Waverley Park · Sat 31 Jul 1971 · 14,521 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St KildaSTK | 5.1 | 6.1 | 11.5 | 83 |
| FitzroyFITZ | 1.2 | 4.9 | 5.9 | 64 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 83 and 64.
St Kilda won by 19 points.
13.5 (83) — 9.10 (64)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neil Besanko | 19 | 7 | 26 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Ross Smith | 19 | 6 | 25 | 4 | — | 3 |
| Glenn Elliott | 23 | 2 | 25 | 7 | — |
| 0 |
| John Bonney | 21 | 1 | 22 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Barry Lawrence | 20 | 1 | 21 | 10 | — | 0 |
| Travis Payze | 19 | 1 | 20 | 11 | — | 3 |
| Stuart Trott | 18 | 2 | 20 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Barry Breen | 15 | 3 | 18 | 7 | — | 3 |
| Allan Davis | 12 | 6 | 18 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Brian Mynott | 15 | 2 | 17 | 7 | — | 0 |
| John McIntosh | 11 | 5 | 16 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Rod Galt | 6 | 6 | 12 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Judson | 11 | 0 | 11 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Moran | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Bob Murray | 9 | 1 | 10 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Jim ODea | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Neale | 8 | 0 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Theodore | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Gary Colling | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Rae | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Rhodes | 23 | 3 | 26 | 6 | — | 0 |
| John Murphy | 24 | 0 | 24 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Shane Molloy | 11 | 11 | 22 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Graeme Renwick | 14 | 6 | 20 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Doug Searl | 18 | 0 | 18 | 13 | — | 0 |
| Bill Sykes | 15 | 2 | 17 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Alex Ruscuklic | 10 | 4 | 14 | 9 | — | 3 |
| Ray Sault | 12 | 2 | 14 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Murray | 14 | 0 | 14 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Norm Brown | 13 | 0 | 13 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Warwick Irwin | 12 | 1 | 13 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Barry Padley | 11 | 1 | 12 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Laurie Richards | 8 | 4 | 12 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Trevor Lloyd | 12 | 0 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Alan Thompson | 10 | 1 | 11 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Leigh Robertson | 8 | 2 | 10 | 3 | — | 1 |
| David Wall | 6 | 3 | 9 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Harvey Merrigan | 9 | 0 | 9 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Russell Crow | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Bob Hodgkin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 |