Victoria Park · Sat 5 Aug 1972 · 25,007 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CollingwoodCOLL | 4.2 | 8.4 | 13.10 | 129 |
| FitzroyFITZ | 3.2 | 6.6 | 9.9 | 85 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 129 and 85.
Collingwood won by 44 points.
19.15 (129) — 12.13 (85)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Richardson | 31 | 2 | 33 | 9 | — | 3 |
| Len Thompson | 18 | 9 | 27 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Max Richardson | 18 | 2 | 20 | 8 |
| — |
| 1 |
| Denis OCallaghan | 16 | 2 | 18 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Rod Oborne | 14 | 3 | 17 | 7 | — | 3 |
| Ronnie Wearmouth | 12 | 5 | 17 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Doug Gott | 13 | 3 | 16 | 7 | — | 1 |
| Ted Potter | 14 | 2 | 16 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Lee Adamson | 11 | 3 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Alan Atkinson | 12 | 2 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Clifton | 11 | 3 | 14 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Robert Dean | 11 | 3 | 14 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Ross Dunne | 12 | 2 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Daryl Salmon | 7 | 6 | 13 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Bob Heard | 11 | 1 | 12 | 9 | — | 3 |
| Peter McKenna | 10 | 0 | 10 | 8 | — | 6 |
| Con Britt | 9 | 1 | 10 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Paul Stevens | 9 | 0 | 9 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Barry Price | 7 | 2 | 9 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Gary Tredrea | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 |
Richardson 3, Thompson 1, Richardson 1, Oborne 3, Wearmouth 1, Gott 1, Heard 3, McKenna 6
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Murphy | 34 | 0 | 34 | 11 | — | 2 |
| Garry Wilson | 22 | 5 | 27 | 6 | — | 3 |
| Laurie Richards | 22 | 2 | 24 | 11 | — | 0 |
| Barry Padley | 21 | 1 | 22 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Alan Thompson | 15 | 4 | 19 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Norm Dare | 13 | 3 | 16 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Shane Molloy | 13 | 3 | 16 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Murray | 10 | 3 | 13 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Doug Searl | 10 | 3 | 13 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Russell Crow | 11 | 1 | 12 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Ian McCulloch | 7 | 5 | 12 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Trevor Lloyd | 11 | 0 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 |
| David Wall | 9 | 2 | 11 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Warwick Irwin | 10 | 0 | 10 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Paul Shanahan | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | — | 2 |
| David Rhodes | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Harvey Merrigan | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Renato Serafini | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 |
| John Formosa | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Norm Brown | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 |