Round 1, 1979 · Arden Street Oval · Saturday 7 April 1979, 2:10pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Melbourne | 32 | 62 | 104 | 129 |
| Essendon | 33 | 57 | 82 | 109 |
Crowd 22,633. Coaches: Ron Barassi and Barry Davis. Umpires: Rowan Sawers, John Sutcliffe.
| Graeme Melrose | 17 | 31 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| John Byrne | 21 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Kevin Bryant (debut) | 9 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Arnold Briedis | 6 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Roy Ramsay | 38 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ross Glendinning | 4 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Keith Greig | 27 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Stan Alves | 2 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Gary Dempsey | 24 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 2 |
| David Dench | 23 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Russell Ebert (debut) | 7 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Stephen McCann | 16 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 4 |
| Malcolm Blight | 15 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Graham Cornes (debut) | 11 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| John Law | 13 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Wayne Schimmelbusch | 20 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Doug Smith | 19 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| John Cassin | 3 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Glenn Payne | 33 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Darryl Sutton | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Max Crow | 31 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Peter Bennett | 38 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Garry Foulds | 10 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Ian Marsh | 37 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Alan Reid | 2 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Simon Madden | 27 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 1 |
| Denis Scanlon | 36 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Colin Boyd | 17 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Allan Davis | 29 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Barry Day | 3 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Ken Fletcher | 21 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tim Watson | 32 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Terry Daniher | 5 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Neil Besanko | 30 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Wayne Primmer | 15 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Paul Vander Haar | 18 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Neale Daniher | 6 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Shaw | 26 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Merv Neagle | 34 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Roger Merrett | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
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168 meetings: North Melbourne 59, Essendon 108, 1 drawn.
North Melbourne by 14 · crowd 37,054
North Melbourne by 12 · crowd 40,154
Essendon by 3 · crowd 35,439
Essendon by 40 · crowd 43,125
Essendon by 9 · crowd 37,231
Essendon by 6 · crowd 40,488