Windy Hill · Sat 19 May 1979 · 21,426 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EssendonESS | 7.7 | 15.8 | 17.12 | 156 |
| MelbourneMELB | 2.5 | 4.9 | 6.14 | 74 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 156 and 74.
Essendon won by 82 points.
23.18 (156) — 9.20 (74)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Robins | 25 | 5 | 30 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Ian Marsh | 21 | 6 | 27 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Tim Watson | 14 | 10 | 24 | 5 | — |
| 0 |
| Alan Reid | 18 | 5 | 23 | 13 | — | 2 |
| Ken Fletcher | 18 | 4 | 22 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Paul Vander Haar | 18 | 2 | 20 | 9 | — | 2 |
| Ken Mansfield | 11 | 8 | 19 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Terry Daniher | 15 | 3 | 18 | 11 | — | 7 |
| Garry Foulds | 15 | 3 | 18 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Simon Madden | 10 | 7 | 17 | 11 | — | 2 |
| Neale Daniher | 12 | 5 | 17 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Primmer | 14 | 2 | 16 | 5 | — | 3 |
| Merv Neagle | 7 | 5 | 12 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Peter Keenan | 10 | 2 | 12 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Robert Shaw | 9 | 3 | 12 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Peter Bennett | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Shane Heard | 7 | 2 | 9 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Colin Boyd | 6 | 3 | 9 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Denis Scanlon | 7 | 1 | 8 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Max Crow | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Flower | 12 | 13 | 25 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Laurie Fowler | 17 | 7 | 24 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Greg Wells | 20 | 3 | 23 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Peter Thorne | 10 | 9 | 19 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Graham Gaunt | 14 | 4 | 18 | 1 | — | 3 |
| Don Whitford | 13 | 5 | 18 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Kelly ODonnell | 14 | 4 | 18 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Robert Elliott | 12 | 4 | 16 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Carl Ditterich | 8 | 6 | 14 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Maurice Wingate | 14 | 0 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Michael Byrne | 8 | 5 | 13 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Tony Martyn | 6 | 7 | 13 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Shane Grambeau | 8 | 3 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Barry Denny | 7 | 4 | 11 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Robert Walters | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Stewart Gull | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Peter Hamilton | 7 | 2 | 9 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Graham Hunnibell | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Gerard Healy | 7 | 0 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Andrew Moir | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 |