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1978 VFL grand final
The 1978 VFL grand final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Hawthorn Football Club and North Melbourne Football Club at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 30 September 1978. It was the 82nd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1978 VFL season. The match, attended by 101,704 spectators, was won by Hawthorn by a margin of 18 points, marking that club's fourth premiership victory.
It was the third time in four seasons that these two sides met in the grand final, and it was North Melbourne's fifth successive grand final. North Melbourne was the reigning premier, having defeated Collingwood in the 1977 VFL grand final.
At the conclusion of the home-and-away season, North Melbourne had finished on top of the ladder with 16 wins and 6 losses. Hawthorn had finished second, also with 16 wins but with an inferior percentage.
In the finals series leading up to the grand final, Hawthorn comfortably defeated Collingwood in the qualifying final by 56 points, before beating North Melbourne by 10 points in the second semi-final to progress to the grand final. North Melbourne, after the second semi-final loss, defeated Collingwood by 12 points in the preliminary final to progress to the grand final.
In the week leading up to the grand final, North Melbourne's Malcolm Blight was awarded the Brownlow Medal.
North Melbourne went into the game without a number of players from the previous season's premiership victory – star full-back David Dench, who had injured his knee in round 3, ruckman Peter Keenan, who had received a two-match suspension for striking Hawthorn captain Don Scott in the last quarter of the semi-final, and injured utilities Steven Icke and Brent Crosswell.
Hawthorn got off to a fast start, with forward Michael Moncrieff kicking three goals (including two goals in the first two minutes of the game), and they led by nineteen points at quarter time.
North Melbourne had the better of the second quarter, with Phil Baker becoming the focal point of the North Melbourne attack and taking the mark of the year over Ian Paton. He helped North Melbourne kick five goals to two to lead by four points at half time.
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1978 VFL grand final
The 1978 VFL grand final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Hawthorn Football Club and North Melbourne Football Club at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 30 September 1978. It was the 82nd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1978 VFL season. The match, attended by 101,704 spectators, was won by Hawthorn by a margin of 18 points, marking that club's fourth premiership victory.
It was the third time in four seasons that these two sides met in the grand final, and it was North Melbourne's fifth successive grand final. North Melbourne was the reigning premier, having defeated Collingwood in the 1977 VFL grand final.
At the conclusion of the home-and-away season, North Melbourne had finished on top of the ladder with 16 wins and 6 losses. Hawthorn had finished second, also with 16 wins but with an inferior percentage.
In the finals series leading up to the grand final, Hawthorn comfortably defeated Collingwood in the qualifying final by 56 points, before beating North Melbourne by 10 points in the second semi-final to progress to the grand final. North Melbourne, after the second semi-final loss, defeated Collingwood by 12 points in the preliminary final to progress to the grand final.
In the week leading up to the grand final, North Melbourne's Malcolm Blight was awarded the Brownlow Medal.
North Melbourne went into the game without a number of players from the previous season's premiership victory – star full-back David Dench, who had injured his knee in round 3, ruckman Peter Keenan, who had received a two-match suspension for striking Hawthorn captain Don Scott in the last quarter of the semi-final, and injured utilities Steven Icke and Brent Crosswell.
Hawthorn got off to a fast start, with forward Michael Moncrieff kicking three goals (including two goals in the first two minutes of the game), and they led by nineteen points at quarter time.
North Melbourne had the better of the second quarter, with Phil Baker becoming the focal point of the North Melbourne attack and taking the mark of the year over Ian Paton. He helped North Melbourne kick five goals to two to lead by four points at half time.