Windy Hill · Sat 24 Jul 1971 · 15,273 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EssendonESS | 0.3 | 3.6 | 5.8 | 50 |
| St KildaSTK | 4.7 | 8.11 | 10.12 | 99 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 50 and 99.
St Kilda won by 49 points.
7.8 (50) — 14.15 (99)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Williams | 22 | 1 | 23 | 10 | — | 0 |
| Barry Davis | 18 | 3 | 21 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Neville Fields | 18 | 2 | 20 | 3 |
| — |
| 0 |
| Wayne Headlam | 16 | 4 | 20 | 12 | — | 0 |
| Ian Payne | 18 | 2 | 20 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Darryl Gerlach | 16 | 1 | 17 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Don McKenzie | 15 | 2 | 17 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Gary Grainger | 9 | 7 | 16 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Allan Graco | 12 | 4 | 16 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Robin Close | 14 | 1 | 15 | 8 | — | 2 |
| Peter Daniel | 8 | 7 | 15 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Ken Fletcher | 12 | 3 | 15 | 0 | — | 0 |
| David Starbuck | 12 | 3 | 15 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Stuart Barclay | 10 | 3 | 13 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Ken Hogan | 10 | 0 | 10 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Graeme Schultz | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Eddie Lake | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Alan Noonan | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | — | 2 |
| John Cassin | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Bruce Neish | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Trott | 33 | 1 | 34 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Ross Smith | 23 | 4 | 27 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Travis Payze | 24 | 2 | 26 | 7 | — | 1 |
| John Bonney | 19 | 5 | 24 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Barry Breen | 18 | 5 | 23 | 8 | — | 1 |
| Stephen Theodore | 16 | 7 | 23 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Allan Davis | 10 | 8 | 18 | 6 | — | 2 |
| Neil Besanko | 15 | 3 | 18 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Jim ODea | 17 | 1 | 18 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Bob Murray | 16 | 1 | 17 | 9 | — | 0 |
| Carl Ditterich | 12 | 3 | 15 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Barry Lawrence | 13 | 2 | 15 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Moran | 8 | 6 | 14 | 1 | — | 4 |
| Glenn Elliott | 13 | 1 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Neale | 10 | 3 | 13 | 7 | — | 2 |
| John McIntosh | 9 | 4 | 13 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Gary Colling | 9 | 2 | 11 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Brian Mynott | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Rae | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Shane Grambeau | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |