Waverley Park · Sat 11 Aug 1979 · 12,827 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MelbourneMELB | 6.5 | 7.10 | 7.18 | 73 |
| HawthornHAW | 1.2 | 6.6 | 10.10 | 95 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 73 and 95.
Hawthorn won by 22 points.
8.25 (73) — 14.11 (95)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Gaunt | 26 | 10 | 36 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Greg Wells | 19 | 4 | 23 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Robert Flower | 16 | 6 | 22 | 4 | — |
| 1 |
| Phil Seaton | 14 | 8 | 22 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Kelly ODonnell | 15 | 5 | 20 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Greg Hutchison | 15 | 3 | 18 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Ken Whitfort | 9 | 9 | 18 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Andrew Moir | 12 | 6 | 18 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Laurie Fowler | 14 | 3 | 17 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Steven Smith | 9 | 7 | 16 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Garry Baker | 8 | 8 | 16 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Peter Giles | 14 | 2 | 16 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Carl Ditterich | 11 | 4 | 15 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Peter Hamilton | 10 | 5 | 15 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Robert Walters | 12 | 2 | 14 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Jim Durnan | 6 | 6 | 12 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Gerard Healy | 11 | 1 | 12 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Michael Byrne | 7 | 2 | 9 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Tony Martyn | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Gordon | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Wallace | 23 | 7 | 30 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Norm Goss | 20 | 6 | 26 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Mark Turner | 14 | 8 | 22 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Michael Tuck | 13 | 5 | 18 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Robert DiPierdomenico | 8 | 10 | 18 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Robert Wilkinson | 12 | 4 | 16 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Geoff Ablett | 13 | 3 | 16 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Alan Goad | 6 | 9 | 15 | 2 | — | 0 |
| David OHalloran | 7 | 7 | 14 | 5 | — | 4 |
| Rodney Eade | 12 | 2 | 14 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Ablett | 12 | 1 | 13 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Terry Moore | 10 | 3 | 13 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Peter Murnane | 9 | 3 | 12 | 0 | — | 0 |
| John Kennedy | 7 | 4 | 11 | 4 | — | 0 |
| David Polkinghorne | 9 | 2 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Alle De Wolde | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Don Scott | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Michael McCarthy | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Kelvin Moore | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 |
| John Hendrie | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 |