Lake Oval · Sat 30 Jun 1979 · 13,862 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SydneySYD | 4.8 | 8.11 | 10.14 | 110 |
| FitzroyFITZ | 4.6 | 10.9 | 16.12 | 136 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 110 and 136.
Fitzroy won by 26 points.
15.20 (110) — 20.16 (136)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neville Fields | 20 | 12 | 32 | 3 | — | 4 |
| Mark Browning | 25 | 7 | 32 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Bernie Evans | 21 | 7 | 28 | 8 | — |
| 1 |
| Ricky Quade | 18 | 8 | 26 | 5 | — | 4 |
| Peter Morrison | 9 | 15 | 24 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Barry Round | 12 | 10 | 22 | 7 | — | 1 |
| Len Thompson | 6 | 12 | 18 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Paul Morwood | 10 | 7 | 17 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Graham Dempster | 10 | 5 | 15 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Max Kruse | 10 | 5 | 15 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Daryl Cumming | 12 | 1 | 13 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Jon Hummel | 7 | 6 | 13 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Tony Morwood | 8 | 3 | 11 | 6 | — | 1 |
| John Rantall | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Garry Williams | 8 | 3 | 11 | 4 | — | 0 |
| David Ackerly | 8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Ian Roberts | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Terry ONeill | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Gary Brice | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Robert Lamb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garry Wilson | 24 | 9 | 33 | 6 | — | 4 |
| Bernie Quinlan | 18 | 4 | 22 | 5 | — | 3 |
| Leon Harris | 11 | 11 | 22 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Max Richardson | 13 | 4 | 17 | 4 | — | 6 |
| David McMahon | 9 | 7 | 16 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Laurie Serafini | 13 | 3 | 16 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Warwick Irwin | 13 | 2 | 15 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Graeme Allan | 10 | 5 | 15 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Higgins | 13 | 2 | 15 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Neville Taylor | 10 | 4 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Ron Alexander | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Chris Hansen | 6 | 6 | 12 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Harvey Merrigan | 11 | 1 | 12 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Chris Smith | 9 | 3 | 12 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Gerald McCarthy | 9 | 2 | 11 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Noel Mugavin | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Peter Johnston | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Mick Conlan | 7 | 2 | 9 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Bob Beecroft | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | — | 3 |
| Grant Fowler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |