Lake Oval · Sat 3 Jun 1972 · 18,085 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SydneySYD | 0.2 | 1.3 | 4.6 | 59 |
| CollingwoodCOLL | 4.2 | 6.7 | 14.11 | 128 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 59 and 128.
Collingwood won by 69 points.
8.11 (59) — 19.14 (128)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Quade | 24 | 6 | 30 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Norm Goss | 20 | 1 | 21 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Wayne Walsh | 15 | 6 | 21 | 0 | — |
| 0 |
| David McLeish | 12 | 6 | 18 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Reg Gleeson | 18 | 0 | 18 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Peter Bedford | 9 | 7 | 16 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Shane McKew | 12 | 3 | 15 | 1 | — | 0 |
| John Rantall | 11 | 2 | 13 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Robert Doyle | 11 | 2 | 13 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Officer | 10 | 2 | 12 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Bob Bell | 11 | 1 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Eric Moore | 10 | 1 | 11 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Ray Ball | 10 | 1 | 11 | 3 | — | 0 |
| John Pitura | 9 | 1 | 10 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Steve Hoffman | 8 | 2 | 10 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Russell McHenry | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Jim Wilkinson | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Peter Brown | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Lance Morton | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Garry Robertson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Greening | 32 | 13 | 45 | 18 | — | 4 |
| Wayne Richardson | 16 | 4 | 20 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Ian McOrist | 17 | 3 | 20 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Max Richardson | 18 | 1 | 19 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Rod Oborne | 15 | 4 | 19 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Doug Gott | 17 | 1 | 18 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Len Thompson | 14 | 4 | 18 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Ronnie Wearmouth | 12 | 5 | 17 | 3 | — | 4 |
| Con Britt | 14 | 3 | 17 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Graeme Jenkin | 13 | 3 | 16 | 9 | — | 3 |
| Barry Price | 13 | 3 | 16 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Peter McKenna | 13 | 1 | 14 | 5 | — | 5 |
| Alan Atkinson | 10 | 4 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Denis OCallaghan | 13 | 1 | 14 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Ross Dunne | 12 | 1 | 13 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Daryl Salmon | 6 | 2 | 8 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Clifton | 7 | 1 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Lee Adamson | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Bob Heard | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Paul Stevens | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 |