1978 VFL Night Series

1978 VFL Night Series
VFL Amco-Herald Cup
Tournament details
Dates3 March – 20 June 1978
Teams13
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFitzroy (2nd title)
Runners-upNorth Melbourne
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Attendance156,714 (12,055 per match)
← 1977

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

Team Nickname League Qualification Participation (bold indicates winners)
North Melbourne Kangaroos VFL Winner of the 1977 Victorian Football League 17th (Previous: 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1977)
Collingwood Magpies VFL Runners-Up in the 1977 Victorian Football League 7th (Previous: 1957, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1977)
Hawthorn Hawks VFL Third Place in the 1977 Victorian Football League 15th (Previous: 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1977)
Richmond Tigers VFL Fourth Place in the 1977 Victorian Football League 15th (Previous: 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1977)
South Melbourne Swans VFL Fifth Place in the 1977 Victorian Football League 17th (Previous: 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1977)
Carlton Blues VFL Sixth Place in the 1977 Victorian Football League 12th (Previous: 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1971, 1977)
Footscray Bulldogs VFL Seventh Place in the 1977 Victorian Football League 16th (Previous: 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1977)
Geelong Cats VFL Eighth Place in the 1977 Victorian Football League 9th (Previous: 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1970, 1971, 1977)
Essendon Bombers VFL Ninth Place in the 1977 Victorian Football League 11th (Previous: 1956, 1957, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1977)
Fitzroy Lions VFL Tenth Place in the 1977 Victorian Football League 16th (Previous: 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1977)
Melbourne Demons VFL Eleventh Place in the 1977 Victorian Football League 10th (Previous: 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1977)
St Kilda Saints VFL Twelfth Place in the 1977 Victorian Football League 11th (Previous: 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1967, 1969, 1977)
Tasmania Devils TANFL State Representative Team 1st

Venues

Melbourne
Waverley Park
Capacity: 72,000

Knockout stage

Round 1

3 March 1978 South Melbourne 126–68 Collingwood Waverley Park, Melbourne  
19.12 (126) 10.8 (68) Attendance: 18,585


10 March 1978 North Melbourne 80–63 Footscray Waverley Park, Melbourne  
11.14 (80) 9.9 (63) Attendance: 10,136


17 March 1978 Carlton 63–62 Geelong Waverley Park, Melbourne  
8.15 (63) 8.14 (62) Attendance: 10,321


23 March 1978 Fitzroy 88–70 Tasmania Waverley Park, Melbourne  
13.10 (88) 10.10 (70) Attendance: 5,136


4 April 1978 Richmond 88–37 Essendon Waverley Park, Melbourne  
13.10 (88) 5.7 (37) Attendance: 15,764


11 April 1978 St Kilda 96–57 Melbourne Waverley Park, Melbourne  
14.12 (96) 8.9 (57) Attendance: 8,867


Quarter-finals

QF #1 18 April 1978 Fitzroy 92–68 South Melbourne Waverley Park, Melbourne  
14.8 (92) 9.14 (68) Attendance: 5,822


QF #2 2 May 1978 Richmond 100–83 Carlton Waverley Park, Melbourne  
15.10 (100) 11.17 (83) Attendance: 12,061


QF #3 9 May 1978 Geelong 67–36 Hawthorn Waverley Park, Melbourne  
10.7 (67) 5.6 (36) Attendance: 8,146


QF #4 16 May 1978 North Melbourne 60–56 St Kilda Waverley Park, Melbourne  
8.12 (60) 8.8 (56) Attendance: 20,694


Semi-finals

SF #1 23 May 1978 Fitzroy 74–58 Richmond Waverley Park, Melbourne  
10.14 (74) 8.10 (58) Attendance: 8,172


SF #2 30 May 1978 North Melbourne 98–59 Geelong Waverley Park, Melbourne  
15.8 (98) 9.5 (59) Attendance: 6,590


Victorian Football League Night Series final

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

  1. ^ David Eastman. "1978 VFL Amco-Herald Cup".