1978 VFLR Season: Geelong Reserves

These are the details of the premiership results for the Geelong Reserves for the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League Reserves (currently known as the Australian Football League Reserves). The team used Kardinia Park as their home ground, playing ten matches there (ten as hosts). The team finished the regular season in second place, securing a place in the finals series. After being defeated by the Hawthorn Reserves in the qualifying final, the Geelong Reserves were defeated by the Richmond Reserves in the first semi final, resulting in finishing in fourth place overall (adjusted for finals).

Team Details

Competition: 1978 VFLR Season
Team: Geelong Reserves
Club: Geelong
Home Ground: Kardinia Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 17-0-5, P%: 141.2)
Finals Performance: Defeated by Richmond (R) (Semi Final)

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
01/04/1978 Round 1 Collingwood (R) HOME WIN GEER by 117 unknown unknown
08/04/1978 Round 2 Carlton (R) AWAY LOSS CARR by 30 unknown unknown
15/04/1978 Round 3 Footscray (R) AWAY WIN GEER by 55 unknown unknown
22/04/1978 Round 4 Richmond (R) HOME WIN GEER by 58 unknown unknown
29/04/1978 Round 5 St Kilda (R) AWAY WIN GEER by 64 unknown unknown
06/05/1978 Round 6 North Melbourne (R) HOME LOSS NMLR by 1 unknown unknown
13/05/1978 Round 7 Melbourne (R) HOME WIN GEER by 136 unknown unknown
20/05/1978 Round 8 Essendon (R) AWAY WIN GEER by 32 unknown unknown
27/05/1978 Round 9 South Melbourne (R) HOME WIN GEER by 18 unknown unknown
03/06/1978 Round 10 Hawthorn (R) AWAY LOSS HWTR by 22 unknown unknown
17/06/1978 Round 11 Fitzroy (R) AWAY WIN GEER by 21 unknown unknown
24/06/1978 Round 12 Collingwood (R) AWAY WIN GEER by 58 unknown unknown
01/07/1978 Round 13 Carlton (R) HOME WIN GEER by 57 unknown unknown
08/07/1978 Round 14 Richmond (R) AWAY WIN GEER by 22 unknown unknown
15/07/1978 Round 15 Footscray (R) HOME LOSS FOOR by 9 unknown unknown
22/07/1978 Round 16 St Kilda (R) HOME WIN GEER by 81 unknown unknown
29/07/1978 Round 17 North Melbourne (R) AWAY WIN GEER by 7 unknown unknown
05/08/1978 Round 18 Melbourne (R) AWAY WIN GEER by 103 unknown unknown
12/08/1978 Round 19 Essendon (R) HOME LOSS ESSR by 6 unknown unknown
19/08/1978 Round 20 South Melbourne (R) AWAY WIN GEER by 29 unknown unknown
26/08/1978 Round 21 Hawthorn (R) HOME WIN GEER by 1 unknown unknown
02/09/1978 Round 22 Fitzroy (R) HOME WIN GEER by 20 unknown unknown
09/09/1978 Qualifying Final Hawthorn (R) HOME LOSS HWTR by 26 unknown unknown
16/09/1978 Semi Final Richmond (R) HOME LOSS RICR by 5 unknown unknown