1978 VFL Night Series

October 2026 December 2017 VFL Night Series 1978 VFL Amco-Herald Cup 3 March – 20 June 1978 13 1 1 Fitzroy 2 North Melbourne 13 1977 1979 (AFC) 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.https://www.hardballget.net/afl-npm-1978-vfl-amco-herald-cup.html David Eastman 1978 VFL Amco-Herald Cup Qualified Teams TeamNicknameLeagueQualificationParticipation (bold indicates winners)North MelbourneKangaroosVFLWinner of the 1977 Victorian Football League17th (Previous: 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1977)CollingwoodMagpiesVFLRunners-Up in the 1977 Victorian Football League7th (Previous: 1957, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1977)HawthornHawksVFLThird Place in the 1977 Victorian Football League 15th (Previous: 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1977)RichmondTigersVFLFourth Place in the 1977 Victorian Football League15th (Previous: 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1977)South MelbourneSwansVFLFifth Place in the 1977 Victorian Football League17th (Previous: 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1977)CarltonBluesVFLSixth Place in the 1977 Victorian Football League12th (Previous: 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1971, 1977)FootscrayBulldogsVFLSeventh Place in the 1977 Victorian Football League16th (Previous: 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1977)GeelongCatsVFLEighth Place in the 1977 Victorian Football League9th (Previous: 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1970, 1971, 1977)EssendonBombersVFLNinth Place in the 1977 Victorian Football League11th (Previous: 1956, 1957, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1977)FitzroyLionsVFLTenth Place in the 1977 Victorian Football League16th (Previous: 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1977)MelbourneDemonsVFLEleventh Place in the 1977 Victorian Football League10th (Previous: 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1977)St KildaSaintsVFLTwelfth Place in the 1977 Victorian Football League11th (Previous: 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1967, 1969, 1977)TasmaniaDevilsTANFLState Representative Team1st Venues Melbourne Waverley Park Capacity: 72,000 150px Knockout stage Round 1 3 March 1978 South Melbourne 126–68 Collingwood 19.12 (126) 10.8 (68) Waverley Park, Melbourne 18,585 10 March 1978 North Melbourne 80–63 Footscray 11.14 (80) 9.9 (63) Waverley Park, Melbourne 10,136 17 March 1978 Carlton 63–62 Geelong 8.15 (63) 8.14 (62) Waverley Park, Melbourne 10,321 23 March 1978 Fitzroy 88–70 Tasmania 13.10 (88) 10.10 (70) Waverley Park, Melbourne 5,136 4 April 1978 Richmond 88–37 Essendon 13.10 (88) 5.7 (37) Waverley Park, Melbourne 15,764 11 April 1978 St Kilda 96–57 Melbourne 14.12 (96) 8.9 (57) Waverley Park, Melbourne 8,867 Quarter-finals QF #1 18 April 1978 Fitzroy 92–68 South Melbourne 14.8 (92) 9.14 (68) Waverley Park, Melbourne 5,822 QF #2 2 May 1978 Richmond 100–83 Carlton 15.10 (100) 11.17 (83) Waverley Park, Melbourne 12,061 QF #3 9 May 1978 Geelong 67–36 Hawthorn 10.7 (67) 5.6 (36) Waverley Park, Melbourne 8,146 QF #4 16 May 1978 North Melbourne 60–56 St Kilda 8.12 (60) 8.8 (56) Waverley Park, Melbourne 20,694 Semi-finals SF #1 23 May 1978 Fitzroy 74–58 Richmond 10.14 (74) 8.10 (58) Waverley Park, Melbourne 8,172 SF #2 30 May 1978 North Melbourne 98–59 Geelong 15.8 (98) 9.5 (59) Waverley Park, Melbourne 6,590 Victorian Football League Night Series final Final 20 June 1978 Fitzroy 96–20 North 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) Waverley Park, Melbourne 26,420 Deller, K.Smith Beecroft 3 McCarthy, McMahon 2 Quinlan, Irwin, Walls, Conlan, Padley, Thompson 1 Blight, Schimmelbusch 1 References Category:Australian rules interstate football Category:History of Australian rules football Category:Australian rules football competitions in Australia Category:1978 in Australian rules football