Princes Park · Sat 20 May 1978 · 21,601 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CarltonCARL | 1.2 | 3.5 | 6.15 | 63 |
| FitzroyFITZ | 2.4 | 4.5 | 5.7 | 61 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 63 and 61.
Carlton won by 2 points.
8.15 (63) — 9.7 (61)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Keogh | 20 | 10 | 30 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Barry Armstrong | 20 | 3 | 23 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Bruce Doull | 12 | 11 | 23 | 5 | — |
| 0 |
| Rodney Ashman | 19 | 2 | 21 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Ken Sheldon | 15 | 5 | 20 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Jim Buckley | 17 | 2 | 19 | 3 | — | 4 |
| Greg Towns | 11 | 8 | 19 | 7 | — | 2 |
| David McKay | 12 | 4 | 16 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Dennis Collins | 13 | 3 | 16 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Rod Galt | 12 | 4 | 16 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Heath | 11 | 3 | 14 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Peter Brown | 10 | 2 | 12 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Rod Austin | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Alex Jesaulenko | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Alan Mangels | 9 | 2 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Mark Maclure | 9 | 1 | 10 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Southby | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Tony Pickett | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Peter Jones | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Peter Fitzpatrick | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garry Wilson | 21 | 9 | 30 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Ron Alexander | 20 | 2 | 22 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Warwick Irwin | 13 | 8 | 21 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Chris Smith | 10 | 5 | 15 | 10 | — | 0 |
| Laurie Serafini | 10 | 4 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Harvey Merrigan | 12 | 1 | 13 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Kevin OKeeffe | 9 | 4 | 13 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Russ Hodges | 11 | 1 | 12 | 0 | — | 1 |
| David McMahon | 8 | 4 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Barry Padley | 10 | 0 | 10 | 1 | — | 4 |
| Wayne Linton | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Brian Brown | 9 | 1 | 10 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Rod Carter | 7 | 3 | 10 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Gerald McCarthy | 8 | 2 | 10 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Bernie Quinlan | 7 | 2 | 9 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Grant Fowler | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Bob Beecroft | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Peter Brown | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Mick Conlan | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Geoffrey Austen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 |