Waverley Park · Sat 12 May 1979 · 22,626 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North MelbourneNM | 6.3 | 8.6 | 12.8 | 99 |
| RichmondRICH | 2.4 | 9.10 | 11.13 | 94 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 99 and 94.
North Melbourne won by 5 points.
14.15 (99) — 13.16 (94)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graeme Melrose | 25 | 6 | 31 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Maurice Boyse | 18 | 5 | 23 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Bill Nettlefold | 10 | 12 | 22 | 4 |
| — |
| 2 |
| Wayne Schimmelbusch | 16 | 5 | 21 | 11 | — | 3 |
| Gary Dempsey | 11 | 7 | 18 | 10 | — | 1 |
| Keith Greig | 12 | 6 | 18 | 8 | — | 0 |
| John Cassin | 13 | 5 | 18 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Roy Ramsay | 11 | 6 | 17 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Malcolm Blight | 13 | 3 | 16 | 7 | — | 3 |
| Kevin Bryant | 10 | 6 | 16 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Russell Ebert | 10 | 5 | 15 | 2 | — | 0 |
| David Dench | 8 | 7 | 15 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Ken Montgomery | 10 | 5 | 15 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Ross Glendinning | 11 | 3 | 14 | 6 | — | 1 |
| John Law | 12 | 2 | 14 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Icke | 8 | 6 | 14 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Alan Jarrott | 10 | 2 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Darryl Sutton | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Stephen McCann | 8 | 1 | 9 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Phil Baker | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 |
Melrose 1, Boyse 2, Nettlefold 2, Schimmelbusch 3, Dempsey 1, Blight 3, Glendinning 1, McCann 1
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoff Raines | 22 | 4 | 26 | 8 | — | 1 |
| Bryan Wood | 17 | 5 | 22 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Bartlett | 19 | 2 | 21 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Barry Rowlings | 19 | 1 | 20 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Bruce Monteath | 16 | 4 | 20 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Michael Roach | 15 | 4 | 19 | 9 | — | 7 |
| Greg Naylor | 14 | 4 | 18 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Mick Malthouse | 12 | 6 | 18 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Bruce Tempany | 11 | 7 | 18 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Bob Heard | 8 | 8 | 16 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Graeme Robertson | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Merv Keane | 12 | 1 | 13 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Emmett Dunne | 11 | 1 | 12 | 5 | — | 1 |
| David Cloke | 8 | 4 | 12 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Francis Bourke | 9 | 3 | 12 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Mount | 7 | 3 | 10 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Peter Williams | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Geoff McMillan | 7 | 2 | 9 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Daryl Freame | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Jim Jess | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |