1978 VFLR Season

These are the results for the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League Reserves (currently known as the Australian Football League Reserves).

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

The season ended with a finals series following the McIntyre Final Five system. North Melbourne Reserves were the premiers.

Season Details

Name: 1978 VFLR Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 22
Finals System: McIntyre Final Five System
Matches: 138

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Reserves Princes Park Serge Silvagni
Collingwood Reserves Victoria Park Ron Richards
Essendon Reserves Windy Hill Ken Fraser
Fitzroy Reserves Junction Oval
Footscray Reserves Western Oval
Geelong Reserves Kardinia Park
Hawthorn Reserves Princes Park
Melbourne Reserves MCG Colin Wilson
North Melbourne Reserves Arden Street Oval
Richmond Reserves MCG Tony Jewell
South Melbourne Reserves Lakeside Oval
St Kilda Reserves Moorabbin Oval

Season Results

Premiers: North Melbourne Reserves
Runners-Up: Hawthorn Reserves
Minor Premiers: North Melbourne Reserves

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
North Melbourne Reserves 1st 19 -0- 3 76 180.7% 2,996 1,658 441 350 234 254
Geelong Reserves 2nd 17 -0- 5 68 141.2% 2,778 1,967 410 318 280 287
Hawthorn Reserves 3rd 14 -0- 8 56 115.0% 2,490 2,166 365 300 311 300
Richmond Reserves 4th 14 -0- 8 56 113.5% 2,634 2,320 382 342 333 322
Fitzroy Reserves 5th 14 -0- 8 56 108.3% 2,339 2,160 339 305 310 300
Essendon Reserves 6th 11 -1- 10 46 103.1% 2,321 2,252 336 305 325 302
Footscray Reserves 7th 11 -0- 11 44 99.4% 2,268 2,282 322 336 331 296
Carlton Reserves 8th 11 -0- 11 44 96.0% 2,417 2,519 344 353 375 269
Collingwood Reserves 9th 9 -0- 13 36 96.1% 2,359 2,454 332 367 354 330
South Melbourne Reserves 10th 4 -1- 17 18 77.7% 1,997 2,569 283 299 372 337
Melbourne Reserves 11th 4 -0- 18 16 61.8% 1,957 3,165 283 259 456 429
St Kilda Reserves 12th 3 -0- 19 12 62.0% 1,706 2,750 241 260 397 368

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/04/1978 Essendon (R) v South Melbourne (R) Windy Hill 121 - 75
SAT 01/04/1978 Fitzroy (R) v St Kilda (R) Junction Oval 137 - 60
SAT 01/04/1978 Footscray (R) v North Melbourne (R) Western Oval 51 - 128
SAT 01/04/1978 Geelong (R) v Collingwood (R) Kardinia Park 161 - 44
SAT 01/04/1978 Hawthorn (R) v Melbourne (R) Princes Park 99 - 70
SAT 01/04/1978 Richmond (R) v Carlton (R) MCG 169 - 104

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong Reserves 1st 1 -0- 0 4 365.9% 161 44
North Melbourne Reserves 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 251.0% 128 51
Fitzroy Reserves 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 228.3% 137 60
Richmond Reserves 4th 1 -0- 0 4 162.5% 169 104
Essendon Reserves 5th 1 -0- 0 4 161.3% 121 75
Hawthorn Reserves 6th 1 -0- 0 4 141.4% 99 70
Melbourne Reserves 7th 0 -0- 1 0 70.7% 70 99
South Melbourne Reserves 8th 0 -0- 1 0 62.0% 75 121
Carlton Reserves 9th 0 -0- 1 0 61.5% 104 169
St Kilda Reserves 10th 0 -0- 1 0 43.8% 60 137
Footscray Reserves 11th 0 -0- 1 0 39.8% 51 128
Collingwood Reserves 12th 0 -0- 1 0 27.3% 44 161

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/04/1978 Carlton (R) v Geelong (R) Princes Park 178 - 148
SAT 08/04/1978 Collingwood (R) v Essendon (R) Victoria Park 143 - 91
SAT 08/04/1978 Melbourne (R) v Fitzroy (R) MCG 123 - 142
SAT 08/04/1978 North Melbourne (R) v Richmond (R) Arden Street Oval 195 - 66
SAT 08/04/1978 South Melbourne (R) v Hawthorn (R) Lakeside Oval 89 - 160
SAT 08/04/1978 St Kilda (R) v Footscray (R) Moorabbin Oval 92 - 160

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne Reserves 1st 2 -0- 0 8 276.1% 323 117
Hawthorn Reserves 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 162.9% 259 159
Fitzroy Reserves 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 152.5% 279 183
Geelong Reserves 4th 1 -0- 1 4 139.2% 309 222
Essendon Reserves 5th 1 -0- 1 4 97.2% 212 218
Footscray Reserves 6th 1 -0- 1 4 95.9% 211 220
Carlton Reserves 7th 1 -0- 1 4 89.0% 282 317
Richmond Reserves 8th 1 -0- 1 4 78.6% 235 299
Collingwood Reserves 9th 1 -0- 1 4 74.2% 187 252
Melbourne Reserves 10th 0 -0- 2 0 80.1% 193 241
South Melbourne Reserves 11th 0 -0- 2 0 58.4% 164 281
St Kilda Reserves 12th 0 -0- 2 0 51.2% 152 297

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/04/1978 Carlton (R) v Melbourne (R) Princes Park 156 - 76
SAT 15/04/1978 Essendon (R) v Fitzroy (R) Windy Hill 93 - 114
SAT 15/04/1978 Footscray (R) v Geelong (R) Western Oval 108 - 163
SAT 15/04/1978 North Melbourne (R) v Hawthorn (R) VFL Park 113 - 90
SAT 15/04/1978 Richmond (R) v St Kilda (R) MCG 127 - 108
SAT 15/04/1978 South Melbourne (R) v Collingwood (R) Lakeside Oval 103 - 80

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne Reserves 1st 3 -0- 0 12 210.6% 436 207
Fitzroy Reserves 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 142.4% 393 276
Geelong Reserves 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 143.0% 472 330
Hawthorn Reserves 4th 2 -0- 1 8 128.3% 349 272
Carlton Reserves 5th 2 -0- 1 8 111.5% 438 393
Richmond Reserves 6th 2 -0- 1 8 88.9% 362 407
Essendon Reserves 7th 1 -0- 2 4 91.9% 305 332
Footscray Reserves 8th 1 -0- 2 4 83.3% 319 383
Collingwood Reserves 9th 1 -0- 2 4 75.2% 267 355
South Melbourne Reserves 10th 1 -0- 2 4 74.0% 267 361
Melbourne Reserves 11th 0 -0- 3 0 67.8% 269 397
St Kilda Reserves 12th 0 -0- 3 0 61.3% 260 424

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/04/1978 Carlton (R) v Essendon (R) VFL Park 104 - 156
SAT 22/04/1978 Collingwood (R) v Hawthorn (R) Victoria Park 125 - 107
SAT 22/04/1978 Fitzroy (R) v South Melbourne (R) Junction Oval 135 - 87
SAT 22/04/1978 Geelong (R) v Richmond (R) Kardinia Park 158 - 100
SAT 22/04/1978 Melbourne (R) v Footscray (R) MCG 115 - 155
SAT 22/04/1978 St Kilda (R) v North Melbourne (R) Moorabbin Oval 56 - 144

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne Reserves 1st 4 -0- 0 16 220.5% 580 263
Fitzroy Reserves 2nd 4 -0- 0 16 145.5% 528 363
Geelong Reserves 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 146.5% 630 430
Hawthorn Reserves 4th 2 -0- 2 8 114.9% 456 397
Essendon Reserves 5th 2 -0- 2 8 105.7% 461 436
Carlton Reserves 6th 2 -0- 2 8 98.7% 542 549
Footscray Reserves 7th 2 -0- 2 8 95.2% 474 498
Collingwood Reserves 8th 2 -0- 2 8 84.8% 392 462
Richmond Reserves 9th 2 -0- 2 8 81.8% 462 565
South Melbourne Reserves 10th 1 -0- 3 4 71.4% 354 496
Melbourne Reserves 11th 0 -0- 4 0 69.6% 384 552
St Kilda Reserves 12th 0 -0- 4 0 55.6% 316 568

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/04/1978 Footscray (R) v Essendon (R) Western Oval 100 - 94
SAT 29/04/1978 Hawthorn (R) v Fitzroy (R) Princes Park 136 - 109
SAT 29/04/1978 North Melbourne (R) v Collingwood (R) Arden Street Oval 144 - 90
SAT 29/04/1978 Richmond (R) v Melbourne (R) MCG 173 - 109
SAT 29/04/1978 South Melbourne (R) v Carlton (R) Lakeside Oval 110 - 146
SAT 29/04/1978 St Kilda (R) v Geelong (R) VFL Park 85 - 149

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne Reserves 1st 5 -0- 0 20 205.1% 724 353
Geelong Reserves 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 151.3% 779 515
Fitzroy Reserves 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 127.7% 637 499
Hawthorn Reserves 4th 3 -0- 2 12 117.0% 592 506
Carlton Reserves 5th 3 -0- 2 12 104.4% 688 659
Footscray Reserves 6th 3 -0- 2 12 97.0% 574 592
Richmond Reserves 7th 3 -0- 2 12 94.2% 635 674
Essendon Reserves 8th 2 -0- 3 8 103.5% 555 536
Collingwood Reserves 9th 2 -0- 3 8 79.5% 482 606
South Melbourne Reserves 10th 1 -0- 4 4 72.3% 464 642
Melbourne Reserves 11th 0 -0- 5 0 68.0% 493 725
St Kilda Reserves 12th 0 -0- 5 0 55.9% 401 717

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/05/1978 Carlton (R) v Hawthorn (R) Princes Park 177 - 124
SAT 06/05/1978 Essendon (R) v Richmond (R) Windy Hill 94 - 135
SAT 06/05/1978 Fitzroy (R) v Collingwood (R) Junction Oval 123 - 119
SAT 06/05/1978 Footscray (R) v South Melbourne (R) VFL Park 126 - 127
SAT 06/05/1978 Geelong (R) v North Melbourne (R) Kardinia Park 131 - 132
SAT 06/05/1978 Melbourne (R) v St Kilda (R) MCG 140 - 101

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne Reserves 1st 6 -0- 0 24 176.9% 856 484
Fitzroy Reserves 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 123.0% 760 618
Geelong Reserves 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 140.6% 910 647
Carlton Reserves 4th 4 -0- 2 16 110.5% 865 783
Richmond Reserves 5th 4 -0- 2 16 100.3% 770 768
Hawthorn Reserves 6th 3 -0- 3 12 104.8% 716 683
Footscray Reserves 7th 3 -0- 3 12 97.4% 700 719
Essendon Reserves 8th 2 -0- 4 8 96.7% 649 671
Collingwood Reserves 9th 2 -0- 4 8 82.4% 601 729
South Melbourne Reserves 10th 2 -0- 4 8 77.0% 591 768
Melbourne Reserves 11th 1 -0- 5 4 76.6% 633 826
St Kilda Reserves 12th 0 -0- 6 0 58.6% 502 857

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/05/1978 Collingwood (R) v Carlton (R) Victoria Park 91 - 102
SAT 13/05/1978 Geelong (R) v Melbourne (R) VFL Park 179 - 43
SAT 13/05/1978 Hawthorn (R) v Footscray (R) Princes Park 101 - 114
SAT 13/05/1978 North Melbourne (R) v Fitzroy (R) Arden Street Oval 121 - 78
SAT 13/05/1978 Richmond (R) v South Melbourne (R) MCG 136 - 95
SAT 13/05/1978 St Kilda (R) v Essendon (R) Moorabbin Oval 50 - 131

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne Reserves 1st 7 -0- 0 28 173.8% 977 562
Geelong Reserves 2nd 5 -0- 2 20 157.8% 1,089 690
Fitzroy Reserves 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 113.4% 838 739
Carlton Reserves 4th 5 -0- 2 20 110.6% 967 874
Richmond Reserves 5th 5 -0- 2 20 105.0% 906 863
Footscray Reserves 6th 4 -0- 3 16 99.3% 814 820
Essendon Reserves 7th 3 -0- 4 12 108.2% 780 721
Hawthorn Reserves 8th 3 -0- 4 12 102.5% 817 797
Collingwood Reserves 9th 2 -0- 5 8 83.3% 692 831
South Melbourne Reserves 10th 2 -0- 5 8 75.9% 686 904
Melbourne Reserves 11th 1 -0- 6 4 67.3% 676 1,005
St Kilda Reserves 12th 0 -0- 7 0 55.9% 552 988

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/05/1978 Carlton (R) v Fitzroy (R) Princes Park 86 - 109
SAT 20/05/1978 Essendon (R) v Geelong (R) Windy Hill 42 - 74
SAT 20/05/1978 Footscray (R) v Collingwood (R) Western Oval 101 - 96
SAT 20/05/1978 Melbourne (R) v North Melbourne (R) MCG 73 - 135
SAT 20/05/1978 Richmond (R) v Hawthorn (R) VFL Park 90 - 96
SAT 20/05/1978 South Melbourne (R) v St Kilda (R) Lakeside Oval 103 - 81

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne Reserves 1st 8 -0- 0 32 175.1% 1,112 635
Geelong Reserves 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 158.9% 1,163 732
Fitzroy Reserves 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 114.8% 947 825
Carlton Reserves 4th 5 -0- 3 20 107.1% 1,053 983
Richmond Reserves 5th 5 -0- 3 20 103.9% 996 959
Footscray Reserves 6th 5 -0- 3 20 99.9% 915 916
Hawthorn Reserves 7th 4 -0- 4 16 102.9% 913 887
Essendon Reserves 8th 3 -0- 5 12 103.4% 822 795
South Melbourne Reserves 9th 3 -0- 5 12 80.1% 789 985
Collingwood Reserves 10th 2 -0- 6 8 84.5% 788 932
Melbourne Reserves 11th 1 -0- 7 4 65.7% 749 1,140
St Kilda Reserves 12th 0 -0- 8 0 58.0% 633 1,091

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/05/1978 Carlton (R) v North Melbourne (R) Princes Park 89 - 127
SAT 27/05/1978 Collingwood (R) v Richmond (R) Victoria Park 82 - 148
SAT 27/05/1978 Fitzroy (R) v Footscray (R) Junction Oval 124 - 67
SAT 27/05/1978 Geelong (R) v South Melbourne (R) Kardinia Park 88 - 70
SAT 27/05/1978 Melbourne (R) v Essendon (R) VFL Park 110 - 93
SAT 27/05/1978 St Kilda (R) v Hawthorn (R) Moorabbin Oval 74 - 138

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne Reserves 1st 9 -0- 0 36 171.1% 1,239 724
Geelong Reserves 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 156.0% 1,251 802
Fitzroy Reserves 3rd 7 -0- 2 28 120.1% 1,071 892
Richmond Reserves 4th 6 -0- 3 24 109.9% 1,144 1,041
Hawthorn Reserves 5th 5 -0- 4 20 109.4% 1,051 961
Carlton Reserves 6th 5 -0- 4 20 102.9% 1,142 1,110
Footscray Reserves 7th 5 -0- 4 20 94.4% 982 1,040
Essendon Reserves 8th 3 -0- 6 12 101.1% 915 905
South Melbourne Reserves 9th 3 -0- 6 12 80.1% 859 1,073
Collingwood Reserves 10th 2 -0- 7 8 80.6% 870 1,080
Melbourne Reserves 11th 2 -0- 7 8 69.7% 859 1,233
St Kilda Reserves 12th 0 -0- 9 0 57.5% 707 1,229

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/06/1978 Hawthorn (R) v Geelong (R) Princes Park 110 - 88
SAT 03/06/1978 North Melbourne (R) v Essendon (R) Arden Street Oval 115 - 121
SAT 03/06/1978 Richmond (R) v Fitzroy (R) MCG 68 - 78
MON 05/06/1978 Footscray (R) v Carlton (R) Western Oval 79 - 83
MON 05/06/1978 South Melbourne (R) v Melbourne (R) Lakeside Oval 183 - 126
MON 05/06/1978 St Kilda (R) v Collingwood (R) VFL Park 54 - 144

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne Reserves 1st 9 -0- 1 36 160.2% 1,354 845
Fitzroy Reserves 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 119.7% 1,149 960
Geelong Reserves 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 146.8% 1,339 912
Hawthorn Reserves 4th 6 -0- 4 24 110.7% 1,161 1,049
Richmond Reserves 5th 6 -0- 4 24 108.3% 1,212 1,119
Carlton Reserves 6th 6 -0- 4 24 103.0% 1,225 1,189
Footscray Reserves 7th 5 -0- 5 20 94.5% 1,061 1,123
Essendon Reserves 8th 4 -0- 6 16 101.6% 1,036 1,020
South Melbourne Reserves 9th 4 -0- 6 16 86.9% 1,042 1,199
Collingwood Reserves 10th 3 -0- 7 12 89.4% 1,014 1,134
Melbourne Reserves 11th 2 -0- 8 8 69.6% 985 1,416
St Kilda Reserves 12th 0 -0- 10 0 55.4% 761 1,373

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/06/1978 Carlton (R) v St Kilda (R) Princes Park 144 - 77
SAT 17/06/1978 Collingwood (R) v Melbourne (R) Victoria Park 86 - 90
SAT 17/06/1978 Essendon (R) v Hawthorn (R) Windy Hill 95 - 110
SAT 17/06/1978 Fitzroy (R) v Geelong (R) Junction Oval 122 - 143
SAT 17/06/1978 Richmond (R) v Footscray (R) MCG 167 - 124
SAT 17/06/1978 South Melbourne (R) v North Melbourne (R) VFL Park 66 - 118

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne Reserves 1st 10 -0- 1 40 161.6% 1,472 911
Geelong Reserves 2nd 8 -0- 3 32 143.3% 1,482 1,034
Fitzroy Reserves 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 115.2% 1,271 1,103
Hawthorn Reserves 4th 7 -0- 4 28 111.1% 1,271 1,144
Richmond Reserves 5th 7 -0- 4 28 110.9% 1,379 1,243
Carlton Reserves 6th 7 -0- 4 28 108.1% 1,369 1,266
Footscray Reserves 7th 5 -0- 6 20 91.9% 1,185 1,290
Essendon Reserves 8th 4 -0- 7 16 100.1% 1,131 1,130
South Melbourne Reserves 9th 4 -0- 7 16 84.1% 1,108 1,317
Collingwood Reserves 10th 3 -0- 8 12 89.9% 1,100 1,224
Melbourne Reserves 11th 3 -0- 8 12 71.6% 1,075 1,502
St Kilda Reserves 12th 0 -0- 11 0 55.2% 838 1,517

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/06/1978 Carlton (R) v Richmond (R) Princes Park 126 - 138
SAT 24/06/1978 Collingwood (R) v Geelong (R) VFL Park 58 - 116
SAT 24/06/1978 Melbourne (R) v Hawthorn (R) MCG 76 - 143
SAT 24/06/1978 North Melbourne (R) v Footscray (R) Arden Street Oval 110 - 100
SAT 24/06/1978 South Melbourne (R) v Essendon (R) Lakeside Oval 119 - 119
SAT 24/06/1978 St Kilda (R) v Fitzroy (R) Moorabbin Oval 70 - 137

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne Reserves 1st 11 -0- 1 44 156.5% 1,582 1,011
Geelong Reserves 2nd 9 -0- 3 36 146.3% 1,598 1,092
Fitzroy Reserves 3rd 9 -0- 3 36 120.0% 1,408 1,173
Hawthorn Reserves 4th 8 -0- 4 32 115.9% 1,414 1,220
Richmond Reserves 5th 8 -0- 4 32 110.8% 1,517 1,369
Carlton Reserves 6th 7 -0- 5 28 106.5% 1,495 1,404
Footscray Reserves 7th 5 -0- 7 20 91.8% 1,285 1,400
Essendon Reserves 8th 4 -1- 7 18 100.1% 1,250 1,249
South Melbourne Reserves 9th 4 -1- 7 18 85.4% 1,227 1,436
Collingwood Reserves 10th 3 -0- 9 12 86.4% 1,158 1,340
Melbourne Reserves 11th 3 -0- 9 12 70.0% 1,151 1,645
St Kilda Reserves 12th 0 -0- 12 0 54.9% 908 1,654

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/07/1978 Essendon (R) v Collingwood (R) Windy Hill 172 - 109
SAT 01/07/1978 Fitzroy (R) v Melbourne (R) VFL Park 159 - 95
SAT 01/07/1978 Footscray (R) v St Kilda (R) Western Oval 160 - 54
SAT 01/07/1978 Geelong (R) v Carlton (R) Kardinia Park 135 - 78
SAT 01/07/1978 Hawthorn (R) v South Melbourne (R) Princes Park 108 - 101
SAT 01/07/1978 Richmond (R) v North Melbourne (R) MCG 60 - 175

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne Reserves 1st 12 -0- 1 48 164.1% 1,757 1,071
Geelong Reserves 2nd 10 -0- 3 40 148.1% 1,733 1,170
Fitzroy Reserves 3rd 10 -0- 3 40 123.6% 1,567 1,268
Hawthorn Reserves 4th 9 -0- 4 36 115.2% 1,522 1,321
Richmond Reserves 5th 8 -0- 5 32 102.1% 1,577 1,544
Carlton Reserves 6th 7 -0- 6 28 102.2% 1,573 1,539
Footscray Reserves 7th 6 -0- 7 24 99.4% 1,445 1,454
Essendon Reserves 8th 5 -1- 7 22 104.7% 1,422 1,358
South Melbourne Reserves 9th 4 -1- 8 18 86.0% 1,328 1,544
Collingwood Reserves 10th 3 -0- 10 12 83.8% 1,267 1,512
Melbourne Reserves 11th 3 -0- 10 12 69.1% 1,246 1,804
St Kilda Reserves 12th 0 -0- 13 0 53.0% 962 1,814

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/07/1978 Essendon (R) v Carlton (R) Windy Hill 139 - 95
SAT 08/07/1978 Footscray (R) v Melbourne (R) Western Oval 157 - 34
SAT 08/07/1978 Hawthorn (R) v Collingwood (R) VFL Park 140 - 93
SAT 08/07/1978 North Melbourne (R) v St Kilda (R) Arden Street Oval 195 - 39
SAT 08/07/1978 Richmond (R) v Geelong (R) MCG 89 - 111
SAT 08/07/1978 South Melbourne (R) v Fitzroy (R) Lakeside Oval 71 - 109

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne Reserves 1st 13 -0- 1 52 175.9% 1,952 1,110
Geelong Reserves 2nd 11 -0- 3 44 146.5% 1,844 1,259
Fitzroy Reserves 3rd 11 -0- 3 44 125.2% 1,676 1,339
Hawthorn Reserves 4th 10 -0- 4 40 117.5% 1,662 1,414
Richmond Reserves 5th 8 -0- 6 32 100.7% 1,666 1,655
Footscray Reserves 6th 7 -0- 7 28 107.7% 1,602 1,488
Carlton Reserves 7th 7 -0- 7 28 99.4% 1,668 1,678
Essendon Reserves 8th 6 -1- 7 26 107.4% 1,561 1,453
South Melbourne Reserves 9th 4 -1- 9 18 84.6% 1,399 1,653
Collingwood Reserves 10th 3 -0- 11 12 82.3% 1,360 1,652
Melbourne Reserves 11th 3 -0- 11 12 65.3% 1,280 1,961
St Kilda Reserves 12th 0 -0- 14 0 49.8% 1,001 2,009

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/07/1978 Collingwood (R) v South Melbourne (R) Victoria Park 117 - 94
SAT 15/07/1978 Fitzroy (R) v Essendon (R) Junction Oval 73 - 120
SAT 15/07/1978 Geelong (R) v Footscray (R) Kardinia Park 82 - 91
SAT 15/07/1978 Hawthorn (R) v North Melbourne (R) Princes Park 87 - 61
SAT 15/07/1978 Melbourne (R) v Carlton (R) VFL Park 93 - 121
SAT 15/07/1978 St Kilda (R) v Richmond (R) Moorabbin Oval 88 - 86

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne Reserves 1st 13 -0- 2 52 168.2% 2,013 1,197
Geelong Reserves 2nd 11 -0- 4 44 142.7% 1,926 1,350
Fitzroy Reserves 3rd 11 -0- 4 44 119.9% 1,749 1,459
Hawthorn Reserves 4th 11 -0- 4 44 118.6% 1,749 1,475
Footscray Reserves 5th 8 -0- 7 32 107.8% 1,693 1,570
Carlton Reserves 6th 8 -0- 7 32 101.0% 1,789 1,771
Richmond Reserves 7th 8 -0- 7 32 100.5% 1,752 1,743
Essendon Reserves 8th 7 -1- 7 30 110.2% 1,681 1,526
South Melbourne Reserves 9th 4 -1- 10 18 84.4% 1,493 1,770
Collingwood Reserves 10th 4 -0- 11 16 84.6% 1,477 1,746
Melbourne Reserves 11th 3 -0- 12 12 65.9% 1,373 2,082
St Kilda Reserves 12th 1 -0- 14 4 52.0% 1,089 2,095

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/07/1978 Carlton (R) v South Melbourne (R) Princes Park 122 - 44
SAT 22/07/1978 Collingwood (R) v North Melbourne (R) Victoria Park 87 - 187
SAT 22/07/1978 Essendon (R) v Footscray (R) VFL Park 120 - 73
SAT 22/07/1978 Fitzroy (R) v Hawthorn (R) Junction Oval 104 - 99
SAT 22/07/1978 Geelong (R) v St Kilda (R) Kardinia Park 145 - 64
SAT 22/07/1978 Melbourne (R) v Richmond (R) MCG 120 - 187

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne Reserves 1st 14 -0- 2 56 171.3% 2,200 1,284
Geelong Reserves 2nd 12 -0- 4 48 146.5% 2,071 1,414
Fitzroy Reserves 3rd 12 -0- 4 48 118.9% 1,853 1,558
Hawthorn Reserves 4th 11 -0- 5 44 117.0% 1,848 1,579
Carlton Reserves 5th 9 -0- 7 36 105.3% 1,911 1,815
Richmond Reserves 6th 9 -0- 7 36 104.1% 1,939 1,863
Essendon Reserves 7th 8 -1- 7 34 112.6% 1,801 1,599
Footscray Reserves 8th 8 -0- 8 32 104.5% 1,766 1,690
South Melbourne Reserves 9th 4 -1- 11 18 81.2% 1,537 1,892
Collingwood Reserves 10th 4 -0- 12 16 80.9% 1,564 1,933
Melbourne Reserves 11th 3 -0- 13 12 65.8% 1,493 2,269
St Kilda Reserves 12th 1 -0- 15 4 51.5% 1,153 2,240

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/07/1978 Collingwood (R) v Fitzroy (R) VFL Park 140 - 93
SAT 29/07/1978 Hawthorn (R) v Carlton (R) Princes Park 127 - 148
SAT 29/07/1978 North Melbourne (R) v Geelong (R) Arden Street Oval 100 - 107
SAT 29/07/1978 Richmond (R) v Essendon (R) MCG 135 - 97
SAT 29/07/1978 South Melbourne (R) v Footscray (R) Lakeside Oval 86 - 99
SAT 29/07/1978 St Kilda (R) v Melbourne (R) Moorabbin Oval 135 - 52

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne Reserves 1st 14 -0- 3 56 165.3% 2,300 1,391
Geelong Reserves 2nd 13 -0- 4 52 143.9% 2,178 1,514
Fitzroy Reserves 3rd 12 -0- 5 48 114.6% 1,946 1,698
Hawthorn Reserves 4th 11 -0- 6 44 114.4% 1,975 1,727
Carlton Reserves 5th 10 -0- 7 40 106.0% 2,059 1,942
Richmond Reserves 6th 10 -0- 7 40 105.8% 2,074 1,960
Footscray Reserves 7th 9 -0- 8 36 105.0% 1,865 1,776
Essendon Reserves 8th 8 -1- 8 34 109.5% 1,898 1,734
Collingwood Reserves 9th 5 -0- 12 20 84.1% 1,704 2,026
South Melbourne Reserves 10th 4 -1- 12 18 81.5% 1,623 1,991
Melbourne Reserves 11th 3 -0- 14 12 64.3% 1,545 2,404
St Kilda Reserves 12th 2 -0- 15 8 56.2% 1,288 2,292

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/08/1978 Carlton (R) v Collingwood (R) Princes Park 80 - 109
SAT 05/08/1978 Essendon (R) v St Kilda (R) Windy Hill 93 - 77
SAT 05/08/1978 Fitzroy (R) v North Melbourne (R) Junction Oval 62 - 88
SAT 05/08/1978 Footscray (R) v Hawthorn (R) Western Oval 124 - 77
SAT 05/08/1978 Melbourne (R) v Geelong (R) MCG 66 - 169
SAT 05/08/1978 South Melbourne (R) v Richmond (R) VFL Park 62 - 140

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne Reserves 1st 15 -0- 3 60 164.3% 2,388 1,453
Geelong Reserves 2nd 14 -0- 4 56 148.5% 2,347 1,580
Fitzroy Reserves 3rd 12 -0- 6 48 112.4% 2,008 1,786
Hawthorn Reserves 4th 11 -0- 7 44 110.9% 2,052 1,851
Richmond Reserves 5th 11 -0- 7 44 109.5% 2,214 2,022
Footscray Reserves 6th 10 -0- 8 40 107.3% 1,989 1,853
Carlton Reserves 7th 10 -0- 8 40 104.3% 2,139 2,051
Essendon Reserves 8th 9 -1- 8 38 109.9% 1,991 1,811
Collingwood Reserves 9th 6 -0- 12 24 86.1% 1,813 2,106
South Melbourne Reserves 10th 4 -1- 13 18 79.1% 1,685 2,131
Melbourne Reserves 11th 3 -0- 15 12 62.6% 1,611 2,573
St Kilda Reserves 12th 2 -0- 16 8 57.2% 1,365 2,385

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/08/1978 Collingwood (R) v Footscray (R) Victoria Park 149 - 45
SAT 12/08/1978 Fitzroy (R) v Carlton (R) VFL Park 74 - 68
SAT 12/08/1978 Geelong (R) v Essendon (R) Kardinia Park 74 - 80
SAT 12/08/1978 Hawthorn (R) v Richmond (R) Princes Park 74 - 72
SAT 12/08/1978 North Melbourne (R) v Melbourne (R) Arden Street Oval 168 - 40
SAT 12/08/1978 St Kilda (R) v South Melbourne (R) Moorabbin Oval 82 - 60

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne Reserves 1st 16 -0- 3 64 171.2% 2,556 1,493
Geelong Reserves 2nd 14 -0- 5 56 145.8% 2,421 1,660
Fitzroy Reserves 3rd 13 -0- 6 52 112.3% 2,082 1,854
Hawthorn Reserves 4th 12 -0- 7 48 110.6% 2,126 1,923
Richmond Reserves 5th 11 -0- 8 44 109.1% 2,286 2,096
Essendon Reserves 6th 10 -1- 8 42 109.9% 2,071 1,885
Carlton Reserves 7th 10 -0- 9 40 103.9% 2,207 2,125
Footscray Reserves 8th 10 -0- 9 40 101.6% 2,034 2,002
Collingwood Reserves 9th 7 -0- 12 28 91.2% 1,962 2,151
South Melbourne Reserves 10th 4 -1- 14 18 78.9% 1,745 2,213
Melbourne Reserves 11th 3 -0- 16 12 60.2% 1,651 2,741
St Kilda Reserves 12th 3 -0- 16 12 59.2% 1,447 2,445

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/08/1978 Essendon (R) v Melbourne (R) Windy Hill 150 - 89
SAT 19/08/1978 Footscray (R) v Fitzroy (R) Western Oval 86 - 88
SAT 19/08/1978 Hawthorn (R) v St Kilda (R) VFL Park 102 - 75
SAT 19/08/1978 North Melbourne (R) v Carlton (R) Arden Street Oval 214 - 52
SAT 19/08/1978 Richmond (R) v Collingwood (R) MCG 121 - 96
SAT 19/08/1978 South Melbourne (R) v Geelong (R) Lakeside Oval 98 - 127

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne Reserves 1st 17 -0- 3 68 179.3% 2,770 1,545
Geelong Reserves 2nd 15 -0- 5 60 144.9% 2,548 1,758
Fitzroy Reserves 3rd 14 -0- 6 56 111.9% 2,170 1,940
Hawthorn Reserves 4th 13 -0- 7 52 111.5% 2,228 1,998
Richmond Reserves 5th 12 -0- 8 48 109.8% 2,407 2,192
Essendon Reserves 6th 11 -1- 8 46 112.5% 2,221 1,974
Footscray Reserves 7th 10 -0- 10 40 101.4% 2,120 2,090
Carlton Reserves 8th 10 -0- 10 40 96.6% 2,259 2,339
Collingwood Reserves 9th 7 -0- 13 28 90.6% 2,058 2,272
South Melbourne Reserves 10th 4 -1- 15 18 78.8% 1,843 2,340
Melbourne Reserves 11th 3 -0- 17 12 60.2% 1,740 2,891
St Kilda Reserves 12th 3 -0- 17 12 59.8% 1,522 2,547

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/08/1978 Carlton (R) v Footscray (R) Princes Park 68 - 92
SAT 26/08/1978 Collingwood (R) v St Kilda (R) Victoria Park 113 - 96
SAT 26/08/1978 Essendon (R) v North Melbourne (R) VFL Park 45 - 128
SAT 26/08/1978 Fitzroy (R) v Richmond (R) Junction Oval 72 - 103
SAT 26/08/1978 Geelong (R) v Hawthorn (R) Kardinia Park 113 - 112
SAT 26/08/1978 Melbourne (R) v South Melbourne (R) MCG 131 - 86

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne Reserves 1st 18 -0- 3 72 182.3% 2,898 1,590
Geelong Reserves 2nd 16 -0- 5 64 142.3% 2,661 1,870
Fitzroy Reserves 3rd 14 -0- 7 56 109.7% 2,242 2,043
Richmond Reserves 4th 13 -0- 8 52 110.9% 2,510 2,264
Hawthorn Reserves 5th 13 -0- 8 52 110.8% 2,340 2,111
Essendon Reserves 6th 11 -1- 9 46 107.8% 2,266 2,102
Footscray Reserves 7th 11 -0- 10 44 102.5% 2,212 2,158
Carlton Reserves 8th 10 -0- 11 40 95.7% 2,327 2,431
Collingwood Reserves 9th 8 -0- 13 32 91.7% 2,171 2,368
South Melbourne Reserves 10th 4 -1- 16 18 78.1% 1,929 2,471
Melbourne Reserves 11th 4 -0- 17 16 62.8% 1,871 2,977
St Kilda Reserves 12th 3 -0- 18 12 60.8% 1,618 2,660

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/09/1978 Footscray (R) v Richmond (R) VFL Park 56 - 124
SAT 02/09/1978 Geelong (R) v Fitzroy (R) Kardinia Park 117 - 97
SAT 02/09/1978 Hawthorn (R) v Essendon (R) Princes Park 150 - 55
SAT 02/09/1978 Melbourne (R) v Collingwood (R) MCG 86 - 188
SAT 02/09/1978 North Melbourne (R) v South Melbourne (R) Arden Street Oval 98 - 68
SAT 02/09/1978 St Kilda (R) v Carlton (R) Moorabbin Oval 88 - 90

Round 22 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne Reserves 1st 19 -0- 3 76 180.7% 2,996 1,658
Geelong Reserves 2nd 17 -0- 5 68 141.2% 2,778 1,967
Hawthorn Reserves 3rd 14 -0- 8 56 115.0% 2,490 2,166
Richmond Reserves 4th 14 -0- 8 56 113.5% 2,634 2,320
Fitzroy Reserves 5th 14 -0- 8 56 108.3% 2,339 2,160
Essendon Reserves 6th 11 -1- 10 46 103.1% 2,321 2,252
Footscray Reserves 7th 11 -0- 11 44 99.4% 2,268 2,282
Carlton Reserves 8th 11 -0- 11 44 96.0% 2,417 2,519
Collingwood Reserves 9th 9 -0- 13 36 96.1% 2,359 2,454
South Melbourne Reserves 10th 4 -1- 17 18 77.7% 1,997 2,569
Melbourne Reserves 11th 4 -0- 18 16 61.8% 1,957 3,165
St Kilda Reserves 12th 3 -0- 19 12 62.0% 1,706 2,750

Final Round 1

Elimination Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/09/1978 Richmond (R) v Fitzroy (R) MCG 157 - 98

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/09/1978 Geelong (R) v Hawthorn (R) VFL Park 96 - 122

Final Round 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/09/1978 Geelong (R) v Richmond (R) MCG 123 - 128
SAT 16/09/1978 North Melbourne (R) v Hawthorn (R) VFL Park 137 - 42

Final Round 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/09/1978 Hawthorn (R) v Richmond (R) VFL Park 87 - 80

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/09/1978 North Melbourne (R) v Hawthorn (R) MCG 131 - 79