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The 1978 VFL season was the 82nd season of the
Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). I ...
(VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 1 April until 30 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top five clubs. The premiership was won by the
Hawthorn Football Club The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Mulgrave, Victoria, that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club was founded in 1902 in the inner-east suburb of H ...
for the fourth time, after it defeated by 18 points in the 1978 VFL Grand Final.


Rule changes

* 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. * Goal umpires required to touch goal post if the ball had hit post. Also two flags were positioned at one post and one flag at the other to save time when signalling scores.


Night series

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


Premiership season


Round 1

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 22.15 (147) , , 9.14 (68) , Princes Park , 10,632 , 1 April 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.14 (80) , , 23.11 (149) ,
Western Oval Whitten Oval (also known as Victoria University Whitten Oval under a naming rights agreement) is a stadium in the inner-western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Barkly Street, West Footscray. It is the training and administ ...
, 20,420 , 1 April 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.11 (101) , , 16.13 (109) ,
Junction Oval Junction Oval (also known as the St Kilda Cricket Ground, or the CitiPower Centre due to sponsorship reasons) is a historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The oval's location near the St Kilda ...
, 17,030 , 1 April 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 19.9 (123) , , 14.18 (102) ,
Windy Hill Windy Hill may refer to: Places * Windy Hill, Essendon, an Australian rules football ground in the Melbourne area * Windy Hill Wind Farm, a wind power station near Ravenshoe, Queensland, Australia * Windy Hill (Pennines), a hill on the Pennines w ...
, 23,562 , 1 April 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.10 (76) , , 17.16 (118) , Kardinia Park , 27,463 , 1 April 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 25.24 (174) , , 14.13 (97) , MCG , 49,031 , 1 April 1978


Round 2


Round 3

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.14 (110) , , 15.20 (110) , MCG , 35,602 , 15 April 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.16 (76) , , 21.14 (140) ,
Western Oval Whitten Oval (also known as Victoria University Whitten Oval under a naming rights agreement) is a stadium in the inner-western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Barkly Street, West Footscray. It is the training and administ ...
, 16,949 , 15 April 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.15 (105) , , 14.17 (101) ,
Windy Hill Windy Hill may refer to: Places * Windy Hill, Essendon, an Australian rules football ground in the Melbourne area * Windy Hill Wind Farm, a wind power station near Ravenshoe, Queensland, Australia * Windy Hill (Pennines), a hill on the Pennines w ...
, 16,300 , 15 April 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.20 (98) , , 11.19 (85) , Princes Park , 17,765 , 15 April 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.11 (119) , , 14.18 (102) ,
Lake Oval Lakeside Stadium is an Australian sports arena in the South Melbourne suburb of Albert Park. Comprising an athletics track and soccer stadium, it currently serves as the home ground and administrative base for association football club Sou ...
, 20,733 , 15 April 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.15 (111) , , 12.14 (86) ,
VFL Park Waverley Park (also and originally called VFL Park) was an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian-based Victorian Football L ...
, 39,097 , 15 April 1978


Round 4

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.17 (125) , , 15.8 (98) , Kardinia Park , 20,566 , 22 April 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 21.17 (143) , , 18.16 (124) ,
Junction Oval Junction Oval (also known as the St Kilda Cricket Ground, or the CitiPower Centre due to sponsorship reasons) is a historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The oval's location near the St Kilda ...
, 13,660 , 22 April 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.19 (103) , , 15.15 (105) , Victoria Park , 28,714 , 22 April 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.16 (100) , , 17.17 (119) , Moorabbin Oval , 29,117 , 22 April 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.19 (127) , , 18.12 (120) , MCG , 14,865 , 22 April 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.8 (104) , , 19.17 (131) ,
VFL Park Waverley Park (also and originally called VFL Park) was an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian-based Victorian Football L ...
, 34,516 , 22 April 1978


Round 5

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 19.16 (130) , , 8.11 (59) , MCG , 34,212 , 25 April 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.14 (98) , , 9.11 (65) ,
VFL Park Waverley Park (also and originally called VFL Park) was an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian-based Victorian Football L ...
, 43,388 , 25 April 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.17 (101) , , 15.12 (102) , Princes Park , 13,528 , 29 April 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.20 (110) , , 13.15 (93) ,
Western Oval Whitten Oval (also known as Victoria University Whitten Oval under a naming rights agreement) is a stadium in the inner-western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Barkly Street, West Footscray. It is the training and administ ...
, 20,328 , 29 April 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 19.10 (124) , , 17.13 (115) , Arden Street Oval , 31,424 , 29 April 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.9 (117) , , 17.14 (116) ,
Lake Oval Lakeside Stadium is an Australian sports arena in the South Melbourne suburb of Albert Park. Comprising an athletics track and soccer stadium, it currently serves as the home ground and administrative base for association football club Sou ...
, 20,183 , 29 April 1978


Round 6


Round 7

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.14 (98) , , 19.11 (125) , MCG , 25,904 , 13 May 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 27.15 (177) , , 13.13 (91) , Princes Park , 9,099 , 13 May 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.14 (98) , , 14.11 (95) , Arden Street Oval , 14,150 , 13 May 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.11 (113) , , 16.11 (107) , Moorabbin Oval , 30,760 , 13 May 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.14 (68) , , 12.13 (85) , Victoria Park , 26,782 , 13 May 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.18 (126) , , 21.13 (139) ,
VFL Park Waverley Park (also and originally called VFL Park) was an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian-based Victorian Football L ...
, 13,072 , 13 May 1978


Round 8

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.13 (61) , , 20.17 (137) , MCG , 21,268 , 20 May 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.10 (76) , , 7.18 (60) ,
Windy Hill Windy Hill may refer to: Places * Windy Hill, Essendon, an Australian rules football ground in the Melbourne area * Windy Hill Wind Farm, a wind power station near Ravenshoe, Queensland, Australia * Windy Hill (Pennines), a hill on the Pennines w ...
, 21,212 , 20 May 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.15 (63) , , 9.7 (61) , Princes Park , 21,520 , 20 May 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 20.16 (136) , , 4.13 (37) ,
Lake Oval Lakeside Stadium is an Australian sports arena in the South Melbourne suburb of Albert Park. Comprising an athletics track and soccer stadium, it currently serves as the home ground and administrative base for association football club Sou ...
, 21,494 , 20 May 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.5 (89) , , 14.9 (93) ,
Western Oval Whitten Oval (also known as Victoria University Whitten Oval under a naming rights agreement) is a stadium in the inner-western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Barkly Street, West Footscray. It is the training and administ ...
, 19,096 , 20 May 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.16 (70) , , 14.15 (99) ,
VFL Park Waverley Park (also and originally called VFL Park) was an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian-based Victorian Football L ...
, 27,224 , 20 May 1978


Round 9

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.13 (109) , , 14.11 (95) , Kardinia Park , 21,603 , 27 May 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.14 (92) , , 18.9 (117) ,
Junction Oval Junction Oval (also known as the St Kilda Cricket Ground, or the CitiPower Centre due to sponsorship reasons) is a historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The oval's location near the St Kilda ...
, 11,903 , 27 May 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.20 (92) , , 10.16 (76) , Victoria Park , 28,651 , 27 May 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.9 (117) , , 8.11 (59) , Princes Park , 30,976 , 27 May 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.9 (57) , , 13.19 (97) , Moorabbin Oval , 25,293 , 27 May 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.12 (60) , , 15.12 (102) ,
VFL Park Waverley Park (also and originally called VFL Park) was an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian-based Victorian Football L ...
, 28,231 , 27 May 1978


Round 10

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.24 (96) , , 8.13 (61) , Princes Park , 11,066 , 3 June 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.14 (86) , , 11.14 (80) , MCG , 21,122 , 3 June 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.7 (85) , , 12.10 (82) , Arden Street Oval , 28,828 , 3 June 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 24.18 (162) , , 14.8 (92) ,
Lake Oval Lakeside Stadium is an Australian sports arena in the South Melbourne suburb of Albert Park. Comprising an athletics track and soccer stadium, it currently serves as the home ground and administrative base for association football club Sou ...
, 15,738 , 5 June 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 19.11 (125) , , 15.14 (104) ,
Western Oval Whitten Oval (also known as Victoria University Whitten Oval under a naming rights agreement) is a stadium in the inner-western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Barkly Street, West Footscray. It is the training and administ ...
, 30,197 , 5 June 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.13 (97) , , 18.23 (131) ,
VFL Park Waverley Park (also and originally called VFL Park) was an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian-based Victorian Football L ...
, 72,669 , 5 June 1978


Round 11

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.15 (111) , , 16.18 (114) ,
Junction Oval Junction Oval (also known as the St Kilda Cricket Ground, or the CitiPower Centre due to sponsorship reasons) is a historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The oval's location near the St Kilda ...
, 10,300 , 17 June 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.8 (104) , , 19.19 (133) ,
Windy Hill Windy Hill may refer to: Places * Windy Hill, Essendon, an Australian rules football ground in the Melbourne area * Windy Hill Wind Farm, a wind power station near Ravenshoe, Queensland, Australia * Windy Hill (Pennines), a hill on the Pennines w ...
, 23,302 , 17 June 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.25 (127) , , 10.7 (67) , Victoria Park , 19,931 , 17 June 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 23.27 (165) , , 8.17 (65) , Princes Park , 25,388 , 17 June 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 23.17 (155) , , 14.13 (97) , MCG , 22,764 , 17 June 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.7 (97) , , 17.15 (117) ,
VFL Park Waverley Park (also and originally called VFL Park) was an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian-based Victorian Football L ...
, 31,037 , 17 June 1978


Round 12

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 20.17 (137) , , 13.16 (94) , Princes Park , 28,266 , 24 June 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.18 (108) , , 18.20 (128) , MCG , 14,652 , 24 June 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.12 (60) , , 13.12 (90) , Arden Street Oval , 14,269 , 24 June 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.9 (111) , , 20.14 (134) , Moorabbin Oval , 15,822 , 24 June 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.19 (97) , , 17.18 (120) ,
Lake Oval Lakeside Stadium is an Australian sports arena in the South Melbourne suburb of Albert Park. Comprising an athletics track and soccer stadium, it currently serves as the home ground and administrative base for association football club Sou ...
, 18,574 , 24 June 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.14 (56) , , 13.18 (96) ,
VFL Park Waverley Park (also and originally called VFL Park) was an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian-based Victorian Football L ...
, 31,636 , 24 June 1978


Round 13


Round 14

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 19.7 (121) , , 18.16 (124) , Arden Street Oval , 12,599 , 8 July 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 20.7 (127) , , 8.11 (59) ,
Western Oval Whitten Oval (also known as Victoria University Whitten Oval under a naming rights agreement) is a stadium in the inner-western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Barkly Street, West Footscray. It is the training and administ ...
, 13,325 , 8 July 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.20 (122) , , 18.9 (117) , MCG , 24,417 , 8 July 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 22.11 (143) , , 13.15 (93) ,
Lake Oval Lakeside Stadium is an Australian sports arena in the South Melbourne suburb of Albert Park. Comprising an athletics track and soccer stadium, it currently serves as the home ground and administrative base for association football club Sou ...
, 16,642 , 8 July 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.24 (102) , , 14.11 (95) ,
Windy Hill Windy Hill may refer to: Places * Windy Hill, Essendon, an Australian rules football ground in the Melbourne area * Windy Hill Wind Farm, a wind power station near Ravenshoe, Queensland, Australia * Windy Hill (Pennines), a hill on the Pennines w ...
, 29,831 , 8 July 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.14 (74) , , 13.6 (84) ,
VFL Park Waverley Park (also and originally called VFL Park) was an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian-based Victorian Football L ...
, 46,066 , 8 July 1978


Round 15

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.14 (74) , , 7.13 (55) , Princes Park , 16,214 , 15 July 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.12 (114) , , 12.22 (94) , Victoria Park , 23,729 , 15 July 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.11 (71) , , 19.11 (125) , Moorabbin Oval , 18,954 , 15 July 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.12 (84) , , 10.12 (72) , Kardinia Park , 15,700 , 15 July 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.11 (101) , , 11.17 (83) ,
Junction Oval Junction Oval (also known as the St Kilda Cricket Ground, or the CitiPower Centre due to sponsorship reasons) is a historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The oval's location near the St Kilda ...
, 13,550 , 15 July 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 2.14 (26) , , 17.13 (115) ,
VFL Park Waverley Park (also and originally called VFL Park) was an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian-based Victorian Football L ...
, 16,870 , 15 July 1978


Round 16

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.9 (93) , , 17.19 (121) , MCG , 18,416 , 22 July 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.8 (104) , , 12.20 (92) , Kardinia Park , 16,219 , 22 July 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.14 (122) , , 17.19 (121) ,
Junction Oval Junction Oval (also known as the St Kilda Cricket Ground, or the CitiPower Centre due to sponsorship reasons) is a historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The oval's location near the St Kilda ...
, 12,240 , 22 July 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.17 (59) , , 15.11 (101) , Victoria Park , 32,286 , 22 July 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.16 (112) , , 9.17 (71) , Princes Park , 24,277 , 22 July 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.8 (86) , , 15.17 (107) ,
VFL Park Waverley Park (also and originally called VFL Park) was an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian-based Victorian Football L ...
, 30,200 , 22 July 1978


Round 17

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 20.21 (141) , , 13.11 (89) , Moorabbin Oval , 13,118 , 29 July 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.14 (122) , , 10.16 (76) , Arden Street Oval , 15,775 , 29 July 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.15 (105) , , 13.13 (91) ,
Lake Oval Lakeside Stadium is an Australian sports arena in the South Melbourne suburb of Albert Park. Comprising an athletics track and soccer stadium, it currently serves as the home ground and administrative base for association football club Sou ...
, 14,112 , 29 July 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 20.16 (136) , , 13.18 (96) , MCG , 41,878 , 29 July 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.17 (95) , , 18.11 (119) , Princes Park , 28,132 , 29 July 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.11 (107) , , 11.11 (77) ,
VFL Park Waverley Park (also and originally called VFL Park) was an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian-based Victorian Football L ...
, 32,246 , 29 July 1978


Round 18

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.10 (112) , , 17.16 (118) ,
Western Oval Whitten Oval (also known as Victoria University Whitten Oval under a naming rights agreement) is a stadium in the inner-western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Barkly Street, West Footscray. It is the training and administ ...
, 17,285 , 5 August 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.16 (82) , , 19.10 (124) ,
Junction Oval Junction Oval (also known as the St Kilda Cricket Ground, or the CitiPower Centre due to sponsorship reasons) is a historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The oval's location near the St Kilda ...
, 13,022 , 5 August 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.16 (82) , , 18.13 (121) ,
Windy Hill Windy Hill may refer to: Places * Windy Hill, Essendon, an Australian rules football ground in the Melbourne area * Windy Hill Wind Farm, a wind power station near Ravenshoe, Queensland, Australia * Windy Hill (Pennines), a hill on the Pennines w ...
, 18,410 , 5 August 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.19 (103) , , 8.14 (62) , Princes Park , 43,313 , 5 August 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.17 (95) , , 14.17 (101) , MCG , 12,363 , 5 August 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.9 (93) , , 9.16 (70) ,
VFL Park Waverley Park (also and originally called VFL Park) was an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian-based Victorian Football L ...
, 31,717 , 5 August 1978


Round 19

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.7 (85) , , 3.19 (37) , Moorabbin Oval , 20,933 , 12 August 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.19 (127) , , 10.10 (70) , Princes Park , 15,980 , 12 August 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.16 (82) , , 10.6 (66) , Victoria Park , 24,069 , 12 August 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 26.18 (174) , , 8.13 (61) , Arden Street Oval , 9,183 , 12 August 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.8 (92) , , 13.7 (85) , Kardinia Park , 15,080 , 12 August 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.10 (58) , , 9.15 (69) ,
VFL Park Waverley Park (also and originally called VFL Park) was an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian-based Victorian Football L ...
, 21,410 , 12 August 1978


Round 20

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 19.16 (130) , , 21.10 (136) ,
Windy Hill Windy Hill may refer to: Places * Windy Hill, Essendon, an Australian rules football ground in the Melbourne area * Windy Hill Wind Farm, a wind power station near Ravenshoe, Queensland, Australia * Windy Hill (Pennines), a hill on the Pennines w ...
, 11,984 , 19 August 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 24.11 (155) , , 26.11 (167) ,
Lake Oval Lakeside Stadium is an Australian sports arena in the South Melbourne suburb of Albert Park. Comprising an athletics track and soccer stadium, it currently serves as the home ground and administrative base for association football club Sou ...
, 15,259 , 19 August 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.17 (71) , , 21.13 (139) ,
Western Oval Whitten Oval (also known as Victoria University Whitten Oval under a naming rights agreement) is a stadium in the inner-western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Barkly Street, West Footscray. It is the training and administ ...
, 12,525 , 19 August 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.13 (109) , , 19.9 (123) , MCG , 59,580 , 19 August 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.16 (70) , , 19.17 (131) , Arden Street Oval , 28,965 , 19 August 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.11 (83) , , 21.13 (139) ,
VFL Park Waverley Park (also and originally called VFL Park) was an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian-based Victorian Football L ...
, 31,677 , 19 August 1978 * were leading by 55 points at the 10-minute mark of the second quarter before the Magpies hit back to win by 14 points. It was at the time the third-biggest comeback in League history.


Round 21

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.16 (106) , , 11.19 (85) , MCG , 13,488 , 26 August 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.8 (86) , , 13.10 (88) , Kardinia Park , 21,663 , 26 August 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 20.14 (134) , , 17.15 (117) ,
Junction Oval Junction Oval (also known as the St Kilda Cricket Ground, or the CitiPower Centre due to sponsorship reasons) is a historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The oval's location near the St Kilda ...
, 11,200 , 26 August 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 22.15 (147) , , 15.17 (107) , Victoria Park , 31,537 , 26 August 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 23.7 (145) , , 15.12 (102) , Princes Park , 22,397 , 26 August 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.9 (51) , , 11.11 (77) ,
VFL Park Waverley Park (also and originally called VFL Park) was an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian-based Victorian Football L ...
, 22,337 , 26 August 1978


Round 22

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.15 (111) , , 12.15 (87) , Arden Street Oval , 15,607 , 2 September 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.22 (100) , , 5.8 (38) , Kardinia Park , 22,842 , 2 September 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.16 (118) , , 16.13 (109) , Princes Park , 14,534 , 2 September 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 19.11 (125) , , 24.12 (156) , MCG , 40,267 , 2 September 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.10 (106) , , 9.12 (66) , Moorabbin Oval , 35,850 , 2 September 1978 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.15 (81) , , 19.20 (134) ,
VFL Park Waverley Park (also and originally called VFL Park) was an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian-based Victorian Football L ...
, 17,768 , 2 September 1978


Ladder


Ladder progression

*Numbers highlighted in green indicates the team finished the round inside the top 5. *Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished in first place on the ladder in that round. *Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished in last place on the ladder in that round. *Subscript numbers indicate ladder position at round's end.


Finals


Elimination final

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Score , Away team , Score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.15 (105) , , 9.18 (72) ,
VFL Park Waverley Park (also and originally called VFL Park) was an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian-based Victorian Football L ...
, 57,505 , 9 September


Qualifying final

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Score , Away team , Score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.14 (98) , , 23.16 (154) , MCG , 79,931 , 9 September , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF"


Semi finals

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Score , Away team , Score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.18 (108) , , 13.15 (93) , MCG , 91,933 , 16 September , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.13 (73) , , 12.15 (87) ,
VFL Park Waverley Park (also and originally called VFL Park) was an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian-based Victorian Football L ...
, 48,716 , 16 September


Preliminary final

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VFL Park Waverley Park (also and originally called VFL Park) was an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian-based Victorian Football L ...
, 73,354 , 23 September


Grand final

Hawthorn defeated
North Melbourne North Melbourne is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Melbourne local government area. North Melbourne recorded a population of 14,953 at ...
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). , - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Game , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , Grand final , , 18.13 (121) , , 15.13 (103) , MCG , 101,704 , 30 September 1978


Awards

* The
Coleman Medal The Coleman Medal is an Australian rules football award given annually to the Australian Football League (AFL) player who kicks the most goals in the home-and-away season. It is named after Essendon full-forward John Coleman, one of the most ...
was won by
Kelvin Templeton Kelvin Templeton (born 30 September 1956) is a former Australian rules footballer. At sixteen years of age Templeton kicked 100 goals for Traralgon in the 1973 Latrobe Valley Football League season. Footscray, within whose country zone Tra ...
of with 118 goals.The Coleman was first awarded in 1981. In 2001, the AFL announced that the Coleman Medal would be awarded retrospectively from 1955 onwards. * The
Brownlow Medal The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal (and informally as "Charlie"), is awarded to the "best and fairest" player in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the home-and-away season, as determined by votes cast by ...
was won by
Malcolm Blight Malcolm Jack Blight AM (born 16 February 1950) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for and coached the North Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Woodville Football Club in the South Australian N ...
of North Melbourne * The reserves premiership was won by . North Melbourne 17.29 (131) defeated 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.


Notes


Notable events

* In Round 20, Prime Minister
Malcolm Fraser John Malcolm Fraser (; 21 May 1930 – 20 March 2015) was an Australian politician who served as the 22nd prime minister of Australia from 1975 to 1983, holding office as the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia. Fraser was raised on hi ...
(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 North Melbourne is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Melbourne local government area. North Melbourne recorded a population of 14,953 at ...
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 The McIntyre System, or systems as there have been five of them, is a playoff system that gives an advantage to teams or competitors qualifying higher. The systems were developed by Ken McIntyre, an Australian lawyer, historian and English lec ...


References


Bibliography

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


External links


1978 Season – AFL Tables
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