Windy Hill · Sat 28 Jul 1973 · 21,469 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EssendonESS | 2.2 | 5.9 | 9.10 | 102 |
| St KildaSTK | 4.4 | 5.10 | 7.13 | 79 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 102 and 79.
Essendon won by 23 points.
15.12 (102) — 10.19 (79)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Wilson | 26 | 1 | 27 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Des Tuddenham | 20 | 4 | 24 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Ken Fletcher | 19 | 1 | 20 | 6 | — |
| 0 |
| John Williams | 16 | 3 | 19 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Neville Fields | 17 | 1 | 18 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Graham Moss | 7 | 11 | 18 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Graeme Schultz | 15 | 2 | 17 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Gary Parkes | 14 | 0 | 14 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Robin Close | 11 | 2 | 13 | 8 | — | 5 |
| Rob Newton | 11 | 2 | 13 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Don McKenzie | 11 | 2 | 13 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Pryor | 12 | 1 | 13 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Ray Smith | 12 | 0 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Headlam | 7 | 1 | 8 | 6 | — | 2 |
| Hugh Delahunty | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Alan Noonan | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Greg Perry | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Laurie Moloney | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Ron Andrews | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Don Gross | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Theodore | 17 | 10 | 27 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Val Perovic | 20 | 1 | 21 | 7 | — | 1 |
| Stuart Trott | 21 | 0 | 21 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Glenn Elliott | 16 | 3 | 19 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Neil Besanko | 15 | 3 | 18 | 4 | — | 0 |
| John Manzie | 15 | 2 | 17 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Wayne Judson | 15 | 2 | 17 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Gary Colling | 9 | 7 | 16 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Jeff Sarau | 16 | 0 | 16 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Barry Breen | 11 | 5 | 16 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Rod Galt | 12 | 2 | 14 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Allan Davis | 10 | 4 | 14 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Russell Reynolds | 10 | 2 | 12 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Mick Malthouse | 9 | 2 | 11 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Neale | 7 | 3 | 10 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Jeff Moran | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | — | 0 |
| John Stephens | 8 | 0 | 8 | 2 | — | 3 |
| Barry Lawrence | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Brian Mynott | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Ian George | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |