1978 VFA (D1) Season

This page displays the results for the 1978 season of the first division of the Victorian Football Association (currently known as the Victorian Football League).

It featured eighteen rounds in a double round-robin format. Port Melbourne were the minor premiers.

The premiership ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Prahran were the premiers, with Mick Erwin as the premiership coach.

Premiership Details

Name: 1978 Victorian Football Association (Division 1) Season
Known As: 1978 VFA (D1) Season
Teams: 10
Rounds: 18
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 94

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Brunswick A. G. Gillon Oval
Caulfield Princes Park
Coburg Coburg City Oval Col Kinnear
Dandenong Shepley Oval
Geelong West West Oval
Mordialloc Mordialloc Reserve Geoff Rosenow
Port Melbourne North Port Oval Norm Brown
Prahran Toorak Park Mick Erwin
Preston Preston City Oval Harold Martin
Sandringham Beach Road Oval Darrell MacKenzie

Premiership Results

Premiers: Prahran
Runners-Up: Preston
Minor Premiers: Port Melbourne

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Port Melbourne 1st 13 -0- 5 52 115.5% 2,305 1,996 334 301 289 262
Preston 2nd 12 -1- 5 50 109.0% 2,175 1,995 314 291 292 243
Prahran 3rd 11 -1- 6 46 113.0% 2,221 1,965 322 289 284 261
Dandenong 4th 11 -0- 7 44 112.8% 2,276 2,017 333 278 290 277
Coburg 5th 10 -0- 8 40 110.6% 2,087 1,887 299 293 268 279
Sandringham 6th 8 -0- 10 32 104.4% 2,054 1,967 291 308 278 299
Brunswick 7th 8 -0- 10 32 95.5% 1,822 1,907 259 268 275 257
Geelong West 8th 7 -0- 11 28 88.8% 1,936 2,180 282 244 312 308
Caulfield 9th 6 -0- 12 24 84.2% 1,937 2,301 276 281 327 339
Mordialloc 10th 3 -0- 15 12 74.9% 1,783 2,381 254 259 349 287

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Prahran 1st Premiers
Preston 2nd Runners-Up
Port Melbourne 3rd Defeated by Prahran (Preliminary Final)
Dandenong 4th Defeated by Prahran (Semi Final)
Coburg 5th Did not qualify for finals
Sandringham 6th Did not qualify for finals
Brunswick 7th Did not qualify for finals
Geelong West 8th Did not qualify for finals
Caulfield 9th Did not qualify for finals
Mordialloc 10th Did not qualify for finals

Premiership Fixture

Regular Season

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 23/04/1978 2:10 PM Caulfield v Mordialloc Princes Park 96 - 107
SUN 23/04/1978 2:10 PM Dandenong v Coburg Shepley Oval 134 - 110
SUN 23/04/1978 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Sandringham North Port Oval 176 - 109
SUN 23/04/1978 2:10 PM Prahran v Geelong West Toorak Park 146 - 115
SUN 23/04/1978 2:10 PM Preston v Brunswick Preston City Oval 109 - 101

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 1 -0- 0 4 161.5% 176 109
Prahran 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 127.0% 146 115
Dandenong 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 121.8% 134 110
Mordialloc 4th 1 -0- 0 4 111.5% 107 96
Preston 5th 1 -0- 0 4 107.9% 109 101
Brunswick 6th 0 -0- 1 0 92.7% 101 109
Caulfield 7th 0 -0- 1 0 89.7% 96 107
Coburg 8th 0 -0- 1 0 82.1% 110 134
Geelong West 9th 0 -0- 1 0 78.8% 115 146
Sandringham 10th 0 -0- 1 0 61.9% 109 176

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 30/04/1978 2:10 PM Brunswick v Dandenong A. G. Gillon Oval 134 - 103
SUN 30/04/1978 2:10 PM Coburg v Port Melbourne Coburg City Oval 106 - 127
SUN 30/04/1978 2:10 PM Geelong West v Caulfield West Oval 162 - 105
SUN 30/04/1978 2:10 PM Mordialloc v Preston Mordialloc Reserve 141 - 140
SUN 30/04/1978 2:10 PM Sandringham v Prahran Beach Road Oval 154 - 95

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 2 -0- 0 8 140.9% 303 215
Mordialloc 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 105.1% 248 236
Brunswick 3rd 1 -0- 1 4 110.8% 235 212
Geelong West 4th 1 -0- 1 4 110.4% 277 251
Preston 5th 1 -0- 1 4 102.9% 249 242
Dandenong 6th 1 -0- 1 4 97.1% 237 244
Sandringham 7th 1 -0- 1 4 97.0% 263 271
Prahran 8th 1 -0- 1 4 89.6% 241 269
Coburg 9th 0 -0- 2 0 82.8% 216 261
Caulfield 10th 0 -0- 2 0 74.7% 201 269

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 07/05/1978 2:10 PM Caulfield v Sandringham Princes Park 62 - 162
SUN 07/05/1978 2:10 PM Mordialloc v Brunswick Mordialloc Reserve 69 - 104
SUN 07/05/1978 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Dandenong North Port Oval 153 - 143
SUN 07/05/1978 2:10 PM Prahran v Coburg Toorak Park 95 - 79
SUN 07/05/1978 2:10 PM Preston v Geelong West Preston City Oval 133 - 139

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 3 -0- 0 12 127.4% 456 358
Sandringham 2nd 2 -0- 1 8 127.6% 425 333
Brunswick 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 120.6% 339 281
Geelong West 4th 2 -0- 1 8 108.3% 416 384
Prahran 5th 2 -0- 1 8 96.6% 336 348
Mordialloc 6th 2 -0- 1 8 93.2% 317 340
Preston 7th 1 -0- 2 4 100.3% 382 381
Dandenong 8th 1 -0- 2 4 95.7% 380 397
Coburg 9th 0 -0- 3 0 82.9% 295 356
Caulfield 10th 0 -0- 3 0 61.0% 263 431

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 14/05/1978 2:10 PM Brunswick v Port Melbourne A. G. Gillon Oval 96 - 121
SUN 14/05/1978 2:10 PM Coburg v Caulfield Coburg City Oval 186 - 107
SUN 14/05/1978 2:10 PM Dandenong v Prahran Shepley Oval 97 - 122
SUN 14/05/1978 2:10 PM Geelong West v Mordialloc West Oval 122 - 121
SUN 14/05/1978 2:10 PM Sandringham v Preston Beach Road Oval 119 - 126

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 4 -0- 0 16 127.1% 577 454
Geelong West 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 106.5% 538 505
Prahran 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 102.9% 458 445
Sandringham 4th 2 -0- 2 8 118.5% 544 459
Brunswick 5th 2 -0- 2 8 108.2% 435 402
Preston 6th 2 -0- 2 8 101.6% 508 500
Mordialloc 7th 2 -0- 2 8 94.8% 438 462
Coburg 8th 1 -0- 3 4 103.9% 481 463
Dandenong 9th 1 -0- 3 4 91.9% 477 519
Caulfield 10th 0 -0- 4 0 60.0% 370 617

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 21/05/1978 2:10 PM Brunswick v Sandringham A. G. Gillon Oval 102 - 118
SUN 21/05/1978 2:10 PM Caulfield v Prahran Princes Park 145 - 133
SUN 21/05/1978 2:10 PM Geelong West v Coburg West Oval 102 - 137
SUN 21/05/1978 2:10 PM Mordialloc v Dandenong Mordialloc Reserve 98 - 104
SUN 21/05/1978 2:10 PM Preston v Port Melbourne Preston City Oval 107 - 81

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 4 -0- 1 16 117.3% 658 561
Sandringham 2nd 3 -0- 2 12 118.0% 662 561
Preston 3rd 3 -0- 2 12 105.9% 615 581
Prahran 4th 3 -0- 2 12 100.2% 591 590
Geelong West 5th 3 -0- 2 12 99.7% 640 642
Coburg 6th 2 -0- 3 8 109.4% 618 565
Brunswick 7th 2 -0- 3 8 103.3% 537 520
Mordialloc 8th 2 -0- 3 8 94.7% 536 566
Dandenong 9th 2 -0- 3 8 94.2% 581 617
Caulfield 10th 1 -0- 4 4 68.7% 515 750

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 28/05/1978 2:10 PM Caulfield v Brunswick Princes Park 101 - 97
SUN 28/05/1978 2:10 PM Coburg v Sandringham Coburg City Oval 86 - 87
SUN 28/05/1978 2:10 PM Dandenong v Geelong West Shepley Oval 134 - 94
SUN 28/05/1978 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Mordialloc North Port Oval 140 - 89
SUN 28/05/1978 2:10 PM Prahran v Preston Toorak Park 141 - 141

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 5 -0- 1 20 122.8% 798 650
Sandringham 2nd 4 -0- 2 16 115.8% 749 647
Preston 3rd 3 -1- 2 14 104.7% 756 722
Prahran 4th 3 -1- 2 14 100.1% 732 731
Dandenong 5th 3 -0- 3 12 100.6% 715 711
Geelong West 6th 3 -0- 3 12 94.6% 734 776
Coburg 7th 2 -0- 4 8 108.0% 704 652
Brunswick 8th 2 -0- 4 8 102.1% 634 621
Mordialloc 9th 2 -0- 4 8 88.5% 625 706
Caulfield 10th 2 -0- 4 8 72.7% 616 847

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 11/06/1978 2:10 PM Brunswick v Coburg A. G. Gillon Oval 83 - 74
SUN 11/06/1978 2:10 PM Geelong West v Port Melbourne West Oval 69 - 94
SUN 11/06/1978 2:10 PM Mordialloc v Prahran Mordialloc Reserve 99 - 102
SUN 11/06/1978 2:10 PM Preston v Caulfield Preston City Oval 97 - 86
SUN 11/06/1978 2:10 PM Sandringham v Dandenong Beach Road Oval 100 - 103

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 6 -0- 1 24 124.1% 892 719
Preston 2nd 4 -1- 2 18 105.6% 853 808
Prahran 3rd 4 -1- 2 18 100.5% 834 830
Sandringham 4th 4 -0- 3 16 113.2% 849 750
Dandenong 5th 4 -0- 3 16 100.9% 818 811
Brunswick 6th 3 -0- 4 12 103.2% 717 695
Geelong West 7th 3 -0- 4 12 92.3% 803 870
Coburg 8th 2 -0- 5 8 105.9% 778 735
Mordialloc 9th 2 -0- 5 8 89.6% 724 808
Caulfield 10th 2 -0- 5 8 74.4% 702 944

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 18/06/1978 2:10 PM Brunswick v Geelong West A. G. Gillon Oval 86 - 89
SUN 18/06/1978 2:10 PM Caulfield v Dandenong Princes Park 147 - 100
SUN 18/06/1978 2:10 PM Mordialloc v Sandringham Mordialloc Reserve 99 - 138
SUN 18/06/1978 2:10 PM Prahran v Port Melbourne Toorak Park 106 - 107
SUN 18/06/1978 2:10 PM Preston v Coburg Preston City Oval 101 - 95

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 7 -0- 1 28 121.1% 999 825
Preston 2nd 5 -1- 2 22 105.6% 954 903
Sandringham 3rd 5 -0- 3 20 116.3% 987 849
Prahran 4th 4 -1- 3 18 100.3% 940 937
Dandenong 5th 4 -0- 4 16 95.8% 918 958
Geelong West 6th 4 -0- 4 16 93.3% 892 956
Brunswick 7th 3 -0- 5 12 102.4% 803 784
Caulfield 8th 3 -0- 5 12 81.3% 849 1,044
Coburg 9th 2 -0- 6 8 104.4% 873 836
Mordialloc 10th 2 -0- 6 8 87.0% 823 946

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 25/06/1978 2:10 PM Coburg v Mordialloc Coburg City Oval 155 - 124
SUN 25/06/1978 2:10 PM Dandenong v Preston Shepley Oval 134 - 138
SUN 25/06/1978 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Caulfield North Port Oval 95 - 140
SUN 25/06/1978 2:10 PM Prahran v Brunswick Toorak Park 97 - 124
SUN 25/06/1978 2:10 PM Sandringham v Geelong West Beach Road Oval 104 - 129

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 7 -0- 2 28 113.4% 1,094 965
Preston 2nd 6 -1- 2 26 105.3% 1,092 1,037
Sandringham 3rd 5 -0- 4 20 111.6% 1,091 978
Geelong West 4th 5 -0- 4 20 96.3% 1,021 1,060
Prahran 5th 4 -1- 4 18 97.7% 1,037 1,061
Brunswick 6th 4 -0- 5 16 105.2% 927 881
Dandenong 7th 4 -0- 5 16 96.0% 1,052 1,096
Caulfield 8th 4 -0- 5 16 86.8% 989 1,139
Coburg 9th 3 -0- 6 12 107.1% 1,028 960
Mordialloc 10th 2 -0- 7 8 86.0% 947 1,101

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 02/07/1978 2:10 PM Brunswick v Preston A. G. Gillon Oval 62 - 50
SUN 02/07/1978 2:10 PM Coburg v Dandenong Coburg City Oval 97 - 90
SUN 02/07/1978 2:10 PM Geelong West v Prahran West Oval 76 - 92
SUN 02/07/1978 2:10 PM Mordialloc v Caulfield Mordialloc Reserve 71 - 94
SUN 02/07/1978 2:10 PM Sandringham v Port Melbourne Beach Road Oval 83 - 95

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 8 -0- 2 32 113.5% 1,189 1,048
Preston 2nd 6 -1- 3 26 103.9% 1,142 1,099
Prahran 3rd 5 -1- 4 22 99.3% 1,129 1,137
Sandringham 4th 5 -0- 5 20 109.4% 1,174 1,073
Brunswick 5th 5 -0- 5 20 106.2% 989 931
Geelong West 6th 5 -0- 5 20 95.2% 1,097 1,152
Caulfield 7th 5 -0- 5 20 89.5% 1,083 1,210
Coburg 8th 4 -0- 6 16 107.1% 1,125 1,050
Dandenong 9th 4 -0- 6 16 95.7% 1,142 1,193
Mordialloc 10th 2 -0- 8 8 85.2% 1,018 1,195

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 09/07/1978 2:10 PM Caulfield v Geelong West Princes Park 129 - 96
SUN 09/07/1978 2:10 PM Dandenong v Brunswick Shepley Oval 156 - 92
SUN 09/07/1978 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Coburg North Port Oval 170 - 119
SUN 09/07/1978 2:10 PM Prahran v Sandringham Toorak Park 135 - 66
SUN 09/07/1978 2:10 PM Preston v Mordialloc Preston City Oval 151 - 111

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 9 -0- 2 36 116.5% 1,359 1,167
Preston 2nd 7 -1- 3 30 106.9% 1,293 1,210
Prahran 3rd 6 -1- 4 26 105.1% 1,264 1,203
Caulfield 4th 6 -0- 5 24 92.8% 1,212 1,306
Sandringham 5th 5 -0- 6 20 102.6% 1,240 1,208
Dandenong 6th 5 -0- 6 20 101.0% 1,298 1,285
Brunswick 7th 5 -0- 6 20 99.4% 1,081 1,087
Geelong West 8th 5 -0- 6 20 93.1% 1,193 1,281
Coburg 9th 4 -0- 7 16 102.0% 1,244 1,220
Mordialloc 10th 2 -0- 9 8 83.9% 1,129 1,346

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 16/07/1978 2:10 PM Brunswick v Mordialloc A. G. Gillon Oval 85 - 78
SUN 16/07/1978 2:10 PM Coburg v Prahran Coburg City Oval 149 - 103
SUN 16/07/1978 2:10 PM Dandenong v Port Melbourne Shepley Oval 128 - 101
SUN 16/07/1978 2:10 PM Geelong West v Preston West Oval 108 - 139
SUN 16/07/1978 2:10 PM Sandringham v Caulfield Beach Road Oval 124 - 88

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 9 -0- 3 36 112.7% 1,460 1,295
Preston 2nd 8 -1- 3 34 108.6% 1,432 1,318
Prahran 3rd 6 -1- 5 26 101.1% 1,367 1,352
Sandringham 4th 6 -0- 6 24 105.2% 1,364 1,296
Dandenong 5th 6 -0- 6 24 102.9% 1,426 1,386
Brunswick 6th 6 -0- 6 24 100.1% 1,166 1,165
Caulfield 7th 6 -0- 6 24 90.9% 1,300 1,430
Coburg 8th 5 -0- 7 20 105.3% 1,393 1,323
Geelong West 9th 5 -0- 7 20 91.6% 1,301 1,420
Mordialloc 10th 2 -0- 10 8 84.3% 1,207 1,431

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 23/07/1978 2:10 PM Caulfield v Coburg Princes Park 102 - 116
SUN 23/07/1978 2:10 PM Mordialloc v Geelong West Mordialloc Reserve 116 - 87
SUN 23/07/1978 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Brunswick North Port Oval 166 - 104
SUN 23/07/1978 2:10 PM Prahran v Dandenong Toorak Park 135 - 88
SUN 23/07/1978 2:10 PM Preston v Sandringham Preston City Oval 144 - 70

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 10 -0- 3 40 116.2% 1,626 1,399
Preston 2nd 9 -1- 3 38 113.5% 1,576 1,388
Prahran 3rd 7 -1- 5 30 104.3% 1,502 1,440
Coburg 4th 6 -0- 7 24 105.9% 1,509 1,425
Sandringham 5th 6 -0- 7 24 99.6% 1,434 1,440
Dandenong 6th 6 -0- 7 24 99.5% 1,514 1,521
Brunswick 7th 6 -0- 7 24 95.4% 1,270 1,331
Caulfield 8th 6 -0- 7 24 90.7% 1,402 1,546
Geelong West 9th 5 -0- 8 20 90.4% 1,388 1,536
Mordialloc 10th 3 -0- 10 12 87.2% 1,323 1,518

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 30/07/1978 2:10 PM Coburg v Geelong West Coburg City Oval 142 - 80
SUN 30/07/1978 2:10 PM Dandenong v Mordialloc Shepley Oval 217 - 115
SUN 30/07/1978 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Preston North Port Oval 90 - 115
SUN 30/07/1978 2:10 PM Prahran v Caulfield Toorak Park 179 - 154
SUN 30/07/1978 2:10 PM Sandringham v Brunswick Beach Road Oval 163 - 122

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Preston 1st 10 -1- 3 42 114.4% 1,691 1,478
Port Melbourne 2nd 10 -0- 4 40 113.3% 1,716 1,514
Prahran 3rd 8 -1- 5 34 105.5% 1,681 1,594
Coburg 4th 7 -0- 7 28 109.7% 1,651 1,505
Dandenong 5th 7 -0- 7 28 105.8% 1,731 1,636
Sandringham 6th 7 -0- 7 28 102.2% 1,597 1,562
Brunswick 7th 6 -0- 8 24 93.2% 1,392 1,494
Caulfield 8th 6 -0- 8 24 90.2% 1,556 1,725
Geelong West 9th 5 -0- 9 20 87.5% 1,468 1,678
Mordialloc 10th 3 -0- 11 12 82.9% 1,438 1,735

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 06/08/1978 2:10 PM Brunswick v Caulfield A. G. Gillon Oval 148 - 78
SUN 06/08/1978 2:10 PM Geelong West v Dandenong West Oval 90 - 119
SUN 06/08/1978 2:10 PM Mordialloc v Port Melbourne Mordialloc Reserve 110 - 181
SUN 06/08/1978 2:10 PM Preston v Prahran Preston City Oval 138 - 143
SUN 06/08/1978 2:10 PM Sandringham v Coburg Beach Road Oval 113 - 115

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 11 -0- 4 44 116.8% 1,897 1,624
Preston 2nd 10 -1- 4 42 112.8% 1,829 1,621
Prahran 3rd 9 -1- 5 38 105.3% 1,824 1,732
Coburg 4th 8 -0- 7 32 109.1% 1,766 1,618
Dandenong 5th 8 -0- 7 32 107.2% 1,850 1,726
Sandringham 6th 7 -0- 8 28 102.0% 1,710 1,677
Brunswick 7th 7 -0- 8 28 98.0% 1,540 1,572
Caulfield 8th 6 -0- 9 24 87.2% 1,634 1,873
Geelong West 9th 5 -0- 10 20 86.7% 1,558 1,797
Mordialloc 10th 3 -0- 12 12 80.8% 1,548 1,916

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 13/08/1978 2:10 PM Caulfield v Preston Princes Park 79 - 110
SUN 13/08/1978 2:10 PM Coburg v Brunswick Coburg City Oval 53 - 48
SUN 13/08/1978 2:10 PM Dandenong v Sandringham Shepley Oval 94 - 79
SUN 13/08/1978 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Geelong West North Port Oval 144 - 146
SUN 13/08/1978 2:10 PM Prahran v Mordialloc Toorak Park 140 - 47

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Preston 1st 11 -1- 4 46 114.1% 1,939 1,700
Port Melbourne 2nd 11 -0- 5 44 115.3% 2,041 1,770
Prahran 3rd 10 -1- 5 42 110.4% 1,964 1,779
Coburg 4th 9 -0- 7 36 109.2% 1,819 1,666
Dandenong 5th 9 -0- 7 36 107.7% 1,944 1,805
Sandringham 6th 7 -0- 9 28 101.0% 1,789 1,771
Brunswick 7th 7 -0- 9 28 97.7% 1,588 1,625
Geelong West 8th 6 -0- 10 24 87.8% 1,704 1,941
Caulfield 9th 6 -0- 10 24 86.4% 1,713 1,983
Mordialloc 10th 3 -0- 13 12 77.6% 1,595 2,056

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 20/08/1978 2:10 PM Coburg v Preston Coburg City Oval 114 - 115
SUN 20/08/1978 2:10 PM Dandenong v Caulfield Shepley Oval 151 - 91
SUN 20/08/1978 2:10 PM Geelong West v Brunswick West Oval 118 - 145
SUN 20/08/1978 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Prahran North Port Oval 97 - 93
SUN 20/08/1978 2:10 PM Sandringham v Mordialloc Beach Road Oval 171 - 82

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Preston 1st 12 -1- 4 50 113.2% 2,054 1,814
Port Melbourne 2nd 12 -0- 5 48 114.8% 2,138 1,863
Prahran 3rd 10 -1- 6 42 109.6% 2,057 1,876
Dandenong 4th 10 -0- 7 40 110.5% 2,095 1,896
Coburg 5th 9 -0- 8 36 108.5% 1,933 1,781
Sandringham 6th 8 -0- 9 32 105.8% 1,960 1,853
Brunswick 7th 8 -0- 9 32 99.4% 1,733 1,743
Geelong West 8th 6 -0- 11 24 87.3% 1,822 2,086
Caulfield 9th 6 -0- 11 24 84.5% 1,804 2,134
Mordialloc 10th 3 -0- 14 12 75.3% 1,677 2,227

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 27/08/1978 2:10 PM Brunswick v Prahran A. G. Gillon Oval 89 - 164
SUN 27/08/1978 2:10 PM Caulfield v Port Melbourne Princes Park 133 - 167
SUN 27/08/1978 2:10 PM Geelong West v Sandringham West Oval 114 - 94
SUN 27/08/1978 2:10 PM Mordialloc v Coburg Mordialloc Reserve 106 - 154
SUN 27/08/1978 2:10 PM Preston v Dandenong Preston City Oval 121 - 181

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 13 -0- 5 52 115.5% 2,305 1,996
Preston 2nd 12 -1- 5 50 109.0% 2,175 1,995
Prahran 3rd 11 -1- 6 46 113.0% 2,221 1,965
Dandenong 4th 11 -0- 7 44 112.8% 2,276 2,017
Coburg 5th 10 -0- 8 40 110.6% 2,087 1,887
Sandringham 6th 8 -0- 10 32 104.4% 2,054 1,967
Brunswick 7th 8 -0- 10 32 95.5% 1,822 1,907
Geelong West 8th 7 -0- 11 28 88.8% 1,936 2,180
Caulfield 9th 6 -0- 12 24 84.2% 1,937 2,301
Mordialloc 10th 3 -0- 15 12 74.9% 1,783 2,381

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Port Melbourne 1st 13 -0- 5 52 115.5% 2,305 1,996 334 301 289 262
Preston 2nd 12 -1- 5 50 109.0% 2,175 1,995 314 291 292 243
Prahran 3rd 11 -1- 6 46 113.0% 2,221 1,965 322 289 284 261
Dandenong 4th 11 -0- 7 44 112.8% 2,276 2,017 333 278 290 277
Coburg 5th 10 -0- 8 40 110.6% 2,087 1,887 299 293 268 279
Sandringham 6th 8 -0- 10 32 104.4% 2,054 1,967 291 308 278 299
Brunswick 7th 8 -0- 10 32 95.5% 1,822 1,907 259 268 275 257
Geelong West 8th 7 -0- 11 28 88.8% 1,936 2,180 282 244 312 308
Caulfield 9th 6 -0- 12 24 84.2% 1,937 2,301 276 281 327 339
Mordialloc 10th 3 -0- 15 12 74.9% 1,783 2,381 254 259 349 287

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 03/09/1978 2:10 PM Prahran v Dandenong Junction Oval 142 - 117 7,932
SUN 10/09/1978 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Preston Junction Oval 130 - 134 14,880

Final Round 1 Ladder

Team Pos.
Preston 1st
Port Melbourne 2nd
Prahran 3rd
Dandenong 4th

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 17/09/1978 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Prahran Junction Oval 112 - 134 10,475

Final Round 2 Ladder

Team Pos.
Preston 1st
Prahran 2nd
Port Melbourne 3rd
Dandenong 4th

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 24/09/1978 2:10 PM Preston v Prahran Junction Oval 119 - 141 29,565

Final Round 3 Ladder

Team Pos.
Prahran 1st
Preston 2nd
Port Melbourne 3rd
Dandenong 4th