Waverley Park · Sat 20 May 1972 · 25,661 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RichmondRICH | 3.7 | 4.12 | 10.18 | 91 |
| HawthornHAW | 5.0 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 84 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 91 and 84.
Richmond won by 7 points.
11.25 (91) — 13.6 (84)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royce Hart | 20 | 5 | 25 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Ian Stewart | 20 | 5 | 25 | 12 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Bartlett | 20 | 0 | 20 | 3 | — |
| 2 |
| Barry Richardson | 16 | 1 | 17 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Roger Dean | 14 | 3 | 17 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Bryan Wood | 12 | 5 | 17 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Greg Hollick | 15 | 1 | 16 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Craig McKellar | 14 | 2 | 16 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Morris | 12 | 3 | 15 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Sheedy | 13 | 2 | 15 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Neil Balme | 11 | 3 | 14 | 5 | — | 3 |
| Ricky McLean | 11 | 2 | 13 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Paul Sproule | 9 | 4 | 13 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Marty McMillan | 9 | 3 | 12 | 0 | — | 2 |
| Francis Bourke | 12 | 0 | 12 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Graeme Bond | 10 | 1 | 11 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Brian Roberts | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Eric Leech | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Laurie Fowler | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Grant Allford | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoff Angus | 20 | 5 | 25 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Leigh Matthews | 18 | 4 | 22 | 4 | — | 3 |
| Peter Crimmins | 16 | 4 | 20 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Des Meagher | 19 | 0 | 19 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Les Hawken | 14 | 0 | 14 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Ross Johnson | 10 | 4 | 14 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Michael Porter | 13 | 0 | 13 | 7 | — | 1 |
| Alan Martello | 10 | 2 | 12 | 3 | — | 1 |
| John Hendrie | 7 | 5 | 12 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Kelvin Moore | 12 | 0 | 12 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Don Scott | 10 | 2 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Michael Tuck | 8 | 2 | 10 | 1 | — | 3 |
| Leon Rice | 10 | 0 | 10 | 1 | — | 0 |
| David Parkin | 9 | 1 | 10 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Peter Knights | 8 | 0 | 8 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Kevin Heath | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Norm Bussell | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Bruce Stevenson | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Ray Wilson | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Gene Chiron | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |