Windy Hill · Sat 22 Apr 1972 · 18,862 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EssendonESS | 4.5 | 8.12 | 12.15 | 129 |
| GeelongGEEL | 2.3 | 4.6 | 10.10 | 86 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 129 and 86.
Essendon won by 43 points.
17.27 (129) — 12.14 (86)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neville Fields | 22 | 3 | 25 | 6 | — | 2 |
| Don Gross | 17 | 7 | 24 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Geoff Blethyn | 19 | 2 | 21 | 11 | — |
| 7 |
| Ken Fletcher | 20 | 0 | 20 | 7 | — | 3 |
| Barry Davis | 17 | 3 | 20 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Ken Hogan | 14 | 4 | 18 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Alan Noonan | 14 | 3 | 17 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Len Halley | 9 | 7 | 16 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Robin Close | 14 | 2 | 16 | 6 | — | 1 |
| John Williams | 14 | 1 | 15 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Charlie Payne | 12 | 1 | 13 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Peter Hickmott | 8 | 4 | 12 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Laurie Moloney | 9 | 1 | 10 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Gary Grainger | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Ken Roberts | 8 | 2 | 10 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Greg Perry | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 |
| John Cassin | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Sandy Talbot | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Des Tuddenham | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Barry Grinter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Nankervis | 26 | 5 | 31 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Gareth Andrews | 22 | 2 | 24 | 8 | — | 1 |
| John Scarlett | 15 | 3 | 18 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Closter | 16 | 2 | 18 | 8 | — | 0 |
| David Harris | 17 | 1 | 18 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Tim Evans | 16 | 1 | 17 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Jim Wright | 13 | 2 | 15 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Garry Davidson | 14 | 1 | 15 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Higgins | 15 | 0 | 15 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Ainsworth | 13 | 1 | 14 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Ian Hampshire | 10 | 3 | 13 | 9 | — | 2 |
| David Barkley | 11 | 2 | 13 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Doug Wade | 8 | 2 | 10 | 4 | — | 5 |
| Jeff Kline | 9 | 1 | 10 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Hugh Strahan | 6 | 4 | 10 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Ken Newland | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Sam Newman | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Peter Stephens | 6 | 2 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Robert Whatman | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Bruce Nankervis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |