Windy Hill · Sat 7 Apr 1973 · 28,659 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EssendonESS | 6.4 | 11.8 | 13.10 | 127 |
| RichmondRICH | 6.3 | 9.9 | 13.11 | 129 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 127 and 129.
Richmond won by 2 points.
19.13 (127) — 19.15 (129)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Moss | 19 | 7 | 26 | 13 | — | 0 |
| Andrew Wilson | 22 | 3 | 25 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Don Gross | 19 | 4 | 23 | 3 | — |
| 1 |
| Neville Fields | 17 | 4 | 21 | 0 | — | 1 |
| John Williams | 13 | 6 | 19 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Ken Fletcher | 18 | 0 | 18 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Geoff Pryor | 16 | 0 | 16 | 2 | — | 0 |
| John Cassin | 13 | 2 | 15 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Des Tuddenham | 9 | 6 | 15 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Ken Roberts | 11 | 1 | 12 | 5 | — | 4 |
| Hugh Delahunty | 9 | 3 | 12 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Gary Parkes | 9 | 2 | 11 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Peter Daniel | 9 | 2 | 11 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Alan Noonan | 9 | 1 | 10 | 7 | — | 3 |
| Stuart Barclay | 8 | 2 | 10 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Sandy Talbot | 10 | 0 | 10 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Ray Smith | 10 | 0 | 10 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Don McKenzie | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Greg Perry | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Pat Wellington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Bartlett | 24 | 1 | 25 | 0 | — | 2 |
| Francis Bourke | 20 | 4 | 24 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Morris | 22 | 1 | 23 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Royce Hart | 10 | 4 | 14 | 6 | — | 6 |
| Mike Green | 12 | 2 | 14 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Grant Allford | 5 | 9 | 14 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Eric Leech | 10 | 4 | 14 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Walsh | 13 | 1 | 14 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Brian Roberts | 11 | 2 | 13 | 4 | — | 3 |
| Dick Clay | 12 | 1 | 13 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Ricky McLean | 9 | 3 | 12 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Marty McMillan | 9 | 2 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Bryan Wood | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Laurie Fowler | 9 | 0 | 9 | 2 | — | 3 |
| Kevin Sheedy | 9 | 0 | 9 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Paul Sproule | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Merv Keane | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Robert McGhie | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Craig McKellar | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Barry Richardson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 |