Preliminary final, 1978 · Waverley Park (VFL Park) · Saturday 23 September 1978, 2:30pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Melbourne | 22 | 48 | 70 | 96 |
| Collingwood | 13 | 33 | 56 | 84 |
Crowd 73,354. Coaches: Ron Barassi and Tom Hafey. Umpires: Ian Robinson, Neville Nash.
| Ken Montgomery | 12 | 29 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| John Byrne | 21 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Stan Alves | 2 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Graeme Melrose | 17 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ray Huppatz | 10 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Malcolm Blight | 15 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Ross Henshaw | 34 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Darryl Sutton | 5 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Keith Greig | 27 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Gary Cowton | 13 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Maurice Boyse | 44 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Mark Dawson | 7 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Ross Glendinning | 4 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Wayne Schimmelbusch | 20 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Arnold Briedis | 6 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Stephen McCann | 16 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 |
| Mick Nolan | 22 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 4 |
| Doug Smith | 46 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bill Nettlefold | 35 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Burns | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ronnie Wearmouth | 5 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Bill Picken | 25 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Kevin Morris | 14 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Ray Shaw | 23 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Rod Oborne | 8 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Andrew Ireland | 24 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Craig Stewart | 9 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Ricky Barham | 43 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Ross Dunne | 44 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Greg Whitcroft | 37 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Kevin Worthington | 27 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Phil Carman | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Peter McCormack | 6 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Max Richardson | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Phil Manassa | 31 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ray Byrne | 26 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Shane Bond | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Len Thompson | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 |
| Peter Moore | 30 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Wayne Richardson | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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