Elimination final, 1979 · Waverley Park (VFL Park) · Saturday 8 September 1979, 2:30pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fitzroy | 58 | 75 | 101 | 124 |
| Essendon | 9 | 16 | 26 | 43 |
Crowd 49,470. Coaches: Bill Stephen and Barry Davis. Umpires: Ian Robinson, Rowan Sawers.
| Garry Wilson | 29 | 42 | 17 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Warwick Irwin | 7 | 30 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| David McMahon | 19 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Chris Hansen | 16 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Graeme Allan | 27 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Leon Harris | 56 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Chris Smith | 8 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Peter Keays | 13 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Bernie Quinlan | 5 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 6 |
| Kevin Higgins | 14 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Robert Walls | 9 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Neville Taylor | 33 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Laurie Serafini | 10 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Peter Brown | 18 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Alexander | 6 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 1 |
| Mick Conlan | 12 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Max Richardson | 15 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Harvey Merrigan | 36 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Noel Mugavin | 35 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Bob Beecroft | 24 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Peter Bennett | 38 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Ken Mansfield | 13 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Allan Davis | 29 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| Shane Heard | 9 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Neale Daniher | 6 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Max Crow | 31 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| Russell Muir | 42 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ken Fletcher | 21 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Garry Foulds | 10 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Ian Marsh | 37 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Robert Hyde | 19 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Steven Taubert | 16 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Simon Madden | 27 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| Terry Daniher | 5 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Stephen Robins | 24 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Robert Shaw | 26 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Tim Watson | 32 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denis Scanlon | 36 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Michael Sheldon | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ron Andrews | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
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