1978 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1978 season of the South Australian National Football League.

It featured twenty-two rounds. Sturt were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the McIntyre Final Five system. Norwood were the premiers, with Bob Hammond as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1978 SANFL Season
Teams: 10
Rounds: 22
Finals System: McIntyre Final Five System
Matches: 116

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Central District Elizabeth Oval Daryl Hicks
Glenelg Glenelg Oval John Nicholls
North Adelaide Prospect Oval Barrie Robran
Norwood Norwood Oval Bob Hammond
Port Adelaide Alberton Oval John Cahill
South Adelaide Adelaide Oval Haydn Bunton
Sturt Unley Oval Jack Oatey
West Adelaide Richmond Oval Fos Williams
West Torrens Thebarton Oval Neil Kerley
Woodville Woodville Oval John McInnes

Season Results

Premiers: Norwood
Runners-Up: Sturt
Minor Premiers: Sturt

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Sturt 1st 21 -0- 1 42 61.3% 2,742 1,734 395 372 243 276
Norwood 2nd 15 -0- 7 30 55.8% 2,078 1,645 295 308 227 283
Glenelg 3rd 14 -0- 8 28 53.7% 2,272 1,959 323 334 281 273
Port Adelaide 4th 14 -0- 8 28 52.7% 2,287 2,055 323 349 297 273
West Torrens 5th 10 -0- 12 20 49.5% 2,082 2,123 297 300 307 281
Woodville 6th 9 -0- 13 18 45.7% 1,981 2,358 284 277 343 300
South Adelaide 7th 8 -1- 13 17 47.1% 1,832 2,057 260 272 298 269
Central District 8th 8 -0- 14 16 44.9% 1,947 2,386 285 237 339 352
West Adelaide 9th 5 -1- 16 11 47.0% 1,839 2,070 261 273 292 318
North Adelaide 10th 5 -0- 17 10 42.8% 2,005 2,678 287 283 383 380

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Norwood 1st Premiers
Sturt 2nd Runners-Up
Port Adelaide 3rd Defeated by Norwood (Preliminary Final)
Glenelg 4th Defeated by Port Adelaide (Semi Final)
West Torrens 5th Defeated by Port Adelaide (Elimination Final)
Woodville 6th Did not qualify for finals
South Adelaide 7th Did not qualify for finals
Central District 8th Did not qualify for finals
West Adelaide 9th Did not qualify for finals
North Adelaide 10th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/04/1978 2:10 PM Glenelg v South Adelaide Glenelg Oval 133 - 80 10,203
SAT 01/04/1978 2:10 PM Norwood v Port Adelaide Football Park 75 - 60 19,733
SAT 01/04/1978 2:10 PM Sturt v North Adelaide Unley Oval 126 - 99 8,343
SAT 01/04/1978 2:10 PM West Adelaide v West Torrens Richmond Oval 118 - 97 6,443
SAT 01/04/1978 2:10 PM Woodville v Central District Woodville Oval 74 - 118 4,055

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 1 -0- 0 2 62.4% 133 80
Central District 2nd 1 -0- 0 2 61.5% 118 74
Sturt 3rd 1 -0- 0 2 56.0% 126 99
Norwood 4th 1 -0- 0 2 55.6% 75 60
West Adelaide 5th 1 -0- 0 2 54.9% 118 97
West Torrens 6th 0 -0- 1 0 45.1% 97 118
Port Adelaide 7th 0 -0- 1 0 44.4% 60 75
North Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 1 0 44.0% 99 126
Woodville 9th 0 -0- 1 0 38.5% 74 118
South Adelaide 10th 0 -0- 1 0 37.6% 80 133

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/04/1978 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Adelaide Football Park 99 - 96 10,837
SAT 08/04/1978 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Central District Prospect Oval 103 - 122 6,928
SAT 08/04/1978 2:10 PM Sturt v Woodville Unley Oval 129 - 101 6,413
SAT 08/04/1978 2:10 PM West Torrens v Norwood Thebarton Oval 105 - 75 7,849
SUN 09/04/1978 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 114 - 142 13,080

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Central District 1st 2 -0- 0 4 57.6% 240 177
Glenelg 2nd 2 -0- 0 4 56.9% 232 176
Sturt 3rd 2 -0- 0 4 56.0% 255 200
West Adelaide 4th 1 -0- 1 2 52.2% 214 196
Port Adelaide 5th 1 -0- 1 2 51.7% 202 189
West Torrens 6th 1 -0- 1 2 51.1% 202 193
Norwood 7th 1 -0- 1 2 47.6% 150 165
North Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 2 0 44.9% 202 248
Woodville 9th 0 -0- 2 0 41.5% 175 247
South Adelaide 10th 0 -0- 2 0 41.4% 194 275

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/04/1978 2:10 PM Central District v Sturt Elizabeth Oval 76 - 158 11,110
SAT 15/04/1978 2:10 PM Norwood v South Adelaide Norwood Oval 103 - 58 8,487
SAT 15/04/1978 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Adelaide Alberton Oval 105 - 86 12,267
SAT 15/04/1978 2:10 PM West Torrens v Glenelg Football Park 68 - 122 12,860
SAT 15/04/1978 2:10 PM Woodville v North Adelaide Woodville Oval 121 - 116 3,214

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 3 -0- 0 6 59.9% 413 276
Glenelg 2nd 3 -0- 0 6 59.2% 354 244
Norwood 3rd 2 -0- 1 4 53.2% 253 223
Port Adelaide 4th 2 -0- 1 4 52.7% 307 275
Central District 5th 2 -0- 1 4 48.5% 316 335
West Adelaide 6th 1 -0- 2 2 49.9% 300 301
West Torrens 7th 1 -0- 2 2 46.2% 270 315
Woodville 8th 1 -0- 2 2 44.9% 296 363
North Adelaide 9th 0 -0- 3 0 46.3% 318 369
South Adelaide 10th 0 -0- 3 0 40.0% 252 378

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/04/1978 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Torrens Prospect Oval 149 - 103 6,536
SAT 22/04/1978 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Central District Football Park 119 - 78 5,287
SAT 22/04/1978 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Woodville Richmond Oval 82 - 99 3,232
TUE 25/04/1978 2:10 PM Norwood v Sturt Norwood Oval 63 - 97 19,270
TUE 25/04/1978 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Glenelg Football Park 48 - 122 27,702

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 4 -0- 0 8 62.0% 476 292
Sturt 2nd 4 -0- 0 8 60.1% 510 339
Norwood 3rd 2 -0- 2 4 49.7% 316 320
Port Adelaide 4th 2 -0- 2 4 47.2% 355 397
Woodville 5th 2 -0- 2 4 47.0% 395 445
Central District 6th 2 -0- 2 4 46.5% 394 454
North Adelaide 7th 1 -0- 3 2 49.7% 467 472
West Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 3 2 48.8% 382 400
South Adelaide 9th 1 -0- 3 2 44.9% 371 456
West Torrens 10th 1 -0- 3 2 44.6% 373 464

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/04/1978 2:10 PM Glenelg v Sturt Glenelg Oval 114 - 156 16,928
SAT 29/04/1978 2:10 PM Norwood v Woodville Football Park 176 - 75 5,875
SAT 29/04/1978 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v North Adelaide Alberton Oval 195 - 65 8,947
SAT 29/04/1978 2:10 PM West Torrens v South Adelaide Thebarton Oval 91 - 119 4,440
SUN 30/04/1978 2:10 PM Central District v West Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 113 - 72 7,206

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 5 -0- 0 10 59.5% 666 453
Glenelg 2nd 4 -0- 1 8 56.8% 590 448
Norwood 3rd 3 -0- 2 6 55.5% 492 395
Port Adelaide 4th 3 -0- 2 6 54.3% 550 462
Central District 5th 3 -0- 2 6 49.1% 507 526
South Adelaide 6th 2 -0- 3 4 47.3% 490 547
Woodville 7th 2 -0- 3 4 43.1% 470 621
West Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 4 2 46.9% 454 513
North Adelaide 9th 1 -0- 4 2 44.4% 532 667
West Torrens 10th 1 -0- 4 2 44.3% 464 583

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/05/1978 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Glenelg Football Park 103 - 138 6,411
SAT 06/05/1978 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Woodville Adelaide Oval 98 - 90 3,576
SAT 06/05/1978 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Sturt Richmond Oval 90 - 68 7,437
SAT 06/05/1978 2:10 PM West Torrens v Port Adelaide Thebarton Oval 95 - 143 7,460
SUN 07/05/1978 2:10 PM Norwood v Central District Football Park 136 - 89 9,878

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 5 -0- 1 10 57.5% 734 543
Glenelg 2nd 5 -0- 1 10 56.9% 728 551
Norwood 3rd 4 -0- 2 8 56.5% 628 484
Port Adelaide 4th 4 -0- 2 8 55.4% 693 557
South Adelaide 5th 3 -0- 3 6 48.0% 588 637
Central District 6th 3 -0- 3 6 47.4% 596 662
West Adelaide 7th 2 -0- 4 4 48.4% 544 581
Woodville 8th 2 -0- 4 4 43.8% 560 719
North Adelaide 9th 1 -0- 5 2 44.1% 635 805
West Torrens 10th 1 -0- 5 2 43.5% 559 726

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/05/1978 2:10 PM Glenelg v Woodville Glenelg Oval 158 - 109 5,461
SAT 13/05/1978 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Norwood Prospect Oval 66 - 106 6,680
SAT 13/05/1978 2:10 PM Sturt v Port Adelaide Unley Oval 189 - 92 17,097
SAT 13/05/1978 2:10 PM West Adelaide v South Adelaide Football Park 105 - 60 4,673
SUN 14/05/1978 2:10 PM West Torrens v Central District Thebarton Oval 137 - 74 4,472

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 6 -0- 1 12 59.2% 923 635
Glenelg 2nd 6 -0- 1 12 57.3% 886 660
Norwood 3rd 5 -0- 2 10 57.2% 734 550
Port Adelaide 4th 4 -0- 3 8 51.3% 785 746
West Adelaide 5th 3 -0- 4 6 50.3% 649 641
South Adelaide 6th 3 -0- 4 6 46.6% 648 742
Central District 7th 3 -0- 4 6 45.6% 670 799
West Torrens 8th 2 -0- 5 4 46.5% 696 800
Woodville 9th 2 -0- 5 4 43.3% 669 877
North Adelaide 10th 1 -0- 6 2 43.5% 701 911

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/05/1978 2:10 PM Central District v Glenelg Football Park 101 - 125 5,928
SAT 20/05/1978 2:10 PM Norwood v West Adelaide Norwood Oval 110 - 51 8,705
SAT 20/05/1978 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Woodville Alberton Oval 79 - 104 6,775
SAT 20/05/1978 2:10 PM South Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 112 - 135 4,602
SAT 20/05/1978 2:10 PM Sturt v West Torrens Unley Oval 151 - 75 8,954

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 7 -0- 1 14 60.2% 1,074 710
Glenelg 2nd 7 -0- 1 14 57.1% 1,011 761
Norwood 3rd 6 -0- 2 12 58.4% 844 601
Port Adelaide 4th 4 -0- 4 8 50.4% 864 850
West Adelaide 5th 3 -0- 5 6 48.2% 700 751
South Adelaide 6th 3 -0- 5 6 46.4% 760 877
Central District 7th 3 -0- 5 6 45.5% 771 924
Woodville 8th 3 -0- 5 6 44.7% 773 956
North Adelaide 9th 2 -0- 6 4 45.0% 836 1,023
West Torrens 10th 2 -0- 6 4 44.8% 771 951

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/05/1978 2:10 PM Central District v Port Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 67 - 98 9,953
SAT 27/05/1978 2:10 PM Glenelg v Norwood Glenelg Oval 85 - 74 14,051
SAT 27/05/1978 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Adelaide Prospect Oval 94 - 68 5,953
SAT 27/05/1978 2:10 PM West Torrens v Woodville Football Park 62 - 97 5,209
SUN 28/05/1978 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Sturt Football Park 76 - 123 11,867

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 8 -0- 1 16 60.4% 1,197 786
Glenelg 2nd 8 -0- 1 16 56.8% 1,096 835
Norwood 3rd 6 -0- 3 12 57.2% 918 686
Port Adelaide 4th 5 -0- 4 10 51.2% 962 917
Woodville 5th 4 -0- 5 8 46.1% 870 1,018
West Adelaide 6th 3 -0- 6 6 47.6% 768 845
North Adelaide 7th 3 -0- 6 6 46.0% 930 1,091
South Adelaide 8th 3 -0- 6 6 45.5% 836 1,000
Central District 9th 3 -0- 6 6 45.1% 838 1,022
West Torrens 10th 2 -0- 7 4 44.3% 833 1,048

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/06/1978 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Adelaide Glenelg Oval 89 - 63 7,722
SAT 03/06/1978 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v South Adelaide Football Park 67 - 35 10,218
SAT 03/06/1978 2:10 PM Woodville v Sturt Woodville Oval 43 - 115 6,757
MON 05/06/1978 2:10 PM Central District v North Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 129 - 85 8,253
MON 05/06/1978 2:10 PM Norwood v West Torrens Football Park 54 - 85 9,883

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 9 -0- 1 18 61.3% 1,312 829
Glenelg 2nd 9 -0- 1 18 56.9% 1,185 898
Norwood 3rd 6 -0- 4 12 55.8% 972 771
Port Adelaide 4th 6 -0- 4 12 51.9% 1,029 952
Central District 5th 4 -0- 6 8 46.6% 967 1,107
Woodville 6th 4 -0- 6 8 44.6% 913 1,133
West Adelaide 7th 3 -0- 7 6 47.1% 831 934
North Adelaide 8th 3 -0- 7 6 45.4% 1,015 1,220
West Torrens 9th 3 -0- 7 6 45.4% 918 1,102
South Adelaide 10th 3 -0- 7 6 44.9% 871 1,067

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/06/1978 2:10 PM Central District v Woodville Elizabeth Oval 122 - 98 4,463
SAT 10/06/1978 2:10 PM Norwood v Port Adelaide Norwood Oval 131 - 62 12,725
SAT 10/06/1978 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 103 - 125 7,185
SAT 10/06/1978 2:10 PM Sturt v North Adelaide Football Park 156 - 111 6,168
SAT 10/06/1978 2:10 PM West Torrens v West Adelaide Thebarton Oval 114 - 60 4,703

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 10 -0- 1 20 61.0% 1,468 940
Glenelg 2nd 10 -0- 1 20 56.7% 1,310 1,001
Norwood 3rd 7 -0- 4 14 57.0% 1,103 833
Port Adelaide 4th 6 -0- 5 12 50.2% 1,091 1,083
Central District 5th 5 -0- 6 10 47.5% 1,089 1,205
West Torrens 6th 4 -0- 7 8 47.0% 1,032 1,162
Woodville 7th 4 -0- 7 8 44.6% 1,011 1,255
West Adelaide 8th 3 -0- 8 6 46.0% 891 1,048
North Adelaide 9th 3 -0- 8 6 45.0% 1,126 1,376
South Adelaide 10th 3 -0- 8 6 45.0% 974 1,192

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/06/1978 2:10 PM Central District v Sturt Football Park 80 - 178 7,722
SAT 17/06/1978 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 39 - 109 7,335
SAT 17/06/1978 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Port Adelaide Richmond Oval 76 - 92 6,825
SAT 17/06/1978 2:10 PM West Torrens v Glenelg Thebarton Oval 91 - 56 7,206
SUN 18/06/1978 2:10 PM Woodville v North Adelaide Football Park 108 - 64 4,446

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 11 -0- 1 22 61.7% 1,646 1,020
Glenelg 2nd 10 -0- 2 20 55.6% 1,366 1,092
Norwood 3rd 8 -0- 4 16 58.2% 1,212 872
Port Adelaide 4th 7 -0- 5 14 50.5% 1,183 1,159
West Torrens 5th 5 -0- 7 10 48.0% 1,123 1,218
Woodville 6th 5 -0- 7 10 45.9% 1,119 1,319
Central District 7th 5 -0- 7 10 45.8% 1,169 1,383
West Adelaide 8th 3 -0- 9 6 45.9% 967 1,140
North Adelaide 9th 3 -0- 9 6 44.5% 1,190 1,484
South Adelaide 10th 3 -0- 9 6 43.8% 1,013 1,301

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/06/1978 2:10 PM Glenelg v Port Adelaide Glenelg Oval 114 - 98 13,277
SAT 24/06/1978 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Torrens Football Park 88 - 170 6,504
SAT 24/06/1978 2:10 PM Sturt v Norwood Unley Oval 117 - 72 14,165
SAT 24/06/1978 2:10 PM Woodville v West Adelaide Woodville Oval 138 - 104 2,694
SUN 25/06/1978 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Central District Adelaide Oval 111 - 90 4,277

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 12 -0- 1 24 61.8% 1,763 1,092
Glenelg 2nd 11 -0- 2 22 55.4% 1,480 1,190
Norwood 3rd 8 -0- 5 16 56.5% 1,284 989
Port Adelaide 4th 7 -0- 6 14 50.2% 1,281 1,273
West Torrens 5th 6 -0- 7 12 49.7% 1,293 1,306
Woodville 6th 6 -0- 7 12 46.9% 1,257 1,423
Central District 7th 5 -0- 8 10 45.7% 1,259 1,494
South Adelaide 8th 4 -0- 9 8 44.7% 1,124 1,391
West Adelaide 9th 3 -0- 10 6 45.6% 1,071 1,278
North Adelaide 10th 3 -0- 10 6 43.6% 1,278 1,654

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/07/1978 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Port Adelaide Prospect Oval 93 - 151 6,528
SAT 01/07/1978 2:10 PM Norwood v Woodville Norwood Oval 104 - 72 5,424
SAT 01/07/1978 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Torrens Football Park 76 - 87 6,264
SAT 01/07/1978 2:10 PM Sturt v Glenelg Unley Oval 111 - 83 14,085
SAT 01/07/1978 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Central District Richmond Oval 107 - 41 2,767

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 13 -0- 1 26 61.5% 1,874 1,175
Glenelg 2nd 11 -0- 3 22 54.6% 1,563 1,301
Norwood 3rd 9 -0- 5 18 56.7% 1,388 1,061
Port Adelaide 4th 8 -0- 6 16 51.2% 1,432 1,366
West Torrens 5th 7 -0- 7 14 50.0% 1,380 1,382
Woodville 6th 6 -0- 8 12 46.5% 1,329 1,527
Central District 7th 5 -0- 9 10 44.8% 1,300 1,601
West Adelaide 8th 4 -0- 10 8 47.2% 1,178 1,319
South Adelaide 9th 4 -0- 10 8 44.8% 1,200 1,478
North Adelaide 10th 3 -0- 11 6 43.2% 1,371 1,805

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/07/1978 2:10 PM Central District v Norwood Elizabeth Oval 89 - 83 5,862
SAT 08/07/1978 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Glenelg Prospect Oval 63 - 185 4,461
SAT 08/07/1978 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Sturt Football Park 96 - 110 7,699
SAT 08/07/1978 2:10 PM Woodville v South Adelaide Woodville Oval 50 - 105 2,508
SUN 09/07/1978 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Torrens Football Park 83 - 122 23,978

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 14 -0- 1 28 61.0% 1,984 1,271
Glenelg 2nd 12 -0- 3 24 56.2% 1,748 1,364
Norwood 3rd 9 -0- 6 18 56.1% 1,471 1,150
West Torrens 4th 8 -0- 7 16 50.6% 1,502 1,465
Port Adelaide 5th 8 -0- 7 16 50.4% 1,515 1,488
Woodville 6th 6 -0- 9 12 45.8% 1,379 1,632
Central District 7th 6 -0- 9 12 45.2% 1,389 1,684
South Adelaide 8th 5 -0- 10 10 46.1% 1,305 1,528
West Adelaide 9th 4 -0- 11 8 47.1% 1,274 1,429
North Adelaide 10th 3 -0- 12 6 41.9% 1,434 1,990

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/07/1978 2:10 PM Central District v West Torrens Elizabeth Oval 107 - 88 5,412
SAT 22/07/1978 2:10 PM Norwood v North Adelaide Football Park 85 - 35 4,182
SAT 22/07/1978 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Sturt Alberton Oval 49 - 119 9,909
SAT 22/07/1978 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 58 - 58 3,412
SAT 22/07/1978 2:10 PM Woodville v Glenelg Woodville Oval 76 - 50 2,633

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 15 -0- 1 30 61.4% 2,103 1,320
Glenelg 2nd 12 -0- 4 24 55.5% 1,798 1,440
Norwood 3rd 10 -0- 6 20 56.8% 1,556 1,185
West Torrens 4th 8 -0- 8 16 50.3% 1,590 1,572
Port Adelaide 5th 8 -0- 8 16 49.3% 1,564 1,607
Woodville 6th 7 -0- 9 14 46.4% 1,455 1,682
Central District 7th 7 -0- 9 14 45.8% 1,496 1,772
South Adelaide 8th 5 -1- 10 11 46.2% 1,363 1,586
West Adelaide 9th 4 -1- 11 9 47.3% 1,332 1,487
North Adelaide 10th 3 -0- 13 6 41.5% 1,469 2,075

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/07/1978 2:10 PM Glenelg v Central District Glenelg Oval 46 - 77 6,744
SAT 29/07/1978 2:10 PM North Adelaide v South Adelaide Prospect Oval 104 - 55 3,714
SAT 29/07/1978 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Woodville Football Park 187 - 87 8,228
SAT 29/07/1978 2:10 PM West Torrens v Sturt Thebarton Oval 56 - 75 7,666
SUN 30/07/1978 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Norwood Richmond Oval 52 - 58 7,041

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 16 -0- 1 32 61.3% 2,178 1,376
Glenelg 2nd 12 -0- 5 24 54.9% 1,844 1,517
Norwood 3rd 11 -0- 6 22 56.6% 1,614 1,237
Port Adelaide 4th 9 -0- 8 18 50.8% 1,751 1,694
West Torrens 5th 8 -0- 9 16 50.0% 1,646 1,647
Central District 6th 8 -0- 9 16 46.4% 1,573 1,818
Woodville 7th 7 -0- 10 14 45.2% 1,542 1,869
South Adelaide 8th 5 -1- 11 11 45.6% 1,418 1,690
West Adelaide 9th 4 -1- 12 9 47.3% 1,384 1,545
North Adelaide 10th 4 -0- 13 8 42.5% 1,573 2,130

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/08/1978 2:10 PM Norwood v Glenelg Norwood Oval 72 - 46 8,139
SAT 05/08/1978 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Central District Alberton Oval 113 - 86 7,579
SAT 05/08/1978 2:10 PM Sturt v South Adelaide Football Park 83 - 55 4,159
SAT 05/08/1978 2:10 PM West Adelaide v North Adelaide Richmond Oval 141 - 43 1,917
SAT 05/08/1978 2:10 PM Woodville v West Torrens Woodville Oval 63 - 73 3,643

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 17 -0- 1 34 61.2% 2,261 1,431
Norwood 2nd 12 -0- 6 24 56.8% 1,686 1,283
Glenelg 3rd 12 -0- 6 24 54.3% 1,890 1,589
Port Adelaide 4th 10 -0- 8 20 51.2% 1,864 1,780
West Torrens 5th 9 -0- 9 18 50.1% 1,719 1,710
Central District 6th 8 -0- 10 16 46.2% 1,659 1,931
Woodville 7th 7 -0- 11 14 45.2% 1,605 1,942
West Adelaide 8th 5 -1- 12 11 49.0% 1,525 1,588
South Adelaide 9th 5 -1- 12 11 45.4% 1,473 1,773
North Adelaide 10th 4 -0- 14 8 41.6% 1,616 2,271

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/08/1978 2:10 PM Norwood v West Torrens Norwood Oval 91 - 80 10,025
SAT 12/08/1978 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Glenelg Alberton Oval 111 - 62 10,014
SAT 12/08/1978 2:10 PM Sturt v North Adelaide Football Park 64 - 55 4,491
SAT 12/08/1978 2:10 PM West Adelaide v South Adelaide Richmond Oval 73 - 110 2,167
SAT 12/08/1978 2:10 PM Woodville v Central District Adelaide Oval 94 - 93 3,392

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 18 -0- 1 36 61.0% 2,325 1,486
Norwood 2nd 13 -0- 6 26 56.6% 1,777 1,363
Glenelg 3rd 12 -0- 7 24 53.5% 1,952 1,700
Port Adelaide 4th 11 -0- 8 22 51.7% 1,975 1,842
West Torrens 5th 9 -0- 10 18 50.0% 1,799 1,801
Central District 6th 8 -0- 11 16 46.4% 1,752 2,025
Woodville 7th 8 -0- 11 16 45.5% 1,699 2,035
South Adelaide 8th 6 -1- 12 13 46.2% 1,583 1,846
West Adelaide 9th 5 -1- 13 11 48.5% 1,598 1,698
North Adelaide 10th 4 -0- 15 8 41.7% 1,671 2,335

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/08/1978 2:10 PM Norwood v North Adelaide Norwood Oval 144 - 115 6,772
SAT 19/08/1978 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 113 - 96 6,689
SAT 19/08/1978 2:10 PM Sturt v Central District Unley Oval 170 - 85 8,198
SAT 19/08/1978 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Port Adelaide Football Park 81 - 135 9,650
SAT 19/08/1978 2:10 PM West Torrens v Woodville Thebarton Oval 134 - 88 5,591

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 19 -0- 1 38 61.4% 2,495 1,571
Norwood 2nd 14 -0- 6 28 56.5% 1,921 1,478
Glenelg 3rd 12 -0- 8 24 53.0% 2,048 1,813
Port Adelaide 4th 12 -0- 8 24 52.3% 2,110 1,923
West Torrens 5th 10 -0- 10 20 50.6% 1,933 1,889
Central District 6th 8 -0- 12 16 45.6% 1,837 2,195
Woodville 7th 8 -0- 12 16 45.2% 1,787 2,169
South Adelaide 8th 7 -1- 12 15 46.6% 1,696 1,942
West Adelaide 9th 5 -1- 14 11 47.8% 1,679 1,833
North Adelaide 10th 4 -0- 16 8 41.9% 1,786 2,479

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/08/1978 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Central District Football Park 141 - 85 3,140
SAT 26/08/1978 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v South Adelaide Alberton Oval 90 - 86 8,326
SAT 26/08/1978 2:10 PM Sturt v West Torrens Unley Oval 151 - 101 12,502
SAT 26/08/1978 2:10 PM Woodville v Norwood Woodville Oval 80 - 111 4,789
SUN 27/08/1978 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Glenelg Football Park 98 - 141 8,616

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 20 -0- 1 40 61.3% 2,646 1,672
Norwood 2nd 15 -0- 6 30 56.6% 2,032 1,558
Glenelg 3rd 13 -0- 8 26 53.4% 2,189 1,911
Port Adelaide 4th 13 -0- 8 26 52.3% 2,200 2,009
West Torrens 5th 10 -0- 11 20 49.9% 2,034 2,040
Central District 6th 8 -0- 13 16 45.1% 1,922 2,336
Woodville 7th 8 -0- 13 16 45.0% 1,867 2,280
South Adelaide 8th 7 -1- 13 15 46.7% 1,782 2,032
West Adelaide 9th 5 -1- 15 11 47.4% 1,777 1,974
North Adelaide 10th 5 -0- 16 10 42.9% 1,927 2,564

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/09/1978 2:10 PM Central District v South Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 25 - 50 2,490
SAT 02/09/1978 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Torrens Glenelg Oval 83 - 48 6,887
SAT 02/09/1978 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Woodville Prospect Oval 78 - 114 2,843
SAT 02/09/1978 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Norwood Alberton Oval 87 - 46 10,936
SAT 02/09/1978 2:10 PM Sturt v West Adelaide Football Park 96 - 62 5,086

Round 22 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 21 -0- 1 42 61.3% 2,742 1,734
Norwood 2nd 15 -0- 7 30 55.8% 2,078 1,645
Glenelg 3rd 14 -0- 8 28 53.7% 2,272 1,959
Port Adelaide 4th 14 -0- 8 28 52.7% 2,287 2,055
West Torrens 5th 10 -0- 12 20 49.5% 2,082 2,123
Woodville 6th 9 -0- 13 18 45.7% 1,981 2,358
South Adelaide 7th 8 -1- 13 17 47.1% 1,832 2,057
Central District 8th 8 -0- 14 16 44.9% 1,947 2,386
West Adelaide 9th 5 -1- 16 11 47.0% 1,839 2,070
North Adelaide 10th 5 -0- 17 10 42.8% 2,005 2,678

Final Round 1

Elimination Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/09/1978 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Torrens Football Park 147 - 69 35,320

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 10/09/1978 2:10 PM Norwood v Glenelg Football Park 112 - 58 23,233

Final Round 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/09/1978 2:10 PM Glenelg v Port Adelaide Football Park 79 - 91 27,761
SUN 17/09/1978 2:10 PM Sturt v Norwood Football Park 97 - 75 24,428

Final Round 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/09/1978 2:10 PM Norwood v Port Adelaide Football Park 108 - 74 35,797

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/09/1978 2:10 PM Sturt v Norwood Football Park 110 - 111 50,867