Waverley Park · Sat 8 Jul 1978 · 46,086 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HawthornHAW | 3.4 | 6.9 | 9.13 | 74 |
| CollingwoodCOLL | 3.2 | 7.4 | 12.5 | 84 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 74 and 84.
Collingwood won by 10 points.
10.14 (74) — 13.6 (84)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Tuck | 21 | 5 | 26 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Norm Goss | 18 | 7 | 25 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Geoff Ablett | 21 | 4 | 25 | 8 | — |
| 0 |
| Leigh Matthews | 18 | 5 | 23 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Don Scott | 16 | 7 | 23 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Barry Rowlings | 13 | 8 | 21 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Peter Knights | 13 | 4 | 17 | 6 | — | 1 |
| David Polkinghorne | 8 | 9 | 17 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Rodney Eade | 14 | 3 | 17 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Alan Martello | 15 | 0 | 15 | 6 | — | 1 |
| David OHalloran | 8 | 7 | 15 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Alle De Wolde | 12 | 2 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Michael McCarthy | 11 | 2 | 13 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Richard Walter | 6 | 5 | 11 | 3 | — | 2 |
| John Hendrie | 8 | 2 | 10 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Terry Wallace | 8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Kelvin Moore | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Robert DiPierdomenico | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Leon Rice | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Michael Moncrieff | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stan Magro | 18 | 10 | 28 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Ray Shaw | 18 | 6 | 24 | 1 | — | 5 |
| Ronnie Wearmouth | 10 | 14 | 24 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Len Thompson | 9 | 13 | 22 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Alan Atkinson | 15 | 4 | 19 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Andrew Ireland | 16 | 3 | 19 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Phil Manassa | 15 | 2 | 17 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Max Richardson | 12 | 4 | 16 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Gerald Betts | 11 | 4 | 15 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Bill Picken | 7 | 8 | 15 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Ricky Barham | 13 | 1 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Rene Kink | 7 | 7 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Richardson | 11 | 2 | 13 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Craig Stewart | 10 | 1 | 11 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Ray Byrne | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Derek Shaw | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Peter McCormack | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Peter Moore | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | 4 |
| Wayne Gordon | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Ted Carroll | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |
Shaw 5, Atkinson 1, Richardson 1, Betts 2, Moore 4