Waverley Park · Sat 10 May 1980 · 18,939 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MelbourneMELB | 2.2 | 4.5 | 7.9 | 72 |
| North MelbourneNM | 8.5 | 13.9 | 17.15 | 159 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 72 and 159.
North Melbourne won by 87 points.
10.12 (72) — 24.15 (159)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Gaunt | 19 | 10 | 29 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Gerard Healy | 19 | 8 | 27 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Tony Elshaug | 15 | 10 | 25 | 4 | — |
| 2 |
| Greg Wells | 16 | 8 | 24 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Laurie Fowler | 17 | 7 | 24 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Robert Flower | 11 | 10 | 21 | 7 | — | 2 |
| Brent Crosswell | 15 | 5 | 20 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Tony Martyn | 15 | 2 | 17 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Peter Giles | 10 | 7 | 17 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Russell Rowe | 8 | 8 | 16 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Chris Woodman | 8 | 6 | 14 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Michael Seddon | 11 | 3 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Gordon | 10 | 3 | 13 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Cameron Clayton | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Steven Smith | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Maurice Wingate | 9 | 1 | 10 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Bickford | 7 | 2 | 9 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Michael Byrne | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Glenn McLean | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Phillip Pinnell | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Cassin | 18 | 10 | 28 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Alan Jarrott | 16 | 12 | 28 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Shane Bond | 17 | 10 | 27 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Keith Greig | 20 | 6 | 26 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Ross Glendinning | 16 | 8 | 24 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Schimmelbusch | 17 | 6 | 23 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Daryl Schimmelbusch | 13 | 9 | 22 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Maurice Boyse | 16 | 3 | 19 | 3 | — | 4 |
| Stephen Icke | 8 | 11 | 19 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Darryl Sutton | 12 | 7 | 19 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Malcolm Blight | 14 | 4 | 18 | 6 | — | 7 |
| Brian Wilson | 10 | 8 | 18 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Gary Dempsey | 12 | 5 | 17 | 8 | — | 1 |
| Xavier Tanner | 10 | 4 | 14 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Ken Montgomery | 9 | 5 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Michael Reeves | 6 | 6 | 12 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Stephen McCann | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Arnold Briedis | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | — | 4 |
| Rodney Wright | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Kerry Good | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 2 |