Windy Hill · Sat 30 Jun 1973 · 13,042 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EssendonESS | 6.2 | 7.7 | 15.12 | 139 |
| SydneySYD | 4.4 | 8.10 | 10.11 | 110 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 139 and 110.
Essendon won by 29 points.
20.19 (139) — 16.14 (110)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Moss | 15 | 10 | 25 | 13 | — | 1 |
| Andrew Wilson | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Headlam | 15 | 7 | 22 | 8 | — |
| 0 |
| Greg Perry | 15 | 5 | 20 | 9 | — | 0 |
| John Williams | 14 | 5 | 19 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Neville Fields | 10 | 6 | 16 | 2 | — | 2 |
| John Cassin | 14 | 2 | 16 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Robin Close | 11 | 4 | 15 | 6 | — | 3 |
| Alan Noonan | 14 | 0 | 14 | 10 | — | 7 |
| Gary Parkes | 12 | 2 | 14 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Ken Roberts | 10 | 3 | 13 | 5 | — | 5 |
| Ken Fletcher | 9 | 4 | 13 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Ray Smith | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Hugh Delahunty | 10 | 1 | 11 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Robert Amos | 9 | 1 | 10 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Laurie Moloney | 9 | 1 | 10 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Don Gross | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Geoff Pryor | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Ross Wright | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Peter Daniel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Goss | 29 | 2 | 31 | 10 | — | 3 |
| Steve Hoffman | 18 | 6 | 24 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Ricky Quade | 15 | 6 | 21 | 7 | — | 3 |
| John Pitura | 13 | 7 | 20 | 4 | — | 3 |
| David McLeish | 15 | 4 | 19 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Gary Brice | 14 | 3 | 17 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Ian Thomson | 13 | 4 | 17 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Brian Woodman | 12 | 5 | 17 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Greg Lambert | 15 | 1 | 16 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Bruce Davis | 11 | 5 | 16 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Vic Aanensen | 9 | 6 | 15 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Jim Prentice | 11 | 3 | 14 | 8 | — | 1 |
| Peter Bedford | 10 | 3 | 13 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Reg Gleeson | 10 | 1 | 11 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Robert Doyle | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Stewart Gull | 7 | 0 | 7 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Ray Ball | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Barry Beecroft | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Gary Harley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Graham Dempster | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |