Moorabbin Oval · Sat 30 Jun 1979 · 18,802 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St KildaSTK | 5.4 | 7.5 | 9.9 | 66 |
| EssendonESS | 2.3 | 6.9 | 8.12 | 105 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 66 and 105.
Essendon won by 39 points.
9.12 (66) — 15.15 (105)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Callery | 23 | 1 | 24 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Jeff Sarau | 17 | 4 | 21 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Gary McDonald | 16 | 4 | 20 | 4 | — |
| 0 |
| Trevor Barker | 15 | 4 | 19 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Geoff Cunningham | 10 | 9 | 19 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Dunne | 11 | 8 | 19 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Barry Breen | 14 | 3 | 17 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Garry Sidebottom | 9 | 8 | 17 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Maurice OKeefe | 12 | 4 | 16 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Gary Colling | 9 | 6 | 15 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Greg Burns | 11 | 4 | 15 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Jim ODea | 9 | 4 | 13 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Mark Kellett | 9 | 4 | 13 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Grant Thomas | 9 | 2 | 11 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Ian Baker | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Dean Herbert | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Gary Lugg | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Russell Tweeddale | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Val Perovic | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Michael Roberts | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garry Foulds | 20 | 4 | 24 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Ian Marsh | 15 | 8 | 23 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Peter Bennett | 17 | 3 | 20 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Stephen Robins | 16 | 2 | 18 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Paul Vander Haar | 14 | 4 | 18 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Alan Reid | 14 | 4 | 18 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Ken Mansfield | 14 | 4 | 18 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Russell Muir | 9 | 8 | 17 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Tim Watson | 9 | 7 | 16 | 4 | — | 3 |
| Steven Taubert | 12 | 4 | 16 | 7 | — | 2 |
| Denis Scanlon | 14 | 2 | 16 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Neale Daniher | 12 | 4 | 16 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Max Crow | 11 | 4 | 15 | 9 | — | 1 |
| Allan Davis | 13 | 2 | 15 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Robert Shaw | 12 | 2 | 14 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Primmer | 11 | 3 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Glenn Hawker | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Frank Dunell | 8 | 1 | 9 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Simon Madden | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Barry Day | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 |