Glenferrie Oval · Sat 3 Jun 1972 · 26,585 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HawthornHAW | 3.4 | 7.11 | 11.15 | 88 |
| CarltonCARL | 4.0 | 6.2 | 9.6 | 85 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 88 and 85.
Hawthorn won by 3 points.
11.22 (88) — 13.7 (85)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Crimmins | 21 | 4 | 25 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Leigh Matthews | 20 | 3 | 23 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Des Meagher | 20 | 2 | 22 | 0 | — |
| 1 |
| Alan Martello | 19 | 3 | 22 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Michael Moncrieff | 17 | 0 | 17 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Bob Keddie | 16 | 1 | 17 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Norm Bussell | 16 | 1 | 17 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Smith | 12 | 2 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Les Hawken | 14 | 0 | 14 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Robert Day | 13 | 0 | 13 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Heath | 8 | 4 | 12 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Brian Shinners | 10 | 2 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Michael Porter | 11 | 0 | 11 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Ian Bremner | 11 | 0 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 |
| David Parkin | 10 | 1 | 11 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Peter Knights | 9 | 0 | 9 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Don Scott | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Kelvin Moore | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Leon Rice | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Ken Beck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Crane | 22 | 3 | 25 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Andrew Lukas | 22 | 2 | 24 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Trevor Keogh | 17 | 2 | 19 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Robert Walls | 17 | 0 | 17 | 8 | — | 3 |
| Brent Crosswell | 11 | 6 | 17 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Hall | 11 | 5 | 16 | 3 | — | 0 |
| David Dickson | 11 | 4 | 15 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Bruce Doull | 12 | 3 | 15 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Bryan Quirk | 15 | 0 | 15 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Paul Hurst | 13 | 2 | 15 | 3 | — | 0 |
| John Nicholls | 12 | 1 | 13 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Barry Gill | 10 | 0 | 10 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Alex Jesaulenko | 7 | 3 | 10 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Greg Kennedy | 8 | 1 | 9 | 2 | — | 4 |
| Peter Jones | 8 | 1 | 9 | 5 | — | 2 |
| David McKay | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Southby | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Syd Jackson | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Brian Walsh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Peter Fyffe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |