Windy Hill · Sat 19 Jul 1980 · 17,484 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EssendonESS | 4.5 | 9.7 | 13.8 | 129 |
| SydneySYD | 4.2 | 9.7 | 14.16 | 133 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 129 and 133.
Sydney won by 4 points.
20.9 (129) — 19.19 (133)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Foreman | 17 | 11 | 28 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Terry Daniher | 16 | 6 | 22 | 10 | — | 0 |
| Tim Watson | 13 | 8 | 21 | 6 | — |
| 5 |
| Merv Neagle | 16 | 5 | 21 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Stephen Robins | 15 | 5 | 20 | 2 | — | 3 |
| Ian Marsh | 14 | 6 | 20 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Robert Shaw | 17 | 3 | 20 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Peter Bennett | 11 | 9 | 20 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Grant Fowler | 9 | 8 | 17 | 4 | — | 3 |
| Frank Dunell | 7 | 7 | 14 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Paul Vander Haar | 8 | 6 | 14 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Neale Daniher | 9 | 5 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Peter Keenan | 8 | 3 | 11 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Russell Muir | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Glenn Hawker | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Simon Madden | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Ken Fletcher | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Steven Taubert | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Carey | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Justin Madden | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Quade | 26 | 12 | 38 | 9 | — | 0 |
| Peter Morrison | 20 | 16 | 36 | 10 | — | 4 |
| Francis Jackson | 15 | 10 | 25 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Goss | 18 | 6 | 24 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Greg Smith | 13 | 10 | 23 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Mark Browning | 14 | 6 | 20 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Bernie Evans | 12 | 7 | 19 | 4 | — | 1 |
| David Ackerly | 12 | 6 | 18 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Paul Morwood | 12 | 5 | 17 | 2 | — | 3 |
| Stephen Wright | 10 | 5 | 15 | 3 | — | 1 |
| John Roberts | 11 | 2 | 13 | 7 | — | 6 |
| Shane Zantuck | 11 | 2 | 13 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Graham Teasdale | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Neville Fields | 10 | 1 | 11 | 6 | — | 1 |
| David McLeish | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Barry Round | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Robert McGhie | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Doug Green | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Michael Wright | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Rod Carter | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 |