Moorabbin Oval · Sat 9 Jun 1979 · 17,390 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St KildaSTK | 3.4 | 3.6 | 5.8 | 65 |
| MelbourneMELB | 4.4 | 7.4 | 11.9 | 85 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 65 and 85.
Melbourne won by 20 points.
9.11 (65) — 12.13 (85)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Burns | 20 | 6 | 26 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Geoff Cunningham | 9 | 17 | 26 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Sarau | 18 | 6 | 24 | 13 | — |
| 0 |
| Jeff Dunne | 13 | 10 | 23 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Paul Callery | 20 | 2 | 22 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Ian Baker | 14 | 8 | 22 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Russell Greene | 19 | 1 | 20 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Garry Sidebottom | 13 | 6 | 19 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Gary Colling | 16 | 3 | 19 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Barry Breen | 12 | 6 | 18 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Bruce Duperouzel | 12 | 3 | 15 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Maurice OKeefe | 10 | 4 | 14 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Ian Sartori | 7 | 7 | 14 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Phil Stevens | 12 | 1 | 13 | 3 | — | 0 |
| David Granger | 8 | 1 | 9 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Val Perovic | 7 | 2 | 9 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Grant Thomas | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Russell Tweeddale | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Michael Roberts | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Bill Mildenhall | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Wells | 26 | 7 | 33 | 12 | — | 1 |
| Graham Gaunt | 20 | 9 | 29 | 7 | — | 1 |
| Carl Ditterich | 15 | 12 | 27 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Robert Elliott | 17 | 8 | 25 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Cameron Clayton | 17 | 7 | 24 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Tony Sullivan | 16 | 8 | 24 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Tony Martyn | 17 | 6 | 23 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Laurie Fowler | 12 | 11 | 23 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Robert Flower | 11 | 11 | 22 | 6 | — | 3 |
| Gerard Healy | 16 | 6 | 22 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Garry Baker | 9 | 9 | 18 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Ken Whitfort | 10 | 5 | 15 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Peter Giles | 14 | 1 | 15 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Tom Flower | 7 | 7 | 14 | 5 | — | 3 |
| Steven Smith | 7 | 5 | 12 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Andrew Moir | 9 | 2 | 11 | 8 | — | 2 |
| Shane Grambeau | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Anthony Dullard | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Greg Hutchison | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Maurice Wingate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |