Moorabbin Oval · Sat 18 Aug 1979 · 12,330 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St KildaSTK | 3.2 | 3.4 | 7.6 | 60 |
| FitzroyFITZ | 2.2 | 7.9 | 8.11 | 76 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 60 and 76.
Fitzroy won by 16 points.
9.6 (60) — 10.16 (76)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Greene | 23 | 2 | 25 | 4 | — | 3 |
| Jeff Dunne | 16 | 6 | 22 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Maurice OKeefe | 12 | 9 | 21 | 3 | — |
| 0 |
| Jeff Sarau | 14 | 5 | 19 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Paul Callery | 16 | 3 | 19 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Dale Evans | 13 | 5 | 18 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Barry Breen | 13 | 3 | 16 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Chris Stone | 8 | 8 | 16 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Ian Sartori | 10 | 6 | 16 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Phil Stevens | 15 | 1 | 16 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Graeme Bond | 13 | 2 | 15 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Cunningham | 6 | 8 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Michael Nettlefold | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Gerard Cahir | 10 | 1 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Jim ODea | 9 | 1 | 10 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Mark Kellett | 7 | 2 | 9 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Malcolm Scott | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Andrew Cross | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Don Discher | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Dean Herbert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garry Wilson | 26 | 9 | 35 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Graeme Allan | 15 | 11 | 26 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Neville Taylor | 15 | 5 | 20 | 0 | — | 0 |
| David McMahon | 13 | 6 | 19 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Kevin Higgins | 15 | 4 | 19 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Warwick Irwin | 15 | 3 | 18 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Leon Harris | 14 | 4 | 18 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Robert Walls | 12 | 3 | 15 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Chris Hansen | 8 | 6 | 14 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Ron Alexander | 7 | 7 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Bernie Quinlan | 12 | 1 | 13 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Gerald McCarthy | 7 | 5 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Peter Keays | 7 | 5 | 12 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Laurie Serafini | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Bob Beecroft | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4 | — | 4 |
| Harvey Merrigan | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Mick Conlan | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Max Richardson | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Malcolm Bramley | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Chris Smith | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 |