Lake Oval · Mon 3 Apr 1972 · 18,643 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SydneySYD | 3.5 | 6.8 | 10.9 | 73 |
| GeelongGEEL | 2.0 | 7.1 | 8.4 | 61 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 73 and 61.
Sydney won by 12 points.
10.13 (73) — 9.7 (61)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Bedford | 15 | 7 | 22 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Steve Hoffman | 15 | 3 | 18 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Gary Brice | 15 | 3 | 18 | 5 | — |
| 1 |
| Jim Haines | 17 | 1 | 18 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Norm Goss | 16 | 1 | 17 | 2 | — | 3 |
| David McLeish | 15 | 2 | 17 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Ricky Quade | 13 | 2 | 15 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Peter Brown | 15 | 0 | 15 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Russell Cook | 11 | 2 | 13 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Neville Miller | 10 | 2 | 12 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Greg Lambert | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Shane McKew | 11 | 1 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Ray Ball | 10 | 0 | 10 | 1 | — | 0 |
| John Rantall | 10 | 0 | 10 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Jim Wilkinson | 10 | 0 | 10 | 4 | — | 0 |
| John Murphy | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Officer | 8 | 0 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Jim Prentice | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Reg Gleeson | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Robert Doyle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Closter | 28 | 1 | 29 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Ian Nankervis | 21 | 3 | 24 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Gordon Reid | 21 | 2 | 23 | 5 | — | 0 |
| David Clarke | 22 | 0 | 22 | 7 | — | 3 |
| Tim Evans | 17 | 2 | 19 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Ainsworth | 16 | 2 | 18 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Rod Stokes | 15 | 2 | 17 | 5 | — | 0 |
| John Scarlett | 12 | 5 | 17 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Sam Newman | 10 | 6 | 16 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Ian Hampshire | 12 | 1 | 13 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Gareth Andrews | 10 | 1 | 11 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Rod Blake | 11 | 0 | 11 | 8 | — | 0 |
| David Barkley | 6 | 3 | 9 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Terry Mayne | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Terry Farman | 7 | 2 | 9 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Ken Newland | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 |
| David Harris | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Michael Woolnough | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Kline | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Bill Ryan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 |