Waverley Park · Sat 9 Sep 1972 · 52,499 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St KildaSTK | 5.5 | 11.8 | 15.16 | 124 |
| EssendonESS | 2.2 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 71 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 124 and 71.
St Kilda won by 53 points.
18.16 (124) — 10.11 (71)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Trott | 20 | 2 | 22 | 3 | — | 1 |
| John Stephens | 20 | 1 | 21 | 2 | — | 4 |
| Allan Davis | 17 | 2 | 19 | 7 | — |
| 2 |
| John Manzie | 16 | 3 | 19 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Judson | 17 | 2 | 19 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Ross Smith | 14 | 4 | 18 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Kevin Neale | 18 | 0 | 18 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Barry Breen | 13 | 4 | 17 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Neil Besanko | 14 | 2 | 16 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Carl Ditterich | 10 | 5 | 15 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Barry Lawrence | 9 | 5 | 14 | 0 | — | 2 |
| Stephen Theodore | 9 | 4 | 13 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Brian Mynott | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Bob Murray | 10 | 0 | 10 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Glenn Elliott | 8 | 2 | 10 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Travis Payze | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Gary Colling | 7 | 2 | 9 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Rod Galt | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | — | 3 |
| Mick Malthouse | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Shane Grambeau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Davis | 20 | 2 | 22 | 12 | — | 0 |
| Neville Fields | 16 | 5 | 21 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Andrew Wilson | 20 | 0 | 20 | 2 | — | 1 |
| John Williams | 13 | 6 | 19 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Len Halley | 13 | 6 | 19 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Gary Parkes | 14 | 4 | 18 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Des Tuddenham | 11 | 7 | 18 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Ray Smith | 14 | 1 | 15 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Hugh Delahunty | 12 | 3 | 15 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Ken Fletcher | 14 | 0 | 14 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Peter Daniel | 12 | 2 | 14 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Blethyn | 12 | 1 | 13 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Graeme Schultz | 11 | 1 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Alan Noonan | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2 | — | 1 |
| John Cassin | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Barry Grinter | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Ken Roberts | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Don McKenzie | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Darryl Gerlach | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Charlie Payne | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 |