Lake Oval · Sat 26 May 1973 · 14,768 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SydneySYD | 1.3 | 4.4 | 5.7 | 51 |
| CarltonCARL | 5.2 | 9.4 | 14.11 | 130 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 51 and 130.
Carlton won by 79 points.
7.9 (51) — 19.16 (130)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Goss | 23 | 3 | 26 | 3 | — | 2 |
| John Pitura | 22 | 4 | 26 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Jim Prentice | 19 | 5 | 24 | 10 | — |
| 0 |
| Gary Brice | 16 | 6 | 22 | 3 | — | 0 |
| David McLeish | 14 | 7 | 21 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Peter Bedford | 13 | 7 | 20 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Bruce Davis | 16 | 4 | 20 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Reg Gleeson | 15 | 2 | 17 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Craighead | 11 | 4 | 15 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Eric Moore | 10 | 4 | 14 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Brian Woodman | 9 | 5 | 14 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Ian Thomson | 10 | 4 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Ewin | 12 | 1 | 13 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Vic Aanensen | 7 | 5 | 12 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Steve Hoffman | 11 | 1 | 12 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Ray Ball | 10 | 2 | 12 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Robert Doyle | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Keith Baskin | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Haydn McAuliffe | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Ted Obudzinski | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Crane | 27 | 3 | 30 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Vin Waite | 16 | 13 | 29 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Brian Walsh | 20 | 8 | 28 | 8 | — | 8 |
| David Dickson | 16 | 11 | 27 | 9 | — | 0 |
| Alex Jesaulenko | 23 | 4 | 27 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Neil Chandler | 19 | 8 | 27 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Robert Walls | 20 | 3 | 23 | 12 | — | 3 |
| David McKay | 21 | 1 | 22 | 13 | — | 0 |
| Trevor Keogh | 12 | 8 | 20 | 3 | — | 1 |
| John OConnell | 15 | 4 | 19 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Peter Jones | 7 | 11 | 18 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Syd Jackson | 11 | 6 | 17 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Peter Hall | 13 | 4 | 17 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Bruce Doull | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Brent Crosswell | 8 | 4 | 12 | 3 | — | 0 |
| John Nicholls | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Geoff Southby | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Greg Kennedy | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | — | 3 |
| Vin Catoggio | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Rod Austin | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 |