Windy Hill · Sat 29 Mar 1980 · 28,306 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EssendonESS | 3.2 | 7.6 | 8.9 | 87 |
| North MelbourneNM | 5.3 | 9.7 | 13.10 | 100 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 87 and 100.
North Melbourne won by 13 points.
12.15 (87) — 15.10 (100)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merv Neagle | 18 | 4 | 22 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Ian Marsh | 15 | 5 | 20 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Tim Watson | 13 | 6 | 19 | 3 | — |
| 2 |
| Neale Daniher | 16 | 3 | 19 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Shane Heard | 11 | 7 | 18 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Simon Madden | 10 | 7 | 17 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Barry Day | 11 | 6 | 17 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Max Crow | 12 | 2 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Terry Daniher | 11 | 3 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Phil Carman | 8 | 5 | 13 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Paul Vander Haar | 9 | 4 | 13 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Ken Fletcher | 10 | 2 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Alan Stoneham | 9 | 3 | 12 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Neil Besanko | 10 | 2 | 12 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Neil Clarke | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Ron Andrews | 7 | 4 | 11 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Garry Foulds | 9 | 2 | 11 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Robins | 8 | 2 | 10 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Peter Keenan | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Peter Bennett | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Schimmelbusch | 23 | 4 | 27 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Alan Jarrott | 15 | 9 | 24 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Keith Greig | 15 | 6 | 21 | 2 | — | 0 |
| David Dench | 13 | 6 | 19 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Icke | 8 | 11 | 19 | 2 | — | 0 |
| John Cassin | 13 | 4 | 17 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Stephen McCann | 11 | 6 | 17 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Kevin Bryant | 11 | 6 | 17 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Ross Henshaw | 10 | 7 | 17 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Daryl Schimmelbusch | 9 | 7 | 16 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Gary Dempsey | 8 | 8 | 16 | 6 | — | 0 |
| John Byrne | 6 | 7 | 13 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Arnold Briedis | 9 | 3 | 12 | 1 | — | 3 |
| Mario Turco | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Maurice Boyse | 10 | 1 | 11 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Kerry Good | 7 | 2 | 9 | 4 | — | 6 |
| Michael Reeves | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Darryl Sutton | 8 | 0 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Roger Podolczak | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Doug Smith | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 |