VFL Amco-Herald Cup | |
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Tournament details | |
Dates | 3 March – 20 June 1978 |
Teams | 13 |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Fitzroy (2nd title) |
Runners-up | North Melbourne |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 13 |
Attendance | 156,714 (12,055 per match) |
The 1978 Victorian Football League Night Series was the 18th edition of the VFL Night Series, a VFL-organised national club Australian rules football tournament between the clubs from the VFL and Tasmania.[1]
Qualified Teams
[edit]Venues
[edit]Melbourne |
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Waverley Park |
Capacity: 72,000 |
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Knockout stage
[edit]Round 1
[edit]3 March 1978 | South Melbourne | 126–68 | Collingwood | Waverley Park, Melbourne | |
19.12 (126) | 10.8 (68) | Attendance: 18,585
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10 March 1978 | North Melbourne | 80–63 | Footscray | Waverley Park, Melbourne | |
11.14 (80) | 9.9 (63) | Attendance: 10,136
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17 March 1978 | Carlton | 63–62 | Geelong | Waverley Park, Melbourne | |
8.15 (63) | 8.14 (62) | Attendance: 10,321
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23 March 1978 | Fitzroy | 88–70 | Tasmania | Waverley Park, Melbourne | |
13.10 (88) | 10.10 (70) | Attendance: 5,136
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4 April 1978 | Richmond | 88–37 | Essendon | Waverley Park, Melbourne | |
13.10 (88) | 5.7 (37) | Attendance: 15,764
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11 April 1978 | St Kilda | 96–57 | Melbourne | Waverley Park, Melbourne | |
14.12 (96) | 8.9 (57) | Attendance: 8,867
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Quarter-finals
[edit]QF #1 18 April 1978 | Fitzroy | 92–68 | South Melbourne | Waverley Park, Melbourne | |
14.8 (92) | 9.14 (68) | Attendance: 5,822
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QF #2 2 May 1978 | Richmond | 100–83 | Carlton | Waverley Park, Melbourne | |
15.10 (100) | 11.17 (83) | Attendance: 12,061
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QF #3 9 May 1978 | Geelong | 67–36 | Hawthorn | Waverley Park, Melbourne | |
10.7 (67) | 5.6 (36) | Attendance: 8,146
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QF #4 16 May 1978 | North Melbourne | 60–56 | St Kilda | Waverley Park, Melbourne | |
8.12 (60) | 8.8 (56) | Attendance: 20,694
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Semi-finals
[edit]SF #1 23 May 1978 | Fitzroy | 74–58 | Richmond | Waverley Park, Melbourne | |
10.14 (74) | 8.10 (58) | Attendance: 8,172
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SF #2 30 May 1978 | North Melbourne | 98–59 | Geelong | Waverley Park, Melbourne | |
15.8 (98) | 9.5 (59) | Attendance: 6,590
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Victorian Football League Night Series final
[edit]Final 20 June 1978 | Fitzroy | 96–20 | North Melbourne | Waverley Park, Melbourne | |
2.3 (15) 3.5 (23) 10.13 (73) 13.18 (96) |
2.1 (13) 2.5 (17) 2.6 (18) 2.8 (20) |
Attendance: 26,420 Umpires: Deller, K.Smith | |||
Goals | |||||
Beecroft 3 McCarthy, McMahon 2 Quinlan, Irwin, Walls, Conlan, Padley, Thompson 1 |
Blight, Schimmelbusch 1 |
References
[edit]- ^ David Eastman. "1978 VFL Amco-Herald Cup".