Match Recap
Round 1·Sat, 1-Apr-1978 2:10 PM·Western Oval·20,420 att.
Footscray
11.14 (80)
vs
North Melbourne
23.11 (149)
North Melbourne won by 69

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Footscray2.4 (16)9.7 (61)10.11 (71)11.14 (80)11.14 (80)
North Melbourne6.3 (39)11.5 (71)18.7 (115)23.11 (149)23.11 (149)

Footscray — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#30 Ross Abbey61722
#16 Dennis Blair16163
#12 George Brown551011
#24 Gary Dempsey24143814128
#32 Ian Dunstan181193
#20 Jim Edmond1511642
#42 Wayne Foreman12214311
#7 Doug Hawkins7711
#25 Geoff Jennings13102331
#44 Graeme Linke6282
#28 Ian Low7294
#8 Ian Morrison1311461
#10 Peter Munro71832
#26 Richard Murrie6281
#5 Bruce Reid14620525
#17 Alby Smedts95141
#3 Alan Stoneham86141
#31 Kelvin Templeton11112634
#35 Terry Wheeler112131
#22 Ted Whitten2322531

North Melbourne — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#2 Stan Alves126187
#15 Malcolm Blight214255314
#6 Arnold Briedis1311427
#11 John Burns20525321
#21 John Byrne24933521
#3 John Cassin13518232
#13 Gary Cowton761311
#23 David Dench87151
#4 Ross Glendinning6915732
#27 Keith Greig1762331
#38 Frank Gumbleton87152
#34 Ross Henshaw8192
#36 Steven Icke96153
#1 Peter Keenan358212
#16 Stephen McCann931241
#17 Graeme Melrose141125222
#12 Ken Montgomery74111
#35 Bill Nettlefold6410211
#22 Mick Nolan3318
#20 Wayne Schimmelbusch245295