Windy Hill · Sat 1 May 1971 · 16,429 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EssendonESS | 8.4 | 13.5 | 18.9 | 141 |
| GeelongGEEL | 2.0 | 10.2 | 14.7 | 108 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 141 and 108.
Essendon won by 33 points.
21.15 (141) — 16.12 (108)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Gross | 22 | 5 | 27 | 3 | — | 5 |
| Charlie Payne | 20 | 2 | 22 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Graeme Schultz | 14 | 7 | 21 | 3 | — |
| 3 |
| Ken Fletcher | 20 | 0 | 20 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Roger Hampson | 17 | 2 | 19 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Hugh Delahunty | 18 | 1 | 19 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Paul Sproule | 13 | 6 | 19 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Barry Davis | 13 | 4 | 17 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Blethyn | 15 | 1 | 16 | 6 | — | 5 |
| Wayne Headlam | 11 | 3 | 14 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Peter Daniel | 13 | 1 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Darryl Gerlach | 13 | 1 | 14 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Alan Noonan | 11 | 2 | 13 | 7 | — | 5 |
| John Williams | 11 | 2 | 13 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Gary Grainger | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Bruce Dodson | 7 | 1 | 8 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Barry Grinter | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Len Halley | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Ken Hogan | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Sandy Talbot | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Goggin | 20 | 6 | 26 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Peter Brown | 17 | 8 | 25 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Wayne Closter | 23 | 1 | 24 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Bill Ryan | 14 | 7 | 21 | 6 | — | 2 |
| Michael Woolnough | 17 | 4 | 21 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Ian Nankervis | 14 | 6 | 20 | 6 | — | 2 |
| Peter Stephens | 14 | 6 | 20 | 5 | — | 1 |
| David Clarke | 17 | 3 | 20 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Ken Newland | 11 | 7 | 18 | 4 | — | 1 |
| David Harris | 15 | 3 | 18 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Hugh Strahan | 13 | 4 | 17 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Phil Stevens | 13 | 3 | 16 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Terry Farman | 10 | 4 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| John Scarlett | 10 | 2 | 12 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Ian Hampshire | 6 | 5 | 11 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Doug Wade | 8 | 2 | 10 | 6 | — | 4 |
| Warwick Yates | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Stewart Palfreyman | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Tony Gilmore | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Brian Martella | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |