Lake Oval · Sat 5 Jun 1971 · 16,050 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SydneySYD | 2.0 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 60 |
| St KildaSTK | 6.3 | 9.5 | 16.14 | 131 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 60 and 131.
St Kilda won by 71 points.
9.6 (60) — 18.23 (131)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Quade | 17 | 8 | 25 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Bob Skilton | 17 | 6 | 23 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Peter Bedford | 14 | 7 | 21 | 3 | — |
| 1 |
| Gary Brice | 14 | 4 | 18 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Keith Baskin | 14 | 4 | 18 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Reg Gleeson | 16 | 1 | 17 | 7 | — | 0 |
| John Pitura | 13 | 3 | 16 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Walsh | 13 | 2 | 15 | 2 | — | 0 |
| David McLeish | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Stephen Officer | 9 | 4 | 13 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Greg Lambert | 7 | 5 | 12 | 3 | — | 0 |
| John Murphy | 10 | 1 | 11 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Eric Sarich | 10 | 1 | 11 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Tony Haenen | 8 | 3 | 11 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Neville Miller | 7 | 1 | 8 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Fred Way | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Robert Doyle | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Ernie Hug | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 |
| John Rantall | 7 | 0 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Peter McCracken | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Ditterich | 20 | 8 | 28 | 7 | — | 4 |
| John Bonney | 23 | 3 | 26 | 8 | — | 1 |
| Travis Payze | 20 | 4 | 24 | 7 | — | 1 |
| John McIntosh | 20 | 2 | 22 | 10 | — | 3 |
| Barry Breen | 17 | 5 | 22 | 8 | — | 2 |
| Stuart Trott | 19 | 3 | 22 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Ross Smith | 17 | 4 | 21 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Jim ODea | 16 | 3 | 19 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Neale | 16 | 2 | 18 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Bob Murray | 17 | 0 | 17 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Theodore | 11 | 6 | 17 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Barry Lawrence | 11 | 6 | 17 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Moran | 15 | 0 | 15 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Keith Smythe | 14 | 0 | 14 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Judson | 10 | 3 | 13 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Glenn Elliott | 9 | 4 | 13 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Allan Davis | 11 | 1 | 12 | 5 | — | 5 |
| Brian Mynott | 10 | 1 | 11 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Gary Colling | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Ward | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |