Waverley Park · Sat 22 Apr 1972 · 40,290 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CollingwoodCOLL | 3.1 | 6.7 | 7.9 | 67 |
| St KildaSTK | 1.8 | 3.8 | 6.13 | 87 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 67 and 87.
St Kilda won by 20 points.
9.13 (67) — 12.15 (87)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronnie Wearmouth | 20 | 4 | 24 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Gary Tredrea | 18 | 2 | 20 | 6 | — | 3 |
| Robert Dean | 17 | 2 | 19 | 12 |
| — |
| 1 |
| Len Thompson | 15 | 2 | 17 | 9 | — | 0 |
| Max Richardson | 16 | 1 | 17 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Barry Price | 14 | 2 | 16 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Alan Atkinson | 11 | 4 | 15 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Jeff Clifton | 13 | 2 | 15 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Ross Dunne | 13 | 1 | 14 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Robert Rose | 10 | 3 | 13 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Richardson | 10 | 2 | 12 | 2 | — | 0 |
| John Greening | 9 | 2 | 11 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Bob Heard | 8 | 3 | 11 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Denis OCallaghan | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Daryl Salmon | 8 | 1 | 9 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Peter McKenna | 8 | 0 | 8 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Terry Waters | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Ted Potter | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Graeme Jenkin | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Laurie Kaine | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Smith | 19 | 5 | 24 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Travis Payze | 23 | 1 | 24 | 10 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Theodore | 10 | 9 | 19 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Glenn Elliott | 15 | 3 | 18 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Barry Breen | 16 | 1 | 17 | 7 | — | 5 |
| Stuart Trott | 17 | 0 | 17 | 3 | — | 0 |
| John Manzie | 14 | 2 | 16 | 3 | — | 0 |
| John Stephens | 11 | 4 | 15 | 6 | — | 5 |
| Neil Besanko | 15 | 0 | 15 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Gary Colling | 13 | 2 | 15 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Allan Davis | 12 | 2 | 14 | 3 | — | 2 |
| David Ellis | 10 | 2 | 12 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Jim ODea | 11 | 1 | 12 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Rod Galt | 10 | 2 | 12 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Brian Mynott | 7 | 3 | 10 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Judson | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Barry Lawrence | 9 | 0 | 9 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Moran | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | 0 |
| John McIntosh | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Rae | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 |