1978 Hawthorn Football Club season

Hawthorn Football Club
1978 season
President Phil J. Ryan
Coach David Parkin
Captain(s) Don Scott
Home ground Princes Park
VFL season 2nd
Finals series Premiers
Best and Fairest Peter Knights
Leigh Matthews
Leading goalkicker Michael Moncrieff (90)
Highest home attendance 100,704 (Grand Final vs. North Melbourne)
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Main article: 1978 VFL season

The 1978 Hawthorn Football Club season was the clubs 54th season in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Fixture

Premiership season

Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Ladder
position
Home Away Result
1 Saturday, 1 April (2:10 pm) Melbourne 22.15 (147) 9.14 (68) Won by 79 points Princes Park (H) 11,986 1st
2 Saturday, 8 April (2:10 pm) South Melbourne 16.8 (104) 18.24 (132) Won by 28 points Lake Oval (A) 15,072 3rd
3 Saturday, 15 April (2:10 pm) North Melbourne 16.15 (111) 12.14 (86) Lost by 25 points VFL Park (A) 39,097 4th
4 Saturday, 22 April (2:10 pm) Collingwood 14.19 (103) 15.15 (105) Won by 2 points Victoria Park (A) 29,577 2nd
5 Saturday, 29 April (2:10 pm) Fitzroy 14.17 (101) 15.12 (102) Lost by 1 point Princes Park (H) 13,788 3rd
6 Saturday, 6 May (2:10 pm) Carlton 19.12 (126) 24.13 (157) Won by 31 points Princes Park (A) 19,649 3rd
7 Saturday, 13 May (2:10 pm) Footscray 27.15 (177) 13.13 (91) Won by 86 points Princes Park (H) 9,198 3rd
8 Saturday, 20 May (2:10 pm) Richmond 9.16 (70) 14.15 (99) Won by 29 points VFL Park (A) 27,224 2nd
9 Saturday, 27 May (2:10 pm) St Kilda 8.9 (57) 13.19 (97) Won by 40 points Moorabbin Oval (A) 25,293 2nd
10 Saturday, 3 June (2:10 pm) Geelong 12.24 (96) 8.13 (61) Won by 35 points Princes Park (H) 11,203 2nd
11 Saturday, 17 June (2:10 pm) Essendon 16.8 (104) 19.19 (133) Won by 29 points Windy Hill (A) 24,217 2nd
12 Saturday, 24 June (2:10 pm) Melbourne 15.18 (108) 18.20 (128) Won by 20 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 14,652 1st
13 Saturday, 1 July (2:10 pm) South Melbourne 21.14 (140) 18.11 (119) Won by 21 points Princes Park (H) 13,853 1st
14 Saturday, 8 July (2:10 pm) Collingwood 10.14 (74) 13.6 (84) Lost by 10 points VFL Park (H) 46,086 1st
15 Saturday, 15 July (2:10 pm) North Melbourne 10.14 (74) 7.13 (55) Won by 19 points Princes Park (H) 16,214 1st
16 Saturday, 22 July (2:10 pm) Fitzroy 18.14 (122) 17.19 (121) Lost by 1 point Junction Oval (A) 12,299 1st
17 Saturday, 29 July (2:10 pm) Carlton 13.17 (95) 18.11 (119) Lost by 24 points Princes Park (H) 28,118 1st
18 Saturday, 5 August (2:10 pm) Footscray 17.10 (112) 17.16 (118) Won by 6 points Western Oval (A) 17,255 1st
19 Saturday, 12 August (2:10 pm) Richmond 18.19 (127) 10.10 (70) Won by 57 points Princes Park (H) 15,979 2nd
20 Saturday, 19 August (2:10 pm) St Kilda 12.11 (83) 21.13 (139) Lost by 56 points VFL Park (H) 31,677 2nd
21 Saturday, 26 August (2:10 pm) Geelong 13.8 (86) 13.10 (88) Won by 2 points Kardinia Park (A) 21,663 2nd
22 Saturday, 2 September (2:10 pm) Essendon 17.16 (118) 16.13 (109) Won by 9 points Princes Park (H) 14,534 2nd
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Finals Series

Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance
Home Away Result
Qualifying Final Saturday, 9 September (2:30 pm) Collingwood 23.16 (154) 14.14 (98) Won by 56 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 79,931
Second semi-final Saturday, 16 September (2:30 pm) North Melbourne 10.13 (73) 12.15 (87) Won by 14 points VFL Park (A) 48,716
Grand Final Saturday, 30 September (2:50 pm) North Melbourne 18.13 (121) 15.13 (103) Won by 18 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 101,704
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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

References

  1. 1 2 "AFL Tables - 1978 Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
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