Waverley Park · Sat 1 May 1971 · 16,205 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HawthornHAW | 1.4 | 4.9 | 9.16 | 93 |
| SydneySYD | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 45 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 93 and 45.
Hawthorn won by 48 points.
12.21 (93) — 6.9 (45)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Crimmins | 22 | 2 | 24 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Leigh Matthews | 19 | 4 | 23 | 9 | — | 2 |
| Geoff Angus | 19 | 3 | 22 | 5 | — |
| 0 |
| David Parkin | 18 | 4 | 22 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Bob Keddie | 19 | 2 | 21 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Des Meagher | 16 | 3 | 19 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Peter Hudson | 18 | 0 | 18 | 10 | — | 5 |
| Les Hawken | 15 | 3 | 18 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Alan Martello | 15 | 2 | 17 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Robert Day | 14 | 3 | 17 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Don Scott | 13 | 4 | 17 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Peter Knights | 14 | 3 | 17 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Heath | 11 | 5 | 16 | 7 | — | 2 |
| Ian Bremner | 13 | 3 | 16 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Charlie Grummisch | 11 | 4 | 15 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Michael Porter | 12 | 2 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Norm Bussell | 11 | 2 | 13 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Gene Chiron | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Bruce Stevenson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Brian Shinners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Murphy | 16 | 5 | 21 | 3 | — | 0 |
| John Pitura | 18 | 3 | 21 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Bob Skilton | 19 | 2 | 21 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Haydn McAuliffe | 16 | 2 | 18 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Greg Lambert | 15 | 3 | 18 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Ernie Hug | 17 | 0 | 17 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Ricky Quade | 11 | 4 | 15 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Gary Brice | 11 | 3 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Russell Cook | 12 | 2 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Walsh | 11 | 2 | 13 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Steve Hoffman | 10 | 2 | 12 | 1 | — | 1 |
| John Rantall | 12 | 0 | 12 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Reg Gleeson | 9 | 1 | 10 | 3 | — | 0 |
| David McLeish | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Peter Brown | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Fred Way | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Keith Baskin | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Neville Miller | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Jim Wilkinson | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Graham Hocking | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 |