Arden St · Sat 5 May 1979 · 16,015 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North MelbourneNM | 4.12 | 8.13 | 13.20 | 138 |
| SydneySYD | 2.1 | 9.9 | 9.12 | 88 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 138 and 88.
North Melbourne won by 50 points.
19.24 (138) — 12.16 (88)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Montgomery | 15 | 9 | 24 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Graeme Melrose | 11 | 10 | 21 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Keith Greig | 14 | 7 | 21 | 4 |
| — |
| 0 |
| Maurice Boyse | 14 | 6 | 20 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Gary Dempsey | 14 | 6 | 20 | 15 | — | 0 |
| Russell Ebert | 9 | 10 | 19 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Bill Nettlefold | 16 | 3 | 19 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Ross Glendinning | 15 | 3 | 18 | 8 | — | 6 |
| Wayne Schimmelbusch | 11 | 7 | 18 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Stephen Icke | 14 | 4 | 18 | 2 | — | 1 |
| John Byrne | 10 | 5 | 15 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Stephen McCann | 12 | 3 | 15 | 6 | — | 0 |
| David Dench | 8 | 6 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| John Law | 10 | 4 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Darryl Sutton | 8 | 6 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Roy Ramsay | 9 | 3 | 12 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Glenn Payne | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Alan Jarrott | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Stephen Easton | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Phil Baker | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 |
Boyse 2, Ebert 2, Glendinning 6, Schimmelbusch 2, Icke 1, Byrne 2, Payne 2, Jarrott 1, Easton 1
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Quade | 20 | 6 | 26 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Neville Fields | 19 | 4 | 23 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Barry Round | 10 | 10 | 20 | 9 | — | 1 |
| Peter Carter | 16 | 2 | 18 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Terry ONeill | 11 | 5 | 16 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Mark Browning | 12 | 4 | 16 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Jon Hummel | 12 | 3 | 15 | 3 | — | 1 |
| David McLeish | 11 | 4 | 15 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Daryl Cumming | 11 | 4 | 15 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Shane Zantuck | 14 | 0 | 14 | 4 | — | 0 |
| John Rantall | 9 | 3 | 12 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Robert Dean | 7 | 4 | 11 | 7 | — | 2 |
| Len Thompson | 8 | 3 | 11 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Tony Morwood | 9 | 1 | 10 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Paul Morwood | 9 | 1 | 10 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Graham Teasdale | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Michael Wright | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Bernie Evans | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Max James | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Greg Lambert | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 |