Round 4, 1979 · Western Oval (Whitten Oval) · Saturday 28 April 1979, 2:10pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Footscray | 45 | 60 | 96 | 128 |
| Essendon | 30 | 74 | 113 | 128 |
Crowd 26,981. Coaches: Don McKenzie and Barry Davis. Umpires: Glenn James, Kenneth Norris.
| Wayne Foreman | 42 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Ian Dunstan | 32 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| John Reid | 33 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Geoff Jennings | 25 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Alby Smedts | 17 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Mick Egan | 10 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Doug Hawkins | 7 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Robbie Peers (debut) | 50 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Stephen Power | 21 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Terry Wheeler | 35 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Ian Low | 28 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Ted Whitten | 22 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Ian Hampshire | 1 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 3 |
| Gary Cowton | 6 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Ian Morrison | 8 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Kelvin Templeton | 31 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Richard Murrie | 26 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Mark Williams | 44 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Norm Tivendale | 43 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Neil Bristow | 27 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Ken Mansfield | 13 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Garry Foulds | 10 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Terry Daniher | 5 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Alan Reid | 2 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Simon Madden | 27 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 2 |
| Ian Marsh | 37 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Neale Daniher | 6 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Max Crow | 31 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Tim Watson | 32 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Craig Barbary (debut) | 48 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Allan Davis | 29 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Peter Bennett | 38 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Peter Keenan | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 3 |
| Shane Heard | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Merv Neagle | 34 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Denis Scanlon | 36 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Roger Merrett | 25 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Stephen Robins | 24 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Neil Besanko | 30 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Robert Shaw | 26 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
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170 meetings: Footscray 72, Essendon 96, 2 drawn.
Western Bulldogs by 34 · crowd 38,786
Western Bulldogs by 93 · crowd 29,367
Western Bulldogs by 91 · crowd 47,266
Essendon by 29 · crowd 50,144
Western Bulldogs by 41 · crowd 43,634
Western Bulldogs by 32 · crowd 33,677