Round 9, 1978 · Waverley Park (VFL Park) · Saturday 27 May 1978, 2:10pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 21 | 29 | 35 | 60 |
| Essendon | 18 | 45 | 75 | 102 |
Crowd 28,231. Coaches: Dennis Jones and Barry Davis. Umpires: Geoff Polites, Rowan Sawers.
| Laurie Fowler | 9 | 27 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| Shane Fitzsimmons | 23 | 26 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| Barry Tippett | 3 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Ross Brewer | 6 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Henry Coles | 13 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Robert Flower | 2 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Garry Baker | 1 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 |
| Graham Gaunt | 20 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Greg Hutchison | 43 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Greg Wells | 11 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tony Sullivan | 4 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Barry Norsworthy | 12 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Graham Hunnibell | 5 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 |
| Steven Smith | 35 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Shane Grambeau | 17 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Peter Johnston | 8 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ray Biffin | 19 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| David Code | 44 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Anthony Dullard | 28 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Peter Thorne | 40 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Terry Cahill | 20 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ken Fletcher | 21 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ron Andrews | 4 | 27 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Peter Bennett | 38 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Ian Marsh | 37 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Allan Davis | 29 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Tim Watson | 32 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Neil Besanko | 30 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Paul Vander Haar | 18 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Shane Heard | 9 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Geoff Burdett | 7 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Garry Foulds | 10 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Russell Muir | 42 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Terry Daniher | 5 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Simon Madden | 27 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| Merv Neagle | 34 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Max Crow | 31 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Wayne Primmer | 15 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Jack Mihocek | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Bernie Jones | 14 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
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223 meetings: Melbourne 88, Essendon 133, 2 drawn.
Melbourne by 45 · crowd 41,438
Essendon by 45 · crowd 38,006
Essendon by 39 · crowd 45,039
Melbourne by 17 · crowd 52,866
Essendon by 27 · crowd 33,832
Melbourne by 29 · crowd 44,503