Lake Oval · Sat 15 Apr 1972 · 20,491 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SydneySYD | 3.4 | 6.8 | 10.8 | 94 |
| CarltonCARL | 5.2 | 9.6 | 15.13 | 126 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 94 and 126.
Carlton won by 32 points.
14.10 (94) — 18.18 (126)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Hoffman | 18 | 4 | 22 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Norm Goss | 18 | 3 | 21 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Ray Ball | 20 | 0 | 20 | 4 | — |
| 0 |
| Peter Bedford | 16 | 2 | 18 | 6 | — | 3 |
| David McLeish | 16 | 2 | 18 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Wayne Walsh | 15 | 2 | 17 | 3 | — | 0 |
| John Rantall | 15 | 2 | 17 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Ricky Quade | 13 | 3 | 16 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Shane McKew | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Peter Brown | 12 | 2 | 14 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Russell Cook | 10 | 3 | 13 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Jim Haines | 12 | 1 | 13 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Officer | 11 | 1 | 12 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Gary Brice | 7 | 4 | 11 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Neville Miller | 10 | 0 | 10 | 2 | — | 3 |
| Lance Morton | 9 | 0 | 9 | 3 | — | 5 |
| Reg Gleeson | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Robert Doyle | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Jim Prentice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Jim Wilkinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Gallagher | 26 | 2 | 28 | 7 | — | 4 |
| Trevor Keogh | 21 | 4 | 25 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Barry Armstrong | 21 | 1 | 22 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Brent Crosswell | 16 | 3 | 19 | 7 | — | 5 |
| Bruce Doull | 15 | 4 | 19 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Robert Walls | 17 | 1 | 18 | 4 | — | 3 |
| Alex Jesaulenko | 14 | 3 | 17 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Peter Jones | 11 | 4 | 15 | 6 | — | 2 |
| Bryan Quirk | 14 | 0 | 14 | 6 | — | 1 |
| David McKay | 11 | 3 | 14 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Vin Waite | 13 | 1 | 14 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Paul Hurst | 10 | 4 | 14 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Syd Jackson | 13 | 0 | 13 | 5 | — | 0 |
| John Nicholls | 6 | 6 | 12 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Phillip Pinnell | 8 | 4 | 12 | 3 | — | 0 |
| David Dickson | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | 0 |
| John OConnell | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Southby | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Peter Fyffe | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Andrew Lukas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |