Waverley Park · Sat 4 Aug 1973 · 15,292 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SydneySYD | 2.3 | 6.6 | 11.9 | 86 |
| MelbourneMELB | 0.2 | 4.5 | 7.8 | 78 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 86 and 78.
Sydney won by 8 points.
12.14 (86) — 11.12 (78)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Hoffman | 18 | 13 | 31 | 8 | — | 1 |
| Peter Bedford | 19 | 7 | 26 | 16 | — | 5 |
| Haydn McAuliffe | 19 | 6 | 25 | 7 |
| — |
| 0 |
| Norm Goss | 21 | 3 | 24 | 1 | — | 1 |
| John Pitura | 14 | 8 | 22 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Ricky Quade | 16 | 4 | 20 | 7 | — | 1 |
| Gary Brice | 16 | 1 | 17 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Graham Dempster | 13 | 2 | 15 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Vic Aanensen | 8 | 6 | 14 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Brian Woodman | 6 | 8 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Russell Cook | 10 | 3 | 13 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Robert Doyle | 9 | 3 | 12 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Jim Prentice | 10 | 2 | 12 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Reg Gleeson | 11 | 1 | 12 | 3 | — | 0 |
| David McLeish | 10 | 1 | 11 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Ray Ball | 10 | 0 | 10 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Ian Thomson | 8 | 2 | 10 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Stewart Gull | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Barry Beecroft | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Neville Stibbard | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stan Alves | 20 | 10 | 30 | 10 | — | 1 |
| Greg Wells | 22 | 4 | 26 | 5 | — | 3 |
| Paul Callery | 16 | 2 | 18 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Carl Ditterich | 15 | 2 | 17 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Denis Clark | 14 | 3 | 17 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Tony Sullivan | 12 | 4 | 16 | 4 | — | 0 |
| John Tilbrook | 14 | 1 | 15 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Robert Flower | 10 | 4 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Kerley | 12 | 2 | 14 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Shane McSpeerin | 14 | 0 | 14 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Peter Keenan | 13 | 0 | 13 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Graham Osborne | 10 | 2 | 12 | 7 | — | 1 |
| Greg Parke | 10 | 2 | 12 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Frank Davis | 11 | 1 | 12 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Barry Bourke | 11 | 1 | 12 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Ray Biffin | 10 | 1 | 11 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Gary Hardeman | 8 | 3 | 11 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Glenn Swan | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Peter Williamson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 |
| John Cumming | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |