Windy Hill · Sat 8 Apr 1972 · 22,611 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EssendonESS | 4.0 | 9.2 | 12.4 | 107 |
| SydneySYD | 3.5 | 4.8 | 6.13 | 60 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 107 and 60.
Essendon won by 47 points.
16.11 (107) — 7.18 (60)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Davis | 25 | 4 | 29 | 5 | — | 0 |
| John Williams | 21 | 3 | 24 | 9 | — | 0 |
| Don Gross | 17 | 5 | 22 | 3 | — |
| 1 |
| Des Tuddenham | 14 | 4 | 18 | 1 | — | 3 |
| Ken Fletcher | 15 | 2 | 17 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Neville Fields | 14 | 2 | 16 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Ken Hogan | 13 | 2 | 15 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Len Halley | 10 | 5 | 15 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Alan Noonan | 11 | 3 | 14 | 3 | — | 1 |
| John Cassin | 13 | 0 | 13 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Ken Roberts | 11 | 1 | 12 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Charlie Payne | 11 | 1 | 12 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Greg Perry | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Blethyn | 10 | 0 | 10 | 6 | — | 4 |
| Robin Close | 6 | 3 | 9 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Barry Grinter | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Sandy Talbot | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Laurie Moloney | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Don McKenzie | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Andrew Wilson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David McLeish | 20 | 4 | 24 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Peter Bedford | 13 | 10 | 23 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Steve Hoffman | 14 | 7 | 21 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Ray Ball | 21 | 0 | 21 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Officer | 15 | 5 | 20 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Gary Brice | 16 | 3 | 19 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Peter Brown | 16 | 2 | 18 | 3 | — | 0 |
| John Rantall | 18 | 0 | 18 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Norm Goss | 15 | 2 | 17 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Russell Cook | 13 | 3 | 16 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Peter McCracken | 14 | 1 | 15 | 2 | — | 0 |
| John Murphy | 9 | 3 | 12 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Neville Miller | 8 | 2 | 10 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Jim Haines | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Ricky Quade | 8 | 1 | 9 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Reg Gleeson | 9 | 0 | 9 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Jim Prentice | 9 | 0 | 9 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Jim Wilkinson | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Greg Lambert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Robert Doyle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |