Round 17, 1979 · Western Oval (Whitten Oval) · Saturday 28 July 1979, 2:10pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Footscray | 12 | 39 | 54 | 82 |
| Geelong | 29 | 50 | 97 | 122 |
Crowd 14,284. Coaches: Don McKenzie and Rod Olsson. Umpires: Ken Quinn, John Wright.
| Ian Dunstan | 32 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Geoff Jennings | 25 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Ian Hampshire | 1 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 3 |
| Richard Murrie | 26 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Robert Groenewegen | 14 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Ian Morrison | 8 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Doug Hawkins | 7 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Gary Cowton | 6 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ted Whitten | 22 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| John Moylan | 9 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Mick Kelly | 11 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Kelvin Templeton | 31 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Mick Egan | 10 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Alby Smedts | 17 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| John Reid | 33 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Michael McKenna (debut) | 34 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bruce Reid | 5 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Jim Edmond | 20 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| William Berry | 52 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Gordon Polson (debut) | 19 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kevin Sheehan | 8 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| David Clarke | 14 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Ian Nankervis | 40 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| John Burns | 12 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Peter Featherby | 6 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Neville Bruns | 19 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Jack Hawkins | 26 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Andy Preston | 28 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Terry Bright | 4 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Gary Malarkey | 5 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Ray Card | 20 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Michael Turner | 9 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bruce Nankervis | 33 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Rod Blake | 16 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 1 |
| Bryan Cousins | 24 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Peter Johnston | 3 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Mario Bortolotto | 29 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Jeff Fehring | 25 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| Glenn Middlemiss | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Murray Witcombe | 18 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hover a column heading for its full name. ↑ came on as a substitute, ↓ was substituted off.
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