Windy Hill · Sat 11 Aug 1973 · 18,008 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EssendonESS | 7.3 | 11.7 | 15.11 | 115 |
| MelbourneMELB | 3.4 | 9.6 | 11.7 | 101 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 115 and 101.
Essendon won by 14 points.
17.13 (115) — 15.11 (101)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Moss | 18 | 6 | 24 | 13 | — | 0 |
| John Williams | 22 | 1 | 23 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Neville Fields | 19 | 3 | 22 | 3 |
| — |
| 0 |
| Peter Hickmott | 13 | 7 | 20 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Andrew Wilson | 16 | 2 | 18 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Hugh Delahunty | 12 | 5 | 17 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Robin Close | 11 | 5 | 16 | 5 | — | 3 |
| Ken Fletcher | 14 | 2 | 16 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Graeme Schultz | 13 | 2 | 15 | 2 | — | 4 |
| Alan Noonan | 13 | 1 | 14 | 4 | — | 7 |
| Geoff Pryor | 14 | 0 | 14 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Ray Smith | 10 | 3 | 13 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Ron Andrews | 11 | 0 | 11 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Robert Amos | 10 | 1 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Trevor Tyler | 8 | 1 | 9 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Laurie Moloney | 9 | 0 | 9 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Greg Perry | 7 | 1 | 8 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Wayne Headlam | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Des Tuddenham | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Don McKenzie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Callery | 23 | 4 | 27 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Greg Wells | 21 | 1 | 22 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Henry Ritterman | 17 | 1 | 18 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Greg Parke | 14 | 2 | 16 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Barry Bourke | 15 | 1 | 16 | 0 | — | 0 |
| John Tilbrook | 11 | 4 | 15 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Stan Alves | 11 | 3 | 14 | 6 | — | 2 |
| Gary Hardeman | 12 | 2 | 14 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Tony Sullivan | 10 | 4 | 14 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Frank Davis | 13 | 1 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Robert Flower | 10 | 4 | 14 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Carl Ditterich | 14 | 0 | 14 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Graham Osborne | 10 | 3 | 13 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Ray Biffin | 9 | 2 | 11 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Greg MacDonald | 8 | 2 | 10 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Peter Keenan | 9 | 0 | 9 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Glenn Swan | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Stephen Kerley | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Anthony Dullard | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 |
| Shane Fitzsimmons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |