Windy Hill · Sat 13 May 1972 · 27,875 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EssendonESS | 5.3 | 10.12 | 16.13 | 123 |
| St KildaSTK | 2.5 | 5.9 | 7.14 | 82 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 123 and 82.
Essendon won by 41 points.
18.15 (123) — 10.22 (82)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Des Tuddenham | 17 | 5 | 22 | 2 | — | 3 |
| Ken Fletcher | 21 | 0 | 21 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Neville Fields | 17 | 2 | 19 | 2 | — |
| 2 |
| Barry Davis | 18 | 1 | 19 | 9 | — | 0 |
| Alan Noonan | 17 | 0 | 17 | 4 | — | 5 |
| Ken Roberts | 14 | 2 | 16 | 1 | — | 1 |
| John Williams | 13 | 3 | 16 | 6 | — | 0 |
| John Cassin | 14 | 1 | 15 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Robin Close | 10 | 3 | 13 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Wayne Headlam | 8 | 2 | 10 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Laurie Moloney | 9 | 1 | 10 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Barry Grinter | 8 | 2 | 10 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Greg Perry | 9 | 0 | 9 | 7 | — | 1 |
| Ken Hogan | 8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Blethyn | 8 | 0 | 8 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Don McKenzie | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Don Gross | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Darryl Gerlach | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Sandy Talbot | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Charlie Payne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Payze | 21 | 1 | 22 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Allan Davis | 16 | 5 | 21 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Ross Smith | 20 | 1 | 21 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Stuart Trott | 17 | 2 | 19 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Barry Breen | 12 | 6 | 18 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Carl Ditterich | 17 | 1 | 18 | 8 | — | 0 |
| John Stephens | 17 | 0 | 17 | 6 | — | 4 |
| Neil Besanko | 10 | 4 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Gary Colling | 11 | 3 | 14 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Moran | 12 | 2 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Barry Lawrence | 12 | 1 | 13 | 3 | — | 0 |
| David Ellis | 11 | 1 | 12 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Glenn Elliott | 11 | 1 | 12 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Jim ODea | 10 | 1 | 11 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Brian Mynott | 9 | 1 | 10 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Rod Galt | 9 | 0 | 9 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Judson | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Theodore | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | — | 1 |
| John Manzie | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Shane Grambeau | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 |