Windy Hill · Sat 23 Jun 1979 · 30,631 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EssendonESS | 3.5 | 10.8 | 13.9 | 101 |
| North MelbourneNM | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.12 | 54 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 101 and 54.
Essendon won by 47 points.
15.11 (101) — 6.18 (54)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Bennett | 24 | 9 | 33 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Ken Mansfield | 20 | 8 | 28 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Ken Fletcher | 18 | 5 | 23 | 3 |
| — |
| 0 |
| Alan Reid | 16 | 5 | 21 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Barry Day | 13 | 8 | 21 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Neil Besanko | 12 | 8 | 20 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Max Crow | 14 | 5 | 19 | 10 | — | 0 |
| Tim Watson | 12 | 6 | 18 | 9 | — | 3 |
| Garry Foulds | 15 | 2 | 17 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Paul Vander Haar | 12 | 3 | 15 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Ian Marsh | 9 | 6 | 15 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Robert Amos | 13 | 2 | 15 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Primmer | 11 | 3 | 14 | 4 | — | 3 |
| Neale Daniher | 10 | 4 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Robins | 10 | 2 | 12 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Russell Muir | 6 | 6 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Simon Madden | 8 | 3 | 11 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Frank Dunell | 6 | 5 | 11 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Peter Keenan | 6 | 4 | 10 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Denis Scanlon | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Schimmelbusch | 14 | 8 | 22 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Graeme Melrose | 17 | 4 | 21 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Bryant | 11 | 9 | 20 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Stan Alves | 11 | 9 | 20 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Ross Henshaw | 10 | 9 | 19 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Keith Greig | 12 | 6 | 18 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Bill Nettlefold | 16 | 2 | 18 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Darryl Sutton | 15 | 2 | 17 | 9 | — | 2 |
| John Murphy | 13 | 4 | 17 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Russell Ebert | 14 | 1 | 15 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Maurice Boyse | 10 | 3 | 13 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Gary Dempsey | 9 | 4 | 13 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Brent Crosswell | 5 | 7 | 12 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Stephen McCann | 7 | 3 | 10 | 5 | — | 1 |
| John Law | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Alan Jarrott | 5 | 4 | 9 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Ross Glendinning | 7 | 1 | 8 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Roger Podolczak | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Stephen Easton | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Kerry Good | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 |