Match Recap
Round 16·Sat, 22-Jul-1978 2:10 PM·Waverley Park·30,200 att.
Essendon
13.8 (86)
vs
Footscray
15.17 (107)
Footscray won by 21

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Essendon2.2 (14)5.3 (33)9.5 (59)13.8 (86)13.8 (86)
Footscray3.6 (24)5.12 (42)10.13 (73)15.17 (107)15.17 (107)

Essendon — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#38 Peter Bennett127192
#30 Neil Besanko86142
#7 Geoff Burdett10414522
#20 Terry Cahill22
#31 Max Crow148229
#5 Terry Daniher153181121
#29 Allan Davis1041442
#21 Ken Fletcher225276
#10 Garry Foulds216275
#33 Glenn Hawker5491
#9 Shane Heard134173
#27 Simon Madden64104119
#37 Ian Marsh134175
#34 Merv Neagle336
#15 Wayne Primmer17320442
#3 Michael Redenbach1121332
#36 Denis Scanlon94133
#16 Steven Taubert62833
#18 Paul Vander Haar11415523
#22 Larry Watson731021

Footscray — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#30 Ross Abbey1772441
#24 Gary Dempsey7293211
#34 Jack Dinatale13132651
#32 Ian Dunstan14519223
#42 Wayne Foreman171027431
#14 Robert Groenewegen11213431
#1 Ian Hampshire6713511
#7 Doug Hawkins3472
#25 Geoff Jennings218296
#11 Mick Kelly1611711
#28 Ian Low117182
#8 Ian Morrison82102
#26 Richard Murrie981722
#21 Stephen Power203232
#33 John Reid8917311
#17 Alby Smedts85131
#3 Alan Stoneham269352
#31 Kelvin Templeton9413514
#35 Terry Wheeler58131
#22 Ted Whitten15621223