Glenferrie Oval · Sat 2 Sep 1972 · 22,923 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HawthornHAW | 4.1 | 8.5 | 13.5 | 102 |
| St KildaSTK | 6.1 | 12.2 | 14.8 | 121 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 102 and 121.
St Kilda won by 19 points.
15.12 (102) — 18.13 (121)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leigh Matthews | 29 | 1 | 30 | 6 | — | 3 |
| Des Meagher | 24 | 2 | 26 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Leon Rice | 23 | 2 | 25 | 3 | — |
| 0 |
| Robert Day | 19 | 1 | 20 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Alan Martello | 14 | 2 | 16 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Ian Bremner | 16 | 0 | 16 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Peter Crimmins | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Kelvin Matthews | 12 | 3 | 15 | 5 | — | 1 |
| David Parkin | 12 | 3 | 15 | 3 | — | 0 |
| John Hendrie | 12 | 2 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Michael Porter | 10 | 2 | 12 | 8 | — | 3 |
| Peter Knights | 11 | 1 | 12 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Michael Moncrieff | 8 | 2 | 10 | 3 | — | 5 |
| Les Hawken | 10 | 0 | 10 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Ken Beck | 8 | 1 | 9 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Don Scott | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Gene Chiron | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Heath | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Alan Goad | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Gerald McCarthy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Manzie | 19 | 3 | 22 | 7 | — | 2 |
| Travis Payze | 20 | 2 | 22 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Barry Breen | 17 | 4 | 21 | 7 | — | 4 |
| Allan Davis | 20 | 1 | 21 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Stuart Trott | 18 | 2 | 20 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Theodore | 16 | 3 | 19 | 10 | — | 1 |
| Carl Ditterich | 12 | 7 | 19 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Judson | 13 | 4 | 17 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Brian Mynott | 9 | 8 | 17 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Barry Lawrence | 14 | 2 | 16 | 8 | — | 6 |
| John Stephens | 13 | 2 | 15 | 5 | — | 3 |
| Neil Besanko | 13 | 1 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Gary Colling | 12 | 2 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Neale | 12 | 2 | 14 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Bob Murray | 13 | 0 | 13 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Rod Galt | 9 | 4 | 13 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Moran | 9 | 3 | 12 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Ross Smith | 8 | 0 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Shane Grambeau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Mick Malthouse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |