Lake Oval · Sat 7 Jul 1973 · 9,681 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SydneySYD | 8.4 | 11.7 | 12.11 | 123 |
| GeelongGEEL | 3.4 | 6.5 | 10.5 | 78 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 123 and 78.
Sydney won by 45 points.
18.15 (123) — 12.6 (78)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Hoffman | 25 | 11 | 36 | 6 | — | 2 |
| Greg Lambert | 28 | 3 | 31 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Ricky Quade | 21 | 9 | 30 | 3 | — |
| 0 |
| Norm Goss | 23 | 6 | 29 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Peter Bedford | 15 | 8 | 23 | 11 | — | 3 |
| David McLeish | 13 | 7 | 20 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Jim Prentice | 15 | 4 | 19 | 6 | — | 5 |
| John Pitura | 16 | 3 | 19 | 8 | — | 2 |
| Stewart Gull | 13 | 5 | 18 | 8 | — | 2 |
| Gary Brice | 13 | 3 | 16 | 7 | — | 2 |
| Vic Aanensen | 13 | 3 | 16 | 9 | — | 1 |
| Brian Woodman | 6 | 10 | 16 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Russell Cook | 7 | 7 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Reg Gleeson | 11 | 2 | 13 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Ian Thomson | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Bruce Davis | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Ray Ball | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Barry Beecroft | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Haydn McAuliffe | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Robert Doyle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Nankervis | 27 | 3 | 30 | 3 | — | 2 |
| John Scarlett | 23 | 6 | 29 | 7 | — | 1 |
| David Clarke | 25 | 1 | 26 | 10 | — | 1 |
| Phil Stevens | 16 | 2 | 18 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Ken Newland | 11 | 5 | 16 | 7 | — | 4 |
| Kevin Higgins | 15 | 1 | 16 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Jack Hawkins | 11 | 5 | 16 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Paul Sarah | 12 | 2 | 14 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Gareth Andrews | 11 | 3 | 14 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Tony Gilmore | 13 | 1 | 14 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Peter Stephens | 11 | 2 | 13 | 9 | — | 1 |
| Tim Evans | 13 | 0 | 13 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Terry Mayne | 11 | 1 | 12 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Bruce Nankervis | 9 | 2 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Ian Hampshire | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Sam Newman | 7 | 2 | 9 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Ainsworth | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Garry Davidson | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Closter | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Ian Lewtas | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 |