Waverley Park · Sat 8 Jul 1972 · 12,375 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HawthornHAW | 5.3 | 13.10 | 14.13 | 133 |
| FitzroyFITZ | 4.1 | 4.2 | 10.7 | 80 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 133 and 80.
Hawthorn won by 53 points.
19.19 (133) — 12.8 (80)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Martello | 27 | 2 | 29 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Leigh Matthews | 21 | 4 | 25 | 4 | — | 3 |
| Peter Crimmins | 22 | 3 | 25 | 2 |
| — |
| 2 |
| Leon Rice | 22 | 3 | 25 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Kelvin Matthews | 18 | 2 | 20 | 8 | — | 1 |
| Des Meagher | 16 | 3 | 19 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Peter Knights | 17 | 1 | 18 | 9 | — | 7 |
| David Parkin | 15 | 3 | 18 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Michael Tuck | 18 | 0 | 18 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Bruce Stevenson | 14 | 2 | 16 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Les Hawken | 13 | 2 | 15 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Michael Porter | 11 | 3 | 14 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Kevin Heath | 13 | 1 | 14 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Kelvin Moore | 11 | 1 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 |
| John Hendrie | 10 | 2 | 12 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Norm Bussell | 9 | 2 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Don Scott | 9 | 1 | 10 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Brian Douge | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Ken Beck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Andrew Scott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Murphy | 30 | 3 | 33 | 6 | — | 7 |
| Alan Thompson | 23 | 0 | 23 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Barry Padley | 21 | 1 | 22 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Mike Andrews | 17 | 3 | 20 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Murray | 11 | 7 | 18 | 3 | — | 0 |
| David Rhodes | 13 | 5 | 18 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Garry Wilson | 12 | 5 | 17 | 6 | — | 0 |
| David Wall | 16 | 1 | 17 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Trevor Lloyd | 14 | 2 | 16 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Leigh Robertson | 10 | 4 | 14 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Alex Ruscuklic | 9 | 3 | 12 | 6 | — | 2 |
| Harvey Merrigan | 9 | 3 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Russell Crow | 8 | 4 | 12 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Greg Booth | 10 | 1 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Laurie Richards | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Shane Molloy | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Glenn Robertson | 7 | 2 | 9 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Renato Serafini | 6 | 2 | 8 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Ray Brain | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Barry McKenzie | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 |