Moorabbin Oval · Sat 8 May 1971 · 21,604 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St KildaSTK | 6.11 | 9.12 | 12.20 | 109 |
| EssendonESS | 2.0 | 6.6 | 7.7 | 65 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 109 and 65.
St Kilda won by 44 points.
14.25 (109) — 9.11 (65)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Smith | 36 | 2 | 38 | 5 | — | 3 |
| Barry Breen | 14 | 12 | 26 | 7 | — | 2 |
| Travis Payze | 23 | 3 | 26 | 9 | — |
| 0 |
| John McIntosh | 18 | 7 | 25 | 7 | — | 2 |
| Glenn Elliott | 21 | 4 | 25 | 9 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Theodore | 12 | 9 | 21 | 6 | — | 0 |
| John Bonney | 17 | 4 | 21 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Stuart Trott | 17 | 3 | 20 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Carl Ditterich | 10 | 9 | 19 | 6 | — | 2 |
| Jim ODea | 17 | 1 | 18 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Moran | 14 | 2 | 16 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Gary Colling | 14 | 2 | 16 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Allan Davis | 13 | 2 | 15 | 5 | — | 3 |
| John Stephens | 12 | 3 | 15 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Kevin Neale | 13 | 1 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Judson | 12 | 1 | 13 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Bob Murray | 12 | 1 | 13 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Brian Mynott | 7 | 2 | 9 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Keith Smythe | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Colin Antonie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Davis | 28 | 5 | 33 | 14 | — | 1 |
| Ken Fletcher | 21 | 2 | 23 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Paul Sproule | 16 | 4 | 20 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Charlie Payne | 15 | 5 | 20 | 7 | — | 0 |
| John Williams | 17 | 2 | 19 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Roger Hampson | 12 | 5 | 17 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Peter Daniel | 14 | 3 | 17 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Hugh Delahunty | 13 | 4 | 17 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Alan Noonan | 14 | 1 | 15 | 6 | — | 3 |
| Bruce Dodson | 8 | 7 | 15 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Headlam | 10 | 4 | 14 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Don Gross | 9 | 5 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Len Halley | 10 | 3 | 13 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Graeme Schultz | 11 | 1 | 12 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Geoff Blethyn | 8 | 1 | 9 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Sandy Talbot | 8 | 0 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Darryl Gerlach | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Ian Payne | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Gary Parkes | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Barry Grinter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |