Lake Oval · Sat 28 Aug 1971 · 9,255 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SydneySYD | 5.7 | 5.8 | 17.12 | 131 |
| North MelbourneNM | 1.1 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 59 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 131 and 59.
Sydney won by 72 points.
19.17 (131) — 8.11 (59)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Bedford | 25 | 5 | 30 | 8 | — | 7 |
| Steve Hoffman | 21 | 7 | 28 | 2 | — | 1 |
| David McLeish | 24 | 3 | 27 | 1 | — |
| 0 |
| John Pitura | 17 | 8 | 25 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Bob Skilton | 17 | 6 | 23 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Ray Ball | 20 | 1 | 21 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Ricky Quade | 16 | 4 | 20 | 0 | — | 4 |
| Neville Miller | 16 | 1 | 17 | 8 | — | 2 |
| Wayne Walsh | 15 | 2 | 17 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Greg Lambert | 14 | 3 | 17 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Jim Haines | 15 | 1 | 16 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Peter Brown | 13 | 2 | 15 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Tony Haenen | 9 | 5 | 14 | 8 | — | 0 |
| John Rantall | 14 | 0 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Robert Doyle | 9 | 4 | 13 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Reg Gleeson | 11 | 0 | 11 | 3 | — | 0 |
| John Murphy | 6 | 3 | 9 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Fred Way | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Jim Prentice | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Gary Brice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Perry | 26 | 3 | 29 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Barry Goodingham | 14 | 7 | 21 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Vin Doolan | 17 | 4 | 21 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Rob Smith | 13 | 8 | 21 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Maurie Wood | 13 | 5 | 18 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Paul Feltham | 15 | 3 | 18 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Glenn Joseph | 12 | 6 | 18 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Ray Taylor | 14 | 3 | 17 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Stan Mitchell | 13 | 4 | 17 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Kerry Haywood | 16 | 1 | 17 | 5 | — | 0 |
| David Dench | 14 | 1 | 15 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Keith Greig | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Bill Nunn | 10 | 4 | 14 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Bryant | 9 | 3 | 12 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Ken Montgomery | 7 | 4 | 11 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Ian Lasslett | 8 | 1 | 9 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Michael Redenbach | 8 | 0 | 8 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Phil Baker | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Phil Ryan | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Hopgood | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 |