Waverley Park · Sat 22 Jul 1972 · 13,225 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St KildaSTK | 2.1 | 10.3 | 11.6 | 95 |
| SydneySYD | 4.1 | 6.2 | 9.5 | 59 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 95 and 59.
St Kilda won by 36 points.
14.11 (95) — 9.5 (59)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Smith | 26 | 5 | 31 | 7 | — | 1 |
| Allan Davis | 28 | 1 | 29 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Carl Ditterich | 19 | 9 | 28 | 9 | — |
| 2 |
| Gary Colling | 15 | 11 | 26 | 7 | — | 1 |
| Stephen Theodore | 13 | 10 | 23 | 9 | — | 0 |
| John Manzie | 19 | 3 | 22 | 10 | — | 1 |
| Travis Payze | 17 | 3 | 20 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Rae | 16 | 3 | 19 | 7 | — | 3 |
| Bob Murray | 15 | 3 | 18 | 10 | — | 0 |
| Neil Besanko | 13 | 4 | 17 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Neale | 16 | 1 | 17 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Stuart Trott | 15 | 1 | 16 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Rod Galt | 8 | 6 | 14 | 7 | — | 1 |
| Wayne Judson | 14 | 0 | 14 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Derek Feldmann | 13 | 0 | 13 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Shane Grambeau | 9 | 3 | 12 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Graham Scott | 10 | 1 | 11 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Ian Corner | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Moran | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 1 |
| John Anthony | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Rantall | 22 | 0 | 22 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Ricky Quade | 21 | 1 | 22 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Norm Goss | 17 | 2 | 19 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Peter Bedford | 14 | 2 | 16 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Mick Plant | 16 | 0 | 16 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Robert Hay | 15 | 1 | 16 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Jim Prentice | 9 | 6 | 15 | 4 | — | 1 |
| George Lakes | 10 | 5 | 15 | 3 | — | 0 |
| John Pitura | 15 | 0 | 15 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Russell Cook | 12 | 2 | 14 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Ewin | 14 | 0 | 14 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Reg Gleeson | 11 | 1 | 12 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Max Robertson | 12 | 0 | 12 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Officer | 11 | 1 | 12 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Bruce Davis | 9 | 1 | 10 | 0 | — | 2 |
| John Murphy | 9 | 1 | 10 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Ray Ball | 7 | 2 | 9 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Lance Morton | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | — | 4 |
| Peter Kerr | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Peter Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |