Glenferrie Oval · Sat 17 Apr 1971 · 14,094 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HawthornHAW | 5.6 | 9.8 | 12.14 | 115 |
| GeelongGEEL | 5.2 | 10.4 | 13.7 | 107 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 115 and 107.
Hawthorn won by 8 points.
16.19 (115) — 16.11 (107)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leigh Matthews | 25 | 2 | 27 | 4 | — | 5 |
| Peter Crimmins | 22 | 5 | 27 | 2 | — | 3 |
| Des Meagher | 24 | 2 | 26 | 6 | — |
| 0 |
| Alan Martello | 19 | 4 | 23 | 9 | — | 3 |
| Charlie Grummisch | 16 | 7 | 23 | 9 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Heath | 14 | 8 | 22 | 7 | — | 1 |
| Robert Day | 18 | 1 | 19 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Don Scott | 12 | 5 | 17 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Peter Knights | 16 | 1 | 17 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Peter Hudson | 13 | 2 | 15 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Michael Porter | 13 | 2 | 15 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Bob Keddie | 10 | 0 | 10 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Norm Bussell | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Smith | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Ron Stubbs | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Geoff Angus | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Gene Chiron | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Ian Bremner | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Kelvin Moore | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Les Hawken | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Harris | 26 | 2 | 28 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Stewart Palfreyman | 23 | 0 | 23 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Michael Woolnough | 18 | 3 | 21 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Bill Ryan | 17 | 2 | 19 | 12 | — | 4 |
| Hugh Strahan | 15 | 3 | 18 | 7 | — | 4 |
| Bill Goggin | 16 | 1 | 17 | 0 | — | 0 |
| David Clarke | 15 | 1 | 16 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Terry Farman | 12 | 3 | 15 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Peter Brown | 12 | 2 | 14 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Ian Hampshire | 11 | 3 | 14 | 6 | — | 0 |
| John Scarlett | 10 | 3 | 13 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Closter | 12 | 1 | 13 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Ken Newland | 8 | 3 | 11 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Phil Stevens | 9 | 1 | 10 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Doug Wade | 9 | 0 | 9 | 5 | — | 6 |
| Warwick Yates | 6 | 2 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Peter Walker | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Rod Stokes | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Jim Wright | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Peter Stephens | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |