Moorabbin Oval · Sat 5 Aug 1972 · 29,062 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St KildaSTK | 4.2 | 8.8 | 9.8 | 81 |
| EssendonESS | 3.2 | 5.5 | 9.13 | 88 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 81 and 88.
Essendon won by 7 points.
12.9 (81) — 12.16 (88)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Smith | 22 | 5 | 27 | 1 | — | 1 |
| John Manzie | 12 | 7 | 19 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Allan Davis | 15 | 4 | 19 | 2 | — |
| 0 |
| Carl Ditterich | 12 | 6 | 18 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Moran | 16 | 1 | 17 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Bob Murray | 14 | 3 | 17 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Judson | 14 | 3 | 17 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Travis Payze | 15 | 0 | 15 | 3 | — | 0 |
| John Stephens | 13 | 1 | 14 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Gary Colling | 10 | 4 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Barry Breen | 12 | 1 | 13 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Stuart Trott | 9 | 3 | 12 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Stephen Rae | 8 | 2 | 10 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Stephen Theodore | 9 | 0 | 9 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Neil Besanko | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Brian Mynott | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Shane Grambeau | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Rod Galt | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Graham Scott | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Mick Malthouse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neville Fields | 22 | 2 | 24 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Barry Davis | 22 | 1 | 23 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Andrew Wilson | 17 | 3 | 20 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Ray Smith | 17 | 1 | 18 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Ken Roberts | 13 | 4 | 17 | 5 | — | 4 |
| Des Tuddenham | 15 | 2 | 17 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Ken Fletcher | 15 | 1 | 16 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Alan Noonan | 13 | 2 | 15 | 5 | — | 3 |
| Gary Parkes | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Hugh Delahunty | 11 | 0 | 11 | 4 | — | 0 |
| John Williams | 10 | 1 | 11 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Len Halley | 8 | 3 | 11 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Graeme Schultz | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Darryl Gerlach | 8 | 0 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Peter Daniel | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Blethyn | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | 2 |
| John Cassin | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Barry Grinter | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Stuart Barclay | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Don McKenzie | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 |