Waverley Park · Sat 26 Aug 1972 · 25,786 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St KildaSTK | 3.3 | 6.7 | 9.8 | 76 |
| GeelongGEEL | 1.2 | 4.6 | 7.10 | 61 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 76 and 61.
St Kilda won by 15 points.
11.10 (76) — 8.13 (61)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Smith | 24 | 3 | 27 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Travis Payze | 23 | 1 | 24 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Allan Davis | 19 | 3 | 22 | 6 | — |
| 3 |
| Carl Ditterich | 13 | 9 | 22 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Stuart Trott | 18 | 4 | 22 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Neil Besanko | 12 | 9 | 21 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Brian Mynott | 12 | 7 | 19 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Theodore | 12 | 5 | 17 | 8 | — | 1 |
| John Manzie | 14 | 3 | 17 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Barry Breen | 12 | 4 | 16 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Shane Grambeau | 13 | 3 | 16 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Gary Colling | 11 | 5 | 16 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Mick Malthouse | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Moran | 10 | 3 | 13 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Judson | 9 | 2 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Bob Murray | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 |
| John Stephens | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 2 |
| Rod Galt | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Rae | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Graham Scott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Nankervis | 22 | 7 | 29 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Michael Woolnough | 20 | 4 | 24 | 13 | — | 0 |
| Paul Sarah | 21 | 0 | 21 | 5 | — | 1 |
| David Clarke | 18 | 0 | 18 | 8 | — | 0 |
| John Scarlett | 15 | 2 | 17 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Ian Hampshire | 9 | 8 | 17 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Bruce Nankervis | 13 | 1 | 14 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Ainsworth | 13 | 0 | 13 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Closter | 13 | 0 | 13 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Garry Davidson | 12 | 1 | 13 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Gareth Andrews | 10 | 2 | 12 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Phil Stevens | 11 | 1 | 12 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Bill Ryan | 8 | 1 | 9 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Sam Newman | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Rod Blake | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Ken Newland | 6 | 1 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Tim Evans | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Doug Wade | 6 | 0 | 6 | 5 | — | 4 |
| Robert Whatman | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Jim Wright | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |