Princes Park · Sat 1 Sep 1979 · 24,479 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CarltonCARL | 8.0 | 13.8 | 16.12 | 154 |
| SydneySYD | 4.9 | 8.13 | 13.18 | 121 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 154 and 121.
Carlton won by 33 points.
23.16 (154) — 17.19 (121)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Johnston | 16 | 10 | 26 | 6 | — | 2 |
| Peter McConville | 18 | 5 | 23 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Barry Armstrong | 17 | 6 | 23 | 3 |
| — |
| 0 |
| Alex Jesaulenko | 13 | 9 | 22 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Alex Marcou | 13 | 8 | 21 | 5 | — | 3 |
| Ken Sheldon | 13 | 7 | 20 | 6 | — | 2 |
| Bruce Doull | 4 | 16 | 20 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Robbert Klomp | 8 | 11 | 19 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Mark Maclure | 15 | 2 | 17 | 7 | — | 6 |
| Michael Young | 9 | 8 | 17 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Peter Francis | 13 | 3 | 16 | 3 | — | 1 |
| David McKay | 9 | 7 | 16 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Harmes | 10 | 6 | 16 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Peter Jones | 2 | 13 | 15 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Jim Buckley | 10 | 2 | 12 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Rod Austin | 8 | 1 | 9 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Geoff Southby | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Peter Brown | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | — | 3 |
| Rodney Ashman | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Mike Fitzpatrick | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Morrison | 16 | 13 | 29 | 7 | — | 3 |
| Neville Fields | 22 | 2 | 24 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Max James | 19 | 4 | 23 | 9 | — | 2 |
| Paul Morwood | 20 | 3 | 23 | 11 | — | 2 |
| Dale Murphy | 12 | 6 | 18 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Wright | 14 | 3 | 17 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Shane Zantuck | 11 | 6 | 17 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Barry Round | 13 | 3 | 16 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Doug Koop | 8 | 7 | 15 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Colin Hounsell | 9 | 5 | 14 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Max Kruse | 10 | 3 | 13 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Ian Roberts | 7 | 6 | 13 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Tony Morwood | 8 | 4 | 12 | 4 | — | 3 |
| John Rantall | 9 | 3 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 |
| David Ackerly | 9 | 3 | 12 | 6 | — | 0 |
| David McLeish | 7 | 4 | 11 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Michael Wright | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Len Thompson | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Ricky Quade | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Howard Tarpey | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 |