M.C.G. · Sat 28 Jul 1979 · 38,108 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RichmondRICH | 4.5 | 11.9 | 15.10 | 111 |
| North MelbourneNM | 4.1 | 10.3 | 15.6 | 124 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 111 and 124.
North Melbourne won by 13 points.
16.15 (111) — 19.10 (124)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Monteath | 27 | 8 | 35 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Raines | 20 | 6 | 26 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Barry Rowlings | 20 | 4 | 24 | 3 |
| — |
| 1 |
| Dale Weightman | 14 | 9 | 23 | 1 | — | 3 |
| Kevin Bartlett | 20 | 1 | 21 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Emmett Dunne | 14 | 5 | 19 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Bryan Wood | 12 | 6 | 18 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Bruce Tempany | 10 | 6 | 16 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Merv Keane | 9 | 7 | 16 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Francis Bourke | 12 | 3 | 15 | 3 | — | 0 |
| David Cloke | 9 | 5 | 14 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Craig Considine | 9 | 4 | 13 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Peter Williams | 9 | 4 | 13 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Bob Heard | 5 | 8 | 13 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Michael Roach | 10 | 2 | 12 | 6 | — | 6 |
| Peter Laughlin | 8 | 4 | 12 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Mark Lee | 6 | 5 | 11 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Phillip Bottams | 7 | 3 | 10 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Graeme Robertson | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Greg Naylor | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Jarrott | 14 | 15 | 29 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Graeme Melrose | 14 | 12 | 26 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Xavier Tanner | 20 | 5 | 25 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Russell Ebert | 15 | 9 | 24 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Ross Henshaw | 15 | 8 | 23 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Ross Glendinning | 16 | 5 | 21 | 12 | — | 4 |
| Stan Alves | 13 | 8 | 21 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Stephen Icke | 12 | 9 | 21 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Schimmelbusch | 10 | 9 | 19 | 8 | — | 1 |
| John Law | 12 | 7 | 19 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Gary Dempsey | 9 | 8 | 17 | 14 | — | 1 |
| Darryl Sutton | 13 | 3 | 16 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Easton | 6 | 9 | 15 | 7 | — | 5 |
| Stephen McCann | 11 | 3 | 14 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Keith Greig | 6 | 8 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Malcolm Blight | 11 | 2 | 13 | 6 | — | 4 |
| Kevin Bryant | 10 | 3 | 13 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Roger Podolczak | 11 | 2 | 13 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Daryl Schimmelbusch | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Arnold Briedis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |
Glendinning 4, Alves 2, Schimmelbusch 1, Dempsey 1, Easton 5, Blight 4, Bryant 2