1978 VFLR Season: Melbourne Reserves
These are the details of the premiership results for the Melbourne Reserves for the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League Reserves (currently known as the Australian Football League Reserves). The team used the MCG as their home ground, playing ten matches there (nine as hosts and one as visitors). The team finished the regular season in eleventh place.
Team Details
Competition:
1978 VFLR Season
Team:
Melbourne Reserves
Club:
Melbourne
Home Ground:
MCG
Team Results
Ladder Position:
11th (W-D-L: 4-0-18, P%: 61.8)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson, Colin | 22 | 4 | -0- | 18 | R01-22 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/04/1978 | Round 1 | Hawthorn (R) | AWAY | LOSS | HWTR by 29 | Colin Wilson | unknown |
| 08/04/1978 | Round 2 | Fitzroy (R) | HOME | LOSS | FITR by 19 | Colin Wilson | unknown |
| 15/04/1978 | Round 3 | Carlton (R) | AWAY | LOSS | CARR by 80 | Colin Wilson | unknown |
| 22/04/1978 | Round 4 | Footscray (R) | HOME | LOSS | FOOR by 40 | Colin Wilson | unknown |
| 29/04/1978 | Round 5 | Richmond (R) | AWAY | LOSS | RICR by 64 | Colin Wilson | unknown |
| 06/05/1978 | Round 6 | St Kilda (R) | HOME | WIN | MLBR by 39 | Colin Wilson | unknown |
| 13/05/1978 | Round 7 | Geelong (R) | AWAY | LOSS | GEER by 136 | Colin Wilson | unknown |
| 20/05/1978 | Round 8 | North Melbourne (R) | HOME | LOSS | NMLR by 62 | Colin Wilson | unknown |
| 27/05/1978 | Round 9 | Essendon (R) | HOME | WIN | MLBR by 17 | Colin Wilson | unknown |
| 05/06/1978 | Round 10 | South Melbourne (R) | AWAY | LOSS | SMLR by 57 | Colin Wilson | unknown |
| 17/06/1978 | Round 11 | Collingwood (R) | AWAY | WIN | MLBR by 4 | Colin Wilson | unknown |
| 24/06/1978 | Round 12 | Hawthorn (R) | HOME | LOSS | HWTR by 67 | Colin Wilson | unknown |
| 01/07/1978 | Round 13 | Fitzroy (R) | AWAY | LOSS | FITR by 64 | Colin Wilson | unknown |
| 08/07/1978 | Round 14 | Footscray (R) | AWAY | LOSS | FOOR by 123 | Colin Wilson | unknown |
| 15/07/1978 | Round 15 | Carlton (R) | HOME | LOSS | CARR by 28 | Colin Wilson | unknown |
| 22/07/1978 | Round 16 | Richmond (R) | HOME | LOSS | RICR by 67 | Colin Wilson | unknown |
| 29/07/1978 | Round 17 | St Kilda (R) | AWAY | LOSS | STKR by 83 | Colin Wilson | unknown |
| 05/08/1978 | Round 18 | Geelong (R) | HOME | LOSS | GEER by 103 | Colin Wilson | unknown |
| 12/08/1978 | Round 19 | North Melbourne (R) | AWAY | LOSS | NMLR by 128 | Colin Wilson | unknown |
| 19/08/1978 | Round 20 | Essendon (R) | AWAY | LOSS | ESSR by 61 | Colin Wilson | unknown |
| 26/08/1978 | Round 21 | South Melbourne (R) | HOME | WIN | MLBR by 45 | Colin Wilson | unknown |
| 02/09/1978 | Round 22 | Collingwood (R) | HOME | LOSS | COLR by 102 | Colin Wilson | unknown |