1978 VFLR Season: Essendon Reserves
These are the details of the premiership results for the Essendon Reserves for the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League Reserves (currently known as the Australian Football League Reserves). The team used Windy Hill as their home ground, playing nine matches there (nine as hosts). The team finished the regular season in sixth place.
Team Details
Competition:
1978 VFLR Season
Team:
Essendon Reserves
Club:
Essendon
Home Ground:
Windy Hill
Team Results
Ladder Position:
6th (W-D-L: 11-1-10, P%: 103.1)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fraser, Ken | 22 | 11 | -1- | 10 | R01-22 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/04/1978 | Round 1 | South Melbourne (R) | HOME | WIN | ESSR by 46 | Ken Fraser | unknown |
| 08/04/1978 | Round 2 | Collingwood (R) | AWAY | LOSS | COLR by 52 | Ken Fraser | unknown |
| 15/04/1978 | Round 3 | Fitzroy (R) | HOME | LOSS | FITR by 21 | Ken Fraser | unknown |
| 22/04/1978 | Round 4 | Carlton (R) | AWAY | WIN | ESSR by 52 | Ken Fraser | unknown |
| 29/04/1978 | Round 5 | Footscray (R) | AWAY | LOSS | FOOR by 6 | Ken Fraser | unknown |
| 06/05/1978 | Round 6 | Richmond (R) | HOME | LOSS | RICR by 41 | Ken Fraser | unknown |
| 13/05/1978 | Round 7 | St Kilda (R) | AWAY | WIN | ESSR by 81 | Ken Fraser | unknown |
| 20/05/1978 | Round 8 | Geelong (R) | HOME | LOSS | GEER by 32 | Ken Fraser | unknown |
| 27/05/1978 | Round 9 | Melbourne (R) | AWAY | LOSS | MLBR by 17 | Ken Fraser | unknown |
| 03/06/1978 | Round 10 | North Melbourne (R) | AWAY | WIN | ESSR by 6 | Ken Fraser | unknown |
| 17/06/1978 | Round 11 | Hawthorn (R) | HOME | LOSS | HWTR by 15 | Ken Fraser | unknown |
| 24/06/1978 | Round 12 | South Melbourne (R) | AWAY | DRAW | drawn | Ken Fraser | unknown |
| 01/07/1978 | Round 13 | Collingwood (R) | HOME | WIN | ESSR by 63 | Ken Fraser | unknown |
| 08/07/1978 | Round 14 | Carlton (R) | HOME | WIN | ESSR by 44 | Ken Fraser | unknown |
| 15/07/1978 | Round 15 | Fitzroy (R) | AWAY | WIN | ESSR by 47 | Ken Fraser | unknown |
| 22/07/1978 | Round 16 | Footscray (R) | HOME | WIN | ESSR by 47 | Ken Fraser | unknown |
| 29/07/1978 | Round 17 | Richmond (R) | AWAY | LOSS | RICR by 38 | Ken Fraser | unknown |
| 05/08/1978 | Round 18 | St Kilda (R) | HOME | WIN | ESSR by 16 | Ken Fraser | unknown |
| 12/08/1978 | Round 19 | Geelong (R) | AWAY | WIN | ESSR by 6 | Ken Fraser | unknown |
| 19/08/1978 | Round 20 | Melbourne (R) | HOME | WIN | ESSR by 61 | Ken Fraser | unknown |
| 26/08/1978 | Round 21 | North Melbourne (R) | HOME | LOSS | NMLR by 83 | Ken Fraser | unknown |
| 02/09/1978 | Round 22 | Hawthorn (R) | AWAY | LOSS | HWTR by 95 | Ken Fraser | unknown |