Lake Oval · Mon 18 Jun 1979 · 25,972 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SydneySYD | 4.4 | 9.8 | 12.15 | 126 |
| CarltonCARL | 6.2 | 9.3 | 14.8 | 132 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 126 and 132.
Carlton won by 6 points.
18.18 (126) — 20.12 (132)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Quade | 19 | 6 | 25 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Bernie Evans | 17 | 7 | 24 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Shane Zantuck | 20 | 4 | 24 | 7 | — |
| 2 |
| Barry Round | 12 | 12 | 24 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Gary Brice | 17 | 6 | 23 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Mark Browning | 20 | 3 | 23 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Neville Fields | 17 | 3 | 20 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Paul Morwood | 14 | 6 | 20 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Colin Hounsell | 15 | 3 | 18 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Tony Morwood | 12 | 2 | 14 | 8 | — | 7 |
| Peter Hall | 9 | 5 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| David McLeish | 12 | 1 | 13 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Peter Morrison | 10 | 3 | 13 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Terry ONeill | 8 | 5 | 13 | 7 | — | 0 |
| John Rantall | 9 | 1 | 10 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Michael Smith | 9 | 0 | 9 | 2 | — | 3 |
| Jon Hummel | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Daryl Cumming | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Graham Dempster | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 |
| David Ackerly | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Keogh | 13 | 13 | 26 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Ken Sheldon | 20 | 6 | 26 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Dennis Collins | 15 | 9 | 24 | 7 | — | 1 |
| Robbert Klomp | 11 | 10 | 21 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Rod Austin | 14 | 6 | 20 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Heath | 10 | 9 | 19 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Barry Armstrong | 15 | 3 | 18 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Peter Francis | 14 | 3 | 17 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Vin Catoggio | 12 | 5 | 17 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Alan Mangels | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Southby | 8 | 6 | 14 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Peter Jones | 7 | 6 | 13 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Wayne Harmes | 11 | 1 | 12 | 1 | — | 3 |
| Mark Maclure | 9 | 2 | 11 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Mike Fitzpatrick | 7 | 4 | 11 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Peter McConville | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | — | 3 |
| Alex Marcou | 8 | 0 | 8 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Wayne Johnston | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Tony Pickett | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Greg Towns | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 |
Keogh 3, Sheldon 2, Collins 1, Jones 2, Harmes 3, Maclure 2, Fitzpatrick 1, McConville 3, Marcou 2, Johnston 1