1978 VFL season














































1978 VFL Premiership season
Teams 12
Premiers
Hawthorn
(4th premiership)

Minor premiers
North Melbourne
(2nd minor premiership)

Night series
Fitzroy
(1st Night series win)

Matches played 138
Attendance 3,478,015 (25,203 per match)
Highest attendance 101,704
Coleman Medallist
Kelvin Templeton (Footscray)
Brownlow Medallist
Malcolm Blight (North Melbourne)

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The 1978 Victorian Football League season was the 82nd season of the elite Australian rules football competition.




Contents






  • 1 Night series


  • 2 Premiership season


    • 2.1 Round 1


    • 2.2 Round 2


    • 2.3 Round 3


    • 2.4 Round 4


    • 2.5 Round 5


    • 2.6 Round 6


    • 2.7 Round 7


    • 2.8 Round 8


    • 2.9 Round 9


    • 2.10 Round 10


    • 2.11 Round 11


    • 2.12 Round 12


    • 2.13 Round 13


    • 2.14 Round 14


    • 2.15 Round 15


    • 2.16 Round 16


    • 2.17 Round 17


    • 2.18 Round 18


    • 2.19 Round 19


    • 2.20 Round 20


    • 2.21 Round 21


    • 2.22 Round 22




  • 3 Ladder


  • 4 Finals


    • 4.1 Elimination final


    • 4.2 Qualifying final


    • 4.3 Semi finals


    • 4.4 Preliminary final




  • 5 Grand final


  • 6 Awards


  • 7 Notable events


  • 8 See also


  • 9 References





Night series


Fitzroy defeated North Melbourne 13.18 (96) to 2.8 (20) in the final.



Premiership season



Round 1



































































Home team

Home team score

Away team

Away team score

Venue

Crowd

Date

Hawthorn

22.15 (147)

Melbourne
9.14 (68)

Princes Park
10,632
1 April 1978

Footscray
11.14 (80)

North Melbourne

23.11 (149)

Western Oval
20,420
1 April 1978

Fitzroy
15.11 (101)

St Kilda

16.13 (109)

Junction Oval
17,030
1 April 1978

Essendon

19.9 (123)

South Melbourne
14.18 (102)

Windy Hill
23,562
1 April 1978

Geelong
11.10 (76)

Collingwood

17.16 (118)

Kardinia Park
27,463
1 April 1978

Richmond

25.24 (174)

Carlton
14.13 (97)

MCG
49,031
1 April 1978


Round 2



































































Home team

Home team score

Away team

Away team score

Venue

Crowd

Date

North Melbourne

25.16 (166)

Richmond
14.9 (93)

Arden Street Oval
22,505
8 April 1978

Collingwood

22.23 (155)

Essendon
12.16 (88)

Victoria Park
34,160
8 April 1978

Carlton
13.17 (95)

Geelong

15.19 (109)

Princes Park
16,841
8 April 1978

South Melbourne
16.8 (104)

Hawthorn

18.24 (132)

Lake Oval
15,037
8 April 1978

St Kilda

20.17 (137)

Footscray
19.16 (130)

Moorabbin Oval
18,540
8 April 1978

Melbourne

24.23 (167)

Fitzroy
23.19 (157)

MCG
15,613
8 April 1978


Round 3



































































Home team

Home team score

Away team

Away team score

Venue

Crowd

Date

Richmond

16.14 (110)

St Kilda

15.20 (110)

MCG
35,602
15 April 1978

Footscray
10.16 (76)

Geelong

21.14 (140)

Western Oval
16,949
15 April 1978

Essendon

15.15 (105)

Fitzroy
14.17 (101)

Windy Hill
16,300
15 April 1978

Carlton

13.20 (98)

Melbourne
11.19 (85)

Princes Park
17,765
15 April 1978

South Melbourne

18.11 (119)

Collingwood
14.18 (102)

Lake Oval
20,733
15 April 1978

North Melbourne

16.15 (111)

Hawthorn
12.14 (86)

VFL Park
39,097
15 April 1978


Round 4



































































Home team

Home team score

Away team

Away team score

Venue

Crowd

Date

Geelong

18.17 (125)

Richmond
15.8 (98)

Kardinia Park
20,566
22 April 1978

Fitzroy

21.17 (143)

South Melbourne
18.16 (124)

Junction Oval
13,660
22 April 1978

Collingwood
14.19 (103)

Hawthorn

15.15 (105)

Victoria Park
28,714
22 April 1978

St Kilda
14.16 (100)

North Melbourne

17.17 (119)

Moorabbin Oval
29,117
22 April 1978

Melbourne

18.19 (127)

Footscray
18.12 (120)

MCG
14,865
22 April 1978

Essendon

19.17 (131)

Carlton
16.8 (104)

VFL Park
34,516
22 April 1978


Round 5



































































Home team

Home team score

Away team

Away team score

Venue

Crowd

Date

Richmond

19.16 (130)

Melbourne
8.11 (59)

MCG
34,212
25 April 1978

St Kilda

14.14 (98)

Geelong
9.11 (65)

VFL Park
43,388
25 April 1978

Hawthorn
14.17 (101)

Fitzroy

15.12 (102)

Princes Park
13,528
29 April 1978

Footscray

15.20 (110)

Essendon
13.15 (93)

Western Oval
20,328
29 April 1978

North Melbourne

19.10 (124)

Collingwood
17.13 (115)

Arden Street Oval
31,424
29 April 1978

South Melbourne

18.9 (117)

Carlton
17.14 (116)

Lake Oval
20,183
29 April 1978


Round 6



































































Home team

Home team score

Away team

Away team score

Venue

Crowd

Date

Melbourne
21.15 (141)

St Kilda

31.18 (204)

MCG
24,852
6 May 1978

Geelong
12.16 (88)

North Melbourne

16.14 (110)

Kardinia Park
23,074
6 May 1978

Essendon

22.18 (150)

Richmond
19.15 (129)

Windy Hill
21,946
6 May 1978

Carlton
19.12 (126)

Hawthorn

24.13 (157)

Princes Park
19,464
6 May 1978

Fitzroy
14.12 (96)

Collingwood

22.16 (148)

Junction Oval
25,282
6 May 1978

South Melbourne

18.15 (123)

Footscray
16.9 (105)

VFL Park
19,263
6 May 1978


Round 7



































































Home team

Home team score

Away team

Away team score

Venue

Crowd

Date

Richmond
14.14 (98)

South Melbourne

19.11 (125)

MCG
25,904
13 May 1978

Hawthorn

27.15 (177)

Footscray
13.13 (91)

Princes Park
9,099
13 May 1978

North Melbourne

14.14 (98)

Fitzroy
14.11 (95)

Arden Street Oval
14,150
13 May 1978

St Kilda

17.11 (113)

Essendon
16.11 (107)

Moorabbin Oval
30,760
13 May 1978

Collingwood
9.14 (68)

Carlton

12.13 (85)

Victoria Park
26,782
13 May 1978

Melbourne

21.13 (139)

Geelong
18.18 (126)

VFL Park
13,072
13 May 1978


Round 8



































































Home team

Home team score

Away team

Away team score

Venue

Crowd

Date

Melbourne
8.13 (61)

North Melbourne

20.17 (137)

MCG
21,268
20 May 1978

Essendon

11.10 (76)

Geelong
7.18 (60)

Windy Hill
21,212
20 May 1978

Carlton

8.15 (63)

Fitzroy
9.7 (61)

Princes Park
21,520
20 May 1978

South Melbourne

20.16 (136)

St Kilda
4.13 (37)

Lake Oval
21,494
20 May 1978

Footscray
14.5 (89)

Collingwood

14.9 (93)

Western Oval
19,096
20 May 1978

Hawthorn

14.15 (99)

Richmond
9.16 (70)

VFL Park
27,224
20 May 1978


Round 9



































































Home team

Home team score

Away team

Away team score

Venue

Crowd

Date

Geelong

16.13 (109)

South Melbourne
14.11 (95)

Kardinia Park
21,603
27 May 1978

Fitzroy
13.14 (92)

Footscray

18.9 (117)

Junction Oval
11,903
27 May 1978

Collingwood

12.20 (92)

Richmond
10.16 (76)

Victoria Park
28,651
27 May 1978

Carlton

18.9 (117)

North Melbourne
8.11 (59)

Princes Park
30,976
27 May 1978

St Kilda
8.9 (57)

Hawthorn

13.19 (97)

Moorabbin Oval
25,293
27 May 1978

Essendon

15.12 (102)

Melbourne
8.12 (60)

VFL Park
28,231
27 May 1978


Round 10



































































Home team

Home team score

Away team

Away team score

Venue

Crowd

Date

Hawthorn

12.24 (96)

Geelong
8.13 (61)

Princes Park
11,066
3 June 1978

Richmond

12.14 (86)

Fitzroy
11.14 (80)

MCG
21,122
3 June 1978

North Melbourne

13.7 (85)

Essendon
12.10 (82)

Arden Street Oval
28,828
3 June 1978

South Melbourne

24.18 (162)

Melbourne
14.8 (92)

Lake Oval
15,738
5 June 1978

Footscray

19.11 (125)

Carlton
15.14 (104)

Western Oval
30,197
5 June 1978

Collingwood

18.23 (131)

St Kilda
14.13 (97)

VFL Park
72,669
5 June 1978


Round 11



































































Home team

Home team score

Away team

Away team score

Venue

Crowd

Date

Fitzroy
16.15 (111)

Geelong

16.18 (114)

Junction Oval
10,300
17 June 1978

Essendon
16.8 (104)

Hawthorn

19.19 (133)

Windy Hill
23,302
17 June 1978

Collingwood

17.25 (127)

Melbourne
10.7 (67)

Victoria Park
19,931
17 June 1978

Carlton

23.27 (165)

St Kilda
8.17 (65)

Princes Park
25,388
17 June 1978

Richmond

23.17 (155)

Footscray
14.13 (97)

MCG
22,764
17 June 1978

North Melbourne

17.15 (117)

South Melbourne
15.7 (97)

VFL Park
31,037
17 June 1978


Round 12



































































Home team

Home team score

Away team

Away team score

Venue

Crowd

Date

Carlton

20.17 (137)

Richmond
13.16 (94)

Princes Park
28,266
24 June 1978

Melbourne
15.18 (108)

Hawthorn

18.20 (128)

MCG
14,652
24 June 1978

North Melbourne
8.12 (60)

Footscray

13.12 (90)

Arden Street Oval
14,269
24 June 1978

St Kilda
17.9 (111)

Fitzroy

20.14 (134)

Moorabbin Oval
15,822
24 June 1978

South Melbourne
13.19 (97)

Essendon

17.18 (120)

Lake Oval
18,574
24 June 1978

Geelong

13.18 (96)

Collingwood
7.14 (56)

VFL Park
31,636
24 June 1978


Round 13



































































Home team

Home team score

Away team

Away team score

Venue

Crowd

Date

Hawthorn

21.14 (140)

South Melbourne
18.11 (119)

Princes Park
13,583
1 July 1978

Footscray

33.15 (213)

St Kilda
16.10 (106)

Western Oval
16,300
1 July 1978

Richmond

21.16 (142)

North Melbourne
17.15 (117)

MCG
27,156
1 July 1978

Essendon
12.26 (98)

Collingwood

14.21 (105)

Windy Hill
29,913
1 July 1978

Geelong
8.9 (57)

Carlton

9.13 (67)

Kardinia Park
25,185
1 July 1978

Fitzroy

19.27 (141)

Melbourne
8.13 (61)

VFL Park
13,933
1 July 1978


Round 14



































































Home team

Home team score

Away team

Away team score

Venue

Crowd

Date

North Melbourne
19.7 (121)

St Kilda

18.16 (124)

Arden Street Oval
12,599
8 July 1978

Footscray

20.7 (127)

Melbourne
8.11 (59)

Western Oval
13,325
8 July 1978

Richmond

17.20 (122)

Geelong
18.9 (117)

MCG
24,417
8 July 1978

South Melbourne

22.11 (143)

Fitzroy
13.15 (93)

Lake Oval
16,642
8 July 1978

Essendon

13.24 (102)

Carlton
14.11 (95)

Windy Hill
29,831
8 July 1978

Collingwood

13.6 (84)

Hawthorn
10.14 (74)

VFL Park
46,066
8 July 1978


Round 15



































































Home team

Home team score

Away team

Away team score

Venue

Crowd

Date

Hawthorn

10.14 (74)

North Melbourne
7.13 (55)

Princes Park
16,214
15 July 1978

Collingwood

17.12 (114)

South Melbourne
12.22 (94)

Victoria Park
23,729
15 July 1978

St Kilda
10.11 (71)

Richmond

19.11 (125)

Moorabbin Oval
18,954
15 July 1978

Geelong

12.12 (84)

Footscray
10.12 (72)

Kardinia Park
15,700
15 July 1978

Fitzroy

15.11 (101)

Essendon
11.17 (83)

Junction Oval
13,550
15 July 1978

Carlton

17.13 (115)

Melbourne
2.14 (26)

VFL Park
16,870
15 July 1978


Round 16



































































Home team

Home team score

Away team

Away team score

Venue

Crowd

Date

Melbourne
14.9 (93)

Richmond

17.19 (121)

MCG
18,416
22 July 1978

Geelong

16.8 (104)

St Kilda
12.20 (92)

Kardinia Park
16,219
22 July 1978

Fitzroy

18.14 (122)

Hawthorn
17.19 (121)

Junction Oval
12,240
22 July 1978

Collingwood
7.17 (59)

North Melbourne

15.11 (101)

Victoria Park
32,286
22 July 1978

Carlton

16.16 (112)

South Melbourne
9.17 (71)

Princes Park
24,277
22 July 1978

Footscray

15.17 (107)

Essendon
13.8 (86)

VFL Park
30,200
22 July 1978


Round 17



































































Home team

Home team score

Away team

Away team score

Venue

Crowd

Date

St Kilda

20.21 (141)

Melbourne
13.11 (89)

Moorabbin Oval
13,118
29 July 1978

North Melbourne

18.14 (122)

Geelong
10.16 (76)

Arden Street Oval
15,775
29 July 1978

South Melbourne

15.15 (105)

Footscray
13.13 (91)

Lake Oval
14,112
29 July 1978

Richmond

20.16 (136)

Essendon
13.18 (96)

MCG
41,878
29 July 1978

Hawthorn
13.17 (95)

Carlton

18.11 (119)

Princes Park
28,132
29 July 1978

Collingwood

16.11 (107)

Fitzroy
11.11 (77)

VFL Park
32,246
29 July 1978


Round 18



































































Home team

Home team score

Away team

Away team score

Venue

Crowd

Date

Footscray
17.10 (112)

Hawthorn

17.16 (118)

Western Oval
17,285
5 August 1978

Fitzroy
11.16 (82)

North Melbourne

19.10 (124)

Junction Oval
13,022
5 August 1978

Essendon
11.16 (82)

St Kilda

18.13 (121)

Windy Hill
18,410
5 August 1978

Carlton

14.19 (103)

Collingwood
8.14 (62)

Princes Park
43,313
5 August 1978

Melbourne
13.17 (95)

Geelong

14.17 (101)

MCG
12,363
5 August 1978

South Melbourne

14.9 (93)

Richmond
9.16 (70)

VFL Park
31,717
5 August 1978


Round 19



































































Home team

Home team score

Away team

Away team score

Venue

Crowd

Date

St Kilda

13.7 (85)

South Melbourne
3.19 (37)

Moorabbin Oval
20,933
12 August 1978

Hawthorn

18.19 (127)

Richmond
10.10 (70)

Princes Park
15,980
12 August 1978

Collingwood

11.16 (82)

Footscray
10.6 (66)

Victoria Park
24,069
12 August 1978

North Melbourne

26.18 (174)

Melbourne
8.13 (61)

Arden Street Oval
9,183
12 August 1978

Geelong

14.8 (92)

Essendon
13.7 (85)

Kardinia Park
15,080
12 August 1978

Carlton

9.15 (69)

Fitzroy
8.10 (58)

VFL Park
21,410
12 August 1978


Round 20



































































Home team

Home team score

Away team

Away team score

Venue

Crowd

Date

Essendon
19.16 (130)

Melbourne

21.10 (136)

Windy Hill
11,984
19 August 1978

South Melbourne
24.11 (155)

Geelong

26.11 (167)

Lake Oval
15,259
19 August 1978

Footscray
9.17 (71)

Fitzroy

21.13 (139)

Western Oval
12,525
19 August 1978

Richmond
16.13 (109)

Collingwood

19.9 (123)

MCG
59,580
19 August 1978

North Melbourne
9.16 (70)

Carlton

19.17 (131)

Arden Street Oval
28,965
19 August 1978

St Kilda

21.13 (139)

Hawthorn
12.11 (83)

VFL Park
31,677
19 August 1978


Round 21



































































Home team

Home team score

Away team

Away team score

Venue

Crowd

Date

Melbourne

15.16 (106)

South Melbourne
11.19 (85)

MCG
13,488
26 August 1978

Geelong
13.8 (86)

Hawthorn

13.10 (88)

Kardinia Park
21,663
26 August 1978

Fitzroy

20.14 (134)

Richmond
17.15 (117)

Junction Oval
11,200
26 August 1978

Collingwood

22.15 (147)

St Kilda
15.17 (107)

Victoria Park
31,537
26 August 1978

Carlton

23.7 (145)

Footscray
15.12 (102)

Princes Park
22,397
26 August 1978

North Melbourne

11.11 (77)

Essendon
7.9 (51)

VFL Park
22,337
26 August 1978


Round 22



































































Home team

Home team score

Away team

Away team score

Venue

Crowd

Date

North Melbourne

16.15 (111)

South Melbourne
12.15 (87)

Arden Street Oval
15,607
2 September 1978

Geelong

13.22 (100)

Fitzroy
5.8 (38)

Kardinia Park
22,842
2 September 1978

Hawthorn

17.16 (118)

Essendon
16.13 (109)

Princes Park
14,534
2 September 1978

Melbourne
19.11 (125)

Collingwood

24.12 (156)

MCG
40,267
2 September 1978

St Kilda

16.10 (106)

Carlton
9.12 (66)

Moorabbin Oval
35,850
2 September 1978

Richmond

19.20 (134)

Footscray
11.15 (81)

VFL Park
17,768
2 September 1978


Ladder











































































































































































1978 VFL Ladder


Team P W L D PF PA % Pts

1

North Melbourne
22
16
6
0
2407
1991

120.89

64

2

Hawthorn (P)
22
16
6
0
2496
2120

117.74

64

3

Collingwood
22
15
7
0
2347
2072

113.27

60

4

Carlton
22
14
8
0
2329
1994

116.80

56

5

Geelong
22
12
10
0
2153
2104

102.33

48

6

St Kilda
22
11
10
1
2330
2503

93.09

46

7

Richmond
22
10
11
1
2459
2389

102.93

42

8

South Melbourne
22
9
13
0
2390
2383

100.29

36

9

Fitzroy
22
8
14
0
2258
2339

96.54

32

10

Essendon
22
8
14
0
2203
2337

94.27

32

11

Footscray
22
7
15
0
2272
2508

90.59

28

12

Melbourne
22
5
17
0
2025
2929

69.14

20

Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points for, PA = Points against




Finals



Elimination final






















Home team

Score

Away team

Score

Venue

Crowd

Date

Geelong
9.18 (72)

Carlton

15.15 (105)

VFL Park
57,505
9 September


Qualifying final






















Home team

Score

Away team

Score

Venue

Crowd

Date

Collingwood
14.14 (98)

Hawthorn

23.16 (154)

MCG
79,931
9 September


Semi finals































Home team

Score

Away team

Score

Venue

Crowd

Date

Collingwood

15.18 (108)

Carlton
13.15 (93)

MCG
91,933
16 September

Hawthorn

12.15 (87)

North Melbourne
10.13 (73)

VFL Park
48,716
16 September


Preliminary final






















Home team

Score

Away team

Score

Venue

Crowd

Date

Collingwood
12.12 (84)

North Melbourne

14.12 (96)

VFL Park
73,354
23 September


Grand final



Hawthorn defeated North Melbourne 18.13 (121) to 15.13 (103), in front of a crowd of 101,704 people. (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football).
























Game

Home team

Home team score

Away team

Away team score

Venue

Crowd

Date
Grand final

Hawthorn

18.13 (121)

North Melbourne
15.13 (103)

MCG
101,704
30 September 1978


Awards



  • The Coleman Medal was won by Kelvin Templeton of Footscray with 118 goals

  • The Brownlow Medal was won by Malcolm Blight of North Melbourne

  • The reserves premiership was won by North Melbourne. North Melbourne 17.29 (131) defeated Hawthorn 11.13 (79) in the grand final, held as a curtain-raiser to the seniors grand final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 30 September.[1]



Notable events



  • The 19th and 20th men were converted into interchange players, meaning that any two players could be rested at any time, and could return to the field.

  • In Round 2, Fitzroy broke South Melbourne's 1976 record for the highest losing score against Melbourne by four points. This record would last until the 1989 VFL season.

  • In Round 6, Melbourne and St Kilda set the current record for the highest aggregate score in a game, the two teams amassing 52.33 (345). This broke the record set in the 1972 Grand Final.

  • In Round 13, Footscray set the record for highest score in a game, scoring 33.15 (213) against St Kilda. This beat Carlton's nine-year-old 1969 record by three points. The new record was beaten in the following 1979 VFL season. In this match, Kelvin Templeton kicked 15.9, the most goals in a game for a Footscray player, and the most scoring shots ever by any player.

  • In Round 20, Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser (who was the Number 1 ticket holder for Carlton throughout his time in office) was booed incessantly during the second half of the North Melbourne vs Carlton match at the Arden Street Oval. The booing continued right up to the moment when Mr. Fraser stepped inside his limousine and was driven away from the ground.



See also


  • McIntyre "Final Five" system


References




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  • Stephen Rogers and Ashley Brown (1998). Every Game Ever Played. 6th ed. Victoria: Penguin Books.

  • 1978 Season - AFL Tables









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