Waverley Park · Sat 19 Aug 1972 · 36,861 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HawthornHAW | 6.5 | 8.8 | 10.10 | 106 |
| EssendonESS | 0.5 | 6.9 | 9.14 | 87 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 106 and 87.
Hawthorn won by 19 points.
15.16 (106) — 12.15 (87)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Crimmins | 21 | 2 | 23 | 1 | — | 3 |
| Alan Martello | 20 | 2 | 22 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Des Meagher | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | — |
| 1 |
| Leigh Matthews | 15 | 5 | 20 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Leon Rice | 15 | 3 | 18 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Michael Moncrieff | 17 | 0 | 17 | 9 | — | 10 |
| Les Hawken | 13 | 4 | 17 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Norm Bussell | 15 | 2 | 17 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Gerald McCarthy | 9 | 5 | 14 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Gene Chiron | 12 | 2 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Alan Goad | 9 | 4 | 13 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Ian Bremner | 13 | 0 | 13 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Bob Keddie | 12 | 1 | 13 | 1 | — | 0 |
| John Hendrie | 13 | 0 | 13 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Heath | 12 | 0 | 12 | 4 | — | 0 |
| David Parkin | 10 | 0 | 10 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Kelvin Moore | 8 | 1 | 9 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Ken Beck | 7 | 1 | 8 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Michael Porter | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Peter Knights | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Des Tuddenham | 14 | 7 | 21 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Ken Fletcher | 20 | 0 | 20 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Neville Fields | 17 | 2 | 19 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Geoff Blethyn | 16 | 2 | 18 | 8 | — | 4 |
| Len Halley | 13 | 5 | 18 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Darryl Gerlach | 17 | 1 | 18 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Barry Davis | 16 | 1 | 17 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Gary Parkes | 15 | 2 | 17 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Andrew Wilson | 16 | 0 | 16 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Barry Grinter | 13 | 1 | 14 | 3 | — | 1 |
| John Williams | 11 | 3 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Graeme Schultz | 11 | 1 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Hugh Delahunty | 9 | 3 | 12 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Ray Smith | 11 | 0 | 11 | 1 | — | 0 |
| John Cassin | 8 | 2 | 10 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Ken Roberts | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 4 |
| Peter Daniel | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Don McKenzie | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Greg Perry | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Pat Wellington | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 |