Princes Park · Sat 23 Jun 1979 · 13,176 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HawthornHAW | 2.4 | 6.8 | 13.13 | 132 |
| St KildaSTK | 5.6 | 6.9 | 8.9 | 93 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 132 and 93.
Hawthorn won by 39 points.
19.18 (132) — 13.15 (93)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leigh Matthews | 25 | 9 | 34 | 4 | — | 3 |
| John Hendrie | 27 | 3 | 30 | 14 | — | 4 |
| Michael Tuck | 18 | 8 | 26 | 4 | — |
| 0 |
| Norm Goss | 19 | 5 | 24 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Geoff Ablett | 20 | 3 | 23 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Terry Wallace | 15 | 7 | 22 | 7 | — | 1 |
| Alle De Wolde | 14 | 6 | 20 | 3 | — | 0 |
| David Polkinghorne | 11 | 8 | 19 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Robert DiPierdomenico | 9 | 9 | 18 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Rodney Eade | 13 | 4 | 17 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Alan Goad | 10 | 4 | 14 | 2 | — | 2 |
| John Kennedy | 9 | 5 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Kelvin Moore | 9 | 4 | 13 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Don Scott | 6 | 3 | 9 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Terry Moore | 6 | 3 | 9 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Peter Murnane | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Ian Paton | 7 | 2 | 9 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Michael Moncrieff | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 | — | 4 |
| Nick Wilton | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Alan Martello | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Callery | 23 | 4 | 27 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Jeff Sarau | 20 | 5 | 25 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Garry Sidebottom | 16 | 6 | 22 | 11 | — | 4 |
| Jim ODea | 17 | 4 | 21 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Greg Burns | 17 | 1 | 18 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Gary McDonald | 14 | 3 | 17 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Barry Breen | 12 | 5 | 17 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Dunne | 8 | 9 | 17 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Ian Baker | 12 | 3 | 15 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Trevor Barker | 11 | 3 | 14 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Mark Kellett | 7 | 5 | 12 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Michael Roberts | 9 | 1 | 10 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Maurice OKeefe | 7 | 2 | 9 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Cunningham | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Gerard Cahir | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Gary Colling | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Russell Greene | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Ian Sartori | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Bruce Duperouzel | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Dean Ross | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |