Waverley Park · Sat 1 Sep 1979 · 20,571 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North MelbourneNM | 8.7 | 11.9 | 18.11 | 144 |
| St KildaSTK | 1.3 | 3.6 | 6.7 | 65 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 144 and 65.
North Melbourne won by 79 points.
21.18 (144) — 9.11 (65)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Ebert | 28 | 8 | 36 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Graeme Melrose | 14 | 18 | 32 | 6 | — | 1 |
| John Cassin | 19 | 13 | 32 | 5 |
| — |
| 0 |
| Wayne Schimmelbusch | 23 | 6 | 29 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Alan Jarrott | 13 | 12 | 25 | 3 | — | 3 |
| David Dench | 15 | 8 | 23 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Ross Glendinning | 13 | 10 | 23 | 10 | — | 0 |
| John Law | 9 | 10 | 19 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Xavier Tanner | 13 | 5 | 18 | 2 | — | 4 |
| Gary Dempsey | 12 | 6 | 18 | 13 | — | 1 |
| Stephen McCann | 14 | 4 | 18 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Ross Henshaw | 10 | 7 | 17 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Malcolm Blight | 12 | 4 | 16 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Kevin Bryant | 9 | 5 | 14 | 6 | — | 3 |
| Stephen Icke | 9 | 5 | 14 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Keith Greig | 7 | 7 | 14 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Kerry Good | 8 | 3 | 11 | 4 | — | 4 |
| Daryl Schimmelbusch | 6 | 4 | 10 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Darryl Sutton | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Mick Nolan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Greene | 23 | 7 | 30 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Trevor Barker | 21 | 4 | 25 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Ian Sartori | 14 | 8 | 22 | 7 | — | 1 |
| Jeff Sarau | 17 | 4 | 21 | 12 | — | 0 |
| Barry Breen | 18 | 3 | 21 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Gary Colling | 13 | 4 | 17 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Gerard Cahir | 12 | 4 | 16 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Dunne | 9 | 6 | 15 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Garry Sidebottom | 11 | 2 | 13 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Bill Mildenhall | 8 | 4 | 12 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Colin Carter | 8 | 4 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Paul Callery | 10 | 2 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Phil Stevens | 9 | 2 | 11 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Malcolm Scott | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | — | 3 |
| Andrew Cross | 7 | 3 | 10 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Chris Stone | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Mark Kellett | 6 | 3 | 9 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Don Discher | 6 | 3 | 9 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Maurice OKeefe | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Dale Evans | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 |