Waverley Park · Sat 7 Aug 1971 · 46,285 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CollingwoodCOLL | 2.1 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 58 |
| St KildaSTK | 3.2 | 5.2 | 11.5 | 79 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 58 and 79.
St Kilda won by 21 points.
8.10 (58) — 12.7 (79)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Richardson | 26 | 7 | 33 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Ted Potter | 21 | 1 | 22 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Len Thompson | 17 | 4 | 21 | 8 | — |
| 0 |
| John Greening | 18 | 2 | 20 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Des Tuddenham | 13 | 4 | 17 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Max Richardson | 14 | 3 | 17 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Ronnie Wearmouth | 13 | 3 | 16 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Ross Dunne | 13 | 2 | 15 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Robert Dean | 13 | 2 | 15 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Barry Price | 9 | 4 | 13 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Denis OCallaghan | 13 | 0 | 13 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Brian McKenzie | 13 | 0 | 13 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Lee Adamson | 9 | 2 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Terry Waters | 7 | 2 | 9 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Clifton | 8 | 1 | 9 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Graeme Jenkin | 7 | 1 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Peter McKenna | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Robert Rose | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Peter Eakins | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Alan Atkinson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 |
Richardson 2, Tuddenham 1, Richardson 1, Wearmouth 1, Dunne 1, Price 1, McKenna 1
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Smith | 20 | 1 | 21 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Carl Ditterich | 17 | 2 | 19 | 8 | — | 1 |
| John McIntosh | 18 | 1 | 19 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Travis Payze | 17 | 1 | 18 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Neil Besanko | 16 | 2 | 18 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Moran | 13 | 3 | 16 | 1 | — | 0 |
| John Bonney | 13 | 2 | 15 | 2 | — | 4 |
| Bob Murray | 15 | 0 | 15 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Judson | 13 | 2 | 15 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Rae | 13 | 0 | 13 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Barry Breen | 11 | 1 | 12 | 7 | — | 2 |
| Stuart Trott | 11 | 1 | 12 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Glenn Elliott | 11 | 1 | 12 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Brian Mynott | 10 | 2 | 12 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Jim ODea | 12 | 0 | 12 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Rod Galt | 9 | 0 | 9 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Neale | 7 | 1 | 8 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Barry Lawrence | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Gary Colling | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Theodore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |