Arden St · Sat 29 Apr 1978 · 31,424 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North MelbourneNM | 3.3 | 11.4 | 14.5 | 124 |
| CollingwoodCOLL | 7.4 | 11.7 | 14.11 | 115 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 124 and 115.
North Melbourne won by 9 points.
19.10 (124) — 17.13 (115)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen McCann | 19 | 4 | 23 | 10 | — | 0 |
| Alan Jarrott | 13 | 9 | 22 | 5 | — | 0 |
| John Burns | 17 | 4 | 21 | 5 | — |
| 7 |
| Malcolm Blight | 17 | 2 | 19 | 8 | — | 3 |
| Keith Greig | 14 | 5 | 19 | 3 | — | 0 |
| John Cassin | 12 | 6 | 18 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Brendan Burnett | 12 | 5 | 17 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Ross Glendinning | 14 | 3 | 17 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Ken Montgomery | 9 | 7 | 16 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Daryl Schimmelbusch | 8 | 7 | 15 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Arnold Briedis | 7 | 6 | 13 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Stephen Icke | 9 | 4 | 13 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Mark Williams | 8 | 5 | 13 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Peter Keenan | 10 | 2 | 12 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Phil Baker | 9 | 1 | 10 | 6 | — | 5 |
| Gary Cowton | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0 | — | 0 |
| John Byrne | 8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Mick Nolan | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Schimmelbusch | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Bill Nettlefold | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Carman | 14 | 7 | 21 | 8 | — | 2 |
| Ray Shaw | 16 | 4 | 20 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Ronnie Wearmouth | 10 | 8 | 18 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Bill Picken | 17 | 1 | 18 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Ricky Barham | 16 | 1 | 17 | 0 | — | 2 |
| Len Thompson | 10 | 6 | 16 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Kevin Worthington | 11 | 4 | 15 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Max Richardson | 12 | 3 | 15 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Stan Magro | 8 | 5 | 13 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Alan Atkinson | 10 | 1 | 11 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Peter Moore | 7 | 4 | 11 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Phil Manassa | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Wayne Richardson | 9 | 2 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Chris Perry | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Rene Kink | 6 | 4 | 10 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Andrew Ireland | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Craig Stewart | 8 | 0 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Rod Oborne | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | 2 |
| Shane Bond | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Gordon | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 |