1978 VFA season

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1978 VFA Premiership Season
Teams20
Division 1
Teams10
Premiers Prahran
(5th premiership)
Minor premiers Port Melbourne
(12th minor premiership)
Division 2
Teams10
Premiers Frankston
(1st D2 premiership)
Minor premiers Frankston
(2nd D2 minor premiership)
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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 is the only Association premiership in either division won by the club to date.

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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
TEAMPWLDPFPAPctPTS
1 Port Melbourne 18135023051994115.552
2 Preston 18125121751995109.050
3 Prahran 18116122211965113.046
4 Dandenong 18117022762017112.844
5 Coburg 18108020871887110.540
6 Sandringham 18810020541967104.432
7 Brunswick 1881001820190795.432
8 Geelong West 1871101936218088.828
9 Caulfield 1861201937230184.124
10 Mordialloc 1831501783238174.812
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pct = Percentage; (P) = Premiers, PTS = Premiership pointsSource [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, RinginGoals 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		ReportsAnderson, 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
TEAMPWLDPFPAPctPTS
1 Frankston (P)18153026081787145.960
2 Camberwell 18144023411527153.356
3 Oakleigh 18125122841964116.250
4 Yarraville 18126021361833116.548
5 Northcote 18108022221944114.340
6 Waverley 188911881206591.034
7 Sunshine 1871011930224386.030
8 Werribee 1861201816227779.824
9 Williamstown 1831501852246275.212
10 Box Hill 1811611638260662.86
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pct = Percentage; (P) = Premiers, PTS = Premiership pointsSource [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, SampsonGoalsHammond 5, B. Smith 3, Adgemis, Hirst, Spithill, Withers, Wright
Lewis, for striking Hook in the second quarterReports
  • 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

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