1978 NTFA SEASON
Ladder
(win/loss)
Best & Fairest Votes
(Hec Smith Medal)
Top goalkickers
(before finals)
16-4 North L'ton
15-5 Scottsdale
10-10 City-South
9-11 Launceston
 
7-13 Longford
4-16 East L'ton
 
 
  42 - Ricky Rattray (S)
  29 - Rodney Loone (NL)
  27 - Wim Vaessen (La)
  23 - Ian Thomas (NL)
  20 - Bruno Zelesco (CS)
  18 - Greg Martin (S)
  16 - Neil Maynard (NL)
  15 - Andrew Barwick (CS)
  14 - Robert Dutton (La), Grant Allford (La),
    Greg Ricketts (CS), D Harvey (Lo),
    Barry Lawrence (Lo), David Pridgeon (EL)

  58 - Leigh Barnes (NL)
  56 - Ian Donnachy (La)
  53 - Mick Taylor (S)
  45 - Ricky Young (NL)
  43 - Richard Spencer (NL)
  42 - Barry Lawrence (Lo)
  40 - Rod Green (NL)
  37 - Paul Filgate (CS)
  33 - Greg Ricketts (CS)
  31 - Mark Fisher (CS)
1st Semi:
Launceston 12.17 ( - )
d City-South 6.12 ( - )
2nd Semi:
North L'ton 11.13 ( - )
d Scottsdale 9.19 ( - )
Preliminary:
Launceston 18.13 ( - )
d Scottsdale 15.15 (M Nicholls 4, )
GRAND FINAL:
qtr-by-qtr
North L'ton 5.4 - 7.8 - 12.12 - 14.12 (96)
(P Daniel 3, S Reid 3, I Thomas 3, L Barnes 2, R Green 2, S Knight 1)
 d  Launceston 1.1 - 4.2 - 7.7 - 11.17 (83)
(I Donnachy 2, C Robson 2, K Evans 2, M Cook 2, G Davis, T Blair and G Allford 1 each)

 
1978 NTFA SEASON 20 Rounds of Home-and-Away premiership matches (scores and major goalkickers)
ROUND 1 City-South 16.17 (C Coombes 4) d East L'ton 10.8 North L'ton 21.20 (R Green 5, R Spencer 4) d Longford 11.17 Launceston 16.10 (I Donnachy 5) d Scottsdale 11.11 (M Taylor 4)
ROUND 2 Longford 17.15 (B Lawrence 4) d City-South 17.13 (P Filgate 4) Scottsdale 18.27 (R Hall 5, M Taylor 4) d East L'ton 13.6 Launceston 17.8 (I Donnachy 4) d North L'ton 12.18
ROUND 3 Scottsdale 16.11 (M Nicholls 6, T Hills 5) d City-South 11.5 (G Ricketts 4) Launceston 15.23 (I Donnachy 4) d Longford 8.17 North L'ton 24.13 (R Green 5, L Barnes 4, R Young 4) d East L'ton 9.16 (M Barrett 4)
ROUND 4 North L'ton 20.11 (R Young 6) d City-South 12.18 Launceston 13.16 (I Donnachy 4) d East L'ton 9.17 (M Gibbons 4) Scottsdale 15.18 (M Nicholls 6, M Taylor 6) d Longford 10.5
ROUND 5 East L'ton 18.16 (Br Lowe 5) d Longford 11.10 North L'ton 16.10 (L Barnes 5) d Scottsdale 15.8 (M Taylor 6) Launceston 12.16 (D Pentland 4) d City-South 11.12
ROUND 6 North L'ton 16.20 (R Young 6) d Longford 7.16 East L'ton 13.9 d City-South 11.12 (P Filgate 4) Scottsdale 11.10 d Launceston 7.8
ROUND 7 Longford 17.12 (D Harvey 5, M Bush 4) d City-South 14.13 (C Coombes 4) Scottsdale 14.16 (G Martin 4) d East L'ton 12.3 North L'ton 24.10 (L Barnes 7, R Young 4) d Launceston 14.13 (G Allford 4)
ROUND 8 Launceston 10.11 d Longford 9.14 City-South 9.11 d Scottsdale 9.9 North L'ton 19.16 (S Mackrill 4) d East L'ton 14.15 (G Burling 4)
ROUND 9 Launceston 9.18 (G Tuthill 4) d East L'ton 8.5 (G Burling 4) Scottsdale 8.11 d Longford 3.9 North L'ton 15.18 d City-South 11.12
ROUND 10 Scottsdale 9.11 d North L'ton 9.9 (L Barnes 4) East L'ton 15.20 d Longford 9.10 City-South 15.10 (M Fisher 5, G Ricketts 4) d Launceston 10.10
ROUND 11 City-South 21.13 (M Fisher 5) d East L'ton 10.10 (G Burling 4) Scottsdale 17.14 (M Taylor 4) d Launceston 10.9 (M Cook 5) North L'ton 17.17 (S Goulding 5, L Barnes 4) d Longford 11.18
ROUND 12 North L'ton 10.12 d Launceston 8.5 City-South 13.18 d Longford 13.5 (B Lawrence 4) Scottsdale 15.24 (T Brown 4) d East L'ton 10.9
ROUND 13 City-South 12.12 d Scottsdale 11.11 (R Hall 4) Launceston 17.10 (I Donnachy 8) d Longford 16.10 (Gibson 4) North L'ton 15.14 (S Goulding 4) d East L'ton 9.20
ROUND 14 Scottsdale 14.17 (M Nicholls 5) d Longford 13.10 (D Berne 4) North L'ton 19.13 (R Spencer 5, L Barnes 4, R Green 4) d City-South 15.13 East L'ton 17.13 d Launceston 16.15 (I Donnachy 6)
ROUND 15 Longford 18.13 (B Lawrence 7) d East L'ton 9.11 City-South 7.9 d Launceston 4.14 Scottsdale 14.15 d North L'ton 12.7 (L Barnes 4)
ROUND 16 Scottsdale 6.11 (R Hall 4) d Launceston 4.11 City-South 22.15 (M Fisher 5, G Ricketts 5, P Moir 4) d East L'ton 9.14 Longford 17.11 (B Lawrence 4) d North L'ton 13.16 (L Barnes 5, R Spencer 4)
ROUND 17 North L'ton 20.8 (S Reid 6, L Barnes 4, R Spencer 4) d Launceston 13.23 City-South 13.15 d Longford 9.10 Scottsdale 28.17 (R Rattray 7, R Hall 6, K Lette 4, M Taylor 4) d East L'ton 6.4
ROUND 18 North L'ton 11.25 (R Spencer 4) d East L'ton 10.12 Longford 12.15 d Launceston 10.20 Scottsdale 12.12 d City-South 8.9 (P Moir 4)
ROUND 19 Longford 15.13 (B Lawrence 5, M Prewer 5) d Scottsdale 15.9 (M Taylor 6) North L'ton 23.16 d City-South 7.15 Launceston 13.13 (I Donnachy 4) d East L'ton 2.9
ROUND 20 City-South 13.18 (W Chugg 4) d Launceston 13.9 (I Donnachy 7) North L'ton 17.13 (R Green 4) d Scottsdale 14.11 Longford 20.16 (J Walker 5, B Lawrence 5, M Prewer 4) d East L'ton 9.17

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