Princes Park · Sat 15 Jul 1972 · 13,865 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CarltonCARL | 7.1 | 10.2 | 17.4 | 128 |
| SydneySYD | 3.4 | 7.6 | 8.10 | 63 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 128 and 63.
Carlton won by 65 points.
20.8 (128) — 8.15 (63)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Robertson | 16 | 12 | 28 | 14 | — | 1 |
| Brent Crosswell | 21 | 4 | 25 | 8 | — | 3 |
| Barry Armstrong | 20 | 3 | 23 | 2 |
| — |
| 1 |
| Trevor Keogh | 20 | 3 | 23 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Adrian Gallagher | 17 | 1 | 18 | 4 | — | 4 |
| Robert Walls | 16 | 2 | 18 | 7 | — | 1 |
| Bryan Quirk | 16 | 2 | 18 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Bruce Doull | 9 | 9 | 18 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Gary Crane | 17 | 1 | 18 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Syd Jackson | 17 | 0 | 17 | 6 | — | 2 |
| John OConnell | 14 | 3 | 17 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Andrew Lukas | 14 | 2 | 16 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Geoff Southby | 13 | 1 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Phillip Pinnell | 9 | 4 | 13 | 5 | — | 0 |
| John Nicholls | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | — | 2 |
| David McKay | 9 | 1 | 10 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Greg Kennedy | 8 | 1 | 9 | 2 | — | 3 |
| Peter Jones | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | — | 1 |
| John Warden | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 |
| David Dickson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Goss | 28 | 2 | 30 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Russell Cook | 18 | 2 | 20 | 10 | — | 0 |
| Ricky Quade | 16 | 4 | 20 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Peter Bedford | 14 | 5 | 19 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Jim Prentice | 17 | 2 | 19 | 7 | — | 1 |
| Mick Plant | 16 | 3 | 19 | 5 | — | 0 |
| John Murphy | 15 | 1 | 16 | 5 | — | 0 |
| John Rantall | 14 | 1 | 15 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Officer | 15 | 0 | 15 | 2 | — | 0 |
| George Lakes | 13 | 1 | 14 | 4 | — | 0 |
| John Pitura | 10 | 2 | 12 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Shane McKew | 9 | 1 | 10 | 0 | — | 0 |
| David McLeish | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Eric Moore | 9 | 0 | 9 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Greg Lambert | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Reg Gleeson | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Lance Morton | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Ray Ball | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Robert Hay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Robert Doyle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |