1979 VFA Season

These are the results for the 1979 season of the Victorian Football Association (currently known as the Victorian Football League).

It featured eighteen rounds in a double round-robin format. It should be noted that teams did not necessarily play their matches following the same order as the nominal round numbers of those matches this season. Geelong West were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Coburg were the premiers, with Col Kinnear as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1979 VFA Season
Teams: 10
Rounds: 18
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 94

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Brunswick A. G. Gillon Oval
Caulfield Princes Park
Coburg Coburg City Oval Col Kinnear
Dandenong Shepley Oval
Frankston Frankston Park Chris Pavlou
Geelong West West Oval
Port Melbourne North Port Oval Peter McKenna
Prahran Toorak Park Mick Erwin
Preston Preston City Oval Harold Martin
Sandringham Beach Road Oval Peter Hogan

Season Results

Premiers: Coburg
Runners-Up: Geelong West
Minor Premiers: Geelong West

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Geelong West 1st 15 -0- 3 60 125.6% 2,397 1,908 351 291 273 270
Coburg 2nd 12 -0- 6 48 112.6% 2,157 1,915 312 285 278 247
Prahran 3rd 10 -0- 8 40 104.5% 2,225 2,130 323 287 312 258
Port Melbourne 4th 10 -0- 8 40 97.3% 2,062 2,119 297 280 305 289
Caulfield 5th 9 -0- 9 36 88.6% 2,007 2,266 286 291 323 328
Dandenong 6th 8 -0- 10 32 110.7% 2,187 1,976 320 267 282 284
Preston 7th 8 -0- 10 32 104.4% 2,337 2,238 338 309 327 276
Sandringham 8th 8 -0- 10 32 97.1% 2,104 2,167 306 268 312 295
Frankston 9th 6 -0- 12 24 83.9% 2,202 2,625 314 318 384 321
Brunswick 10th 4 -0- 14 16 85.2% 1,919 2,253 273 281 324 309

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Coburg 1st Premiers
Geelong West 2nd Runners-Up
Port Melbourne 3rd Defeated by Geelong West (Preliminary Final)
Prahran 4th Defeated by Port Melbourne (Semi Final)
Caulfield 5th Did not qualify for finals
Dandenong 6th Did not qualify for finals
Preston 7th Did not qualify for finals
Sandringham 8th Did not qualify for finals
Frankston 9th Did not qualify for finals
Brunswick 10th Did not qualify for finals

Ladder Chart

This chart is based on the nominal round, i.e. only one result (win, loss, draw, bye) per round, which may result in not being accurate from a chronological perspective. The positions during the finals series is determined via bespoke logic. You can click on the teams in the legend to add/remove their respective results.

Season Fixture

Regular Season

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 22/04/1979 2:10 PM Coburg v Frankston Coburg City Oval 165 - 87
SUN 22/04/1979 2:10 PM Dandenong v Brunswick Shepley Oval 118 - 126
SUN 22/04/1979 2:10 PM Geelong West v Caulfield West Oval 193 - 71
SUN 22/04/1979 2:10 PM Prahran v Preston Toorak Park 99 - 150
SUN 22/04/1979 2:10 PM Sandringham v Port Melbourne Beach Road Oval 194 - 90

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong West 1st 1 -0- 0 4 271.8% 193 71
Sandringham 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 215.6% 194 90
Coburg 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 189.7% 165 87
Preston 4th 1 -0- 0 4 151.5% 150 99
Brunswick 5th 1 -0- 0 4 106.8% 126 118
Dandenong 6th 0 -0- 1 0 93.7% 118 126
Prahran 7th 0 -0- 1 0 66.0% 99 150
Frankston 8th 0 -0- 1 0 52.7% 87 165
Port Melbourne 9th 0 -0- 1 0 46.4% 90 194
Caulfield 10th 0 -0- 1 0 36.8% 71 193

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 29/04/1979 2:10 PM Brunswick v Geelong West A. G. Gillon Oval 97 - 142
SUN 29/04/1979 2:10 PM Caulfield v Coburg Princes Park 120 - 104
SUN 29/04/1979 2:10 PM Frankston v Prahran Frankston Park 145 - 168
SUN 29/04/1979 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Dandenong North Port Oval 140 - 122
SUN 29/04/1979 2:10 PM Preston v Sandringham Preston City Oval 185 - 145

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong West 1st 2 -0- 0 8 199.4% 335 168
Preston 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 137.3% 335 244
Coburg 3rd 1 -0- 1 4 130.0% 269 207
Sandringham 4th 1 -0- 1 4 123.3% 339 275
Prahran 5th 1 -0- 1 4 90.5% 267 295
Brunswick 6th 1 -0- 1 4 85.8% 223 260
Port Melbourne 7th 1 -0- 1 4 72.8% 230 316
Caulfield 8th 1 -0- 1 4 64.3% 191 297
Dandenong 9th 0 -0- 2 0 90.2% 240 266
Frankston 10th 0 -0- 2 0 69.7% 232 333

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 06/05/1979 2:10 PM Coburg v Geelong West Coburg City Oval 100 - 135
SUN 06/05/1979 2:10 PM Dandenong v Preston Shepley Oval 144 - 80
SUN 06/05/1979 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Brunswick North Port Oval 174 - 151
SUN 06/05/1979 2:10 PM Prahran v Caulfield Toorak Park 204 - 131
SUN 06/05/1979 2:10 PM Sandringham v Frankston Beach Road Oval 130 - 177

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong West 1st 3 -0- 0 12 175.4% 470 268
Prahran 2nd 2 -0- 1 8 110.6% 471 426
Preston 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 107.0% 415 388
Port Melbourne 4th 2 -0- 1 8 86.5% 404 467
Dandenong 5th 1 -0- 2 4 111.0% 384 346
Coburg 6th 1 -0- 2 4 107.9% 369 342
Sandringham 7th 1 -0- 2 4 103.8% 469 452
Frankston 8th 1 -0- 2 4 88.3% 409 463
Brunswick 9th 1 -0- 2 4 86.2% 374 434
Caulfield 10th 1 -0- 2 4 64.3% 322 501

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 13/05/1979 2:10 PM Brunswick v Coburg A. G. Gillon Oval 102 - 112
SUN 13/05/1979 2:10 PM Caulfield v Sandringham Princes Park 133 - 129
SUN 13/05/1979 2:10 PM Frankston v Dandenong Frankston Park 118 - 114
SUN 13/05/1979 2:10 PM Geelong West v Prahran West Oval 145 - 113
SUN 13/05/1979 2:10 PM Preston v Port Melbourne Preston City Oval 90 - 90

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong West 1st 4 -0- 0 16 161.4% 615 381
Port Melbourne 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 88.7% 494 557
Coburg 3rd 2 -0- 2 8 108.3% 481 444
Preston 4th 2 -0- 2 8 105.6% 505 478
Prahran 5th 2 -0- 2 8 102.3% 584 571
Frankston 6th 2 -0- 2 8 91.3% 527 577
Caulfield 7th 2 -0- 2 8 72.2% 455 630
Dandenong 8th 1 -0- 3 4 107.3% 498 464
Sandringham 9th 1 -0- 3 4 102.2% 598 585
Brunswick 10th 1 -0- 3 4 87.2% 476 546

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 20/05/1979 2:10 PM Brunswick v Frankston A. G. Gillon Oval 133 - 129
SUN 20/05/1979 2:10 PM Dandenong v Coburg Shepley Oval 130 - 110
SUN 20/05/1979 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Geelong West North Port Oval 110 - 121
SUN 20/05/1979 2:10 PM Preston v Caulfield Preston City Oval 136 - 128
SUN 20/05/1979 2:10 PM Sandringham v Prahran Beach Road Oval 126 - 138

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong West 1st 5 -0- 0 20 149.9% 736 491
Prahran 2nd 3 -0- 2 12 103.6% 722 697
Port Melbourne 3rd 3 -0- 2 12 89.1% 604 678
Caulfield 4th 3 -0- 2 12 76.1% 583 766
Dandenong 5th 2 -0- 3 8 109.4% 628 574
Preston 6th 2 -0- 3 8 105.8% 641 606
Coburg 7th 2 -0- 3 8 103.0% 591 574
Frankston 8th 2 -0- 3 8 92.4% 656 710
Brunswick 9th 2 -0- 3 8 90.2% 609 675
Sandringham 10th 1 -0- 4 4 100.1% 724 723

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 27/05/1979 2:10 PM Caulfield v Frankston Princes Park 115 - 122
SUN 27/05/1979 2:10 PM Coburg v Port Melbourne Coburg City Oval 128 - 69
SUN 27/05/1979 2:10 PM Geelong West v Preston West Oval 120 - 100
SUN 27/05/1979 2:10 PM Prahran v Dandenong Toorak Park 83 - 87
SUN 27/05/1979 2:10 PM Sandringham v Brunswick Beach Road Oval 104 - 80

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong West 1st 6 -0- 0 24 144.8% 856 591
Coburg 2nd 3 -0- 3 12 111.8% 719 643
Dandenong 3rd 3 -0- 3 12 108.8% 715 657
Prahran 4th 3 -0- 3 12 102.7% 805 784
Frankston 5th 3 -0- 3 12 94.3% 778 825
Port Melbourne 6th 3 -0- 3 12 83.5% 673 806
Caulfield 7th 3 -0- 3 12 78.6% 698 888
Sandringham 8th 2 -0- 4 8 103.1% 828 803
Preston 9th 2 -0- 4 8 102.1% 741 726
Brunswick 10th 2 -0- 4 8 88.4% 689 779

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 03/06/1979 2:10 PM Brunswick v Caulfield A. G. Gillon Oval 121 - 89
SUN 03/06/1979 2:10 PM Dandenong v Sandringham Shepley Oval 163 - 112
SUN 03/06/1979 2:10 PM Frankston v Geelong West Frankston Park 143 - 173
SUN 03/06/1979 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Prahran North Port Oval 138 - 173
SUN 03/06/1979 2:10 PM Preston v Coburg Preston City Oval 122 - 136

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong West 1st 7 -0- 0 28 140.2% 1,029 734
Dandenong 2nd 4 -0- 3 16 114.2% 878 769
Coburg 3rd 4 -0- 3 16 111.8% 855 765
Prahran 4th 4 -0- 3 16 106.1% 978 922
Brunswick 5th 3 -0- 4 12 93.3% 810 868
Frankston 6th 3 -0- 4 12 92.3% 921 998
Port Melbourne 7th 3 -0- 4 12 82.8% 811 979
Caulfield 8th 3 -0- 4 12 78.0% 787 1,009
Preston 9th 2 -0- 5 8 100.1% 863 862
Sandringham 10th 2 -0- 5 8 97.3% 940 966

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 10/06/1979 2:10 PM Brunswick v Preston A. G. Gillon Oval 91 - 172
SUN 10/06/1979 2:10 PM Dandenong v Caulfield Shepley Oval 104 - 110
SUN 10/06/1979 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Frankston North Port Oval 109 - 97
SUN 10/06/1979 2:10 PM Prahran v Coburg Toorak Park 118 - 116
SUN 10/06/1979 2:10 PM Sandringham v Geelong West Beach Road Oval 124 - 177

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong West 1st 8 -0- 0 32 140.6% 1,206 858
Prahran 2nd 5 -0- 3 20 105.6% 1,096 1,038
Dandenong 3rd 4 -0- 4 16 111.7% 982 879
Coburg 4th 4 -0- 4 16 110.0% 971 883
Port Melbourne 5th 4 -0- 4 16 85.5% 920 1,076
Caulfield 6th 4 -0- 4 16 80.6% 897 1,113
Preston 7th 3 -0- 5 12 108.6% 1,035 953
Frankston 8th 3 -0- 5 12 92.0% 1,018 1,107
Brunswick 9th 3 -0- 5 12 86.6% 901 1,040
Sandringham 10th 2 -0- 6 8 93.1% 1,064 1,143

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 24/06/1979 2:10 PM Caulfield v Port Melbourne Princes Park 117 - 115
SUN 24/06/1979 2:10 PM Coburg v Sandringham Coburg City Oval 120 - 107
SUN 24/06/1979 2:10 PM Frankston v Preston Frankston Park 175 - 168
SUN 24/06/1979 2:10 PM Geelong West v Dandenong West Oval 176 - 109
SUN 24/06/1979 2:10 PM Prahran v Brunswick Toorak Park 116 - 112

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong West 1st 9 -0- 0 36 142.9% 1,382 967
Prahran 2nd 6 -0- 3 24 105.4% 1,212 1,150
Coburg 3rd 5 -0- 4 20 110.2% 1,091 990
Caulfield 4th 5 -0- 4 20 82.6% 1,014 1,228
Dandenong 5th 4 -0- 5 16 103.4% 1,091 1,055
Frankston 6th 4 -0- 5 16 93.6% 1,193 1,275
Port Melbourne 7th 4 -0- 5 16 86.8% 1,035 1,193
Preston 8th 3 -0- 6 12 106.6% 1,203 1,128
Brunswick 9th 3 -0- 6 12 87.6% 1,013 1,156
Sandringham 10th 2 -0- 7 8 92.7% 1,171 1,263

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 01/07/1979 2:10 PM Brunswick v Dandenong A. G. Gillon Oval 94 - 91
SUN 01/07/1979 2:10 PM Caulfield v Geelong West Princes Park 127 - 87
SUN 01/07/1979 2:10 PM Frankston v Coburg Frankston Park 117 - 157
SUN 01/07/1979 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Sandringham North Port Oval 121 - 78
SUN 01/07/1979 2:10 PM Preston v Prahran Preston City Oval 125 - 102

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong West 1st 9 -0- 1 36 134.3% 1,469 1,094
Coburg 2nd 6 -0- 4 24 112.7% 1,248 1,107
Prahran 3rd 6 -0- 4 24 103.1% 1,314 1,275
Caulfield 4th 6 -0- 4 24 86.8% 1,141 1,315
Port Melbourne 5th 5 -0- 5 20 91.0% 1,156 1,271
Preston 6th 4 -0- 6 16 108.0% 1,328 1,230
Dandenong 7th 4 -0- 6 16 102.9% 1,182 1,149
Frankston 8th 4 -0- 6 16 91.5% 1,310 1,432
Brunswick 9th 4 -0- 6 16 88.8% 1,107 1,247
Sandringham 10th 2 -0- 8 8 90.2% 1,249 1,384

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 08/07/1979 2:10 PM Coburg v Caulfield Coburg City Oval 114 - 96
SUN 08/07/1979 2:10 PM Dandenong v Port Melbourne Shepley Oval 110 - 105
SUN 08/07/1979 2:10 PM Geelong West v Brunswick West Oval 121 - 99
SUN 08/07/1979 2:10 PM Prahran v Frankston Toorak Park 185 - 64
SUN 08/07/1979 2:10 PM Sandringham v Preston Beach Road Oval 155 - 98

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong West 1st 10 -0- 1 40 133.3% 1,590 1,193
Coburg 2nd 7 -0- 4 28 113.2% 1,362 1,203
Prahran 3rd 7 -0- 4 28 111.9% 1,499 1,339
Caulfield 4th 6 -0- 5 24 86.6% 1,237 1,429
Dandenong 5th 5 -0- 6 20 103.0% 1,292 1,254
Port Melbourne 6th 5 -0- 6 20 91.3% 1,261 1,381
Preston 7th 4 -0- 7 16 103.0% 1,426 1,385
Brunswick 8th 4 -0- 7 16 88.2% 1,206 1,368
Frankston 9th 4 -0- 7 16 85.0% 1,374 1,617
Sandringham 10th 3 -0- 8 12 94.7% 1,404 1,482

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 15/07/1979 2:10 PM Brunswick v Port Melbourne A. G. Gillon Oval 114 - 129
SUN 15/07/1979 2:10 PM Caulfield v Prahran Princes Park 139 - 114
SUN 15/07/1979 2:10 PM Frankston v Sandringham Frankston Park 158 - 141
SUN 15/07/1979 2:10 PM Geelong West v Coburg West Oval 94 - 106
SUN 15/07/1979 2:10 PM Preston v Dandenong Preston City Oval 128 - 126

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong West 1st 10 -0- 2 40 129.6% 1,684 1,299
Coburg 2nd 8 -0- 4 32 113.2% 1,468 1,297
Prahran 3rd 7 -0- 5 28 109.1% 1,613 1,478
Caulfield 4th 7 -0- 5 28 89.2% 1,376 1,543
Port Melbourne 5th 6 -0- 6 24 93.0% 1,390 1,495
Preston 6th 5 -0- 7 20 102.8% 1,554 1,511
Dandenong 7th 5 -0- 7 20 102.6% 1,418 1,382
Frankston 8th 5 -0- 7 20 87.1% 1,532 1,758
Brunswick 9th 4 -0- 8 16 88.2% 1,320 1,497
Sandringham 10th 3 -0- 9 12 94.2% 1,545 1,640

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 15/04/1979 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Preston North Port Oval 133 - 132
SUN 22/07/1979 2:10 PM Coburg v Brunswick Coburg City Oval 115 - 68
SUN 22/07/1979 2:10 PM Dandenong v Frankston Shepley Oval 161 - 66
SUN 22/07/1979 2:10 PM Prahran v Geelong West Toorak Park 91 - 88
SUN 22/07/1979 2:10 PM Sandringham v Caulfield Beach Road Oval 94 - 84

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong West 1st 10 -0- 3 40 127.5% 1,772 1,390
Coburg 2nd 9 -0- 4 36 116.0% 1,583 1,365
Prahran 3rd 8 -0- 5 32 108.8% 1,704 1,566
Port Melbourne 4th 7 -0- 6 28 93.6% 1,523 1,627
Caulfield 5th 7 -0- 6 28 89.2% 1,460 1,637
Dandenong 6th 6 -0- 7 24 109.0% 1,579 1,448
Preston 7th 5 -0- 8 20 102.6% 1,686 1,644
Frankston 8th 5 -0- 8 20 83.3% 1,598 1,919
Sandringham 9th 4 -0- 9 16 95.1% 1,639 1,724
Brunswick 10th 4 -0- 9 16 86.1% 1,388 1,612

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 29/07/1979 2:10 PM Caulfield v Preston Princes Park 121 - 161
SUN 29/07/1979 2:10 PM Coburg v Dandenong Coburg City Oval 140 - 136
SUN 29/07/1979 2:10 PM Frankston v Brunswick Frankston Park 165 - 159
SUN 29/07/1979 2:10 PM Geelong West v Port Melbourne West Oval 126 - 123
SUN 29/07/1979 2:10 PM Prahran v Sandringham Toorak Park 108 - 116

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong West 1st 11 -0- 3 44 125.4% 1,898 1,513
Coburg 2nd 10 -0- 4 40 114.8% 1,723 1,501
Prahran 3rd 8 -0- 6 32 107.7% 1,812 1,682
Port Melbourne 4th 7 -0- 7 28 93.9% 1,646 1,753
Caulfield 5th 7 -0- 7 28 87.9% 1,581 1,798
Dandenong 6th 6 -0- 8 24 108.0% 1,715 1,588
Preston 7th 6 -0- 8 24 104.6% 1,847 1,765
Frankston 8th 6 -0- 8 24 84.8% 1,763 2,078
Sandringham 9th 5 -0- 9 20 95.8% 1,755 1,832
Brunswick 10th 4 -0- 10 16 87.1% 1,547 1,777

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 05/08/1979 2:10 PM Brunswick v Sandringham A. G. Gillon Oval 78 - 103
SUN 05/08/1979 2:10 PM Dandenong v Prahran Shepley Oval 138 - 86
SUN 05/08/1979 2:10 PM Frankston v Caulfield Frankston Park 148 - 161
SUN 05/08/1979 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Coburg North Port Oval 103 - 84
SUN 05/08/1979 2:10 PM Preston v Geelong West Preston City Oval 126 - 146

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong West 1st 12 -0- 3 48 124.7% 2,044 1,639
Coburg 2nd 10 -0- 5 40 112.7% 1,807 1,604
Prahran 3rd 8 -0- 7 32 104.3% 1,898 1,820
Port Melbourne 4th 8 -0- 7 32 95.2% 1,749 1,837
Caulfield 5th 8 -0- 7 32 89.5% 1,742 1,946
Dandenong 6th 7 -0- 8 28 110.7% 1,853 1,674
Preston 7th 6 -0- 9 24 103.2% 1,973 1,911
Sandringham 8th 6 -0- 9 24 97.3% 1,858 1,910
Frankston 9th 6 -0- 9 24 85.4% 1,911 2,239
Brunswick 10th 4 -0- 11 16 86.4% 1,625 1,880

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 12/08/1979 2:10 PM Caulfield v Brunswick Princes Park 75 - 68
SUN 12/08/1979 2:10 PM Coburg v Preston Coburg City Oval 118 - 90
SUN 12/08/1979 2:10 PM Geelong West v Frankston West Oval 114 - 62
SUN 12/08/1979 2:10 PM Prahran v Port Melbourne Toorak Park 74 - 69
SUN 12/08/1979 2:10 PM Sandringham v Dandenong Beach Road Oval 52 - 49

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong West 1st 13 -0- 3 52 126.9% 2,158 1,701
Coburg 2nd 11 -0- 5 44 113.6% 1,925 1,694
Prahran 3rd 9 -0- 7 36 104.4% 1,972 1,889
Caulfield 4th 9 -0- 7 36 90.2% 1,817 2,014
Port Melbourne 5th 8 -0- 8 32 95.1% 1,818 1,911
Dandenong 6th 7 -0- 9 28 110.2% 1,902 1,726
Sandringham 7th 7 -0- 9 28 97.5% 1,910 1,959
Preston 8th 6 -0- 10 24 101.7% 2,063 2,029
Frankston 9th 6 -0- 10 24 83.9% 1,973 2,353
Brunswick 10th 4 -0- 12 16 86.6% 1,693 1,955

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 19/08/1979 2:10 PM Caulfield v Dandenong Princes Park 101 - 137
SUN 19/08/1979 2:10 PM Coburg v Prahran Coburg City Oval 114 - 86
SUN 19/08/1979 2:10 PM Frankston v Port Melbourne Frankston Park 119 - 129
SUN 19/08/1979 2:10 PM Geelong West v Sandringham West Oval 90 - 59
SUN 19/08/1979 2:10 PM Preston v Brunswick Preston City Oval 131 - 99

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong West 1st 14 -0- 3 56 127.7% 2,248 1,760
Coburg 2nd 12 -0- 5 48 114.6% 2,039 1,780
Prahran 3rd 9 -0- 8 36 102.7% 2,058 2,003
Port Melbourne 4th 9 -0- 8 36 95.9% 1,947 2,030
Caulfield 5th 9 -0- 8 36 89.2% 1,918 2,151
Dandenong 6th 8 -0- 9 32 111.6% 2,039 1,827
Preston 7th 7 -0- 10 28 103.1% 2,194 2,128
Sandringham 8th 7 -0- 10 28 96.1% 1,969 2,049
Frankston 9th 6 -0- 11 24 84.3% 2,092 2,482
Brunswick 10th 4 -0- 13 16 85.9% 1,792 2,086

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 26/08/1979 2:10 PM Brunswick v Prahran A. G. Gillon Oval 127 - 167
SUN 26/08/1979 2:10 PM Dandenong v Geelong West Shepley Oval 148 - 149
SUN 26/08/1979 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Caulfield North Port Oval 115 - 89
SUN 26/08/1979 2:10 PM Preston v Frankston Preston City Oval 143 - 110
SUN 26/08/1979 2:10 PM Sandringham v Coburg Beach Road Oval 135 - 118

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong West 1st 15 -0- 3 60 125.6% 2,397 1,908
Coburg 2nd 12 -0- 6 48 112.6% 2,157 1,915
Prahran 3rd 10 -0- 8 40 104.5% 2,225 2,130
Port Melbourne 4th 10 -0- 8 40 97.3% 2,062 2,119
Caulfield 5th 9 -0- 9 36 88.6% 2,007 2,266
Dandenong 6th 8 -0- 10 32 110.7% 2,187 1,976
Preston 7th 8 -0- 10 32 104.4% 2,337 2,238
Sandringham 8th 8 -0- 10 32 97.1% 2,104 2,167
Frankston 9th 6 -0- 12 24 83.9% 2,202 2,625
Brunswick 10th 4 -0- 14 16 85.2% 1,919 2,253

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Geelong West 1st 15 -0- 3 60 125.6% 2,397 1,908 351 291 273 270
Coburg 2nd 12 -0- 6 48 112.6% 2,157 1,915 312 285 278 247
Prahran 3rd 10 -0- 8 40 104.5% 2,225 2,130 323 287 312 258
Port Melbourne 4th 10 -0- 8 40 97.3% 2,062 2,119 297 280 305 289
Caulfield 5th 9 -0- 9 36 88.6% 2,007 2,266 286 291 323 328
Dandenong 6th 8 -0- 10 32 110.7% 2,187 1,976 320 267 282 284
Preston 7th 8 -0- 10 32 104.4% 2,337 2,238 338 309 327 276
Sandringham 8th 8 -0- 10 32 97.1% 2,104 2,167 306 268 312 295
Frankston 9th 6 -0- 12 24 83.9% 2,202 2,625 314 318 384 321
Brunswick 10th 4 -0- 14 16 85.2% 1,919 2,253 273 281 324 309

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 02/09/1979 2:10 PM Prahran v Port Melbourne Junction Oval 89 - 101 8,734
SUN 09/09/1979 2:10 PM Geelong West v Coburg Junction Oval 96 - 117 5,786

Final Round 1 Ladder

Team Pos.
Coburg 1st
Geelong West 2nd
Port Melbourne 3rd
Prahran 4th

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 16/09/1979 2:10 PM Geelong West v Port Melbourne Junction Oval 107 - 77 10,566

Final Round 2 Ladder

Team Pos.
Coburg 1st
Geelong West 2nd
Port Melbourne 3rd
Prahran 4th

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 23/09/1979 2:10 PM Coburg v Geelong West Junction Oval 111 - 103 17,947

Final Round 3 Ladder

Team Pos.
Coburg 1st
Geelong West 2nd
Port Melbourne 3rd
Prahran 4th