Round 7, 1978 · Waverley Park (VFL Park) · Saturday 13 May 1978, 2:10pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geelong | 20 | 44 | 67 | 126 |
| Melbourne | 55 | 87 | 114 | 139 |
Crowd 13,072. Coaches: Rod Olsson and Dennis Jones. Umpires: Jim Chapman, Geoff Polites.
| Murray Witcombe | 18 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| David Clarke | 14 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ian Nankervis | 40 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Jeff Cassidy | 15 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Kevin Higgins | 39 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bryan Cousins | 24 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ray Card | 20 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bruce Nankervis | 33 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Neville Bruns (debut) | 19 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Terry Bright | 4 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Ken Newland | 3 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Robert Neal | 35 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Jack Hawkins | 26 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| David Manson | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Larry Donohue | 23 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Gary Malarkey | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Michael Turner | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alan Woodman | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rod Blake | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| Jeff Fehring | 25 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| Greg Wells | 11 | 32 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Laurie Fowler | 9 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Robert Flower | 2 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Henry Coles | 13 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| David Code | 44 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Ross Brewer | 6 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shane Fitzsimmons | 23 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Phil Seaton | 15 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Barry Denny | 7 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Greg Hutchison | 43 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Barry Norsworthy | 12 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Peter Johnston | 8 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Garry Baker | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Andrew Moir | 29 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Shane Grambeau | 17 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Peter Thorne | 40 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Robert Walters | 16 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Anthony Dullard | 28 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Steven Smith | 35 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| Graham Hunnibell (debut) | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
Hover a column heading for its full name. ↑ came on as a substitute, ↓ was substituted off.
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Melbourne by 8 · crowd 51,795
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