Waverley Park · Sat 14 Aug 1971 · 19,567 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SydneySYD | 5.2 | 7.3 | 8.8 | 62 |
| CollingwoodCOLL | 6.7 | 11.8 | 13.9 | 126 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 62 and 126.
Collingwood won by 64 points.
9.8 (62) — 18.18 (126)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haydn McAuliffe | 25 | 1 | 26 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Walsh | 25 | 0 | 25 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Peter Bedford | 19 | 5 | 24 | 7 | — |
| 2 |
| Bob Skilton | 18 | 4 | 22 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Bruce Davis | 16 | 1 | 17 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Jim Haines | 15 | 2 | 17 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Steve Hoffman | 14 | 1 | 15 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Peter Brown | 9 | 5 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Tony Haenen | 12 | 2 | 14 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Reg Gleeson | 13 | 0 | 13 | 3 | — | 0 |
| John Pitura | 9 | 2 | 11 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Robert Doyle | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Ray Ball | 11 | 0 | 11 | 3 | — | 0 |
| John Rantall | 11 | 0 | 11 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Fred Way | 6 | 4 | 10 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Gary Brice | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | — | 1 |
| John Murphy | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Robert Hay | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 |
| John Payne | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Russell McHenry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Richardson | 32 | 7 | 39 | 8 | — | 1 |
| Barry Price | 23 | 8 | 31 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Robert Rose | 25 | 4 | 29 | 7 | — | 4 |
| Max Richardson | 21 | 7 | 28 | 10 | — | 0 |
| Brian McKenzie | 19 | 2 | 21 | 2 | — | 0 |
| John Greening | 17 | 3 | 20 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Alan Atkinson | 16 | 4 | 20 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Peter McKenna | 18 | 1 | 19 | 10 | — | 8 |
| Ted Potter | 17 | 2 | 19 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Graeme Jenkin | 17 | 1 | 18 | 11 | — | 2 |
| Denis OCallaghan | 15 | 2 | 17 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Ross Dunne | 13 | 3 | 16 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Gary Tredrea | 12 | 2 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Ronnie Wearmouth | 10 | 4 | 14 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Clifton | 10 | 4 | 14 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Des Tuddenham | 9 | 3 | 12 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Len Thompson | 7 | 4 | 11 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Robert Dean | 9 | 1 | 10 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Lee Adamson | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Robert Stevens | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |