Waverley Park · Mon 18 Jun 1979 · 53,116 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RichmondRICH | 2.2 | 6.6 | 9.10 | 108 |
| EssendonESS | 8.0 | 11.0 | 16.7 | 132 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 108 and 132.
Essendon won by 24 points.
16.12 (108) — 20.12 (132)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Wiley | 23 | 3 | 26 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Geoff Raines | 16 | 9 | 25 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Bryan Wood | 13 | 9 | 22 | 3 | — |
| 0 |
| Dale Weightman | 8 | 13 | 21 | 1 | — | 4 |
| David Cloke | 13 | 7 | 20 | 5 | — | 6 |
| Kevin Bartlett | 19 | 1 | 20 | 3 | — | 4 |
| Barry Rowlings | 16 | 4 | 20 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Shane Williams | 10 | 8 | 18 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Bruce Monteath | 14 | 4 | 18 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Mark Lee | 10 | 8 | 18 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Bruce Tempany | 6 | 9 | 15 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Geoff McMillan | 10 | 3 | 13 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Jim Jess | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Francis Bourke | 9 | 4 | 13 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Graeme Robertson | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Greg Strachan | 7 | 2 | 9 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Greg Naylor | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Merv Keane | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Ian Scrimshaw | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Kim Kershaw | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Mansfield | 28 | 5 | 33 | 7 | — | 1 |
| Peter Bennett | 16 | 10 | 26 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Paul Vander Haar | 18 | 6 | 24 | 6 | — | 2 |
| Wayne Primmer | 16 | 7 | 23 | 3 | — | 4 |
| Barry Day | 12 | 11 | 23 | 7 | — | 1 |
| Ian Marsh | 15 | 5 | 20 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Alan Reid | 12 | 7 | 19 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Neale Daniher | 14 | 5 | 19 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Russell Muir | 11 | 7 | 18 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Max Crow | 12 | 5 | 17 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Frank Dunell | 10 | 6 | 16 | 6 | — | 2 |
| Stephen Robins | 15 | 1 | 16 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Garry Foulds | 10 | 5 | 15 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Ken Fletcher | 11 | 3 | 14 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Simon Madden | 11 | 2 | 13 | 7 | — | 6 |
| Neil Besanko | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Tim Watson | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Peter Keenan | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Shane Heard | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Robert Amos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |