Moorabbin Oval · Sat 6 May 1972 · 33,555 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St KildaSTK | 6.9 | 12.12 | 17.20 | 165 |
| RichmondRICH | 1.4 | 5.8 | 7.11 | 76 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 165 and 76.
St Kilda won by 89 points.
24.21 (165) — 10.16 (76)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Elliott | 30 | 6 | 36 | 9 | — | 1 |
| Barry Lawrence | 24 | 3 | 27 | 9 | — | 0 |
| Barry Breen | 21 | 5 | 26 | 10 | — |
| 3 |
| Travis Payze | 22 | 3 | 25 | 6 | — | 3 |
| Ross Smith | 22 | 3 | 25 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Jeff Moran | 14 | 8 | 22 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Stephen Theodore | 12 | 7 | 19 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Allan Davis | 12 | 6 | 18 | 6 | — | 3 |
| Carl Ditterich | 13 | 4 | 17 | 8 | — | 5 |
| Gary Colling | 12 | 3 | 15 | 3 | — | 0 |
| John Stephens | 13 | 1 | 14 | 2 | — | 4 |
| Stuart Trott | 13 | 1 | 14 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Wayne Judson | 12 | 0 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Neil Besanko | 7 | 5 | 12 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Rod Galt | 7 | 4 | 11 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Brian Mynott | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 |
| David Ellis | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Jim ODea | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 |
| John Manzie | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Neale | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Bartlett | 22 | 0 | 22 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Brian Roberts | 15 | 5 | 20 | 15 | — | 0 |
| Laurie Fowler | 16 | 2 | 18 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Paul Sproule | 11 | 5 | 16 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Roger Dean | 14 | 2 | 16 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Dick Clay | 15 | 0 | 15 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Royce Hart | 14 | 0 | 14 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Barry Richardson | 12 | 2 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Ian Owen | 12 | 1 | 13 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Sheedy | 9 | 4 | 13 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Morris | 9 | 2 | 11 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Ray Boyanich | 7 | 4 | 11 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Ricky McLean | 8 | 2 | 10 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Graeme Bond | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | 2 |
| Greg Hollick | 9 | 0 | 9 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Peter Cloke | 7 | 1 | 8 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Neil Balme | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Ian Stewart | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Craig McKellar | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Marty McMillan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 |