Victoria Park · Sat 6 May 1972 · 29,885 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CollingwoodCOLL | 4.4 | 7.8 | 11.10 | 96 |
| HawthornHAW | 4.3 | 8.8 | 11.10 | 101 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 96 and 101.
Hawthorn won by 5 points.
14.12 (96) — 15.11 (101)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Greening | 17 | 6 | 23 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Max Richardson | 19 | 4 | 23 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Richardson | 17 | 2 | 19 | 1 |
| — |
| 0 |
| Denis OCallaghan | 17 | 1 | 18 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Ross Dunne | 14 | 3 | 17 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Henry Coles | 14 | 1 | 15 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Paul Stevens | 13 | 2 | 15 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Daryl Salmon | 13 | 1 | 14 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Rod Oborne | 11 | 3 | 14 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Peter McKenna | 12 | 1 | 13 | 9 | — | 7 |
| Len Thompson | 8 | 5 | 13 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Robert Rose | 12 | 1 | 13 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Gary Tredrea | 9 | 4 | 13 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Bob Heard | 10 | 2 | 12 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Robert Dean | 9 | 2 | 11 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Terry Waters | 9 | 2 | 11 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Alan Atkinson | 9 | 1 | 10 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Con Britt | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Clifton | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Ian McOrist | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leigh Matthews | 21 | 2 | 23 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Peter Crimmins | 20 | 2 | 22 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Des Meagher | 20 | 1 | 21 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Peter Knights | 15 | 3 | 18 | 8 | — | 4 |
| Leon Rice | 17 | 1 | 18 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Alan Martello | 16 | 1 | 17 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Kelvin Moore | 17 | 0 | 17 | 5 | — | 0 |
| David Parkin | 16 | 1 | 17 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Robert Day | 14 | 2 | 16 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Heath | 11 | 3 | 14 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Kelvin Matthews | 12 | 2 | 14 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Les Hawken | 12 | 1 | 13 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Norm Bussell | 10 | 1 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Bob Keddie | 8 | 2 | 10 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Charlie Grummisch | 10 | 0 | 10 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Don Scott | 6 | 3 | 9 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Ray Wilson | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Ross Johnson | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Ian Bremner | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 |
| John Hendrie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |