Junction Oval · Sat 22 Apr 1972 · 16,937 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FitzroyFITZ | 2.5 | 3.10 | 8.12 | 83 |
| HawthornHAW | 3.4 | 3.5 | 6.6 | 64 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 83 and 64.
Fitzroy won by 19 points.
11.17 (83) — 9.10 (64)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Rhodes | 23 | 9 | 32 | 10 | — | 0 |
| Leigh Robertson | 23 | 2 | 25 | 7 | — | 0 |
| John Murphy | 20 | 3 | 23 | 6 |
| — |
| 1 |
| Garry Wilson | 15 | 8 | 23 | 8 | — | 0 |
| David Wall | 18 | 3 | 21 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Shane Molloy | 11 | 7 | 18 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Warwick Irwin | 16 | 1 | 17 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Russell Crow | 15 | 1 | 16 | 10 | — | 0 |
| Alan Thompson | 14 | 2 | 16 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Renato Serafini | 13 | 2 | 15 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Laurie Richards | 8 | 6 | 14 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Graeme Renwick | 12 | 2 | 14 | 8 | — | 1 |
| Doug Searl | 13 | 1 | 14 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Trevor Lloyd | 13 | 0 | 13 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Barry Padley | 10 | 3 | 13 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Kevin Murray | 7 | 5 | 12 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Ian McCulloch | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Harvey Merrigan | 8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Jim Christou | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Mike Andrews | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Crimmins | 21 | 3 | 24 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Leigh Matthews | 21 | 0 | 21 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Kelvin Moore | 19 | 0 | 19 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Bob Keddie | 16 | 2 | 18 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Robert Day | 14 | 3 | 17 | 0 | — | 0 |
| David Parkin | 14 | 2 | 16 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Ian Bremner | 13 | 3 | 16 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Des Meagher | 14 | 2 | 16 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Charlie Grummisch | 10 | 5 | 15 | 9 | — | 2 |
| John Hendrie | 11 | 2 | 13 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Alan Martello | 13 | 0 | 13 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Bruce Stevenson | 12 | 1 | 13 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Don Scott | 13 | 0 | 13 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Angus | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Les Hawken | 8 | 3 | 11 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Heath | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Leon Rice | 9 | 1 | 10 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Peter Knights | 8 | 0 | 8 | 4 | — | 3 |
| Ron Stubbs | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Brian Douge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |