1978 VFA season

1978 VFA Premiership Season
Teams 20
Division 1
Teams 10
Premiers Prahran
(5th premiership)
Minor premiers Port Melbourne
(12th minor premiership)
Division 2
Teams 10
Premiers Frankston
(1st D2 premiership)
Minor premiers Frankston
(2nd D2 minor premiership)
1977
1979

The 1978 Victorian Football Association season was the 97th season of the top division of the Australian rules football competition, and the 18th season of second division competition. The Division 1 premiership was won by the Prahran Football Club, after it defeated Preston in the Grand Final on 24 September by 22 points; it was Prahran's fifth and last Division 1 premiership. The Division 2 premiership was won by Frankston; it was the first and, as of 2015, is the only Association premiership in either division ever won by the club.

Division 1

The Division 1 home-and-away season was played over 18 rounds; the top four then contested the finals under the Page–McIntyre system. The finals were played at the St Kilda Cricket Ground.

Ladder

1978 VFA Division 1 Ladder
TEAM P W L D PF PA Pct PTS
1 Port Melbourne 18 13 5 0 2305 1994 115.5 52
2 Preston 18 12 5 1 2175 1995 109.0 50
3 Prahran 18 11 6 1 2221 1965 113.0 46
4 Dandenong 18 11 7 0 2276 2017 112.8 44
5 Coburg 18 10 8 0 2087 1887 110.5 40
6 Sandringham 18 8 10 0 2054 1967 104.4 32
7 Brunswick 18 8 10 0 1820 1907 95.4 32
8 Geelong West 18 7 11 0 1936 2180 88.8 28
9 Caulfield 18 6 12 0 1937 2301 84.1 24
10 Mordialloc 18 3 15 0 1783 2381 74.8 12
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pct = Percentage; (P) = Premiers, PTS = Premiership points Source[1]

Finals

Semi Finals
Sunday, 3 September Prahran 21.16 (142) def. Dandenong 17.15 (117) St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 7,932) [2]
Sunday, 10 September Port Melbourne 19.16 (130) def. by Preston 20.14 (134) St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 14,480) [3]
Preliminary Final
Sunday, 17 September Port Melbourne 16.16 (112) def. by Prahran 20.14 (134) St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 10,475) [4]
1978 VFA Division 1 Grand Final
Sunday, 24 September Preston def. by Prahran St Kilda Cricket Ground (Crowd: 29,565) [5]
5.3 (33)
10.11 (71)
13.12 (90)
17.17 (119)
Q1
Q2
Q3
Final
8.3 (51)
9.7 (61)
18.12 (120)
21.15 (141)
Umpires: Rex Wenn
Cann 4, Gonsalves 3, Lorenzini 2, Marks 2, Renwick 2, Wilmot 2, Durward, Ringin Goals Smith 7, Johnston 4, Preen 4, Austin 2, Clarke, Dwyer, Kekovich, Taylor
Wilmot, for striking Kekovich in the third quarter
Wilmot, for striking McGuinness in the third quarter
Martin, for striking Kekovich in the third quarter
Martin, for striking Jeffrey in the third quarter
Martin, for headbutting Chapman in the third quarter
Reports Anderson, for striking Gonsalves in the third quarter
Kekovich, for attempting to striking Martin in the second quarter
McGuinness, for striking Marshall in the third quarter

Awards

Division 2

The Division 2 home-and-away season was played over eighteen rounds; the top four then contested the finals under the Page–McIntyre system; all finals were played on Sundays at Toorak Park.

Ladder

1978 VFA Division 2 Ladder
TEAM P W L D PF PA Pct PTS
1 Frankston (P) 18 15 3 0 2608 1787 145.9 60
2 Camberwell 18 14 4 0 2341 1527 153.3 56
3 Oakleigh 18 12 5 1 2284 1964 116.2 50
4 Yarraville 18 12 6 0 2136 1833 116.5 48
5 Northcote 18 10 8 0 2222 1944 114.3 40
6 Waverley 18 8 9 1 1881 2065 91.0 34
7 Sunshine 18 7 10 1 1930 2243 86.0 30
8 Werribee 18 6 12 0 1816 2277 79.8 24
9 Williamstown 18 3 15 0 1852 2462 75.2 12
10 Box Hill 18 1 16 1 1638 2606 62.8 6
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pct = Percentage; (P) = Premiers, PTS = Premiership points Source[7]

Finals

Semi Finals
Sunday, 20 August Oakleigh 28.22 (190) def. Yarraville 15.10 (100) Toorak Park (crowd: 5,000) [8]
Sunday, 27 August Frankston 18.12 (120) def. Camberwell 16.8 (104) Toorak Park (crowd: 6,500) [1]
Preliminary Final
Sunday, 3 September Camberwell 15.26 (116) def. Oakleigh 10.19 (79) Toorak Park (crowd: 5,000) [2]
1978 VFA Division 2 Grand Final
Sunday, 10 September Frankston def. Camberwell Toorak Park (Crowd: 8,000) [9]
1.2 (8)
7.7 (49)
9.8 (62)
15.13 (103)
Q1
Q2
Q3
Final
2.4 (16)
5.5 (35)
9.11 (65)
13.11 (89)
Umpires: Roy Groom
Hunter 6, Orchard 3, Roberts 3, Bell, Boyd, Sampson Goals Hammond 5, B. Smith 3, Adgemis, Hirst, Spithill, Withers, Wright
Lewis, for striking Hook in the second quarter Reports
  • Scores were level twenty minutes into the final quarter.

Awards

Notable events

NFL Night Series

The top three Association clubs from 1977 – Port Melbourne, Sandringham and Coburg – were invited to participate in the NFL Night Series, known this year as the Escort Cup. In the competition, played on Tuesday nights concurrently with the premiership season:

Interleague matches

The Association played an interleague representative match against Queensland for the second consecutive season.

1978 Interleague Matches
Sunday, 4 June Queensland 18.14 (122) def. V.F.A. 12.20 (92) Gabba [18]

Other notable events

External links

References

  1. 1 2 3 Marc Fiddian (28 August 1978). "Dandy way to stay in finals". The Age (Melbourne). p. 25.
  2. 1 2 3 Marc Fiddian (4 September 1978). "Two Blues dump Dandy". The Age (Melbourne). p. 29.
  3. 1 2 3 Marc Fiddian (11 September 1978). "Bullants nip Port". The Age (Melbourne). p. 29.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Marc Fiddian (18 September 1978). "Five-goal Sam hits his straps". The Age (Melbourne). p. 28.
  5. 1 2 Marc Fiddian (25 September 1978). "Prahran steps on the Bullants". The Age (Melbourne). p. 27.
  6. 1 2 Marc Fiddian (31 August 1978). "Trevor, Barry tie for Liston Trophy". The Age (Melbourne). p. 30.
  7. 1 2 Marc Fiddian (14 August 1978). "Association details". The Age (Melbourne).
  8. 1 2 3 Marc Fiddian (21 August 1978). "Preston in by point". The Age (Melbourne). p. 31.
  9. 1 2 Marc Fiddian (11 September 1978). "VFA first for Frankston". The Age (Melbourne). p. 29.
  10. Marc Fiddian (31 July 1978). "Young Eagle flies high". The Age (Melbourne). p. 32.
  11. Stephen Phillips (10 May 1978). "NSW Cooked". The Age (Melbourne). p. 28.
  12. "NFL game to Port". The Age (Melbourne). 21 June 1978. p. 24.
  13. "Port's brave bid fails". The Age (Melbourne). 19 July 1978. p. 24.
  14. Stephen Phillips (24 May 1978). "'Cowboy' has umps in gun". The Age (Melbourne). p. 27.
  15. Stephen Phillips (5 July 1978). "Bunton lands a winner". The Age (Melbourne). p. 25.
  16. Stephen Phillips (7 June 1978). "Coburg beats East Perth". The Age (Melbourne). p. 24.
  17. "Coburg flops". The Age (Melbourne). 28 June 1978. p. 26.
  18. Marc Fiddian (5 June 1978). "VFA out of the running". The Age (Melbourne). p. 24.
  19. Marc Fiddian (29 May 1978). "Losing run draws to an end". The Age (Melbourne). p. 29.
  20. "Association details". The Age (Melbourne). 10 July 1978. p. 29.
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