Waverley Park · Sat 3 Jun 1972 · 26,791 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EssendonESS | 4.3 | 6.8 | 12.11 | 101 |
| FitzroyFITZ | 4.3 | 5.6 | 12.6 | 99 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 101 and 99.
Essendon won by 2 points.
14.17 (101) — 15.9 (99)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neville Fields | 23 | 0 | 23 | 5 | — | 3 |
| John Williams | 20 | 3 | 23 | 13 | — | 0 |
| Graeme Schultz | 22 | 0 | 22 | 4 |
| — |
| 2 |
| Des Tuddenham | 18 | 4 | 22 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Robin Close | 17 | 4 | 21 | 7 | — | 1 |
| Alan Noonan | 15 | 3 | 18 | 7 | — | 0 |
| John Cassin | 15 | 1 | 16 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Ken Roberts | 12 | 4 | 16 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Ken Fletcher | 14 | 1 | 15 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Barry Grinter | 13 | 2 | 15 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Barry Davis | 13 | 1 | 14 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Laurie Moloney | 12 | 1 | 13 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Blethyn | 10 | 0 | 10 | 9 | — | 4 |
| Greg Perry | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Don McKenzie | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Headlam | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Sandy Talbot | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Darryl Gerlach | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Peter Daniel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Andrew Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Murphy | 25 | 0 | 25 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Warwick Irwin | 22 | 3 | 25 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Garry Wilson | 11 | 13 | 24 | 6 | — | 2 |
| Barry Padley | 18 | 2 | 20 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Leigh Robertson | 16 | 4 | 20 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Shane Molloy | 14 | 5 | 19 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Doug Searl | 15 | 2 | 17 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Mike Andrews | 14 | 1 | 15 | 6 | — | 0 |
| David Rhodes | 11 | 4 | 15 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Alan Thompson | 12 | 2 | 14 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Harvey Merrigan | 12 | 2 | 14 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Trevor Lloyd | 12 | 0 | 12 | 6 | — | 2 |
| Alex Ruscuklic | 7 | 4 | 11 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Kevin Murray | 9 | 2 | 11 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Renato Serafini | 9 | 1 | 10 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Laurie Richards | 8 | 1 | 9 | 4 | — | 3 |
| Barry McKenzie | 7 | 1 | 8 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Russell Crow | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 |
| John Formosa | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Glenn Robertson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |