Princes Park · Sat 11 Aug 1979 · 17,087 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CarltonCARL | 2.5 | 8.11 | 17.15 | 149 |
| St KildaSTK | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 45 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 149 and 45.
Carlton won by 104 points.
22.17 (149) — 6.9 (45)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Armstrong | 21 | 11 | 32 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Rodney Ashman | 23 | 5 | 28 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Alex Marcou | 16 | 11 | 27 | 6 | — |
| 1 |
| Peter McConville | 21 | 5 | 26 | 10 | — | 0 |
| Bruce Doull | 11 | 14 | 25 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Peter Francis | 16 | 7 | 23 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Ken Sheldon | 14 | 7 | 21 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Michael Young | 17 | 3 | 20 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Robbert Klomp | 13 | 7 | 20 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Mark Maclure | 15 | 4 | 19 | 9 | — | 5 |
| Mike Fitzpatrick | 12 | 7 | 19 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Jim Buckley | 10 | 5 | 15 | 4 | — | 4 |
| Trevor Keogh | 10 | 4 | 14 | 7 | — | 2 |
| Geoff Southby | 10 | 4 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Harmes | 10 | 2 | 12 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Rod Galt | 6 | 5 | 11 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Rod Austin | 9 | 1 | 10 | 2 | — | 0 |
| David McKay | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Johnston | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Peter Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Colling | 16 | 9 | 25 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Paul Callery | 16 | 7 | 23 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Sarau | 18 | 4 | 22 | 9 | — | 0 |
| Ian Sartori | 15 | 5 | 20 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Barry Breen | 17 | 2 | 19 | 8 | — | 2 |
| Phil Stevens | 15 | 2 | 17 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Russell Greene | 16 | 1 | 17 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Cunningham | 6 | 10 | 16 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Dunne | 13 | 3 | 16 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Gary McDonald | 9 | 4 | 13 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Mark Kellett | 6 | 7 | 13 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Bill Mildenhall | 9 | 3 | 12 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Garry Sidebottom | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Andrew Cross | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Jim ODea | 8 | 3 | 11 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Don Discher | 7 | 2 | 9 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Colin Carter | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Trevor Barker | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Malcolm Scott | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Dale Evans | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 |