Arden St · Sat 3 Jul 1971 · 8,777 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North MelbourneNM | 5.4 | 9.5 | 13.10 | 89 |
| FitzroyFITZ | 4.1 | 6.7 | 8.10 | 82 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 89 and 82.
North Melbourne won by 7 points.
13.11 (89) — 11.16 (82)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Perry | 27 | 1 | 28 | 8 | — | 2 |
| Ray Taylor | 12 | 11 | 23 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Vin Doolan | 17 | 5 | 22 | 2 | — |
| 1 |
| David Dench | 19 | 3 | 22 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Ross Henshaw | 17 | 5 | 22 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Doug Farrant | 15 | 7 | 22 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Brian Mulvihill | 15 | 7 | 22 | 14 | — | 0 |
| John Scholes | 15 | 5 | 20 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Keith Greig | 17 | 1 | 18 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Phil Ryan | 12 | 6 | 18 | 10 | — | 1 |
| Ken Montgomery | 12 | 5 | 17 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Paul Feltham | 11 | 6 | 17 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Barry Goodingham | 13 | 4 | 17 | 9 | — | 0 |
| Phil Baker | 12 | 4 | 16 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Denis Pagan | 16 | 0 | 16 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Sam Kekovich | 13 | 2 | 15 | 8 | — | 4 |
| Glenn Joseph | 9 | 5 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Kerry Haywood | 9 | 2 | 11 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Maurie Wood | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Alan Bloomfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Murphy | 26 | 4 | 30 | 3 | — | 5 |
| Leigh Robertson | 20 | 4 | 24 | 6 | — | 1 |
| David Rhodes | 20 | 4 | 24 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Doug Searl | 21 | 1 | 22 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Graeme Renwick | 15 | 5 | 20 | 8 | — | 1 |
| Kevin Murray | 14 | 6 | 20 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Alan Thompson | 15 | 5 | 20 | 3 | — | 0 |
| David Wall | 18 | 1 | 19 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Warwick Irwin | 16 | 2 | 18 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Shane Molloy | 11 | 6 | 17 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Trevor Lloyd | 15 | 2 | 17 | 10 | — | 0 |
| Laurie Richards | 9 | 5 | 14 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Ray Sault | 12 | 2 | 14 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Alex Ruscuklic | 13 | 0 | 13 | 7 | — | 1 |
| Norm Brown | 12 | 1 | 13 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Harvey Merrigan | 6 | 4 | 10 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Russell Crow | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Jack Newton | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Barry Padley | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Bob Hodgkin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |