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1978 Reserves Season

Best and Fairest - Chris Woodman
Second Best and Fairest - Robert Walters
Special Awards - David Code, Mick Rea, Michael Giulieri

Players included Mark Alves, Barkley, Begg, Besanko, Alf Boccabella, Byrne, Caddaye, Chapman, Clarke, Code, Cook, Cooke, Cortese, Cunningham, Luke De Munk, Peter Deans, Denny, Deters, Drysdale, Durnan, Fitzsimmons, Fuller, Tom Flower, Garrett, Graham Gaunt, Giuleri, Graham, Hamilton, Hayes, Hunnibell, Johnston, Mark Lockwood, Marchant, May, Peter Maynard, McGivern, McKellar, McKeon, N. Mills, Moir, Barry Norsworthy, O'Keefe, Payne, George Quine, Rea, K. Richards, R. Richards, Phil Seaton, Sparks, Sullivan, Thompson, Thorne, Tippett, Wallace, Walters, Whitfort, Wingate, Woodman

Round 1
Hawthorn 14.15.99 d. Melbourne 9.16.70
Goals - Thorne 2, Code 1, Clarke 1, T. Flower 1, Hunnibell 1, Lockwood 1, Tippett 1, Walters 1
Best - Fitzsimmons, Woodman, Wingate

Round 2
Fitzroy 21.16.142 d. Melbourne 18.15.123
Goals - Clarke 3, Flower 3, Fuller 3, Cooke 2, Durnan 2, Hunnibell 2, Alves 1, McKellar 1, Tippett 1
Best - Code, Begg, Thompson

Round 3
Carlton 23.18.156 d. Melbourne 11.10.76
Goals - Alves 3, Gaunt 2, Clark 1, Cortese 1, Flower 1, Fuller 1, Hunnibell 1, Tippett 1
Best - Alves, Begg, Code

Round 4
Footscray 23.17.155 d. Melbourne 16.19.115
Goals - Walters 8, T. Flower 3, Whitford 2, Clarke 1, Cooke 1, Hunnibell 1
Best - Walters, Code, Garrett
Reports - Alves (striking)

Round 5
Richmond 26.17.173 d. Melbourne 16.13.109
Goals - McKellar 4, Walters 4, Clarke 3, Woodman 2, Flower 1, Hunnibell 1, Thorne 1
Best - Code, Woodman, Denny
Reports - Hamilton (striking)

Round 6
Melbourne 20.20.140 d. St Kilda 14.17.101
Goals - Flower 6, Duncan 3, Graham 3, Giulieri 2, Whitford 2, Woodman 2, Clarke 1, Thorne 1
Best - Woodman, Clarke, Thorne

Round 7
Geelong 27.17.179 d. Melbourne 5.13.43
Goals - Cooke 3, Barrett 1, Graham 1
Best - Tippett, Woodman, Giulieri

Round 8
North Melbourne 18.27.135 d. Melbourne 11.7.73
Goals - Flower 3, Hamilton 3, Drysdale 1, Rae 1, Seaton 1, Whitford 1, Woodman 1
Best - Woodman, Seaton and McKeon

Round 9
Melbourne 17.8.110 d. Essendon 13.15.93
Goals - Walters 7, Hamilton 2, Rae 2, Seaton 2, Begg 1, Mills 1, Moir 1, Whitford 1
Best - Denny, Hamilton, Walters

Round 10
South Melbourne 27.21.183 d. Melbourne 19.12.126
Goals - T. Flower 5, Byrne 3, Walters 3, Cooke 2, Mills 2, Code 1, May 1, Norsworthy 1, Rae 1
Best - Begg, Byrne, T. Flower

Round 11
Melbourne 13.12.90 d. Collingwood 11.20.86
Goals - Cooke 2, Hamilton 2, Hunnibell 2, Mills 2, Rae 2, Flower 1, Norsworthy 1, Woodman 1
Best - Rae, Cooke, Code

Round 12
Hawthorn 20.23.143 d. Melbourne 11.10.76
Goals - Cooke 3, Walters 3, Begg 2, Wallace 2, Hamilton 1
Best - Cunningham, Hamilton, O'Keefe

Round 13
Fitzroy 23.21.159 d. Melbourne 14.11.95
Goals - Mills 4, Walters 3, Cooke 2, Boccabella 1, Garratt 1, Hayes 1, Hunnibell 1, O'Keefe 1
Best - Gaunt, Mills, Maynard

Round 14
Footscray 23.19.157 d. Melbourne 5.4.34
Goals - Besanko 3, Maynard 1, Wallace 1
Best - Cooke, Cunningham, Giuleri

Round 15
Carlton 17.19.121 d. Melbourne 15.3.93
Goals - Moir 3, Richards 3, Biffen 2, Mills 2, O'Keeffe 2, Begg 1, Norsworthy 1, Seaton 1
Best - Rea, Moir, Denny

Round 16
Richmond 26.31.187 d. Melbourne 17.18.120
Goals - Tippett 4, Mills 3, Richards 3, Woodman 2, Code 1, Cunningham 1, Hamilton 1, Maynard 1, Whitford 1
Best - Cunningham, Woodman, Code

Round 17
St Kilda 20.15.135 d. Melbourne 7.10.52
Goals - Woodman 3, Cunningham 1, Hamilton 1, Maynard 1, Mills 1
Best - Marchant, Richards, Denny

Round 18
Geelong 24.25.169 d. Melbourne 10.6.66
Goals - Mills 3, Woodman 2, Code 1, Maynard 1, Thompson 1, Tippett 1, Whitford 1
Best - Rea, Wallace, Marchant
Reports - Tippett (striking)

Round 19
North Melbourne 25.18.168 d. Melbourne 6.4.40
Goals - Walters 2, Durnan 1, Seaton 1, Whitford 1, Woodman 1
Best - Woodman, Wallace, Seaton

Round 20
Essendon 22.18.150 d. Melbourne 13.11.89
Goals - Walters 4, Besanko 3, Maynard 2, Code 1, McKeon 1, O'Keefe 1, Seaton 1
Best - Giuleri, McKeon, Walters

Round 21
Melbourne 19.17.131 d. South Melbourne 11.20.86
Goals - Walters 8, Mills 3, Code 2, Maynard 2, O'Keefe 2, Wallace 2
Best - Walters, Rae, Giuleri

Round 22
Collingwood 28.20.188 d. Melbourne 11.20.86
Goals - Besanko 2, Fitzsimmons 2, Maynard 2, Wallace 2, Code 1, Cunningham 1, Walters 1
Best - Thompson, Beck, Giulieri

Ladder

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Goalkickers

GoalsPlayer
44 Robert Walters
24 Tom Flower
21 Neville Mills
15 Gary Cooke
14 Chris Woodman
10 Geoff Clarke
Peter Hamilton
Peter Maynard
9 Graham Hunnibell
Don Whitford
8 Barry Besanko
David Code
Barry Tippett
7 John Wallace
6 Peter O'Keefe
Michael Rae
Kelvin Richards
Phil Seaton
5 Craig McKellar
4 Mark Alves
John Begg
Fuller
Colin Graham
Andrew Moir
Peter Thorne
3 Michael Byrne
Cunningham
Duncan
Jim Durnan
Barry Norsworthy
2 Ray Biffin
Shane Fitzsimmons
Graham Gaunt
Michael Giulieri
1 Barrett
Alf Boccabella
John Cortese
Drysdale
Peter Garratt
Geoff Hayes
Mark Lockwood
Tony May
Mark McKeon
Paul Thompson


Notes
Cook likely Gary Cooke.
'Deters' likely a misspelling of Peters