Waverley Park · Sat 8 Sep 1973 · 53,405 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EssendonESS | 3.3 | 7.5 | 8.8 | 91 |
| St KildaSTK | 4.8 | 7.11 | 14.13 | 158 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 91 and 158.
St Kilda won by 67 points.
13.13 (91) — 24.14 (158)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Wilson | 26 | 1 | 27 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Neville Fields | 20 | 4 | 24 | 7 | — | 3 |
| Peter Hickmott | 16 | 6 | 22 | 1 |
| — |
| 1 |
| Ken Fletcher | 19 | 1 | 20 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Gary Parkes | 16 | 4 | 20 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Graham Moss | 9 | 10 | 19 | 9 | — | 2 |
| Robin Close | 14 | 2 | 16 | 10 | — | 1 |
| Ray Smith | 16 | 0 | 16 | 4 | — | 0 |
| John Williams | 13 | 2 | 15 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Des Tuddenham | 8 | 4 | 12 | 3 | — | 1 |
| John Cassin | 7 | 5 | 12 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Alan Noonan | 9 | 1 | 10 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Ron Andrews | 8 | 2 | 10 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Robert Amos | 7 | 3 | 10 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Laurie Moloney | 8 | 2 | 10 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Don McKenzie | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Greg Perry | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Pryor | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 |
| John Emin | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Stuart Barclay | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Young | 23 | 6 | 29 | 14 | — | 6 |
| Jeff Moran | 21 | 5 | 26 | 6 | — | 3 |
| Barry Breen | 19 | 6 | 25 | 6 | — | 3 |
| Stephen Theodore | 11 | 13 | 24 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Allan Davis | 20 | 3 | 23 | 5 | — | 4 |
| John Manzie | 15 | 8 | 23 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Glenn Elliott | 15 | 7 | 22 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Stuart Trott | 19 | 1 | 20 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Gary Colling | 13 | 6 | 19 | 9 | — | 1 |
| Val Perovic | 17 | 2 | 19 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Rod Galt | 10 | 7 | 17 | 9 | — | 2 |
| Neil Besanko | 14 | 3 | 17 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Barry Lawrence | 12 | 5 | 17 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Judson | 14 | 0 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Russell Reynolds | 10 | 2 | 12 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Brian Mynott | 6 | 4 | 10 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Kevin Neale | 7 | 2 | 9 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Sarau | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Peter Bell | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Ian Corner | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 |