1978 NFL Championship Series (Australia)
Appearance
NFL Escort Cup | |
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Tournament details | |
Dates | 25 April – 25 July 1978 |
Teams | 16 |
Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | South Adelaide (1st title) |
Runners-up | Glenelg |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 15 |
Attendance | 52,529 (3,502 per match) |
The 1978 NFL Championship Series was the third edition of the NFL Night Series, an NFL-organised national club Australian rules football tournament between the leading clubs from the SANFL, the WANFL, the VFA and State Representative Teams.[1]
The 1978 NFL edition continued on a similar basis to the previous season with the VFL again running their own Night Series at VFL Park. However, the first signs of a breakaway appeared with the Tasmanian Representative Side choosing to participate in both the NFL and VFL competitions – making them the first non-VFL team to play in the VFL Night Series.
Qualified teams
[edit]- 1 Includes previous appearances in the Championship of Australia.
Venues
[edit]Adelaide | Melbourne | Perth | Brisbane |
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Norwood Oval | Lake Oval | Subiaco Oval | Brisbane Cricket Ground |
Capacity: 22,000 | Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 53,000 | Capacity: 35,000 |
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Knockout stage
[edit]Round 1
[edit]25 April 1978 | Perth | 94-76 | West Adelaide | Subiaco Oval, Perth | |
14.10 (94) | 11.10 (76) | Attendance: 4,678
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2 May 1978 | Norwood | 138-87 | East Fremantle | Norwood Oval, Adelaide | |
21.12 (138) | 13.9 (87) | Attendance: 4,500 (estimate)
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7 May 1978 | Queensland | 105-83 | Tasmania | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane | |
16.9 (105) | 12.11 (83) | Attendance: 10,000
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9 May 1978 | Port Melbourne | 92-46 | New South Wales | Lake Oval, Melbourne | |
12.20 (92) | 7.4 (46) | Attendance: 3,682
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16 May 1978 | South Adelaide | 87-56 | Port Adelaide | Norwood Oval, Adelaide | |
12.15 (87) | 7.14 (56) | Attendance: 2,000 (estimate)
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23 May 1978 | Sandringham | 82-78 | Australian Capital Territory | Lake Oval, Melbourne | |
12.10 (82) | 12.6 (78) | Attendance: 2,680
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30 May 1978 | Glenelg | 71-69 | West Perth | Norwood Oval, Adelaide | |
10.11 (71) | 10.9 (69) | Attendance: 1,500 (estimate)
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6 June 1978 | Coburg | 71-49 | East Perth | Lake Oval, Melbourne | |
10.11 (71) | 7.7 (49) | Attendance: 1,280
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Quarter-finals
[edit]QF #1 13 June 1978 | Perth | 106-93 | Norwood | Subiaco Oval, Perth | |
16.10 (106) | 14.9 (93) | Attendance: 2,209
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QF #2 20 June 1978 | Port Melbourne | 96-60 | Queensland | Lake Oval, Melbourne | |
13.18 (96) | 9.6 (60) | Attendance: 3,000
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QF #3 27 June 1978 | Glenelg | 101-84 | Coburg | Norwood Oval, Adelaide | |
15.11 (101) | 13.6 (84) | Attendance: 2,500 (estimate)
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QF #4 4 July 1978 | Sandringham | 35-94 | South Adelaide | Lake Oval, Melbourne | |
5.5 (35) | 14.10 (94) | Attendance: 1,000
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Semi-finals
[edit]SF #1 11 July 1978 | Glenelg | 92-70 | Perth | Norwood Oval, Adelaide | |
13.14 (92) | 10.10 (70) | Attendance: 2,500 (estimate)
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SF #2 18 July 1978 | Port Melbourne | 63-68 | South Adelaide | Lake Oval, Melbourne | |
9.9 (63) | 9.14 (68) | Attendance: 2,000
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NFL Championship Series final
[edit]Final 25 July 1978 | South Adelaide | 63-26 | Glenelg | Norwood Oval, Adelaide | |
3.0 (18) 4.2 (26) 5.3 (33) 9.9 (63) |
1.3 (9) 2.6 (18) 2.7 (19) 3.8 (26) |
Attendance: 9,000 Umpires: Peter Mead | |||
Goals | |||||
Ruscuklic, Hateley, Lyons 2 Harradine, Keam, Schneebichler 1 |
Rady, McFarlane, Cornes 1 |
References
[edit]- ^ David Eastman. "1978 NFL Escort Cup".