Moorabbin Oval · Sat 19 Apr 1980 · 30,947 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St KildaSTK | 4.8 | 6.10 | 9.14 | 83 |
| EssendonESS | 1.2 | 5.5 | 7.6 | 80 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 83 and 80.
St Kilda won by 3 points.
11.17 (83) — 12.8 (80)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Sarau | 16 | 7 | 23 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Mordecai Bromberg | 14 | 7 | 21 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Ian Sartori | 13 | 7 | 20 | 1 | — |
| 2 |
| Geoff Cunningham | 10 | 10 | 20 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Russell Greene | 14 | 4 | 18 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Michael Roberts | 15 | 3 | 18 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Alex Jesaulenko | 11 | 6 | 17 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Greg Burns | 11 | 5 | 16 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Mark Kellett | 15 | 1 | 16 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Bruce Duperouzel | 11 | 4 | 15 | 6 | — | 3 |
| Robert Muir | 8 | 7 | 15 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Jim ODea | 13 | 2 | 15 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Dunne | 4 | 9 | 13 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Gary McDonald | 9 | 3 | 12 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Garry Sidebottom | 9 | 2 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Trevor Barker | 7 | 3 | 10 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Chris Stone | 8 | 0 | 8 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Gary Colling | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Dean Herbert | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Garry Williams | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merv Neagle | 24 | 3 | 27 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Shane Heard | 15 | 6 | 21 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Ian Marsh | 15 | 5 | 20 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Phil Carman | 11 | 8 | 19 | 8 | — | 1 |
| Tim Watson | 16 | 2 | 18 | 5 | — | 3 |
| Peter Bennett | 13 | 4 | 17 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Garry Foulds | 16 | 1 | 17 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Neale Daniher | 12 | 4 | 16 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Glenn Hawker | 10 | 6 | 16 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Frank Dunell | 6 | 9 | 15 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Peter Keenan | 9 | 6 | 15 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Roger Merrett | 8 | 6 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Ron Andrews | 8 | 4 | 12 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Russell Muir | 10 | 2 | 12 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Alan Stoneham | 8 | 2 | 10 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Stephen Robins | 8 | 1 | 9 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Barry Day | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Simon Madden | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Michael Sheldon | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Jim McAllester | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |