Moorabbin Oval · Sat 5 May 1979 · 15,481 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St KildaSTK | 2.4 | 7.5 | 14.7 | 112 |
| GeelongGEEL | 4.7 | 8.8 | 13.8 | 142 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 112 and 142.
Geelong won by 30 points.
17.10 (112) — 22.10 (142)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Duperouzel | 21 | 10 | 31 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Maurice OKeefe | 17 | 7 | 24 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Russell Greene | 20 | 3 | 23 | 3 |
| — |
| 0 |
| Jeff Dunne | 15 | 7 | 22 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Garry Sidebottom | 14 | 4 | 18 | 6 | — | 6 |
| Paul Callery | 15 | 3 | 18 | 0 | — | 3 |
| Gary Colling | 8 | 10 | 18 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Jim ODea | 11 | 6 | 17 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Sarau | 12 | 5 | 17 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Barry Breen | 9 | 6 | 15 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Graeme Bond | 10 | 4 | 14 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Ian Sartori | 10 | 2 | 12 | 5 | — | 3 |
| Mordecai Bromberg | 7 | 5 | 12 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Geoff Cunningham | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Val Perovic | 9 | 2 | 11 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Gary Lofts | 7 | 1 | 8 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Russell Tweeddale | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Trevor Barker | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Allan Sinclair | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Dale Evans | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 |
Duperouzel 1, Sidebottom 6, Callery 3, Colling 1, Sartori 3, Bromberg 1, Lofts 1, Tweeddale 1
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Cousins | 19 | 10 | 29 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Michael Turner | 21 | 8 | 29 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Bruce Nankervis | 23 | 2 | 25 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Neville Bruns | 24 | 0 | 24 | 7 | — | 4 |
| Sam Newman | 13 | 11 | 24 | 10 | — | 1 |
| Murray Witcombe | 15 | 8 | 23 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Rod Blake | 14 | 8 | 22 | 10 | — | 6 |
| Ian Nankervis | 17 | 4 | 21 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Jack Hawkins | 8 | 11 | 19 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Kelvin Matthews | 12 | 6 | 18 | 4 | — | 3 |
| Terry Bright | 15 | 3 | 18 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Malcolm Reed | 8 | 8 | 16 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Cassidy | 9 | 5 | 14 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Alan Woodman | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Ray Card | 7 | 2 | 9 | 4 | — | 0 |
| John Mossop | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | — | 1 |
| John Burns | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | — | 0 |
| David Clarke | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Andy Preston | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Gary Malarkey | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 |