Moorabbin Oval · Sat 13 May 1978 · 30,760 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St KildaSTK | 5.2 | 7.5 | 14.8 | 113 |
| EssendonESS | 4.2 | 8.6 | 11.9 | 107 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 113 and 107.
St Kilda won by 6 points.
17.11 (113) — 16.11 (107)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graeme Gellie | 18 | 13 | 31 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Garry Sidebottom | 16 | 11 | 27 | 10 | — | 0 |
| Trevor Barker | 19 | 5 | 24 | 5 |
| — |
| 1 |
| Maurice OKeefe | 14 | 8 | 22 | 7 | — | 3 |
| Russell Greene | 16 | 5 | 21 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Graeme Bond | 17 | 3 | 20 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Robert Elliott | 15 | 4 | 19 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Jim ODea | 14 | 4 | 18 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Val Perovic | 17 | 1 | 18 | 9 | — | 0 |
| Gary Colling | 13 | 3 | 16 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Cunningham | 9 | 7 | 16 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Sarau | 13 | 1 | 14 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Bruce Duperouzel | 11 | 3 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Rex Hunt | 8 | 3 | 11 | 6 | — | 3 |
| Barry Breen | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | — | 0 |
| George Young | 8 | 2 | 10 | 7 | — | 5 |
| Russell Tweeddale | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Carl Ditterich | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Mordecai Bromberg | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Doug Booth | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Watson | 16 | 8 | 24 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Robins | 21 | 2 | 23 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Allan Davis | 16 | 4 | 20 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Max Crow | 18 | 1 | 19 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Jack Mihocek | 14 | 4 | 18 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Denis Scanlon | 16 | 2 | 18 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Garry Foulds | 16 | 2 | 18 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Burdett | 13 | 4 | 17 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Shane Heard | 11 | 6 | 17 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Primmer | 11 | 5 | 16 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Paul Vander Haar | 14 | 1 | 15 | 8 | — | 6 |
| Simon Madden | 9 | 6 | 15 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Ian Marsh | 11 | 4 | 15 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Bernie Jones | 9 | 4 | 13 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Terry Daniher | 10 | 3 | 13 | 9 | — | 1 |
| Ken Fletcher | 8 | 3 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Terry Cahill | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Paul McDonald | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Russell Muir | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Merv Neagle | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 |