Victoria Park · Mon 12 Jun 1972 · 44,861 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CollingwoodCOLL | 3.4 | 5.5 | 15.8 | 148 |
| EssendonESS | 2.2 | 7.9 | 8.12 | 93 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 148 and 93.
Collingwood won by 55 points.
23.10 (148) — 13.15 (93)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Price | 18 | 11 | 29 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Richardson | 25 | 2 | 27 | 1 | — | 1 |
| John Greening | 16 | 6 | 22 | 4 |
| — |
| 1 |
| Len Thompson | 19 | 2 | 21 | 11 | — | 0 |
| Ronnie Wearmouth | 16 | 4 | 20 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Alan Atkinson | 17 | 3 | 20 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Rod Oborne | 17 | 2 | 19 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Peter McKenna | 17 | 1 | 18 | 13 | — | 13 |
| Daryl Salmon | 12 | 6 | 18 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Ian McOrist | 14 | 2 | 16 | 7 | — | 1 |
| Ross Dunne | 12 | 4 | 16 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Max Richardson | 13 | 2 | 15 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Con Britt | 13 | 2 | 15 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Denis OCallaghan | 11 | 1 | 12 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Ted Potter | 9 | 2 | 11 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Doug Gott | 7 | 2 | 9 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Robert Dean | 7 | 1 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Clifton | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Gary Tredrea | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Paul Stevens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Richardson 1, Greening 1, Wearmouth 2, McKenna 13, McOrist 1, Richardson 2, Gott 3
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Des Tuddenham | 20 | 2 | 22 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Ken Fletcher | 20 | 1 | 21 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Darryl Gerlach | 20 | 0 | 20 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Barry Davis | 17 | 1 | 18 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Neville Fields | 15 | 1 | 16 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Ken Roberts | 14 | 1 | 15 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Robin Close | 10 | 3 | 13 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Geoff Blethyn | 12 | 0 | 12 | 5 | — | 7 |
| Laurie Moloney | 11 | 1 | 12 | 2 | — | 0 |
| John Williams | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Graeme Schultz | 11 | 0 | 11 | 2 | — | 3 |
| Alan Noonan | 9 | 2 | 11 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Andrew Wilson | 9 | 2 | 11 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Barry Grinter | 6 | 5 | 11 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Greg Perry | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Sandy Talbot | 8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Don McKenzie | 8 | 0 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Headlam | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 |
| John Cassin | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Charlie Payne | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 |