Kardinia Park · Sat 23 Jun 1979 · 20,941 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GeelongGEEL | 6.3 | 8.10 | 13.13 | 107 |
| CarltonCARL | 2.3 | 6.7 | 8.13 | 101 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 107 and 101.
Geelong won by 6 points.
15.17 (107) — 14.17 (101)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Featherby | 20 | 9 | 29 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Ian Nankervis | 22 | 6 | 28 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Kelvin Matthews | 20 | 7 | 27 | 8 |
| — |
| 0 |
| David Clarke | 21 | 4 | 25 | 3 | — | 4 |
| Michael Turner | 20 | 3 | 23 | 7 | — | 2 |
| John Burns | 15 | 6 | 21 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Murray Witcombe | 15 | 5 | 20 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Bruce Nankervis | 17 | 1 | 18 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Bryan Cousins | 12 | 4 | 16 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Andy Preston | 11 | 5 | 16 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Terry Bright | 9 | 5 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Ray Card | 6 | 7 | 13 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Glenn Middlemiss | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Malcolm Reed | 7 | 4 | 11 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Rod Blake | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | — | 0 |
| John Mossop | 5 | 4 | 9 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Larry Donohue | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Mario Bortolotto | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Robert Neal | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Peter Johnston | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Johnston | 21 | 4 | 25 | 10 | — | 1 |
| Alex Marcou | 14 | 9 | 23 | 8 | — | 1 |
| Alex Jesaulenko | 17 | 5 | 22 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Rod Austin | 16 | 6 | 22 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Ken Sheldon | 20 | 1 | 21 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Mike Fitzpatrick | 14 | 6 | 20 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Trevor Keogh | 13 | 5 | 18 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Peter Francis | 16 | 2 | 18 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Heath | 14 | 4 | 18 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Barry Armstrong | 13 | 4 | 17 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Robbert Klomp | 7 | 9 | 16 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Harmes | 10 | 3 | 13 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Alan Mangels | 11 | 2 | 13 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Southby | 9 | 4 | 13 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Peter Jones | 7 | 5 | 12 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Rod Galt | 6 | 4 | 10 | 5 | — | 3 |
| Dennis Collins | 7 | 3 | 10 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Vin Catoggio | 9 | 1 | 10 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Mark Maclure | 8 | 1 | 9 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Greg Towns | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 |