Round 1, 1979 · Melbourne Cricket Ground · Saturday 7 April 1979, 2:10pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 45 | 79 | 88 | 125 |
| Footscray | 29 | 53 | 91 | 113 |
Crowd 24,133. Coaches: Carl Ditterich and Don McKenzie. Umpires: Bill Deller, Kenneth Norris.
| Robert Flower | 2 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Greg Wells | 11 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Carl Ditterich | 10 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 3 |
| Graham Gaunt | 20 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Gerard Healy (debut) | 39 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Henry Coles | 3 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Phil Carman | 31 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Shane Fitzsimmons | 23 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Garry Baker | 1 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 |
| Tony Sullivan | 4 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Peter Hamilton | 30 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Glenn Elliott | 8 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ray Biffin | 19 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Ken Roberts | 6 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Maurice Wingate | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Tony Martyn (debut) | 24 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Moir | 29 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Laurie Fowler | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Steven Smith | 35 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Shane Grambeau | 17 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ian Dunstan | 32 | 31 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Mick Egan | 10 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| Geoff Jennings | 25 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Ted Whitten | 22 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Steve Hoffman | 16 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Doug Hawkins | 7 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Norm Tivendale | 43 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Ian Morrison | 8 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Alan Stoneham | 3 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Ian Hampshire | 1 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 |
| Brian Wilson | 40 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Neil Bristow (debut) | 27 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3 |
| Alby Smedts | 17 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| John Reid | 33 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gary Cowton | 6 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wayne Foreman | 42 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kelvin Templeton | 31 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Richard Murrie | 26 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Ian Low | 28 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Shane Loveless (debut) | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
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