Lake Oval · Sat 29 Apr 1972 · 19,724 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SydneySYD | 1.5 | 3.7 | 5.15 | 47 |
| St KildaSTK | 4.4 | 6.7 | 7.11 | 70 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 47 and 70.
St Kilda won by 23 points.
5.17 (47) — 9.16 (70)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Pitura | 22 | 8 | 30 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Russell Cook | 19 | 2 | 21 | 11 | — | 0 |
| Peter Bedford | 10 | 8 | 18 | 4 | — |
| 1 |
| Jim Haines | 15 | 2 | 17 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Wayne Walsh | 17 | 0 | 17 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Reg Gleeson | 11 | 5 | 16 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Gary Brice | 13 | 1 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| John Rantall | 13 | 1 | 14 | 5 | — | 0 |
| David McLeish | 13 | 1 | 14 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Shane McKew | 12 | 1 | 13 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Bob Bell | 11 | 2 | 13 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Jim Prentice | 11 | 2 | 13 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Jim Wilkinson | 12 | 1 | 13 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Norm Goss | 11 | 2 | 13 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Ricky Quade | 11 | 1 | 12 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Peter Brown | 8 | 3 | 11 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Lance Morton | 7 | 0 | 7 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Stephen Officer | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Russell McHenry | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |
| John Murphy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Trott | 29 | 1 | 30 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Glenn Elliott | 21 | 2 | 23 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Ross Smith | 19 | 3 | 22 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Travis Payze | 20 | 1 | 21 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Gary Colling | 13 | 7 | 20 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Barry Breen | 16 | 2 | 18 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Barry Lawrence | 15 | 2 | 17 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Theodore | 11 | 5 | 16 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Jim ODea | 15 | 1 | 16 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Rod Galt | 13 | 1 | 14 | 6 | — | 1 |
| David Ellis | 10 | 4 | 14 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Moran | 11 | 3 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Brian Mynott | 8 | 4 | 12 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Carl Ditterich | 11 | 0 | 11 | 6 | — | 3 |
| Allan Davis | 9 | 2 | 11 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Neil Besanko | 8 | 2 | 10 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Judson | 9 | 1 | 10 | 1 | — | 0 |
| John Stephens | 10 | 0 | 10 | 3 | — | 0 |
| John Manzie | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Rae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |