Victoria Park · Sat 1 Sep 1979 · 27,206 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CollingwoodCOLL | 3.2 | 11.7 | 16.10 | 154 |
| MelbourneMELB | 3.5 | 7.6 | 10.8 | 103 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 154 and 103.
Collingwood won by 51 points.
23.16 (154) — 15.13 (103)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Shaw | 24 | 10 | 34 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Kevin Morris | 19 | 14 | 33 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Russell Ohlsen | 17 | 9 | 26 | 1 | — |
| 0 |
| Peter Moore | 16 | 6 | 22 | 10 | — | 0 |
| Allan Edwards | 12 | 7 | 19 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Rene Kink | 8 | 10 | 18 | 7 | — | 2 |
| Graeme Anderson | 11 | 5 | 16 | 2 | — | 3 |
| Ronnie Wearmouth | 10 | 6 | 16 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Ricky Barham | 12 | 4 | 16 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Ray Byrne | 11 | 5 | 16 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Ross Brewer | 10 | 4 | 14 | 3 | — | 5 |
| Bill Picken | 8 | 5 | 13 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Peter McCormack | 12 | 1 | 13 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Craig Davis | 10 | 2 | 12 | 6 | — | 5 |
| Stan Magro | 7 | 5 | 12 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Terry Wight | 8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Craig Stewart | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Kevin Worthington | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Leigh Carlson | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 |
| David Young | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Flower | 16 | 11 | 27 | 9 | — | 1 |
| Greg Wells | 21 | 6 | 27 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Garry Baker | 16 | 8 | 24 | 10 | — | 0 |
| Phil Seaton | 17 | 3 | 20 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Gerard Healy | 16 | 3 | 19 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Cameron Clayton | 9 | 9 | 18 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Laurie Fowler | 16 | 2 | 18 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Tony Martyn | 11 | 7 | 18 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Ray Biffin | 13 | 3 | 16 | 8 | — | 5 |
| Steven Smith | 10 | 4 | 14 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Robert Elliott | 12 | 2 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Glenn Elliott | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Jim Durnan | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Greg Hutchison | 7 | 5 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Andrew Moir | 10 | 1 | 11 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Michael Byrne | 7 | 3 | 10 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Peter Giles | 6 | 4 | 10 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Carl Ditterich | 6 | 3 | 9 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Tony Elshaug | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Ken Whitfort | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 |