Lake Oval · Sat 18 Apr 1970 · 14,909 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SydneySYD | 4.3 | 9.7 | 11.15 | 89 |
| EssendonESS | 7.2 | 9.4 | 13.6 | 100 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 89 and 100.
Essendon won by 11 points.
12.17 (89) — 15.10 (100)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haydn McAuliffe | 24 | 12 | 36 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Peter Bedford | 20 | 12 | 32 | 5 | — | 3 |
| Bob Skilton | 20 | 10 | 30 | 6 | — |
| 2 |
| Wayne Walsh | 18 | 5 | 23 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Shane McKew | 20 | 3 | 23 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Keith Baskin | 18 | 2 | 20 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Russell Cook | 13 | 7 | 20 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Gary Brice | 12 | 7 | 19 | 1 | — | 0 |
| John Murphy | 13 | 5 | 18 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Mick Pavone | 14 | 3 | 17 | 5 | — | 4 |
| John Pitura | 13 | 4 | 17 | 3 | — | 0 |
| David McLeish | 13 | 2 | 15 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Fred Way | 11 | 3 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Ron Wetzel | 10 | 3 | 13 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Tony Haenen | 8 | 3 | 11 | 3 | — | 0 |
| John Rantall | 9 | 2 | 11 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Graeme Jacobs | 8 | 0 | 8 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Ross Elwin | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Reg Gleeson | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Stuart Bennett | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Davis | 26 | 3 | 29 | 9 | — | 3 |
| John Williams | 27 | 2 | 29 | 16 | — | 0 |
| Bob Greenwood | 20 | 2 | 22 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Geoff Gosper | 17 | 1 | 18 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Eddie Lake | 14 | 4 | 18 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Paul Sproule | 11 | 6 | 17 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Peter Daniel | 16 | 0 | 16 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Robin Close | 13 | 2 | 15 | 8 | — | 1 |
| David Collins | 11 | 3 | 14 | 5 | — | 0 |
| John Ellis | 10 | 4 | 14 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Les Stillman | 10 | 2 | 12 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Darryl Gerlach | 11 | 1 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Doug Tassell | 7 | 4 | 11 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Ken Fletcher | 9 | 1 | 10 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Stuart Barclay | 8 | 2 | 10 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Greg Perry | 7 | 1 | 8 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Don Gross | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Ian Stevenson | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Alan Noonan | 6 | 0 | 6 | 4 | — | 4 |
| Wayne Headlam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |