Arden St · Sat 7 Apr 1979 · 22,633 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North MelbourneNM | 4.8 | 8.14 | 14.20 | 129 |
| EssendonESS | 5.3 | 8.9 | 12.10 | 109 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 129 and 109.
North Melbourne won by 20 points.
17.27 (129) — 16.13 (109)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graeme Melrose | 23 | 8 | 31 | 4 | — | 1 |
| John Byrne | 13 | 12 | 25 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Kevin Bryant | 18 | 6 | 24 | 11 | — |
| 0 |
| Arnold Briedis | 11 | 11 | 22 | 5 | — | 3 |
| Ross Glendinning | 14 | 7 | 21 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Roy Ramsay | 13 | 8 | 21 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Stan Alves | 14 | 5 | 19 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Keith Greig | 15 | 4 | 19 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Stephen McCann | 13 | 4 | 17 | 6 | — | 2 |
| Russell Ebert | 11 | 6 | 17 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Gary Dempsey | 7 | 10 | 17 | 9 | — | 0 |
| David Dench | 14 | 3 | 17 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Malcolm Blight | 12 | 4 | 16 | 7 | — | 7 |
| Graham Cornes | 9 | 6 | 15 | 6 | — | 2 |
| John Law | 12 | 2 | 14 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Schimmelbusch | 4 | 8 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 |
| John Cassin | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Doug Smith | 8 | 2 | 10 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Glenn Payne | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Darryl Sutton | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Crow | 17 | 7 | 24 | 9 | — | 3 |
| Garry Foulds | 19 | 4 | 23 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Peter Bennett | 20 | 3 | 23 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Ian Marsh | 13 | 8 | 21 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Allan Davis | 18 | 0 | 18 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Colin Boyd | 16 | 2 | 18 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Denis Scanlon | 13 | 5 | 18 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Alan Reid | 13 | 5 | 18 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Simon Madden | 9 | 9 | 18 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Barry Day | 12 | 5 | 17 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Terry Daniher | 11 | 4 | 15 | 4 | — | 5 |
| Tim Watson | 11 | 4 | 15 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Ken Fletcher | 12 | 3 | 15 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Primmer | 7 | 6 | 13 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Neil Besanko | 6 | 7 | 13 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Paul Vander Haar | 7 | 5 | 12 | 5 | — | 4 |
| Neale Daniher | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Robert Shaw | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Merv Neagle | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Roger Merrett | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 |