Waverley Park · Sat 4 Aug 1979 · 24,651 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RichmondRICH | 5.7 | 12.14 | 20.17 | 190 |
| St KildaSTK | 4.2 | 8.5 | 10.9 | 119 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 190 and 119.
Richmond won by 71 points.
28.22 (190) — 18.11 (119)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Monteath | 23 | 13 | 36 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Raines | 20 | 9 | 29 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Barry Rowlings | 17 | 9 | 26 | 1 |
| — |
| 1 |
| David Cloke | 21 | 4 | 25 | 15 | — | 6 |
| Bryan Wood | 18 | 3 | 21 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Kevin Bartlett | 18 | 2 | 20 | 3 | — | 4 |
| Dale Weightman | 8 | 11 | 19 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Merv Keane | 13 | 6 | 19 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Emmett Dunne | 13 | 5 | 18 | 4 | — | 4 |
| Stephen Mount | 7 | 11 | 18 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Graeme Landy | 7 | 10 | 17 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Michael Roach | 12 | 4 | 16 | 10 | — | 10 |
| Jim Jess | 8 | 6 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Phillip Bottams | 7 | 7 | 14 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Bob Heard | 2 | 11 | 13 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Francis Bourke | 11 | 2 | 13 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Craig Considine | 8 | 4 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Mark Lee | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Ian Scrimshaw | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Berry | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Duperouzel | 14 | 6 | 20 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Michael Nettlefold | 9 | 10 | 19 | 6 | — | 2 |
| Trevor Barker | 15 | 4 | 19 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Paul Callery | 13 | 5 | 18 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Jeff Sarau | 12 | 5 | 17 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Russell Greene | 11 | 4 | 15 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Garry Sidebottom | 12 | 2 | 14 | 5 | — | 4 |
| Jeff Dunne | 10 | 3 | 13 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Cunningham | 8 | 5 | 13 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Graeme Bond | 10 | 2 | 12 | 6 | — | 2 |
| Andrew Cross | 6 | 5 | 11 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Gary Colling | 9 | 2 | 11 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Greg Burns | 7 | 4 | 11 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Malcolm Scott | 9 | 1 | 10 | 6 | — | 4 |
| Grant Thomas | 8 | 2 | 10 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Gerard Cahir | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Don Discher | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Dale Evans | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Barry Breen | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Ian Baker | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |
Duperouzel 2, Nettlefold 2, Callery 1, Sidebottom 4, Bond 2, Cross 1, Scott 4, Discher 2