Junction Oval · Sat 7 Aug 1971 · 8,253 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FitzroyFITZ | 5.8 | 6.8 | 10.14 | 83 |
| SydneySYD | 2.2 | 6.6 | 7.9 | 58 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 83 and 58.
Fitzroy won by 25 points.
11.17 (83) — 8.10 (58)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Sault | 21 | 9 | 30 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Warwick Irwin | 24 | 3 | 27 | 2 | — | 0 |
| John Murphy | 23 | 2 | 25 | 7 | — |
| 1 |
| Treva McGregor | 19 | 2 | 21 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Alex Ruscuklic | 16 | 4 | 20 | 13 | — | 2 |
| Norm Brown | 16 | 3 | 19 | 13 | — | 2 |
| Graeme Renwick | 16 | 3 | 19 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Murray | 16 | 2 | 18 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Doug Searl | 18 | 0 | 18 | 9 | — | 0 |
| Laurie Richards | 10 | 7 | 17 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Trevor Lloyd | 15 | 1 | 16 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Barry Padley | 12 | 3 | 15 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Shane Molloy | 12 | 3 | 15 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Leigh Robertson | 12 | 3 | 15 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Bill Sykes | 11 | 3 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Russell Crow | 11 | 2 | 13 | 4 | — | 3 |
| Harvey Merrigan | 9 | 1 | 10 | 3 | — | 0 |
| David Wall | 7 | 2 | 9 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Alan Thompson | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Noel Zunneberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Bedford | 16 | 10 | 26 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Steve Hoffman | 21 | 2 | 23 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Haydn McAuliffe | 19 | 2 | 21 | 2 | — | 0 |
| John Pitura | 15 | 5 | 20 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Gary Brice | 12 | 5 | 17 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Reg Gleeson | 16 | 0 | 16 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Walsh | 16 | 0 | 16 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Bruce Davis | 9 | 7 | 16 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Bob Skilton | 11 | 4 | 15 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Tony Haenen | 7 | 8 | 15 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Fred Way | 7 | 6 | 13 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Robert Hay | 13 | 0 | 13 | 4 | — | 0 |
| John Rantall | 9 | 3 | 12 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Peter Brown | 9 | 2 | 11 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Jim Haines | 11 | 0 | 11 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Ray Ball | 11 | 0 | 11 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Robert Doyle | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | — | 0 |
| David Droscher | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 |
| John Murphy | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Russell McHenry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |