1978 VFL Season: Collingwood

Season Team Details

Competition: 1978 VFL Season
Team: Collingwood
Home Ground: Victoria Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 15-0-7, P%: 113.3)
Finals Performance: Defeated by North Melbourne (Preliminary Final)

Team Leaders

Captain: Len Thompson
Vice-Captain: Phil Carman
Deputy Vice-Captain: Ronnie Wearmouth

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds
Atkinson, Alan #16 19 13 R01-18, R22
Barham, Ricky #43 20 15 R01-03, R05-11, R14-20, QF, SF, PF
Batt, Murrie #4 2 0 R02, R06
Betts, Gerald #11 9 3 R01, R03-04, R12-15, R20-21
Bond, Shane #15 13 10 R03-06, R08-10, R17-18, R21-22, SF, PF
Byrne, Ray #26 11 3 R14-15, R17-22, QF, SF, PF
Carlson, Leigh #29 6 9 R16-17, R19, R21-22, QF
Carman, Phil #2 15 22 R01-10, R16, R19, QF, SF, PF
Carroll, Ted #39 3 2 R11, R13-14
Clifford, Stephen #20 2 1 R01-02
Cole, Brian #47 1 0 R03
Dellamarta, John #33 1 1 R16
Dunne, Ross #44 6 17 R20-22, QF, SF, PF
Gordon, Wayne #13 10 2 R01-05, R08, R12-15
Ireland, Andrew #24 24 1 R01-02, R04-22, QF, SF, PF
Kink, Rene #36 24 33 R01-22, QF, SF
Magro, Stan #3 21 4 R01-21
Manassa, Phil #31 25 18 R01-22, QF, SF, PF
McCormack, Peter #6 15 2 R07-08, R13-22, QF, SF, PF
Moore, Peter #30 24 57 R01-07, R09-22, QF, SF, PF
Morris, Kevin #14 16 9 R09-13, R15-22, QF, SF, PF
Oborne, Rod #8 15 13 R01-07, R09, R11-12, R16, R21-22, SF, PF
Perry, Chris #7 9 0 R04-08, R17-20
Philippe, Terry #49 5 1 R10-12, R17-18
Picken, Bill #25 24 3 R01-14, R16-22, QF, SF, PF
Richardson, Max #12 25 21 R01-22, QF, SF, PF
Richardson, Wayne #18 20 7 R01-18, QF, PF
Sandilands, Laurie #19 4 6 R07-10
Shaw, Derek #44, #4 9 2 R11-16, R19-21
Shaw, Ray #23 23 49 R01-17, R20-22, QF, SF, PF
Shaw, Tony #56, #32 5 6 R19, R21-22, QF, SF
Stewart, Craig #9 21 11 R01-18, R22, SF, PF
Thompson, Len #1 25 13 R01-22, QF, SF, PF
Wearmouth, Ronnie #5 20 12 R01-15, R18-20, QF, PF
Whitcroft, Greg #37 4 2 R19-20, SF, PF
Wight, Terry #28 3 0 R15, R22, QF
Worthington, Kevin #27 21 7 R01-13, R18-22, QF, SF, PF

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds
Hafey, Tom 25 16 -0- 9 R01-22, QF, SF, PF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
01/04/1978 Round 1 Geelong AWAY WIN COLL by 42 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
08/04/1978 Round 2 Essendon HOME WIN COLL by 67 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
15/04/1978 Round 3 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SMLB by 17 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
22/04/1978 Round 4 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HWTH by 2 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
29/04/1978 Round 5 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NMLB by 9 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
06/05/1978 Round 6 Fitzroy AWAY WIN COLL by 52 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
13/05/1978 Round 7 Carlton HOME LOSS CARL by 17 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
20/05/1978 Round 8 Footscray AWAY WIN COLL by 4 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
27/05/1978 Round 9 Richmond HOME WIN COLL by 16 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
05/06/1978 Round 10 St Kilda AWAY WIN COLL by 34 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
17/06/1978 Round 11 Melbourne HOME WIN COLL by 60 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
24/06/1978 Round 12 Geelong HOME LOSS GEEL by 40 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
01/07/1978 Round 13 Essendon AWAY WIN COLL by 7 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
08/07/1978 Round 14 Hawthorn AWAY WIN COLL by 10 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
15/07/1978 Round 15 South Melbourne HOME WIN COLL by 20 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
22/07/1978 Round 16 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NMLB by 42 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
29/07/1978 Round 17 Fitzroy HOME WIN COLL by 30 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
05/08/1978 Round 18 Carlton AWAY LOSS CARL by 41 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
12/08/1978 Round 19 Footscray HOME WIN COLL by 16 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
19/08/1978 Round 20 Richmond AWAY WIN COLL by 14 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
26/08/1978 Round 21 St Kilda HOME WIN COLL by 40 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
02/09/1978 Round 22 Melbourne AWAY WIN COLL by 31 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
09/09/1978 Qualifying Final Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HWTH by 56 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
16/09/1978 Semi Final Carlton HOME WIN COLL by 15 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
23/09/1978 Preliminary Final North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NMLB by 12 Tom Hafey Len Thompson