Lake Oval · Sat 24 Apr 1971 · 18,916 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SydneySYD | 2.2 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 39 |
| RichmondRICH | 2.3 | 8.6 | 17.10 | 133 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 39 and 133.
Richmond won by 94 points.
5.9 (39) — 20.13 (133)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haydn McAuliffe | 31 | 3 | 34 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Bob Skilton | 18 | 9 | 27 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Steve Hoffman | 14 | 7 | 21 | 3 | — |
| 1 |
| John Murphy | 14 | 3 | 17 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Gary Brice | 12 | 5 | 17 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Greg Lambert | 16 | 0 | 16 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Jim Prentice | 9 | 5 | 14 | 0 | — | 1 |
| John Rantall | 14 | 0 | 14 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Ernie Hug | 12 | 2 | 14 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Fred Way | 7 | 7 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| John Pitura | 8 | 3 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 |
| John Sudholz | 7 | 4 | 11 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Peter Brown | 10 | 0 | 10 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Ron Page | 7 | 3 | 10 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Ricky Quade | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Tony Haenen | 7 | 3 | 10 | 3 | — | 0 |
| David McLeish | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Reg Gleeson | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Robert Doyle | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Russell McHenry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Stewart | 22 | 9 | 31 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Francis Bourke | 23 | 6 | 29 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Bartlett | 26 | 2 | 28 | 3 | — | 4 |
| Dick Clay | 22 | 2 | 24 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Eric Moore | 18 | 4 | 22 | 7 | — | 3 |
| Roger Dean | 18 | 4 | 22 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Rex Hunt | 20 | 2 | 22 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Michael Nunan | 13 | 8 | 21 | 1 | — | 3 |
| Royce Hart | 14 | 4 | 18 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Ray Boyanich | 13 | 4 | 17 | 5 | — | 3 |
| Kevin Sheedy | 15 | 1 | 16 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Graeme Bond | 13 | 3 | 16 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Mike Green | 13 | 3 | 16 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Graham Burgin | 11 | 2 | 13 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Malcolm Greenslade | 11 | 0 | 11 | 5 | — | 6 |
| Brian Roberts | 6 | 4 | 10 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Barry Richardson | 8 | 0 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Eric Leech | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Bill Beckwith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Ian Owen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |