Windy Hill · Sat 27 May 1972 · 28,187 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EssendonESS | 5.5 | 7.11 | 9.14 | 107 |
| HawthornHAW | 4.5 | 8.14 | 11.17 | 105 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 107 and 105.
Essendon won by 2 points.
15.17 (107) — 14.21 (105)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neville Fields | 20 | 2 | 22 | 3 | — | 0 |
| John Cassin | 18 | 1 | 19 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Barry Davis | 18 | 1 | 19 | 5 | — |
| 0 |
| John Williams | 16 | 2 | 18 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Robin Close | 15 | 0 | 15 | 6 | — | 2 |
| Alan Noonan | 14 | 1 | 15 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Laurie Moloney | 12 | 3 | 15 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Greg Perry | 13 | 2 | 15 | 7 | — | 1 |
| Darryl Gerlach | 14 | 1 | 15 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Ken Roberts | 12 | 2 | 14 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Ken Fletcher | 13 | 1 | 14 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Don McKenzie | 12 | 1 | 13 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Graeme Schultz | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Des Tuddenham | 10 | 1 | 11 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Barry Grinter | 10 | 1 | 11 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Headlam | 7 | 1 | 8 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Blethyn | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Sandy Talbot | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Charlie Payne | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Ken Hogan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leigh Matthews | 29 | 0 | 29 | 8 | — | 3 |
| Des Meagher | 21 | 4 | 25 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Alan Martello | 23 | 2 | 25 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Charlie Grummisch | 18 | 2 | 20 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Bob Keddie | 16 | 2 | 18 | 6 | — | 3 |
| Peter Crimmins | 13 | 5 | 18 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Peter Knights | 15 | 1 | 16 | 6 | — | 3 |
| David Parkin | 14 | 1 | 15 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Ian Bremner | 13 | 0 | 13 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Heath | 11 | 2 | 13 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Kelvin Moore | 11 | 1 | 12 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Leon Rice | 11 | 1 | 12 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Les Hawken | 11 | 1 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Norm Bussell | 12 | 0 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 |
| John Hendrie | 10 | 1 | 11 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Michael Porter | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Don Scott | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Michael Tuck | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Robert Day | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Michael Moncrieff | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 |