Moorabbin Oval · Sat 21 Aug 1971 · 16,205 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St KildaSTK | 3.2 | 7.4 | 11.9 | 122 |
| SydneySYD | 1.2 | 2.7 | 4.8 | 50 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 122 and 50.
St Kilda won by 72 points.
18.14 (122) — 6.14 (50)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Smith | 27 | 3 | 30 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Stuart Trott | 20 | 7 | 27 | 2 | — | 0 |
| John McIntosh | 25 | 1 | 26 | 14 | — |
| 0 |
| John Bonney | 20 | 3 | 23 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Allan Davis | 16 | 4 | 20 | 6 | — | 2 |
| Stephen Rae | 17 | 2 | 19 | 2 | — | 4 |
| Barry Breen | 14 | 3 | 17 | 6 | — | 3 |
| Glenn Elliott | 13 | 3 | 16 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Theodore | 11 | 5 | 16 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Neil Besanko | 13 | 2 | 15 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Jim ODea | 13 | 2 | 15 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Bob Murray | 13 | 1 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Neale | 11 | 2 | 13 | 6 | — | 3 |
| Carl Ditterich | 11 | 2 | 13 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Gary Colling | 8 | 2 | 10 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Rod Galt | 7 | 1 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Judson | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Moran | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | — | 1 |
| John Manzie | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Brian Mynott | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haydn McAuliffe | 22 | 2 | 24 | 8 | — | 1 |
| Bob Skilton | 24 | 0 | 24 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Steve Hoffman | 18 | 2 | 20 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Ray Ball | 17 | 2 | 19 | 6 | — | 0 |
| John Murphy | 14 | 4 | 18 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Peter Bedford | 10 | 6 | 16 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Gary Brice | 15 | 1 | 16 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Neville Miller | 14 | 2 | 16 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Jim Haines | 13 | 3 | 16 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Reg Gleeson | 11 | 2 | 13 | 2 | — | 0 |
| John Pitura | 9 | 2 | 11 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Tony Haenen | 11 | 0 | 11 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Wayne Walsh | 11 | 0 | 11 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Robert Doyle | 8 | 3 | 11 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Ricky Quade | 10 | 1 | 11 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Bruce Davis | 9 | 1 | 10 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Robert Hay | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 |
| John Rantall | 8 | 0 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Peter Brown | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 |
| David McLeish | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 |