Windy Hill · Sat 15 May 1971 · 17,055 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EssendonESS | 2.6 | 7.8 | 9.12 | 89 |
| SydneySYD | 4.1 | 6.5 | 11.8 | 105 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 89 and 105.
Sydney won by 16 points.
12.17 (89) — 16.9 (105)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Gross | 20 | 1 | 21 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Wayne Headlam | 16 | 5 | 21 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Barry Davis | 20 | 0 | 20 | 10 | — |
| 0 |
| Paul Sproule | 15 | 4 | 19 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Ken Fletcher | 18 | 1 | 19 | 7 | — | 1 |
| John Williams | 16 | 2 | 18 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Peter Daniel | 18 | 0 | 18 | 13 | — | 0 |
| Bob Greenwood | 15 | 2 | 17 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Charlie Payne | 15 | 0 | 15 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Neville Fields | 13 | 1 | 14 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Ian Payne | 12 | 2 | 14 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Hugh Delahunty | 13 | 1 | 14 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Bruce Dodson | 10 | 3 | 13 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Alan Noonan | 9 | 2 | 11 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Gary Grainger | 8 | 3 | 11 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Sandy Talbot | 10 | 1 | 11 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Darryl Gerlach | 10 | 0 | 10 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Gary Parkes | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Ray Smith | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Len Halley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Skilton | 20 | 5 | 25 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Wayne Walsh | 23 | 2 | 25 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Peter Bedford | 14 | 7 | 21 | 3 | — | 0 |
| John Rantall | 17 | 4 | 21 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Keith Baskin | 19 | 1 | 20 | 2 | — | 3 |
| Steve Hoffman | 17 | 3 | 20 | 0 | — | 3 |
| Haydn McAuliffe | 16 | 2 | 18 | 3 | — | 1 |
| John Murphy | 15 | 3 | 18 | 6 | — | 0 |
| John Pitura | 17 | 0 | 17 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Fred Way | 9 | 7 | 16 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Ricky Quade | 13 | 2 | 15 | 6 | — | 2 |
| Ray Ball | 15 | 0 | 15 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Reg Gleeson | 13 | 0 | 13 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Neville Miller | 11 | 1 | 12 | 7 | — | 5 |
| Greg Lambert | 12 | 0 | 12 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Ernie Hug | 11 | 0 | 11 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Jim Haines | 9 | 1 | 10 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Tony Haenen | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | — | 0 |
| David McLeish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Gary Brice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |