1978 Hawthorn Football Club season
| 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
See also: McIntyre "Final Five" system
| 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
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| 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 2 "AFL Tables - 1978 Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
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