Round 8, 1979 · Kardinia Park (GMHBA Stadium) · Saturday 26 May 1979, 2:10pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geelong | 33 | 41 | 72 | 83 |
| Essendon | 19 | 43 | 62 | 84 |
Crowd 19,590. Coaches: Rod Olsson and Barry Davis. Umpires: John Moss, John Sutcliffe.
| Bruce Nankervis | 33 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Ian Nankervis | 40 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Bryan Cousins | 24 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| David Clarke | 14 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Michael Turner | 9 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Terry Bright | 4 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Neville Bruns | 19 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| John Burns | 12 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Mark Bos | 44 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Ray Card | 20 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Sam Newman | 17 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Robert Neal | 35 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Gary Malarkey | 5 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Hawkins | 26 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jeff Cassidy | 15 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Murray Witcombe | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Rod Blake | 16 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| Andy Preston | 28 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Glenn Middlemiss | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| John Mossop | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| Peter Bennett | 38 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Alan Reid | 2 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Steven Taubert | 16 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| Ian Marsh | 37 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Stephen Robins | 24 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Neale Daniher | 6 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Ken Mansfield | 13 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Russell Muir | 42 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Garry Foulds | 10 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Paul Vander Haar | 18 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Peter Keenan | 1 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 0 |
| Wayne Primmer | 15 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tim Watson | 32 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Simon Madden | 27 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| Glenn Hawker | 33 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Allan Davis | 29 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Colin Boyd | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Denis Scanlon | 36 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Terry Daniher | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Merv Neagle | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Hover a column heading for its full name. ↑ came on as a substitute, ↓ was substituted off.
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