Lake Oval · Sat 5 Aug 1972 · 9,207 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SydneySYD | 4.3 | 6.5 | 12.8 | 89 |
| HawthornHAW | 5.3 | 9.5 | 13.8 | 148 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 89 and 148.
Hawthorn won by 59 points.
13.11 (89) — 23.10 (148)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Cook | 20 | 1 | 21 | 10 | — | 0 |
| Ricky Quade | 20 | 1 | 21 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Russell McHenry | 18 | 0 | 18 | 2 | — |
| 3 |
| John Pitura | 18 | 0 | 18 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Max Robertson | 15 | 0 | 15 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Bruce Davis | 14 | 0 | 14 | 2 | — | 1 |
| John Rantall | 12 | 1 | 13 | 4 | — | 0 |
| John Murphy | 11 | 1 | 12 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Stewart Gull | 11 | 0 | 11 | 5 | — | 3 |
| Keith Baskin | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | — | 2 |
| Peter Bedford | 9 | 2 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 |
| David McLeish | 9 | 1 | 10 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Stephen Officer | 10 | 0 | 10 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Reg Gleeson | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Ewin | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Robert Hay | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Ray Ball | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Lance Morton | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Brian Woodman | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Jim Prentice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leigh Matthews | 22 | 4 | 26 | 8 | — | 6 |
| Des Meagher | 24 | 2 | 26 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Ray Wilson | 19 | 2 | 21 | 3 | — | 1 |
| John Hendrie | 16 | 4 | 20 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Bob Keddie | 15 | 3 | 18 | 4 | — | 3 |
| David Parkin | 16 | 2 | 18 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Les Hawken | 17 | 1 | 18 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Peter Crimmins | 13 | 4 | 17 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Alan Goad | 11 | 5 | 16 | 5 | — | 3 |
| Peter Knights | 15 | 1 | 16 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Kevin Heath | 13 | 3 | 16 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Robert Day | 15 | 0 | 15 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Michael Moncrieff | 13 | 0 | 13 | 8 | — | 7 |
| Ken Beck | 10 | 2 | 12 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Norm Bussell | 10 | 2 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Ian Bremner | 10 | 1 | 11 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Kelvin Matthews | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Kelvin Moore | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Bruce Stevenson | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Gene Chiron | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |