Arden St · Sat 4 Aug 1979 · 28,902 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North MelbourneNM | 6.1 | 8.6 | 15.8 | 119 |
| CarltonCARL | 6.3 | 13.8 | 14.10 | 141 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 119 and 141.
Carlton won by 22 points.
18.11 (119) — 21.15 (141)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Ebert | 21 | 2 | 23 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Wayne Schimmelbusch | 19 | 1 | 20 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Alan Jarrott | 12 | 7 | 19 | 4 |
| — |
| 0 |
| Ross Glendinning | 14 | 4 | 18 | 7 | — | 5 |
| Kevin Bryant | 11 | 7 | 18 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Stephen McCann | 15 | 3 | 18 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Bill Nettlefold | 10 | 7 | 17 | 0 | — | 2 |
| Gary Dempsey | 12 | 5 | 17 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Graeme Melrose | 9 | 8 | 17 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Keith Greig | 12 | 5 | 17 | 6 | — | 0 |
| John Law | 15 | 1 | 16 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Malcolm Blight | 13 | 2 | 15 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Stan Alves | 6 | 8 | 14 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Ross Henshaw | 12 | 2 | 14 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Xavier Tanner | 11 | 1 | 12 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Stephen Icke | 10 | 2 | 12 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Easton | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Darryl Sutton | 6 | 2 | 8 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Kerry Good | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Roger Podolczak | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 |
Ebert 1, Glendinning 5, Bryant 2, Nettlefold 2, Dempsey 1, Blight 1, Tanner 1, Easton 2, Sutton 3
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodney Ashman | 31 | 8 | 39 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Barry Armstrong | 20 | 7 | 27 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Wayne Johnston | 23 | 2 | 25 | 1 | — | 4 |
| Robbert Klomp | 11 | 11 | 22 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Peter McConville | 19 | 2 | 21 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Trevor Keogh | 11 | 8 | 19 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Mark Maclure | 11 | 7 | 18 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Southby | 10 | 6 | 16 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Michael Young | 10 | 5 | 15 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Bruce Doull | 4 | 11 | 15 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Harmes | 13 | 1 | 14 | 4 | — | 4 |
| Mike Fitzpatrick | 9 | 2 | 11 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Peter Francis | 9 | 2 | 11 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Rod Austin | 10 | 1 | 11 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Peter Jones | 7 | 3 | 10 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Alex Marcou | 6 | 4 | 10 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Ken Sheldon | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 | — | 0 |
| David McKay | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Peter Brown | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | 4 |
| Greg Towns | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 |