1978 VFL season
Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date
St Kilda 13.7 ( 85 ) South Melbourne 3.19 ( 37 ) Moorabbin Oval 20,933 12 August 1978
Hawthorn 18.19 ( 127 ) Richmond 10.10 ( 70 ) Princes Park 15,980 12 August 1978
Collingwood 11.16 ( 82 ) Footscray 10.6 ( 66 ) Victoria Park 24,069 12 August 1978
North Melbourne 26.18 ( 174 ) Melbourne 8.13 ( 61 ) Arden Street Oval 9,183 12 August 1978
Geelong 14.8 ( 92 ) Essendon 13.7 ( 85 ) Kardinia Park 15,080 12 August 1978
Carlton 9.15 ( 69 ) Fitzroy 8.10 ( 58 ) VFL Park 21,410 12 August 1978
Premiership season -- Round 19
The 1978 Victorian Football League season was the 82nd season of the elite Australian rules football competition.