Victoria Park · Sat 26 Aug 1972 · 19,934 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CollingwoodCOLL | 5.5 | 11.10 | 16.16 | 149 |
| SydneySYD | 4.0 | 6.2 | 9.4 | 72 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 149 and 72.
Collingwood won by 77 points.
22.17 (149) — 11.6 (72)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Richardson | 27 | 5 | 32 | 8 | — | 2 |
| Len Thompson | 21 | 7 | 28 | 13 | — | 2 |
| Max Richardson | 20 | 3 | 23 | 7 |
| — |
| 0 |
| Peter Pettigrew | 19 | 2 | 21 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Doug Gott | 19 | 2 | 21 | 9 | — | 0 |
| Bob Heard | 14 | 5 | 19 | 10 | — | 2 |
| Denis OCallaghan | 16 | 2 | 18 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Alan Atkinson | 15 | 3 | 18 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Rod Oborne | 15 | 2 | 17 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Lee Adamson | 14 | 3 | 17 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Ross Dunne | 15 | 2 | 17 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Ronnie Wearmouth | 15 | 2 | 17 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Robert Dean | 13 | 3 | 16 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Ted Potter | 15 | 1 | 16 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Peter McKenna | 14 | 1 | 15 | 9 | — | 11 |
| Jeff Clifton | 9 | 2 | 11 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Wes McGaw | 10 | 0 | 10 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Daryl Salmon | 7 | 0 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Ian Cooper | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Gary Tredrea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Pitura | 25 | 1 | 26 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Brian Woodman | 17 | 4 | 21 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Wayne Ewin | 18 | 1 | 19 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Jim Prentice | 16 | 3 | 19 | 5 | — | 0 |
| John Rantall | 18 | 0 | 18 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Mick Plant | 16 | 0 | 16 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Peter Bedford | 9 | 7 | 16 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Bruce Davis | 14 | 1 | 15 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Steve Hoffman | 10 | 3 | 13 | 3 | — | 4 |
| David McLeish | 12 | 1 | 13 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Lance Morton | 11 | 0 | 11 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Robert Doyle | 10 | 0 | 10 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Max Robertson | 9 | 0 | 9 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Keith Baskin | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Trevor Carrodus | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Stewart Gull | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Reg Gleeson | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Neville Miller | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Greg Miller | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Michael Norris | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 |