Victoria Park · Sat 3 Jul 1971 · 26,829 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CollingwoodCOLL | 5.5 | 13.10 | 23.15 | 200 |
| EssendonESS | 2.5 | 3.9 | 5.10 | 53 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 200 and 53.
Collingwood won by 147 points.
30.20 (200) — 7.11 (53)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Richardson | 36 | 11 | 47 | 4 | — | 3 |
| Des Tuddenham | 27 | 13 | 40 | 14 | — | 4 |
| John Greening | 21 | 8 | 29 | 14 |
| — |
| 1 |
| Robert Dean | 21 | 6 | 27 | 9 | — | 2 |
| Graeme Jenkin | 16 | 8 | 24 | 11 | — | 2 |
| Peter Pettigrew | 16 | 6 | 22 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Peter McKenna | 19 | 2 | 21 | 11 | — | 12 |
| Henry Coles | 20 | 1 | 21 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Alan Atkinson | 16 | 5 | 21 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Robert Rose | 11 | 5 | 16 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Ross Dunne | 13 | 2 | 15 | 7 | — | 1 |
| Denis OCallaghan | 13 | 2 | 15 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Brian McKenzie | 12 | 3 | 15 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Terry Waters | 10 | 4 | 14 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Bob Heard | 11 | 2 | 13 | 11 | — | 2 |
| Ted Potter | 9 | 4 | 13 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Daryl Salmon | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Clifton | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Laurie Kaine | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Ronnie Wearmouth | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoff Blethyn | 16 | 3 | 19 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Darryl Gerlach | 18 | 1 | 19 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Ken Fletcher | 17 | 1 | 18 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Gary Grainger | 8 | 8 | 16 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Neville Fields | 15 | 0 | 15 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Peter Daniel | 11 | 3 | 14 | 8 | — | 1 |
| Ray Smith | 9 | 5 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Headlam | 12 | 2 | 14 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Charlie Payne | 11 | 2 | 13 | 4 | — | 3 |
| Paul Sproule | 10 | 3 | 13 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Don McKenzie | 12 | 1 | 13 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Ken Hogan | 11 | 1 | 12 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Stuart Barclay | 9 | 3 | 12 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Bryan Pirouet | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 | — | 0 |
| John Williams | 8 | 0 | 8 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Don Gross | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Alan Noonan | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Ian Anderson | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Trevor Heath | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Eddie Lake | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 |