Kardinia Park · Sat 4 Aug 1979 · 30,496 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GeelongGEEL | 5.2 | 9.7 | 13.13 | 124 |
| CollingwoodCOLL | 3.1 | 5.4 | 7.6 | 63 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 124 and 63.
Geelong won by 61 points.
18.16 (124) — 9.9 (63)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Clarke | 21 | 5 | 26 | 8 | — | 3 |
| Ian Nankervis | 15 | 11 | 26 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Neville Bruns | 24 | 1 | 25 | 3 |
| — |
| 1 |
| Peter Featherby | 20 | 4 | 24 | 7 | — | 1 |
| Andy Preston | 20 | 4 | 24 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Sheehan | 19 | 4 | 23 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Michael Turner | 17 | 5 | 22 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Bruce Nankervis | 15 | 5 | 20 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Jack Hawkins | 12 | 8 | 20 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Terry Bright | 13 | 3 | 16 | 6 | — | 7 |
| Glenn Middlemiss | 8 | 8 | 16 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Gary Malarkey | 9 | 5 | 14 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Mario Bortolotto | 9 | 4 | 13 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Bryan Cousins | 8 | 3 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Ray Card | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0 | — | 0 |
| John Burns | 7 | 3 | 10 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Rod Blake | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Peter Johnston | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8 | — | 2 |
| Jeff Fehring | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Kelvin Matthews | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Shaw | 12 | 11 | 23 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Kevin Worthington | 18 | 4 | 22 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Russell Ohlsen | 16 | 4 | 20 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Bill Picken | 14 | 5 | 19 | 13 | — | 0 |
| Peter Moore | 12 | 5 | 17 | 12 | — | 1 |
| Rene Kink | 12 | 3 | 15 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Ross Brewer | 7 | 8 | 15 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Kevin Morris | 13 | 2 | 15 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Graeme Anderson | 12 | 2 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Peter McCormack | 10 | 3 | 13 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Stan Magro | 11 | 2 | 13 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Terry Wight | 7 | 5 | 12 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Ray Shaw | 7 | 4 | 11 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Ray Byrne | 9 | 2 | 11 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Allan Edwards | 7 | 3 | 10 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Craig Davis | 7 | 2 | 9 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Denis Banks | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Craig Stewart | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Mick Warren | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Bill Valli | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 |