Windy Hill · Sat 3 Apr 1971 · 19,214 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EssendonESS | 2.6 | 5.7 | 8.10 | 72 |
| HawthornHAW | 4.3 | 8.11 | 11.15 | 96 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 72 and 96.
Hawthorn won by 24 points.
10.12 (72) — 13.18 (96)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Davis | 25 | 1 | 26 | 12 | — | 0 |
| Charlie Payne | 19 | 3 | 22 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Ken Fletcher | 21 | 0 | 21 | 6 | — |
| 0 |
| Graeme Schultz | 18 | 2 | 20 | 5 | — | 4 |
| Don Gross | 19 | 1 | 20 | 5 | — | 3 |
| John Williams | 16 | 3 | 19 | 7 | — | 1 |
| Ian Payne | 14 | 5 | 19 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Neville Fields | 10 | 5 | 15 | 2 | — | 1 |
| John Ellis | 12 | 2 | 14 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Bryan Pirouet | 11 | 3 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Alan Noonan | 11 | 2 | 13 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Darryl Gerlach | 11 | 1 | 12 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Don McKenzie | 11 | 1 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Peter Daniel | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Gary Grainger | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Blethyn | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Sandy Talbot | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Paul Sproule | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Rod McFarlane | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Headlam | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Heath | 27 | 2 | 29 | 10 | — | 3 |
| Peter Crimmins | 25 | 2 | 27 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Don Scott | 18 | 8 | 26 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Charlie Grummisch | 17 | 8 | 25 | 9 | — | 0 |
| Leigh Matthews | 18 | 1 | 19 | 8 | — | 2 |
| Norm Bussell | 17 | 2 | 19 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Alan Martello | 16 | 2 | 18 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Des Meagher | 13 | 4 | 17 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Bob Keddie | 16 | 0 | 16 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Michael Porter | 16 | 0 | 16 | 8 | — | 1 |
| Geoff Smith | 11 | 5 | 16 | 4 | — | 0 |
| David Parkin | 16 | 0 | 16 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Ian Bremner | 9 | 5 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Peter Hudson | 11 | 2 | 13 | 6 | — | 5 |
| Kelvin Moore | 12 | 1 | 13 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Peter Knights | 11 | 0 | 11 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Gene Chiron | 10 | 0 | 10 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Ron Stubbs | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Les Hawken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Angus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |