Windy Hill · Sat 14 Jul 1973 · 22,437 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EssendonESS | 4.2 | 13.4 | 17.10 | 151 |
| HawthornHAW | 4.3 | 10.4 | 14.5 | 116 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 151 and 116.
Essendon won by 35 points.
23.13 (151) — 18.8 (116)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Wilson | 29 | 2 | 31 | 5 | — | 6 |
| Ray Smith | 17 | 6 | 23 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Des Tuddenham | 15 | 7 | 22 | 1 | — |
| 2 |
| Neville Fields | 17 | 4 | 21 | 1 | — | 3 |
| Ken Fletcher | 19 | 2 | 21 | 4 | — | 1 |
| John Williams | 17 | 3 | 20 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Robin Close | 10 | 8 | 18 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Peter Hickmott | 12 | 6 | 18 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Graham Moss | 11 | 5 | 16 | 10 | — | 2 |
| Don McKenzie | 11 | 4 | 15 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Ken Roberts | 13 | 1 | 14 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Gary Parkes | 12 | 1 | 13 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Alan Noonan | 11 | 1 | 12 | 5 | — | 3 |
| John Cassin | 11 | 1 | 12 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Hugh Delahunty | 8 | 3 | 11 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Peter Daniel | 10 | 0 | 10 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Greg Perry | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Laurie Moloney | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Headlam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Robert Amos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Hendrie | 15 | 4 | 19 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Bruce Stevenson | 15 | 3 | 18 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Ablett | 15 | 2 | 17 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Peter Crimmins | 13 | 3 | 16 | 0 | — | 4 |
| Des Meagher | 16 | 0 | 16 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Leigh Matthews | 15 | 1 | 16 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Kevin Heath | 12 | 4 | 16 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Bohdan Jaworskyj | 13 | 3 | 16 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Alan Martello | 15 | 0 | 15 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Don Scott | 14 | 1 | 15 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Ian Bremner | 11 | 1 | 12 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Michael Moncrieff | 10 | 1 | 11 | 6 | — | 4 |
| Peter Knights | 10 | 1 | 11 | 3 | — | 2 |
| David Parkin | 11 | 0 | 11 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Alan Goad | 9 | 1 | 10 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Leon Rice | 9 | 0 | 9 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Bevan | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Kelvin Moore | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Gerald McCarthy | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Norm Bussell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |