Victoria Park · Sat 28 Apr 1979 · 29,380 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CollingwoodCOLL | 7.7 | 13.11 | 21.16 | 207 |
| St KildaSTK | 1.1 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 29 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 207 and 29.
Collingwood won by 178 points.
31.21 (207) — 3.11 (29)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Shaw | 23 | 13 | 36 | 4 | — | 4 |
| Bill Picken | 18 | 10 | 28 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Rene Kink | 17 | 10 | 27 | 11 | — |
| 5 |
| Kevin Morris | 17 | 10 | 27 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Michael Woolnough | 17 | 9 | 26 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Peter Daicos | 19 | 7 | 26 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Russell Ohlsen | 14 | 11 | 25 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Kevin Worthington | 14 | 10 | 24 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Derek Shaw | 14 | 9 | 23 | 8 | — | 3 |
| Ray Byrne | 16 | 7 | 23 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Stan Magro | 9 | 14 | 23 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Tony Shaw | 12 | 10 | 22 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Andrew Ireland | 11 | 10 | 21 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Peter Moore | 12 | 5 | 17 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Peter McCormack | 12 | 5 | 17 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Craig Davis | 13 | 3 | 16 | 7 | — | 6 |
| Craig Stewart | 11 | 5 | 16 | 10 | — | 6 |
| Terry Wight | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Ronnie Wearmouth | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Gerald Betts | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Duperouzel | 14 | 12 | 26 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Trevor Barker | 23 | 3 | 26 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Dunne | 21 | 5 | 26 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Paul Callery | 17 | 7 | 24 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Russell Greene | 20 | 1 | 21 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Graeme Bond | 14 | 5 | 19 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Barry Breen | 12 | 4 | 16 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Garry Sidebottom | 8 | 7 | 15 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Ian Sartori | 13 | 2 | 15 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Maurice OKeefe | 11 | 1 | 12 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Gary McDonald | 8 | 3 | 11 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Geoff Cunningham | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Dale Evans | 10 | 0 | 10 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Sarau | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Don Discher | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Ian Baker | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Val Perovic | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Phil Stevens | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Colin Carter | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Greg Burns | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 |
Sidebottom 1, McDonald 1, Cunningham 1