Waverley Park · Wed 25 Apr 1979 · 37,276 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HawthornHAW | 7.2 | 11.6 | 18.9 | 189 |
| SydneySYD | 5.1 | 8.4 | 12.5 | 95 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 189 and 95.
Hawthorn won by 94 points.
29.15 (189) — 15.5 (95)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leigh Matthews | 23 | 12 | 35 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Geoff Ablett | 27 | 6 | 33 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Terry Wallace | 22 | 10 | 32 | 1 | — |
| 0 |
| Michael Tuck | 22 | 7 | 29 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Norm Goss | 19 | 8 | 27 | 2 | — | 5 |
| Robert DiPierdomenico | 16 | 9 | 25 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Kevin Ablett | 18 | 5 | 23 | 1 | — | 3 |
| Don Scott | 11 | 10 | 21 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Peter Murnane | 17 | 4 | 21 | 3 | — | 2 |
| David OHalloran | 13 | 6 | 19 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Rodney Eade | 18 | 0 | 18 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Michael Moncrieff | 14 | 1 | 15 | 4 | — | 9 |
| Peter Knights | 9 | 5 | 14 | 6 | — | 2 |
| Bernie Jones | 10 | 4 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| David Polkinghorne | 10 | 4 | 14 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Ian Paton | 12 | 1 | 13 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Kelvin Moore | 12 | 1 | 13 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Alle De Wolde | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Alan Goad | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Michael McCarthy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neville Fields | 17 | 4 | 21 | 0 | — | 2 |
| Ricky Quade | 15 | 6 | 21 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Michael Wright | 11 | 10 | 21 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Peter Carter | 16 | 4 | 20 | 4 | — | 0 |
| John Rantall | 16 | 4 | 20 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Shane Zantuck | 14 | 5 | 19 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Mark Browning | 13 | 6 | 19 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Peter Morrison | 14 | 4 | 18 | 12 | — | 1 |
| Max James | 15 | 3 | 18 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Jon Hummel | 16 | 1 | 17 | 3 | — | 5 |
| Paul Morwood | 15 | 2 | 17 | 9 | — | 0 |
| David McLeish | 13 | 2 | 15 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Len Thompson | 8 | 5 | 13 | 4 | — | 4 |
| Tony Morwood | 8 | 2 | 10 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Graham Teasdale | 8 | 2 | 10 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Peter Hall | 8 | 1 | 9 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Barry Round | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Colin Hounsell | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Michael Smith | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 |
| David Young | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 |