Round 21, 1978 · Waverley Park (VFL Park) · Saturday 26 August 1978, 2:10pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essendon | 7 | 10 | 17 | 51 |
| North Melbourne | 30 | 61 | 75 | 77 |
Crowd 22,337. Coaches: Barry Davis and Ron Barassi. Umpires: John Morgan, Ken Quinn.
| Stephen Robins | 24 | 29 | 26 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Peter Bennett | 38 | 29 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Ken Fletcher | 21 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| Terry Cahill | 20 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Ian Marsh | 37 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Max Crow | 31 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
| Garry Foulds | 10 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Shane Heard | 9 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Paul Vander Haar | 18 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Larry Watson | 22 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Terry Daniher | 5 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Simon Madden | 27 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 4 |
| Denis Scanlon | 36 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Colin Boyd | 17 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael Sheldon | 12 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Geoff Burdett | 7 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Tim Watson | 32 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Steven Taubert | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Michael Redenbach | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Neil Clarke | 39 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Graeme Melrose | 17 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Peter Keenan | 1 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 1 |
| Stephen Icke | 36 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Roy Ramsay | 38 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Arnold Briedis | 6 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| John Byrne | 21 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Malcolm Blight | 15 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Maurice Boyse | 44 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Schimmelbusch | 20 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| John Burns | 11 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Gary Cowton | 13 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| John Cassin | 3 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Ross Glendinning | 4 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Bill Nettlefold | 35 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Doug Smith | 46 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Darryl Sutton | 5 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Keith Greig | 27 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Stephen McCann | 16 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Stephen Easton | 55 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Mark Dawson | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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168 meetings: Essendon 108, North Melbourne 59, 1 drawn.
North Melbourne by 14 · crowd 37,054
North Melbourne by 12 · crowd 40,154
Essendon by 3 · crowd 35,439
Essendon by 40 · crowd 43,125
Essendon by 9 · crowd 37,231
Essendon by 6 · crowd 40,488