Match Recap
Preliminary Final·Sat, 23-Sep-1978 2:30 PM·Waverley Park·73,354 att.
North Melbourne
14.12 (96)
vs
Collingwood
12.12 (84)
North Melbourne won by 12

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
North Melbourne3.4 (22)7.6 (48)10.10 (70)14.12 (96)14.12 (96)
Collingwood2.1 (13)5.3 (33)8.8 (56)12.12 (84)12.12 (84)

North Melbourne — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#2 Stan Alves22325511
#15 Malcolm Blight16420912
#44 Maurice Boyse15116621
#6 Arnold Briedis9413532
#11 John Burns33
#21 John Byrne16102662
#13 Gary Cowton610162
#7 Mark Dawson114153
#4 Ross Glendinning112136
#27 Keith Greig134172
#34 Ross Henshaw117185
#10 Ray Huppatz131023421
#16 Stephen McCann102124219
#17 Graeme Melrose13102362
#12 Ken Montgomery218295
#35 Bill Nettlefold224
#22 Mick Nolan7310220
#20 Wayne Schimmelbusch941341
#46 Doug Smith62812
#5 Darryl Sutton143175

Collingwood — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#43 Ricky Barham1411532
#15 Shane Bond336
#26 Ray Byrne6171
#2 Phil Carman8513121
#44 Ross Dunne13215532
#24 Andrew Ireland114153
#31 Phil Manassa9911
#6 Peter McCormack73104
#30 Peter Moore32514
#14 Kevin Morris2222211
#8 Rod Oborne151163
#25 Bill Picken175227
#12 Max Richardson81931
#18 Wayne Richardson
#23 Ray Shaw11920131
#9 Craig Stewart12315631
#1 Len Thompson145110
#5 Ronnie Wearmouth121123113
#37 Greg Whitcroft113145
#27 Kevin Worthington941351