Waverley Park · Mon 23 Apr 1973 · 32,101 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HawthornHAW | 5.2 | 11.3 | 18.6 | 170 |
| EssendonESS | 4.1 | 9.6 | 12.8 | 102 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 170 and 102.
Hawthorn won by 68 points.
27.8 (170) — 15.12 (102)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leigh Matthews | 38 | 3 | 41 | 9 | — | 11 |
| Peter Crimmins | 22 | 4 | 26 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Michael Zemski | 18 | 4 | 22 | 5 |
| — |
| 1 |
| Alan Martello | 16 | 3 | 19 | 8 | — | 2 |
| Ian Bremner | 14 | 4 | 18 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Don Scott | 15 | 3 | 18 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Des Meagher | 14 | 3 | 17 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Kelvin Matthews | 13 | 3 | 16 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Charlie Grummisch | 14 | 1 | 15 | 9 | — | 5 |
| John Hendrie | 12 | 3 | 15 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Norm Bussell | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Heath | 13 | 2 | 15 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Brian Douge | 13 | 2 | 15 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Michael Moncrieff | 13 | 0 | 13 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Bruce Stevenson | 9 | 2 | 11 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Peter Welsh | 8 | 2 | 10 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Kelvin Moore | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Bevan | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Michael Tuck | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Gene Chiron | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Wellington | 19 | 4 | 23 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Andrew Wilson | 21 | 1 | 22 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Neville Fields | 18 | 4 | 22 | 7 | — | 1 |
| Ken Fletcher | 19 | 0 | 19 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Laurie Moloney | 15 | 3 | 18 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Des Tuddenham | 11 | 6 | 17 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Alan Noonan | 13 | 3 | 16 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Ray Smith | 15 | 1 | 16 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Hugh Delahunty | 12 | 4 | 16 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Pryor | 12 | 1 | 13 | 4 | — | 0 |
| John Williams | 13 | 0 | 13 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Graham Moss | 5 | 8 | 13 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Don Gross | 9 | 4 | 13 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Peter Daniel | 13 | 0 | 13 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Ken Roberts | 9 | 0 | 9 | 4 | — | 4 |
| Len Halley | 7 | 2 | 9 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Greg Perry | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Eddie Lake | 7 | 1 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Sandy Talbot | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Stuart Barclay | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 |