Arden St · Sat 17 May 1980 · 17,268 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North MelbourneNM | 6.2 | 9.4 | 11.14 | 109 |
| SydneySYD | 5.2 | 8.6 | 11.8 | 106 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 109 and 106.
North Melbourne won by 3 points.
15.19 (109) — 16.10 (106)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Dempsey | 13 | 12 | 25 | 14 | — | 1 |
| Keith Greig | 18 | 7 | 25 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Daryl Schimmelbusch | 15 | 7 | 22 | 3 |
| — |
| 2 |
| Brian Wilson | 16 | 6 | 22 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Schimmelbusch | 12 | 9 | 21 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Shane Bond | 16 | 3 | 19 | 3 | — | 2 |
| John Cassin | 13 | 5 | 18 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Ross Glendinning | 9 | 8 | 17 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Ken Montgomery | 13 | 4 | 17 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Stephen McCann | 15 | 0 | 15 | 9 | — | 3 |
| Stephen Icke | 7 | 8 | 15 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Darryl Sutton | 11 | 2 | 13 | 3 | — | 1 |
| John Law | 10 | 3 | 13 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Xavier Tanner | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | — | 3 |
| Arnold Briedis | 8 | 3 | 11 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Roger Podolczak | 7 | 3 | 10 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Malcolm Blight | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Maurice Boyse | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Alan Jarrott | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Doug Smith | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Teasdale | 14 | 10 | 24 | 10 | — | 0 |
| Paul Morwood | 14 | 8 | 22 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Peter Morrison | 10 | 10 | 20 | 7 | — | 1 |
| Stephen Wright | 16 | 4 | 20 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Mark Browning | 16 | 3 | 19 | 2 | — | 0 |
| David Ackerly | 12 | 6 | 18 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Greg Smith | 15 | 2 | 17 | 4 | — | 0 |
| John Roberts | 15 | 1 | 16 | 10 | — | 7 |
| Rod Carter | 14 | 2 | 16 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Francis Jackson | 11 | 5 | 16 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Barry Round | 5 | 10 | 15 | 6 | — | 2 |
| Neville Fields | 11 | 3 | 14 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Kevin Goss | 12 | 2 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Bernie Evans | 9 | 4 | 13 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Michael Wright | 10 | 1 | 11 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Tony Morwood | 7 | 2 | 9 | 3 | — | 1 |
| David Rhys-Jones | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Max Kruse | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Noel Jenkinson | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Doug Koop | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |