals System: McIntyre Final Five System
Matches: 139

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Princes Park Ian Thorogood
Collingwood Victoria Park Tom Hafey
Essendon Windy Hill Bill Stephen
Fitzroy Junction Oval Kevin Rose
Footscray Western Oval Bill Goggin
Geelong Kardinia Park Rod Olsson
Hawthorn Princes Park David Parkin
Melbourne MCG Bob Skilton
North Melbourne Arden Street Oval Ron Barassi John Dugdale
Richmond MCG Barry Richardson
South Melbourne Lakeside Oval Ian Stewart
St Kilda Moorabbin Oval Ross Smith

Season Results

Premiers: North Melbourne
Runners-Up: Collingwood
Minor Premiers: Collingwood

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Collingwood 1st 18 -0- 4 72 130.7% 2,560 1,959 363 382 281 273
Hawthorn 2nd 17 -0- 5 68 133.6% 2,618 1,959 378 350 283 261
North Melbourne 3rd 15 -0- 7 60 117.8% 2,124 1,803 307 282 252 291
Richmond 4th 14 -1- 7 58 113.7% 2,370 2,085 344 306 299 291
South Melbourne 5th 13 -1- 8 54 110.6% 2,148 1,942 310 288 277 280
Carlton 6th 13 -0- 9 52 111.9% 2,081 1,859 298 293 267 257
Footscray 7th 10 -1- 11 42 101.4% 2,170 2,141 309 316 307 299
Geelong 8th 8 -0- 14 32 82.7% 1,930 2,333 273 292 329 359
Essendon 9th 7 -1- 14 30 82.8% 2,085 2,518 298 297 359 364
Fitzroy 10th 6 -0- 16 24 83.8% 2,072 2,474 298 284 351 368
Melbourne 11th 5 -0- 17 20 85.0% 2,117 2,492 296 341 365 302
St Kilda 12th 3 -2- 17 16 73.5% 1,966 2,676 280 286 384 372

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
North Melbourne 1st Premiers
Collingwood 2nd Runners-Up
Hawthorn 3rd Defeated by North Melbourne (Preliminary Final)
Richmond 4th Defeated by North Melbourne (Semi Final)
South Melbourne 5th Defeated by Richmond (Elimination Final)
Carlton 6th Did not qualify for finals
Footscray 7th Did not qualify for finals
Geelong 8th Did not qualify for finals
Essendon 9th Did not qualify for finals
Fitzroy 10th Did not qualify for finals
Melbourne 11th Did not qualify for finals
St Kilda 12th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/04/1977 2:10 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 130 - 119 27,815
SAT 02/04/1977 2:10 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 109 - 77 17,625
SAT 02/04/1977 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Junction Oval 143 - 129 17,725
SAT 02/04/1977 2:10 PM Geelong v Carlton Kardinia Park 45 - 123 25,317
SAT 02/04/1977 2:10 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Princes Park 92 - 152 20,943
SAT 02/04/1977 2:10 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 72 - 141 22,108

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 1 -0- 0 4 273.3% 123 45
South Melbourne 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 195.8% 141 72
North Melbourne 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 165.2% 152 92
Essendon 4th 1 -0- 0 4 141.6% 109 77
Fitzroy 5th 1 -0- 0 4 110.9% 143 129
Collingwood 6th 1 -0- 0 4 109.2% 130 119
Footscray 7th 0 -0- 1 0 91.5% 119 130
Richmond 8th 0 -0- 1 0 90.2% 129 143
St Kilda 9th 0 -0- 1 0 70.6% 77 109
Hawthorn 10th 0 -0- 1 0 60.5% 92 152
Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 1 0 51.1% 72 141
Geelong 12th 0 -0- 1 0 36.6% 45 123

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/04/1977 2:10 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 113 - 81 25,302
SAT 09/04/1977 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 102 - 93 28,073
SAT 09/04/1977 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 175 - 98 23,770
MON 11/04/1977 2:10 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 116 - 95 18,297
MON 11/04/1977 2:10 PM Richmond v Hawthorn MCG 120 - 119 42,192
MON 11/04/1977 2:10 PM St Kilda v Geelong Moorabbin Oval 83 - 119 20,338

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 2 -0- 0 8 187.3% 236 126
South Melbourne 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 185.9% 316 170
North Melbourne 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 137.3% 254 185
Footscray 4th 1 -0- 1 4 104.4% 235 225
Collingwood 5th 1 -0- 1 4 100.9% 223 221
Richmond 6th 1 -0- 1 4 95.0% 249 262
Fitzroy 7th 1 -0- 1 4 92.6% 224 242
Essendon 8th 1 -0- 1 4 82.1% 207 252
Geelong 9th 1 -0- 1 4 79.6% 164 206
Hawthorn 10th 0 -0- 2 0 77.6% 211 272
St Kilda 11th 0 -0- 2 0 70.2% 160 228
Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 2 0 65.0% 167 257

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/04/1977 2:10 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 170 - 63 19,596
SAT 16/04/1977 2:10 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 166 - 115 26,727
SAT 16/04/1977 2:10 PM Footscray v Fitzroy VFL Park 136 - 108 17,415
SAT 16/04/1977 2:10 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Kardinia Park 50 - 105 19,548
SAT 16/04/1977 2:10 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 102 - 105 19,543
SAT 16/04/1977 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Richmond Lakeside Oval 79 - 91 25,768

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 3 -0- 0 12 214.8% 406 189
North Melbourne 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 125.1% 359 287
South Melbourne 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 151.3% 395 261
Collingwood 4th 2 -0- 1 8 115.8% 389 336
Footscray 5th 2 -0- 1 8 111.4% 371 333
Richmond 6th 2 -0- 1 8 99.7% 340 341
Hawthorn 7th 1 -0- 2 4 98.1% 316 322
Fitzroy 8th 1 -0- 2 4 87.8% 332 378
Essendon 9th 1 -0- 2 4 77.0% 322 418
Geelong 10th 1 -0- 2 4 68.8% 214 311
Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 3 0 74.3% 269 362
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 3 0 56.0% 223 398

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/04/1977 2:10 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 124 - 120 14,529
SAT 23/04/1977 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Princes Park 96 - 83 30,505
SAT 23/04/1977 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 117 - 82 17,239
SAT 23/04/1977 2:10 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Moorabbin Oval 134 - 98 13,401
MON 25/04/1977 2:10 PM Richmond v Collingwood MCG 100 - 126 92,436
MON 25/04/1977 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Geelong VFL Park 87 - 114 27,136

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne 1st 4 -0- 0 16 129.0% 476 369
Carlton 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 171.6% 489 285
Collingwood 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 118.1% 515 436
South Melbourne 4th 2 -0- 2 8 128.5% 482 375
Hawthorn 5th 2 -0- 2 8 101.7% 412 405
Footscray 6th 2 -0- 2 8 100.7% 453 450
Richmond 7th 2 -0- 2 8 94.2% 440 467
Essendon 8th 2 -0- 2 8 82.9% 446 538
Geelong 9th 2 -0- 2 8 82.4% 328 398
Fitzroy 10th 1 -0- 3 4 84.0% 430 512
St Kilda 11th 1 -0- 3 4 72.0% 357 496
Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 4 0 80.0% 389 486

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/04/1977 2:10 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 134 - 107 21,825
SAT 30/04/1977 2:10 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 124 - 109 24,281
SAT 30/04/1977 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Junction Oval 86 - 142 10,428
SAT 30/04/1977 2:10 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 116 - 116 15,463
SAT 30/04/1977 2:10 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 102 - 131 22,272
SAT 30/04/1977 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Essendon VFL Park 125 - 105 22,323

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne 1st 5 -0- 0 20 126.8% 601 474
Carlton 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 158.9% 623 392
Collingwood 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 117.2% 639 545
Hawthorn 4th 3 -0- 2 12 112.8% 554 491
Richmond 5th 3 -0- 2 12 100.4% 571 569
Footscray 6th 2 -1- 2 10 100.5% 569 566
South Melbourne 7th 2 -0- 3 8 115.7% 589 509
Geelong 8th 2 -0- 3 8 83.7% 437 522
Essendon 9th 2 -0- 3 8 83.1% 551 663
St Kilda 10th 1 -1- 3 6 77.3% 473 612
Fitzroy 11th 1 -0- 4 4 78.9% 516 654
Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 5 0 79.6% 491 617

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/05/1977 2:10 PM Collingwood v Carlton VFL Park 152 - 50 64,256
SAT 07/05/1977 2:10 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 89 - 189 19,399
SAT 07/05/1977 2:10 PM Geelong v Melbourne Kardinia Park 143 - 93 17,219
SAT 07/05/1977 2:10 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Princes Park 191 - 103 12,698
SAT 07/05/1977 2:10 PM Richmond v North Melbourne MCG 129 - 96 34,408
SAT 07/05/1977 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 145 - 126 11,802

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 5 -0- 1 20 132.9% 791 595
North Melbourne 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 115.6% 697 603
Hawthorn 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 125.4% 745 594
Carlton 4th 4 -0- 2 16 123.7% 673 544
Richmond 5th 4 -0- 2 16 105.3% 700 665
Footscray 6th 3 -1- 2 14 115.7% 758 655
South Melbourne 7th 3 -0- 3 12 115.6% 734 635
Geelong 8th 3 -0- 3 12 94.3% 580 615
Essendon 9th 2 -0- 4 8 75.1% 640 852
St Kilda 10th 1 -1- 4 6 71.7% 576 803
Fitzroy 11th 1 -0- 5 4 80.4% 642 799
Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 6 0 76.8% 584 760

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/05/1977 2:10 PM Essendon v Richmond VFL Park 99 - 99 32,326
SAT 14/05/1977 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Junction Oval 80 - 113 20,733
SAT 14/05/1977 2:10 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 61 - 131 17,935
SAT 14/05/1977 2:10 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 96 - 116 27,456
SAT 14/05/1977 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 149 - 84 17,259
SAT 14/05/1977 2:10 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 98 - 98 18,563

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 6 -0- 1 24 133.9% 904 675
North Melbourne 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 123.1% 846 687
Hawthorn 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 133.7% 876 655
Carlton 4th 5 -0- 2 20 123.3% 789 640
Richmond 5th 4 -1- 2 18 104.6% 799 764
South Melbourne 6th 3 -1- 3 14 113.5% 832 733
Footscray 7th 3 -1- 3 14 104.2% 819 786
Geelong 8th 3 -0- 4 12 86.9% 664 764
Essendon 9th 2 -1- 4 10 77.7% 739 951
St Kilda 10th 1 -2- 4 8 74.8% 674 901
Fitzroy 11th 1 -0- 6 4 79.2% 722 912
Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 7 0 77.6% 680 876

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/05/1977 2:10 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 65 - 62 22,570
SAT 21/05/1977 2:10 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 135 - 78 21,598
SAT 21/05/1977 2:10 PM Geelong v Essendon Kardinia Park 94 - 87 15,674
SAT 21/05/1977 2:10 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy VFL Park 140 - 92 11,259
SAT 21/05/1977 2:10 PM Richmond v Footscray MCG 114 - 95 21,519
SAT 21/05/1977 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn Lakeside Oval 55 - 115 11,443

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 7 -0- 1 28 138.0% 1,039 753
Hawthorn 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 139.6% 991 710
Carlton 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 121.7% 854 702
North Melbourne 4th 6 -0- 2 24 120.7% 908 752
Richmond 5th 5 -1- 2 22 106.3% 913 859
Geelong 6th 4 -0- 4 16 89.1% 758 851
South Melbourne 7th 3 -1- 4 14 104.6% 887 848
Footscray 8th 3 -1- 4 14 101.6% 914 900
Essendon 9th 2 -1- 5 10 79.0% 826 1,045
St Kilda 10th 1 -2- 5 8 72.6% 752 1,036
Melbourne 11th 1 -0- 7 4 84.7% 820 968
Fitzroy 12th 1 -0- 7 4 77.4% 814 1,052

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/05/1977 2:10 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 96 - 77 21,840
SAT 28/05/1977 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Princes Park 108 - 142 35,042
SAT 28/05/1977 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy Arden Street Oval 84 - 74 8,904
SAT 28/05/1977 2:10 PM Richmond v Geelong VFL Park 121 - 71 26,007
SAT 28/05/1977 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Footscray Lakeside Oval 98 - 79 12,104
SAT 28/05/1977 2:10 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 127 - 132 15,254

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 8 -0- 1 32 137.2% 1,181 861
North Melbourne 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 120.1% 992 826
Richmond 3rd 6 -1- 2 26 111.2% 1,034 930
Hawthorn 4th 6 -0- 3 24 129.0% 1,099 852
Carlton 5th 6 -0- 3 24 116.7% 931 798
South Melbourne 6th 4 -1- 4 18 106.3% 985 927
Geelong 7th 4 -0- 5 16 85.3% 829 972
Footscray 8th 3 -1- 5 14 99.5% 993 998
Essendon 9th 3 -1- 5 14 82.2% 922 1,122
Melbourne 10th 2 -0- 7 8 86.9% 952 1,095
St Kilda 11th 1 -2- 6 8 75.3% 879 1,168
Fitzroy 12th 1 -0- 8 4 78.2% 888 1,136

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/06/1977 2:10 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 105 - 125 29,918
SAT 04/06/1977 2:10 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 110 - 136 24,309
SAT 04/06/1977 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Junction Oval 100 - 154 13,148
SAT 04/06/1977 2:10 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 140 - 103 15,093
SAT 04/06/1977 2:10 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 115 - 127 21,586
SAT 04/06/1977 2:10 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda VFL Park 142 - 57 19,199

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 8 -0- 2 32 129.5% 1,291 997
North Melbourne 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 128.4% 1,134 883
Richmond 3rd 7 -1- 2 30 112.0% 1,159 1,035
Hawthorn 4th 7 -0- 3 28 126.8% 1,226 967
Carlton 5th 6 -0- 4 24 112.2% 1,036 923
South Melbourne 6th 5 -1- 4 22 108.1% 1,121 1,037
Footscray 7th 4 -1- 5 18 102.9% 1,133 1,101
Essendon 8th 4 -1- 5 18 88.1% 1,076 1,222
Geelong 9th 4 -0- 6 16 83.8% 932 1,112
Melbourne 10th 2 -0- 8 8 87.3% 1,067 1,222
St Kilda 11th 1 -2- 7 8 71.5% 936 1,310
Fitzroy 12th 1 -0- 9 4 76.6% 988 1,290

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/06/1977 2:10 PM Carlton v Footscray VFL Park 116 - 67 25,745
SAT 11/06/1977 2:10 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Kardinia Park 133 - 82 14,664
SAT 11/06/1977 2:10 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Lakeside Oval 81 - 65 20,764
MON 13/06/1977 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Princes Park 163 - 57 26,770
MON 13/06/1977 2:10 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 86 - 119 63,966
MON 13/06/1977 2:10 PM St Kilda v Richmond Moorabbin Oval 88 - 101 23,979

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 9 -0- 2 36 130.2% 1,410 1,083
Richmond 2nd 8 -1- 2 34 112.2% 1,260 1,123
Hawthorn 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 135.6% 1,389 1,024
North Melbourne 4th 8 -0- 3 32 124.4% 1,199 964
Carlton 5th 7 -0- 4 28 116.4% 1,152 990
South Melbourne 6th 6 -1- 4 26 109.1% 1,202 1,102
Geelong 7th 5 -0- 6 20 89.2% 1,065 1,194
Footscray 8th 4 -1- 6 18 98.6% 1,200 1,217
Essendon 9th 4 -1- 6 18 81.8% 1,133 1,385
Melbourne 10th 2 -0- 9 8 86.0% 1,153 1,341
St Kilda 11th 1 -2- 8 8 72.6% 1,024 1,411
Fitzroy 12th 1 -0- 10 4 75.2% 1,070 1,423

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/06/1977 2:10 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 31 - 24 11,481
SAT 18/06/1977 2:10 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 36 - 69 11,921
SAT 18/06/1977 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 47 - 48 9,027
SAT 18/06/1977 2:10 PM Richmond v Fitzroy MCG 93 - 41 12,877
SAT 18/06/1977 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 70 - 64 8,588
SAT 18/06/1977 2:10 PM St Kilda v Essendon VFL Park 42 - 46 14,337

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 10 -0- 2 40 132.2% 1,479 1,119
Richmond 2nd 9 -1- 2 38 116.2% 1,353 1,164
Hawthorn 3rd 9 -0- 3 36 134.2% 1,437 1,071
North Melbourne 4th 8 -0- 4 32 123.1% 1,246 1,012
Carlton 5th 8 -0- 4 32 116.7% 1,183 1,014
South Melbourne 6th 7 -1- 4 30 109.1% 1,272 1,166
Essendon 7th 5 -1- 6 22 82.6% 1,179 1,427
Geelong 8th 5 -0- 7 20 88.9% 1,089 1,225
Footscray 9th 4 -1- 7 18 96.1% 1,236 1,286
Melbourne 10th 2 -0- 10 8 86.3% 1,217 1,411
St Kilda 11th 1 -2- 9 8 73.2% 1,066 1,457
Fitzroy 12th 1 -0- 11 4 73.3% 1,111 1,516

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/06/1977 2:10 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 97 - 56 28,097
SAT 25/06/1977 2:10 PM Essendon v South Melbourne Windy Hill 63 - 51 16,308
SAT 25/06/1977 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Junction Oval 75 - 68 10,848
SAT 25/06/1977 2:10 PM Geelong v St Kilda Kardinia Park 75 - 85 13,428
SAT 25/06/1977 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Richmond VFL Park 66 - 52 34,820
SAT 25/06/1977 2:10 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 51 - 102 12,566

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 11 -0- 2 44 134.1% 1,576 1,175
Hawthorn 2nd 10 -0- 3 40 133.8% 1,503 1,123
Richmond 3rd 9 -1- 3 38 114.2% 1,405 1,230
North Melbourne 4th 8 -0- 5 32 117.4% 1,302 1,109
Carlton 5th 8 -0- 5 32 114.9% 1,251 1,089
South Melbourne 6th 7 -1- 5 30 107.6% 1,323 1,229
Essendon 7th 6 -1- 6 26 84.0% 1,242 1,478
Footscray 8th 5 -1- 7 22 100.1% 1,338 1,337
Geelong 9th 5 -0- 8 20 88.9% 1,164 1,310
St Kilda 10th 2 -2- 9 12 75.1% 1,151 1,532
Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 11 8 83.8% 1,268 1,513
Fitzroy 12th 2 -0- 11 8 74.9% 1,186 1,584

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/07/1977 2:10 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 62 - 48 26,363
SAT 02/07/1977 2:10 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 141 - 78 32,782
SAT 02/07/1977 2:10 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda VFL Park 72 - 96 17,028
SAT 02/07/1977 2:10 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 64 - 81 17,151
SAT 02/07/1977 2:10 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Kardinia Park 57 - 64 14,943
SAT 02/07/1977 2:10 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 70 - 59 21,743

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 12 -0- 2 48 137.0% 1,717 1,253
Hawthorn 2nd 10 -0- 4 40 130.9% 1,551 1,185
Richmond 3rd 9 -1- 4 38 108.2% 1,483 1,371
North Melbourne 4th 9 -0- 5 36 117.9% 1,383 1,173
Carlton 5th 9 -0- 5 36 115.5% 1,313 1,137
South Melbourne 6th 8 -1- 5 34 107.9% 1,387 1,286
Essendon 7th 6 -1- 7 26 84.0% 1,301 1,548
Footscray 8th 5 -1- 8 22 98.9% 1,402 1,418
Geelong 9th 5 -0- 9 20 88.9% 1,221 1,374
St Kilda 10th 3 -2- 9 16 77.7% 1,247 1,604
Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 11 12 85.1% 1,338 1,572
Fitzroy 12th 2 -0- 12 8 74.9% 1,258 1,680

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/07/1977 2:10 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 103 - 114 27,042
SAT 09/07/1977 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Junction Oval 103 - 85 8,682
SAT 09/07/1977 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Princes Park 191 - 84 10,016
SAT 09/07/1977 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 127 - 76 11,253
SAT 09/07/1977 2:10 PM Richmond v South Melbourne VFL Park 100 - 71 34,291
SAT 09/07/1977 2:10 PM St Kilda v Carlton Moorabbin Oval 114 - 122 21,391

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 13 -0- 2 52 135.0% 1,831 1,356
Hawthorn 2nd 11 -0- 4 44 137.3% 1,742 1,269
Richmond 3rd 10 -1- 4 42 109.8% 1,583 1,442
North Melbourne 4th 10 -0- 5 40 120.9% 1,510 1,249
Carlton 5th 10 -0- 5 40 114.7% 1,435 1,251
South Melbourne 6th 8 -1- 6 34 105.2% 1,458 1,386
Essendon 7th 6 -1- 8 26 84.5% 1,404 1,662
Footscray 8th 5 -1- 9 22 97.8% 1,487 1,521
Geelong 9th 5 -0- 10 20 83.4% 1,305 1,565
St Kilda 10th 3 -2- 10 16 78.9% 1,361 1,726
Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 12 12 83.2% 1,414 1,699
Fitzroy 12th 3 -0- 12 12 77.1% 1,361 1,765

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/07/1977 2:10 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 116 - 77 17,849
SAT 16/07/1977 2:10 PM Geelong v Collingwood VFL Park 102 - 97 26,029
SAT 16/07/1977 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Princes Park 134 - 78 8,234
SAT 16/07/1977 2:10 PM Richmond v Melbourne MCG 71 - 90 20,050
SAT 16/07/1977 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 76 - 85 17,058
SAT 16/07/1977 2:10 PM St Kilda v Footscray Moorabbin Oval 76 - 96 12,659

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 13 -0- 3 52 132.2% 1,928 1,458
Hawthorn 2nd 12 -0- 4 48 139.3% 1,876 1,347
Carlton 3rd 11 -0- 5 44 114.5% 1,520 1,327
Richmond 4th 10 -1- 5 42 108.0% 1,654 1,532
North Melbourne 5th 10 -0- 6 40 116.3% 1,587 1,365
South Melbourne 6th 8 -1- 7 34 104.3% 1,534 1,471
Essendon 7th 7 -1- 8 30 87.4% 1,520 1,739
Footscray 8th 6 -1- 9 26 99.1% 1,583 1,597
Geelong 9th 6 -0- 10 24 84.7% 1,407 1,662
Melbourne 10th 4 -0- 12 16 85.0% 1,504 1,770
St Kilda 11th 3 -2- 11 16 78.9% 1,437 1,822
Fitzroy 12th 3 -0- 13 12 75.8% 1,439 1,899

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/07/1977 2:10 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 74 - 106 38,343
SAT 23/07/1977 2:10 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Junction Oval 55 - 117 10,188
SAT 23/07/1977 2:10 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 93 - 76 17,834
SAT 23/07/1977 2:10 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 108 - 134 15,896
SAT 23/07/1977 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 101 - 98 15,359
SAT 23/07/1977 2:10 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn VFL Park 77 - 163 20,469

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 14 -0- 3 56 132.8% 2,034 1,532
Hawthorn 2nd 13 -0- 4 52 143.2% 2,039 1,424
North Melbourne 3rd 11 -0- 6 44 115.4% 1,688 1,463
Carlton 4th 11 -0- 6 44 111.2% 1,594 1,433
Richmond 5th 10 -1- 6 42 107.3% 1,752 1,633
South Melbourne 6th 9 -1- 7 38 108.2% 1,651 1,526
Footscray 7th 7 -1- 9 30 100.2% 1,676 1,673
Essendon 8th 7 -1- 9 30 87.1% 1,596 1,832
Geelong 9th 7 -0- 10 28 87.1% 1,541 1,770
Melbourne 10th 4 -0- 13 16 84.7% 1,612 1,904
St Kilda 11th 3 -2- 12 16 76.3% 1,514 1,985
Fitzroy 12th 3 -0- 14 12 74.1% 1,494 2,016

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/07/1977 2:10 PM Carlton v Melbourne VFL Park 113 - 46 18,832
SAT 30/07/1977 2:10 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 122 - 89 16,885
SAT 30/07/1977 2:10 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Kardinia Park 51 - 95 17,898
SAT 30/07/1977 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Princes Park 118 - 104 10,348
SAT 30/07/1977 2:10 PM Richmond v Essendon MCG 111 - 65 33,085
SAT 30/07/1977 2:10 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 138 - 83 12,906

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 15 -0- 3 60 133.0% 2,156 1,621
Hawthorn 2nd 14 -0- 4 56 141.2% 2,157 1,528
North Melbourne 3rd 12 -0- 6 48 117.8% 1,783 1,514
Carlton 4th 12 -0- 6 48 115.4% 1,707 1,479
Richmond 5th 11 -1- 6 46 109.7% 1,863 1,698
South Melbourne 6th 10 -1- 7 42 111.2% 1,789 1,609
Footscray 7th 7 -1- 10 30 99.4% 1,780 1,791
Essendon 8th 7 -1- 10 30 85.5% 1,661 1,943
Geelong 9th 7 -0- 11 28 85.4% 1,592 1,865
Melbourne 10th 4 -0- 14 16 82.2% 1,658 2,017
St Kilda 11th 3 -2- 13 16 75.2% 1,597 2,123
Fitzroy 12th 3 -0- 15 12 74.0% 1,583 2,138

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/08/1977 2:10 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 110 - 124 13,664
SAT 06/08/1977 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Junction Oval 146 - 84 7,575
SAT 06/08/1977 2:10 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 129 - 101 16,897
SAT 06/08/1977 2:10 PM Hawthorn v South Melbourne VFL Park 78 - 103 30,253
SAT 06/08/1977 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Carlton Arden Street Oval 63 - 43 22,160
SAT 06/08/1977 2:10 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Moorabbin Oval 75 - 101 21,876

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 16 -0- 3 64 133.1% 2,257 1,696
Hawthorn 2nd 14 -0- 5 56 137.0% 2,235 1,631
North Melbourne 3rd 13 -0- 6 52 118.6% 1,846 1,557
Carlton 4th 12 -0- 7 48 113.5% 1,750 1,542
South Melbourne 5th 11 -1- 7 46 112.2% 1,892 1,687
Richmond 6th 11 -1- 7 46 107.5% 1,964 1,827
Footscray 7th 8 -1- 10 34 100.9% 1,909 1,892
Geelong 8th 8 -0- 11 32 86.9% 1,716 1,975
Essendon 9th 7 -1- 11 30 85.7% 1,771 2,067
Melbourne 10th 4 -0- 15 16 80.5% 1,742 2,163
Fitzroy 11th 4 -0- 15 16 77.8% 1,729 2,222
St Kilda 12th 3 -2- 14 16 75.2% 1,672 2,224

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/08/1977 2:10 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 146 - 111 19,944
SAT 13/08/1977 2:10 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 99 - 105 33,558
SAT 13/08/1977 2:10 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne VFL Park 65 - 79 12,350
SAT 13/08/1977 2:10 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 73 - 96 18,514
SAT 13/08/1977 2:10 PM Geelong v Richmond Kardinia Park 46 - 132 17,018
SAT 13/08/1977 2:10 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 175 - 104 12,967

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 16 -0- 4 64 130.8% 2,356 1,801
Hawthorn 2nd 15 -0- 5 60 135.3% 2,340 1,730
North Melbourne 3rd 14 -0- 6 56 118.7% 1,925 1,622
Carlton 4th 13 -0- 7 52 114.7% 1,896 1,653
South Melbourne 5th 12 -1- 7 50 113.0% 1,988 1,760
Richmond 6th 12 -1- 7 50 111.9% 2,096 1,873
Footscray 7th 8 -1- 11 34 99.7% 1,982 1,988
Geelong 8th 8 -0- 12 32 83.6% 1,762 2,107
Essendon 9th 7 -1- 12 30 85.0% 1,882 2,213
Melbourne 10th 5 -0- 15 20 84.6% 1,917 2,267
Fitzroy 11th 4 -0- 16 16 78.0% 1,794 2,301
St Kilda 12th 3 -2- 15 16 74.0% 1,776 2,399

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/08/1977 2:10 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 73 - 137 10,180
SAT 20/08/1977 2:10 PM Geelong v Footscray VFL Park 68 - 85 11,010
SAT 20/08/1977 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Princes Park 110 - 99 8,880
SAT 20/08/1977 2:10 PM Richmond v Carlton MCG 103 - 100 49,134
SAT 20/08/1977 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 57 - 89 28,192
SAT 20/08/1977 2:10 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 78 - 106 11,506

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 17 -0- 4 68 131.6% 2,445 1,858
Hawthorn 2nd 16 -0- 5 64 134.0% 2,450 1,829
North Melbourne 3rd 15 -0- 6 60 119.5% 2,031 1,700
Richmond 4th 13 -1- 7 54 111.5% 2,199 1,973
Carlton 5th 13 -0- 8 52 113.7% 1,996 1,756
South Melbourne 6th 12 -1- 8 50 110.6% 2,045 1,849
Footscray 7th 9 -1- 11 38 100.5% 2,067 2,056
Geelong 8th 8 -0- 13 32 83.5% 1,830 2,192
Essendon 9th 7 -1- 13 30 83.2% 1,955 2,350
Melbourne 10th 5 -0- 16 20 84.8% 2,016 2,377
Fitzroy 11th 5 -0- 16 20 81.3% 1,931 2,374
St Kilda 12th 3 -2- 16 16 74.0% 1,854 2,505

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/08/1977 2:10 PM Collingwood v Melbourne VFL Park 115 - 101 36,306
SAT 27/08/1977 2:10 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 130 - 168 14,325
SAT 27/08/1977 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Junction Oval 141 - 100 7,644
SAT 27/08/1977 2:10 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 103 - 85 22,426
SAT 27/08/1977 2:10 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 93 - 103 19,012
SAT 27/08/1977 2:10 PM Richmond v St Kilda MCG 171 - 112 24,362

Round 22 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 18 -0- 4 72 130.7% 2,560 1,959
Hawthorn 2nd 17 -0- 5 68 133.6% 2,618 1,959
North Melbourne 3rd 15 -0- 7 60 117.8% 2,124 1,803
Richmond 4th 14 -1- 7 58 113.7% 2,370 2,085
South Melbourne 5th 13 -1- 8 54 110.6% 2,148 1,942
Carlton 6th 13 -0- 9 52 111.9% 2,081 1,859
Footscray 7th 10 -1- 11 42 101.4% 2,170 2,141
Geelong 8th 8 -0- 14 32 82.7% 1,930 2,333
Essendon 9th 7 -1- 14 30 82.8% 2,085 2,518
Fitzroy 10th 6 -0- 16 24 83.8% 2,072 2,474
Melbourne 11th 5 -0- 17 20 85.0% 2,117 2,492
St Kilda 12th 3 -2- 17 16 73.5% 1,966 2,676

Final Round 1

Elimination Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/09/1977 2:30 PM Richmond v South Melbourne VFL Park 88 - 54 63,663

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/09/1977 2:30 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne MCG 125 - 87 64,068

Final Round 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/09/1977 2:30 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn MCG 112 - 110 87,421
SAT 10/09/1977 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Richmond VFL Park 110 - 63 48,105

Final Round 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/09/1977 2:30 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne VFL Park 45 - 112 61,242

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/09/1977 2:30 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne MCG 76 - 76 108,224
SAT 01/10/1977 2:30 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne MCG 124 - 151 98,491