Windy Hill · Sat 2 Sep 1972 · 35,030 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EssendonESS | 5.4 | 10.7 | 13.11 | 117 |
| CollingwoodCOLL | 5.3 | 8.4 | 15.7 | 112 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 117 and 112.
Essendon won by 5 points.
17.15 (117) — 17.10 (112)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Wilson | 20 | 3 | 23 | 4 | — | 0 |
| John Williams | 15 | 6 | 21 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Ken Roberts | 18 | 2 | 20 | 5 |
| — |
| 3 |
| Barry Davis | 16 | 2 | 18 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Des Tuddenham | 15 | 2 | 17 | 1 | — | 3 |
| Neville Fields | 16 | 1 | 17 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Hugh Delahunty | 12 | 5 | 17 | 6 | — | 2 |
| Ken Fletcher | 16 | 0 | 16 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Graeme Schultz | 11 | 2 | 13 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Gary Parkes | 10 | 2 | 12 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Peter Daniel | 11 | 0 | 11 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Barry Grinter | 10 | 1 | 11 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Len Halley | 8 | 3 | 11 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Blethyn | 10 | 0 | 10 | 3 | — | 5 |
| Don McKenzie | 7 | 3 | 10 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Darryl Gerlach | 9 | 1 | 10 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Ray Smith | 8 | 2 | 10 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Alan Noonan | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Charlie Payne | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Don Gross | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Richardson | 21 | 0 | 21 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Barry Price | 11 | 6 | 17 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Len Thompson | 15 | 2 | 17 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Max Richardson | 15 | 1 | 16 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Peter McKenna | 13 | 2 | 15 | 5 | — | 8 |
| Daryl Salmon | 10 | 5 | 15 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Con Britt | 15 | 0 | 15 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Robert Dean | 10 | 3 | 13 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Doug Gott | 12 | 0 | 12 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Alan Atkinson | 10 | 2 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Clifton | 12 | 0 | 12 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Ted Potter | 10 | 1 | 11 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Bob Heard | 9 | 1 | 10 | 6 | — | 4 |
| Wes McGaw | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Rod Oborne | 9 | 1 | 10 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Ross Dunne | 10 | 0 | 10 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Ronnie Wearmouth | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Lee Adamson | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Denis OCallaghan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Peter Pettigrew | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 |
Richardson 1, Price 1, Richardson 1, McKenna 8, Gott 2, Heard 4