Princes Park · Sat 28 Jul 1979 · 22,159 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CarltonCARL | 3.3 | 4.12 | 11.17 | 111 |
| HawthornHAW | 2.3 | 5.5 | 10.7 | 83 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 111 and 83.
Carlton won by 28 points.
15.21 (111) — 12.11 (83)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Armstrong | 21 | 8 | 29 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Mark Maclure | 16 | 10 | 26 | 19 | — | 2 |
| Mike Fitzpatrick | 13 | 9 | 22 | 10 |
| — |
| 2 |
| Geoff Southby | 10 | 12 | 22 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Peter McConville | 16 | 6 | 22 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Rod Austin | 12 | 8 | 20 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Johnston | 14 | 5 | 19 | 3 | — | 4 |
| Wayne Harmes | 14 | 5 | 19 | 6 | — | 2 |
| Trevor Keogh | 11 | 6 | 17 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Peter Francis | 10 | 6 | 16 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Robbert Klomp | 6 | 9 | 15 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Ken Sheldon | 8 | 5 | 13 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Vin Catoggio | 9 | 4 | 13 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Bruce Doull | 7 | 6 | 13 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Jim Buckley | 10 | 2 | 12 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Alex Marcou | 8 | 4 | 12 | 0 | — | 1 |
| David McKay | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Michael Young | 6 | 5 | 11 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Warren Jones | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Peter Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Tuck | 20 | 5 | 25 | 2 | — | 2 |
| David Polkinghorne | 20 | 3 | 23 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Geoff Ablett | 17 | 4 | 21 | 3 | — | 1 |
| John Kennedy | 13 | 6 | 19 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Rodney Eade | 16 | 3 | 19 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Terry Wallace | 18 | 1 | 19 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Kelvin Moore | 13 | 5 | 18 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Mark Turner | 12 | 6 | 18 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Steve Emery | 9 | 8 | 17 | 6 | — | 0 |
| David OHalloran | 7 | 7 | 14 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Michael Moncrieff | 10 | 3 | 13 | 4 | — | 4 |
| John Hendrie | 9 | 4 | 13 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Terry Moore | 10 | 3 | 13 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Gary Ayres | 8 | 4 | 12 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Michael McCarthy | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Peter Russo | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Robert Wilkinson | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Leigh Matthews | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Tony King | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Kevin Ablett | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 |