Lake Oval · Sat 12 May 1979 · 12,394 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SydneySYD | 4.8 | 11.11 | 18.16 | 175 |
| St KildaSTK | 3.1 | 5.7 | 7.11 | 86 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 175 and 86.
Sydney won by 89 points.
26.19 (175) — 11.20 (86)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Evans | 18 | 16 | 34 | 4 | — | 3 |
| Neville Fields | 20 | 11 | 31 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Jon Hummel | 21 | 5 | 26 | 6 | — |
| 1 |
| Shane Zantuck | 22 | 3 | 25 | 11 | — | 2 |
| Gary Brice | 16 | 9 | 25 | 7 | — | 0 |
| David McLeish | 15 | 9 | 24 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Ricky Quade | 19 | 4 | 23 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Barry Round | 13 | 10 | 23 | 7 | — | 1 |
| Daryl Cumming | 11 | 11 | 22 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Michael Wright | 17 | 5 | 22 | 7 | — | 0 |
| John Rantall | 16 | 4 | 20 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Paul Morwood | 15 | 4 | 19 | 6 | — | 3 |
| Terry ONeill | 11 | 7 | 18 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Len Thompson | 6 | 7 | 13 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Max James | 8 | 4 | 12 | 9 | — | 5 |
| Tony Morwood | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2 | — | 3 |
| John Murphy | 8 | 2 | 10 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Peter Morrison | 6 | 4 | 10 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Graham Teasdale | 6 | 4 | 10 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Robert Dean | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Burns | 14 | 12 | 26 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Maurice OKeefe | 16 | 7 | 23 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Paul Callery | 19 | 4 | 23 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Jeff Sarau | 17 | 5 | 22 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Phil Stevens | 12 | 8 | 20 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Graeme Bond | 14 | 4 | 18 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Garry Sidebottom | 11 | 5 | 16 | 9 | — | 3 |
| Allan Sinclair | 8 | 8 | 16 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Russell Greene | 15 | 0 | 15 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Mordecai Bromberg | 10 | 5 | 15 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Dunne | 14 | 1 | 15 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Jim ODea | 10 | 2 | 12 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Cunningham | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Colin Carter | 10 | 1 | 11 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Ian Sartori | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Bruce Duperouzel | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Dale Evans | 8 | 2 | 10 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Barry Breen | 8 | 1 | 9 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Gary Colling | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Gary McDonald | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 |
OKeefe 3, Callery 2, Sidebottom 3, Sinclair 1, Greene 2