1978 VFL Night Series

1978 VFL Night Series
VFL Amco-Herald Cup
Tournament details
Dates	3 March – 20 June 1978
Teams	13
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Fitzroy (2nd title)
Runners-up	North Melbourne
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Attendance	156,714 (12,055 per match)
	← 1977 1979 (AFC) →

Dates3 March – 20 June 1978

Teams13

Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)

ChampionsFitzroy (2nd title)

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]

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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

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

1978 VFL Night Series

Venues

Knockout stage

Round 1

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Victorian Football League Night Series final

References

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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

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

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

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

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