Moorabbin Oval · Sat 20 May 1972 · 31,547 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St KildaSTK | 2.5 | 3.5 | 7.9 | 72 |
| CarltonCARL | 1.2 | 4.8 | 8.11 | 99 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 72 and 99.
Carlton won by 27 points.
10.12 (72) — 14.15 (99)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Payze | 22 | 4 | 26 | 9 | — | 0 |
| Ross Smith | 20 | 1 | 21 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Stuart Trott | 20 | 0 | 20 | 3 | — |
| 0 |
| Barry Lawrence | 19 | 1 | 20 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Allan Davis | 16 | 3 | 19 | 5 | — | 3 |
| Wayne Judson | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | — | 0 |
| John Manzie | 15 | 1 | 16 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Moran | 11 | 2 | 13 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Rod Galt | 11 | 1 | 12 | 7 | — | 3 |
| Neil Besanko | 12 | 0 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Carl Ditterich | 9 | 2 | 11 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Barry Breen | 9 | 1 | 10 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Kevin Neale | 9 | 1 | 10 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Theodore | 8 | 2 | 10 | 3 | — | 0 |
| John Stephens | 9 | 0 | 9 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Gary Colling | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Brian Mynott | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 |
| David Ellis | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Rae | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Mike Lanyon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Quirk | 19 | 2 | 21 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Barry Armstrong | 21 | 0 | 21 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Trevor Keogh | 16 | 3 | 19 | 4 | — | 3 |
| Alex Jesaulenko | 17 | 1 | 18 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Bruce Doull | 14 | 3 | 17 | 2 | — | 0 |
| David Dickson | 13 | 4 | 17 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Paul Hurst | 17 | 0 | 17 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Greg Kennedy | 12 | 3 | 15 | 7 | — | 5 |
| Geoff Southby | 12 | 2 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Robert Walls | 12 | 1 | 13 | 4 | — | 2 |
| David McKay | 12 | 1 | 13 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Peter Jones | 6 | 4 | 10 | 7 | — | 1 |
| Vin Waite | 9 | 1 | 10 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Peter Fyffe | 9 | 1 | 10 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Adrian Gallagher | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | 0 |
| John Nicholls | 8 | 0 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Brian Walsh | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Syd Jackson | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Andrew Lukas | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Rod Austin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |