Windy Hill · Sat 28 Aug 1971 · 12,865 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EssendonESS | 4.5 | 7.5 | 11.10 | 84 |
| FitzroyFITZ | 1.4 | 5.11 | 9.15 | 95 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 84 and 95.
Fitzroy won by 11 points.
12.12 (84) — 13.17 (95)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neville Fields | 25 | 2 | 27 | 5 | — | 1 |
| David Starbuck | 18 | 3 | 21 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Ken Fletcher | 19 | 2 | 21 | 4 |
| — |
| 0 |
| Charlie Payne | 18 | 2 | 20 | 11 | — | 2 |
| Don Gross | 13 | 7 | 20 | 3 | — | 0 |
| John Williams | 18 | 1 | 19 | 10 | — | 0 |
| John Cassin | 13 | 4 | 17 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Barry Davis | 15 | 0 | 15 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Darryl Gerlach | 10 | 4 | 14 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Headlam | 10 | 3 | 13 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Gary Parkes | 11 | 1 | 12 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Laurie Moloney | 10 | 1 | 11 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Bob Greenwood | 10 | 1 | 11 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Alan Noonan | 10 | 0 | 10 | 6 | — | 2 |
| Bruce Dodson | 9 | 1 | 10 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Hugh Delahunty | 9 | 0 | 9 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Don McKenzie | 8 | 1 | 9 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Peter Daniel | 8 | 0 | 8 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Bruce Neish | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Allan Graco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Padley | 22 | 9 | 31 | 5 | — | 2 |
| John Murphy | 23 | 3 | 26 | 8 | — | 3 |
| Renato Serafini | 18 | 7 | 25 | 11 | — | 0 |
| Shane Molloy | 17 | 4 | 21 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Murray | 12 | 7 | 19 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Warwick Irwin | 15 | 4 | 19 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Russell Crow | 15 | 2 | 17 | 9 | — | 2 |
| Ray Sault | 13 | 4 | 17 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Doug Searl | 16 | 1 | 17 | 4 | — | 0 |
| David Rhodes | 12 | 3 | 15 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Bill Sykes | 13 | 2 | 15 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Norm Brown | 10 | 3 | 13 | 5 | — | 3 |
| David Wall | 13 | 0 | 13 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Alex Ruscuklic | 9 | 4 | 13 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Paul Shanahan | 8 | 4 | 12 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Alan Thompson | 10 | 0 | 10 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Trevor Lloyd | 10 | 0 | 10 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Harvey Merrigan | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Laurie Richards | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Noel Zunneberg | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |